Hi Guys,
I have recently taken delivery of my android head unit. All is well apart from the fact that the AC Controls window which pops up each time you change anything is wrong for my model of car.
Things like the fan speed indicator not going all the way up when the fans are on max speed etc.
Is there anything I can do to edit the layout of this window?
See video below for a better visualisation.
watch?v=cpc3ix6psgM
(Im not allowed to post links just get but I believe the video will help)
I think you can edit the Layout , but first you have to know the APK file that the system will call for the AC , then you need this app "Virtuous Ten Studio" for windows,
with this app you can decompile the APK file and find the right XML you need to edit that represent the AC Controls via "Android Studio" for example to see what you are doing,
you will see all the XML files and resources so you can edit the layout as you need.
then recompile the APK again using "Virtuous Ten Studio" and use with your system and of course your Head unit should be rooted as you are about to overwrite a system file.
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I found a theme that I liked on a Motorola Q forum. However the theme needed some help in my opinion. I was able to change images and adjust the x and y axis to get the text to display on different portions of the screen. The only issue that I have is with the home plugin. If I let my phone set with the home plugin (date, time Carrier) it always reverts back to SMS. I have moved the plugins around on the XML file, and I can get other plugins to appear at idle but not the desired home screen. Does anyone have any idea? I have attached the XML file (as a txt document) that I have been manipulating.
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I found a theme that I liked on a Motorola Q forum. However the theme needed some help in my opinion. I was able to change images and adjust the x and y axis to get the text to display on different portions of the screen. The only issue that I have is with the home plugin. If I let my phone set with the home plugin (date, time Carrier) it always reverts back to SMS. I have moved the plugins around on the XML file, and I can get other plugins to appear at idle but not the desired home screen. Does anyone have any idea? I have attached the XML file (as a txt document) that I have been manipulating.
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Is it just the iphone theme that you are looking for? There is one that works with the dash
http://forums.sbsh.net/index.php?showtopic=21392 The Site
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=a1e428ed720bdf418c9e7c56ba37815fd4a00133ea73a8d0 All files required
I have tried that one before and it doesn't seem to work properly. I think that I may need facade to run this one
you do!
if you browse my sig, you might get lucky and find it.
sorry wrong thread
Universal Remote software
Does anyone know of a good universal remote software for the dash.....thats free
Hi,
I am new to android development so sorry if this question has a really obvious answer. I am hoping to make a game for the platform but to start with I have just tried to make a basic layout of 4 buttons to move in different directions and then have a background and an image in front which will be my sprite and move across the screen depending on what button is pressed.
At the moment I have created two views. One via the main xml document and the other through the java code itself. The java code one contains the background and image to be drawn and the main.xml contains the buttons.
At the moment I have my code set up like this:
this.setContentView(R.layout.main); <<<<<<<<<< xml
this.setContentView(this.myTestView); <<<<<<<<<<<<<< java
I am aware that I am basically setting one and then setting the other over the top of it and this means that only one of these views will appear. Does anyone know of a way I can use these views in conjunction so that both the images frm the java file and the layout from the xml can both be used?
Cheers for any help.
ExO
As far as I know you cannot do this. By calling setContentView you are overwriting the object which held the content previously.
Once the view is set you can add items in code after this call.
Why do you not have all the elements in the xml?
aw ok, i wasnt sure if it was possible or not. The reason I did it like this was just because I'm still learning to use both languages. Aswell as that I am using droiddraw to generate my xml and couldnt see an option within that to add images etc. Cheers for the reply .
Can't seem to find any info on this that is relevant, just some stuff for much older versions and for WP.
I switched out my stock email app with the XFinity app, as it seems to be more reliable on retrieving email. The only problem I have with it is the icon is too big (touches the top and bottom of the launch bar) and the text is too long/doesn't wrap.
I was able to change the icon to a more standard icon via winrar etc, however I can't find a successful way to fix the text issue. Is this even possible?
Attached a pic, app is in lower right:
Well since you have it in the launcher I think the only way to do this would be to edit an .xml file (no idea which one) inside the .apk. You could always put it on the home screen using Launcher Pro, LP lets you customize the name. Probably not what you want to do, but just throwing it out there
Yeah I'm addicted to GTG though
I found several references to changes to strings.xml to allow wrapping etc and possibly change it entirely (not a lot of info there), but it appears to maybe be for an older version or something as the file isn't located in the apk where everyone says it should be.
Thanks though
I'm trying to theme a keyboard and would like some guidance. I appreciate any and all help possible. this will be for the Android 4.2
If memory serves from the original evo. You take the keyboard apk from what ever keyboard your using and then put it on your computer, open the apk like you would a zip, (DO NOT UNZIP), then go into res and then I think draw able hdpi. Once in there you can edit the images as long as you keep the names as they are placed. Once done editing drop them back into the exact same spot as you found them. Then add to the root of your phone where the unedited apk would be. Besides draw able hdpi, I believe you can with other folders in res
As a previous iPhone user the one thing I can say I miss is the ease of using the ssh feature after jail breaking and having access to the system files If I wanted to change lets say the "camera icon"- I could ssh into the phone and go into the system file folder and find that one file name, remove it and replace it with the new icon jpeg. That's it! End the ssh session and BAM! I have a new icon for my camera.
Or if i wanted to change the dial pad background on my phone or the way the keys light up on my old iPhone I would just ssh and go to the "phone" jpeg file and just change it out. and BAM I have a new phone skin.
I'm sure you get my point....
So now that I'm using Android I love how the options are there to change. However I'm OCD and don't like to download all these files and icon packs which takes up storage on my S3. So I have installed sshDroid and using Filezilla successfully accessed my phone. ( Yes I'm rooted)
Now I downloaded a few icon packs but I don't want to keep the download on my phone. What I want to do is choose a few icons I like, ssh into my phone and replace lets say the "google+" icon with a new one.
The question is where in the world is the file? How do I access the stock system icons?
This is where Android is awesome to customize but hard as crap to find files.
Can someone provide me with instructions, or a link to instructions on how to do this?
I've been on Google and I'm not really finding the answer to my question. I just simply want to change my icons so I can make my own theme.
Please help! Thanks
You have to use an icon pack in a launcher or decompile the app you want to change the icon for and then swap the icon out and then rebuild the apk and install.
Your better off with an icon pack. As there is no easy way. Android was made for developers mainly.
Wayne Tech S-III