So you want to edit xml's or more... an ADB. APK Manager How-To (Basics)

[elitecmdr666]

trying to decompile apk files hmmm now it wont even give me a read log file arrr ok sorry ppl im going to uninstall everything and reinstall it again cause now its not working at all ill post later.

 

[elitecmdr666]

edit: i tried everything lol i hate windows i swear

 

[Xplorer4x4]

framework-res.apk
The only thing I touched in the framework was the battery images and the 2 battery XMLs in drawable-hdpi. Something seems like it went wrong though. I renamed it to framework-res.apk, and copied it to system/framework/ using root explorer. I could have pushed via adb but find root explorer easier. I dont think that root explorer method is a problem though is it? I dont recall the 2 errors it throws at me though. Something about MSDNI I think, and something else. I can document them tomorrow if needed.

Could some one take a look at this and tell me what I did wrong? And yes I know the D series can only monitor 10% increments for the battery but I want 100 battery life increments as I am attempting to get 1% increments working for us all!

 

[JayR_]

You have 100 images for the battery in the framework?
And what exactly did you change in the battery xmls

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[Xplorer4x4]

You have 100 images for the battery in the framework?

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Yes..like I said, kind of have to if I want to try to get the stock battery indicator to report the percentage in 1% increments unless theres some trick I dont know about

 

[JayR_]

Well I think you have the right concept but in order to put that many more images in the framework i would think there are several other coding changes you would have to make to the rom itself, I don't recall ever seeing 1% incriments in a rom which tends to make me think it may be a daunting task

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[JayR_]

There is a battery widget that will display 1% but that's all I've seen

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[Xplorer4x4]

Well I think you have the right concept but in order to put that many more images in the framework i would think there are several other coding changes you would have to make to the rom itself, I don't recall ever seeing 1% incriments in a rom which tends to make me think it may be a daunting task

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I am well aware and I have already been investigating that. This was just a test run of the XMLs and images to ensure that everything has gone to plane so far. Trust me I am well aware of what I am getting in to. Not claiming I can do it but it cant hurt to try right?

There is a battery widget that will display 1% but that's all I've seen

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I refuse to waste home screen space for a battery widget. I use Battmonx as it is and this places an iconin the notification bar that reports the percentages in 1%s and uses /sys/class/power_supply/battery/charge_counter to report the percentage used. I have checked my charge_counter against Battmonx reported percentage (donate version actually, well worth it imo for 1% increments on the Droids but lacks a bit of customization but the dev says a major update is on its way soon)and every time I did it was dead on, and if it was off, it was only by 1%, and ended up updating with in a few seconds of checking charge_counter anyways.

 

[JayR_]

All the power to you if you get it working you will pioneer the way

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[Xplorer4x4]

Thanks for the support. No promises of course but if you could double check my apk I would greatley apreciate it. I ended up trying it in a flashable zip, and it seems to work fine now, but just looking for confirmation.

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[Mbk]

Do you really need 1% increments???... 5% won't cut it?,

 

[Xplorer4x4]

Do you really need 1% increments???... 5% won't cut it?,

I have already laid the ground work, to an extent for 1%, why bother with 5% now?

You know, it would really be appreciated if some one would just take a look at the framework for me and confirm everything looks good. Is that so much to ask? Trying to learn, but if no ones here to tech me how can I learn?

 

[Mbk]

Do you really need 1% increments???... 5% won't cut it?,

I have already laid the ground work, to an extent for 1%, why bother with 5% now?

You know, it would really be appreciated if some one would just take a look at the framework for me and confirm everything looks good. Is that so much to ask? Trying to learn, but if no ones here to tech me how can I learn?

Sorry if I stepped on your toes bro, didn't mean no harm... just was curious as to why so much work for 1% increments, but I should understand better than many since I do some crazy sh*t for one or two small changes...lmao... anyways, nope can't see anything except some warnings when recompiling, so I guess I can't be of help...:icon_eek:

 

[Xplorer4x4]

Its all good. Not mad or anything, just frustrated at the responses I was getting. Thank you for taking the time to look. Do you recall the errors? When I threw it together in SignAPK it didnt throw any errors at me. Was it maybe draw9.png errors? Didnt touch any of the draw9 pngs so I dont see why they would throw errors but you know how those draw9s can be

 

[Mbk]

Its all good. Not mad or anything, just frustrated at the responses I was getting. Thank you for taking the time to look. Do you recall the errors? When I threw it together in SignAPK it didnt throw any errors at me. Was it maybe draw9.png errors? Didnt touch any of the draw9 pngs so I dont see why they would throw errors but you know how those draw9s can be

No .9.png errors... just some warnings about some strings that I couldn't locate...

aapt: warning: string 'daily' has no default translation in H:\Droid\APKs\apk_manager_4.9\other\..\projects\framework-res.apk\res; found: en_GB
aapt: warning: string 'debug' has no default translation in H:\Droid\APKs\apk_manager_4.9\other\..\projects\framework-res.apk\res; found: en_GB
aapt: warning: string 'every_weekday' has no default translation in H:\Droid\APKs\apk_manager_4.9\other\..\projects\framework-res.apk\res; found: en_GB
aapt: warning: string 'googlewebcontenthelper_loading' has no default translation in H:\Droid\APKs\apk_manager_4.9\other\..\projects\framework-res.apk\res; found: en_GB
aapt: warning: string 'grant_credentials_permission_message_desc' has no default translation in H:\Droid\APKs\apk_manager_4.9\other\..\projects\framework-res.apk\res; found: en_GB
aapt: warning: string 'grant_credentials_permission_message_with_authtokenlabel_desc' has no default translation in H:\Droid\APKs\apk_manager_4.9\other\..\projects\framework-res.apk\res; found: en_GB
aapt: warning: string 'monthly' has no default translation in H:\Droid\APKs\apk_manager_4.9\other\..\projects\framework-res.apk\res; found: en_GB
aapt: warning: string 'permdesc_backup_data' has no default translation in H:\Droid\APKs\apk_manager_4.9\other\..\projects\framework-res.apk\res; found: en_GB
aapt: warning: string 'permdesc_restartPackages' has no default translation in H:\Droid\APKs\apk_manager_4.9\other\..\projects\framework-res.apk\res; found: en_GB
aapt: warning: string 'permlab_backup_data' has no default translation in H:\Droid\APKs\apk_manager_4.9\other\..\projects\framework-res.apk\res; found: en_GB
aapt: warning: string 'permlab_restartPackages' has no default translation in H:\Droid\APKs\apk_manager_4.9\other\..\projects\framework-res.apk\res; found: en_GB
aapt: warning: string 'usb_storage_button_unmount' has no default translation in H:\Droid\APKs\apk_manager_4.9\other\..\projects\framework-res.apk\res; found: en_GB
aapt: warning: string 'usb_storage_stop_button_unmount' has no default translation in H:\Droid\APKs\apk_manager_4.9\other\..\projects\framework-res.apk\res; found: en_GB
aapt: warning: string 'weekly' has no default translation in H:\Droid\APKs\apk_manager_4.9\other\..\projects\framework-res.apk\res; found: en_GB
aapt: warning: string 'yearly' has no default translation in H:\Droid\APKs\apk_manager_4.9\other\..\projects\framework-res.apk\res; found: en_GB


Does the battery change anim work?... if so and the battery icons are displaying properly I don't see anything else that would pose a problem with the rest of the system...