Theming Guide for changing system text settings.

[sneaky_zekey]

Just downloaded the BB 0.4 file again. pulled the framework file out of it. (To have one without a theme on it) same error.

try the one i attached, just place it in the folder for modding and choose 9


once you make the edits you want to the stock one,you can then merge the themed images into the stock one....the apk tools is more for making themes not editing them,although it is possible to do.

edit: did you ectract the apk manager into your sdk tools folder, i didnt do that,i just made a folder on my desktop named apktool and extracted the apk manger files in it.

 

[sneaky_zekey]

text for recent apps screen (when you hold down the home button) is in this xml recent_apps_dialog.xml , in framework-res/res/layout. As for the drawer text it is more then likely in your laucher. Which one do you use?

i missed this, noticed after skimming threw the thread again,lol

i use the UD launcher and ADW

 

[xkape]

OK, I tried that and no go. It's obviously something else I did not setup correctly. I made a video if anyone cares showing where everything is installed and what it looks like. And then what I am doing to try and make it run but get the 21 error.

FOr non video...
AndroidSDK is in c:
apkmanager is in the tools folder of AndroidSDK
Java JRE and JDK are installed. Newest versions. I am running win7 64bit so I have c:\Program Files\Java and inside that are 2 folders jdk1.6.0_21 and jre6
c:\Program Files (x86)\Java and inside that is 1 folder jre6

For CLASSPATH (and there is only one classpath) I have .;c:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_21\bin
For PATH (and there is only one I have C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_21\bin;c:\androidsdk\tools;c:\androidsdk\tools\other

I then tried downloading that framework file you just put up there and sticking it into the "modding" folder and running Script.

I had also just pulled the apk file straight off the phone and sticking it in there.

 

[sneaky_zekey]

OK, I tried that and no go. It's obviously something else I did not setup correctly. I made a video if anyone cares showing where everything is installed and what it looks like. And then what I am doing to try and make it run but get the 21 error.

FOr non video...
AndroidSDK is in c:
apkmanager is in the tools folder of AndroidSDK
Java JRE and JDK are installed. Newest versions. I am running win7 64bit so I have c:\Program Files\Java and inside that are 2 folders jdk1.6.0_21 and jre6
c:\Program Files (x86)\Java and inside that is 1 folder jre6

For CLASSPATH (and there is only one classpath) I have .;c:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_21\bin
For PATH (and there is only one I have C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_21\bin;c:\androidsdk\tools;c:\androidsdk\tools\other

I then tried downloading that framework file you just put up there and sticking it into the "modding" folder and running Script.

I had also just pulled the apk file straight off the phone and sticking it in there.

c:\androidsdk\tools;c:\androidsdk\tools\other doesnt look right to me


look me up on gtalk, ill send you a pm so this thread stops growing on non-developement

 

[xkape]

I was trying to point it to the aapt.exe and the apktool.jar files. They are in c:\androidsdk\tools\other

That was where they went when I extracted the androidsdk file to c:
So I set the variable there

 

[sneaky_zekey]

I was trying to point it to the aapt.exe and the apktool.jar files. They are in c:\androidsdk\tools\other

That was where they went when I extracted the androidsdk file to c:
So I set the variable there

i never had to do any of that,all i had to do was setup java and the sdk, the apk manager worked right out of the box

 

[xkape]

sneaky zekey. thank you for getting this to work. me and my variable setting skills were not getting the job done.

 

[xkape]

OK I am gettin 21 again. On a positive note, once I got this thing open everything seems pretty straitforward. Just have to find what you are looking for.

My guess is I am putting my color code in wrong. Pulled the framework from phone, etc... opened styles.xml with Notepad. Changed the areas to "red3" which is color #CD0000 Seemed like backwards was the way to go so I did #ff0000cd (Ialso tried it the right direction #ffcd0000
Saved it, which, by the way, just saves it as a .txt file You have to save as to make it .xml
As it is well documented, I am a noob so I tried it both ways (txt and xml) using both color codes (forward and backwards I mean). When I hit 11 I get error 21. Log files scrolls through real fast for a bout 5 seconds. I am assuming it is scrolling through the entire styles file.

I changed everything you had up there that involved styles. I never touched the other files for the lockscreen. One thing at a time.

Looking at the 21 error log, it is basically telling me that every single thing in there is not defined.

 

[sneaky_zekey]

OK I am gettin 21 again. On a positive note, once I got this thing open everything seems pretty straitforward. Just have to find what you are looking for.

My guess is I am putting my color code in wrong. Pulled the framework from phone, etc... opened styles.xml with Notepad. Changed the areas to "red3" which is color #CD0000 Seemed like backwards was the way to go so I did #ff0000cd (Ialso tried it the right direction #ffcd0000
Saved it, which, by the way, just saves it as a .txt file You have to save as to make it .xml
As it is well documented, I am a noob so I tried it both ways (txt and xml) using both color codes (forward and backwards I mean). When I hit 11 I get error 21. Log files scrolls through real fast for a bout 5 seconds. I am assuming it is scrolling through the entire styles file.

I changed everything you had up there that involved styles. I never touched the other files for the lockscreen. One thing at a time.

Looking at the 21 error log, it is basically telling me that every single thing in there is not defined.

sounds like your using a themed framework-res.apk....have to use a stock one because most themers edit the .9.png files but the resources arent there cause they didnt used the draw9patch to keep the guides also if your using notepad to do the edits,the color code doesnt need to be backwards, mine is #ffff6600


side note i figured out how to change the text for apps on the desktop and in the launcher

 

[thebowers]

Cool, care to share how it's done sneaky?

 

[ecsnead69]

Gmail inbox text??

Anybody changed the text color for the inbox messages in Gmail?? I have changed just about every other text in gmail but can't find this....

Anybody know where its at? Thanks!!

 

[xkape]

Ya know, I was kinda bummed when I learned I couldn't change my themed framework. After looking at it though, it doesn't seem that hard (what I mean is, not impossible) to just change the stock framework. I just won't get the glass effect cause I don't understand how to do it.
All the icons and wallpapers for the theme were seperate so I can just reassociate them with Better Cut. Find a TT font I like, install it and I am off and running.

Plus when I am done, it will look exactly like I want it instead of having some things out there bothering me.

 

[xkape]

QUestion here. Looking to see what I just did but I don't want to lose my current theme. Is there a way to merge the two together? I signed the stock one I made changes to so do I need to decompile them both? I had an idea but most of those don't work so I was looking for someone elses idea.

 

[bgill55]

QUestion here. Looking to see what I just did but I don't want to lose my current theme. Is there a way to merge the two together? I signed the stock one I made changes to so do I need to decompile them both? I had an idea but most of those don't work so I was looking for someone elses idea.

just compile the stock apk that you edited and from the apk it built bring over the xmls and or images that you changed to your old apk

 

[xkape]

QUestion here. Looking to see what I just did but I don't want to lose my current theme. Is there a way to merge the two together? I signed the stock one I made changes to so do I need to decompile them both? I had an idea but most of those don't work so I was looking for someone elses idea.

just compile the stock apk that you edited and from the apk it built bring over the xmls and or images that you changed to your old apk

can't be.. seems too easy..lol and so far for me it's been like tearing down a brick wall every time I look at something different.

Thank you for the reply. I am going to give this a go here in a few miutes (work beckons me)