Thanks tallica
one last thing before i find a TUT... When you say the guides, you mean the black bars on the sides of the image in the draw9patch tool, right? If so and if I was reading you right I have to make the guides go completely across the bottom and right sides, except the corners. and one dot in the middle on top and left side? That's it!?
btw, here is a quick explanations of the.9.pngs. Draw 9-patch | Android Developers, you dont necessarily want to make the guides go completely across the bottom and right sides, it all depends on how you want the image to be stretched.
also, if you edit the images when after you decompile the apk, you need to use .9.pngs with the guides exposed. if you edit the images after the apk is compiled, you can past in .9.pngs that do not have the guides exposed. like if you were to grab the images from your last themed market without decompileing it, you can just copy and paste them into your new themed market if its already compiled. or you can decompile your old ones, and then those images should have the guides exposed and you can copy and paste those to the decompiled new market app.
well i hope that makes sense, im not the best at explaining things at times.
Thanks for the info Mojo, That's why themers can update so quick.