I get a bootloop when I try to add a new button background to framework-res.apk. Why?

[ronamadeo]

(I'm new at this, any help, or even wild guesses, would be appreciated)

I'm using Daneshm90's (very awesome) APK Manager to mess around with my framework-res.apk file. I've sucessfully reskinned some pngs and changed some xml files and stuff like that. But any time I try to add a file to framework-res I get a bootloop.

So why does the following cause a bootloop?

1) Decompile Framework-res.apk

2) Make a copy of res\drawable\btn_default_small.xml and rename it btn_default_small2.xml

3) Change the background of something to android:background="@drawable/btn_default_small2"

4) Compile\flash to phone etc, watch it bootloop

I can edit existing files just fine, but whenever I try to add and use a new file everything grinds to a halt, even if its just a copy of a working 'stock' file. What am I missing? Is there a list of files somewhere I need to add my new xml file to? Should I be building from source instead of using apk manager?

[droidman101]

(I'm new at this, any help, or even wild guesses, would be appreciated)

I'm using Daneshm90's (very awesome) APK Manager to mess around with my framework-res.apk file. I've sucessfully reskinned some pngs and changed some xml files and stuff like that. But any time I try to add a file to framework-res I get a bootloop.

So why does the following cause a bootloop?

1) Decompile Framework-res.apk

2) Make a copy of res\drawable\btn_default_small.xml and rename it btn_default_small2.xml

3) Change the background of something to android:background="@drawable/btn_default_small2"

4) Compile\flash to phone etc, watch it bootloop

I can edit existing files just fine, but whenever I try to add and use a new file everything grinds to a halt, even if its just a copy of a working 'stock' file. What am I missing? Is there a list of files somewhere I need to add my new xml file to? Should I be building from source instead of using apk manager?

you have to resign it and flash it to /system/framework/framework-res.apk

[Logan3824]

(I'm new at this, any help, or even wild guesses, would be appreciated)

I'm using Daneshm90's (very awesome) APK Manager to mess around with my framework-res.apk file. I've sucessfully reskinned some pngs and changed some xml files and stuff like that. But any time I try to add a file to framework-res I get a bootloop.

So why does the following cause a bootloop?

1) Decompile Framework-res.apk

2) Make a copy of res\drawable\btn_default_small.xml and rename it btn_default_small2.xml

3) Change the background of something to android:background="@drawable/btn_default_small2"

4) Compile\flash to phone etc, watch it bootloop

I can edit existing files just fine, but whenever I try to add and use a new file everything grinds to a halt, even if its just a copy of a working 'stock' file. What am I missing? Is there a list of files somewhere I need to add my new xml file to? Should I be building from source instead of using apk manager?

you have to resign it and flash it to /system/framework/framework-res.apk

When you say resign, what do you mean?

[ronamadeo]

you have to resign it and flash it to /system/framework/framework-res.apk

I guess I have no way of knowing if it's signed correctly, but I tried signing it and it still bootlooped.

Thank you for replying though. This question just sinks to the bottom when I ask at XDA.

[es0tericcha0s]

-Misunderstood the OP. Sorry. LoL

[ronamadeo]

I'm not trying to edit the 9.png files yet. I'm trying to add a new xml file to the framework. I need to add a new background, not modify an existing one.

[es0tericcha0s]

My guess then would be that you need to add something to the Public.XML found in the Values folder (only available once you decompile framework-res) to let it know that you added something to the mix.

[ronamadeo]

I put an entry for it in public.xml with the next available ID, it still bootlooped. =/

[es0tericcha0s]

Sorry. I'm in the middle of learning this stuff too. I found that you also will need to add the button or whatever too and add the button in the public xml. Otherwise it's calling for something it can't find. At least that is my limited understanding of how it works.

[kevdog]

Here is my understanding.

I don't think you can add new things to the xml files -- simply replace them. You would have to compile from source to do what you want.

Using apkmanager is how I did things in the past. However what I did with the newly compiled framework.apk was to simply use winrar to drag the changed xml files to an unmodified framework-res.apk -- that way I never ran into any snags with signatures as I found apk manager's signing ability to be buggy for me.

And remember -- if using apk manager -- you can not work with a themed framework-res.apk since likely the themed apk will not compile -- you need to work with a stock framework-res.apk for what ROM you are using.