[How-To] DIY SoftKeys Mods

[Shibbdroid]

Well all done with the dock. Just pulled the images and edited them and put em on my phone and changed the icon via nova launcher. Its looking good.

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[Shibbdroid]

OK so I edited the stock battery icons from blue to yellow. I replaced them everywhere they were in the systemui.apk. I put them in an update.zip and nothing. Do I need to edit the individual percent icons as well to get them to work at all? The battery and menu icon is the only things I can get to work and once they work I will be mostly done.

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[CJM]

I downloaded codenameDroid 1.1.4. I don't know what happened with the menu icon not changing. If you got the other ones, that one should've worked too. I haven't tried changing the battery icons yet, but this is my theory;

There are icons in the framework-res.apk\drawable-xhdpi folder that correspond with the ones in the SystemUI.apk\drawable-xhdpi folder, as far as the battery levels. The ones in the framework folder aren't colored. They may be controlled by an xml somewhere. But there are also more icons in the SystemUI.apk that dont have any symbols or percentages on them. I'm not sure which ones need to be changed or, if its gonna be an xml that needs editing. You may just have to experiment with them.
I tried to put some of them in a picture to give you an idea of what I'm talking about.

[Shibbdroid]

Yup I edited the ones in the systemui not the framework Res ones. I need to start learning to edit .XML now lol. I really wanna have this theme complete. And btw I tried the menu key again and this time it just made it a pressed soft key. Like it was constantly glowing but no dots no menu key.
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[CJM]

That's weird. If you want, post it or pm it to me & I'll take a look at it.

I was going to post a link for some info on xml editing, but my Internet connection just crapped out. The name of the thread is, "So you want to edit xml's or more...an ADB.APK Manager How-To (Basics)", here on DF. It's in the Droid theming> Droid themers> Team inversion conversion section. A very smart individual wrote it.

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[Shibbdroid]

Well after a full day of working on this I finally have a lot of things modified. I have my signal bars and battery changed now and I'm looking into changing a few more things.

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[CJM]

You've come a long way, looks good. SO, when can we expect your 1st theme to be released? Any eta? lol just kidding

[Shibbdroid]

Ha I don't think I'll ever release a theme. It takes a long time to do all this work I'll just have fun making my phone my own. I can't thank you enough for helping me get rolling on this.

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[xkape]

That's weird. If you want, post it or pm it to me & I'll take a look at it.

I was going to post a link for some info on xml editing, but my Internet connection just crapped out. The name of the thread is, "So you want to edit xml's or more...an ADB.APK Manager How-To (Basics)", here on DF. It's in the Droid theming> Droid themers> Team inversion conversion section. A very smart individual wrote it.

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HA!... I dunno

[CJM]

You're so modest. While I have your attention, can you offer any insight as to how to take the transparency out of the soft keys until they are pressed? Here's a link saying how: xda-developers - View Single Post - [SOFTKEYS] Softkey Collection [GSM/LTE] [Update 24-01] Sounds like they are saying it needs to be done while the rom is being built. Just wondered if you came across this & if its possible to do after the fact. I'm still reading, but thought I'd ask you. They aslo think the background can be changed in the navigation_bar.xml: xda-developers - View Single Post - [SOFTKEYS] Softkey Collection [GSM/LTE] [Update 24-01]