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[jmiller148]

Anyone able to decompile the GB Settings.apk with Apkmanager 4.9. I keep getting errors.

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[Carpatus]

Yeah, neither can I. Got a bunch of unknown source and unable to decode attr values errors.

[jmiller148]

Thanks for the response. I guess I need yo do some more reading.

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[Carpatus]

No problem. If you looking to theme it, you can extract the apk and edit the images. Won't have access to everything but something is better than nothing.

[jmiller148]

I just like to reorganize the maim menu. Oh well. It will get figured out sooner or later.

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[unkleduke]

You have to add all of the framework resource apks to apktool. Add framework-res.apk, moto-res.apk, blur-res.apk and SystemUI.apk. If you're using apkmanager, do this in /apkmanager/other. Then it will decompile. However, I haven't been able to get a recompiled version to work yet. It might have something to do with the GB SDK changing some of the string formats.

Example

apktool.jar if framework-res.apk

[unkleduke]

I'm not sure what my problem was earlier, but I've got it working now. Managed to do a quick inversion too. As long as you install the extra resource files, you should be good to go.

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[carlz28]

unkleduke said:

I'm not sure what my problem was earlier, but I've got it working now. Managed to do a quick inversion too. As long as you install the extra resource files, you should be good to go.

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Could you send me Settings.apk with just the inversion? I've done it a few times before but just dont have the patience to do it lol. I wanna get my theme released by this weekend and my custom settings icons wont look right with the light background.
:)

[unkleduke]

Sure Carl, I'm a fan your stuff. Remember you'll have to invert the call settings, battery manager, and bua in their respective apks.
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UPDATE!
Attention! The apk has some bugs. Only use it as a reference. If I get a chance to fix it, I'll post a proper version.

Edited by unkleduke, 01 April 2011 - 06:05 AM.

[jmiller148]

Thanks for the answer. Ill get that done.

EDIT: Worked like a charm. No recompile though.

THANKS AGAIN!

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Edited by jmiller148, 01 April 2011 - 11:55 AM.

[jmiller148]

Tried it at home this morning and got it to recompile without a problem.

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[unkleduke]

Great! Now I'm working on the dialer and contacts apks. What a pain! I've been able to invert some of the white menus (call settings is done) with hex edits, but I'd rather be able to do a clean decompile/recompile. Let me know if anyone has any luck with this. Blur is such a pain for themers!

[carlz28]

I see Moto/Google moved alot of stuff around in GB.

Some of the xmls that used to be in framework are now in SystemUI.
Notification area text colors are what I was trying to edit and they used to be in the statusbar.xml and statusbar_latest_content.xml...etc...which was in framework...
Now its moved to SystemUI.apk.....
Fortunately I just copied the xmls from an old theme to the GB apks and it worked out!!

[carlz28]

I stand corrected. Using the xmls from a Froyo theme did not work. Back to square one.
I can't get SystemUI.apk to decompile without an error.

And what are the extra resources that you mentioned above, unkleduke?
I saw over at xda that some people on HTC devices had to use some extra resource in one of the folders as well.

Whats that about?

[unkleduke]

There are 4 files (that I know of) that contain resources. blur-res.apk, moto-res.apk, framework-res.apk, SystemUI.apk. Apktool needs to reference these files in order to decompile/compile properly. Go to the same folder that apktool is in (If you're using apkmanager, it's in /other). From the command line type:

java -jar apktool.jar if framework-res.apk

Do this for each of the 4 resource files. Then you'll be able to decompile/compile any of the system apks. However, a few of the apks still won't recompile properly (BlurPhone and BlurContacts for example). I haven't figured out the cause of this issue yet.

[carlz28]

Yeah i figured it out last night. I did it a bit differently though . I actually dragged the apk to the cmd box when it asked for the resource file. Just having in the folders didnt allow me to do anything. Got everything the way i need for my theme now except for the dialer. Ill check that out tonight and let ya know if I have any success

[bouchigo]

unkleduke said:

I'm not sure what my problem was earlier, but I've got it working now. Managed to do a quick inversion too. As long as you install the extra resource files, you should be good to go.

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If you don't mind, what did you mod to invert the colors of the settings menu (black background and white text)? I tried some xml edits and it didn't do anything :confused

[unkleduke]

The main edit is changing AndroidManifest.xml

application android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Light"

to

application android:theme="@android:style/Theme"

*This causes a black-on-black text issue in Manage Applications lists. I haven't figured how to fix this yet.

*Not all menus in settings are controlled by Settings.apk. Backup Assistant, Call Settings, Battery etc. are all their own apks.

[bouchigo]

unkleduke said:

The main edit is changing AndroidManifest.xml

application android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Light"

to

application android:theme="@android:style/Theme"

*This causes a black-on-black text issue in Manage Applications lists. I haven't figured how to fix this yet.

*Not all menus in settings are controlled by Settings.apk. Backup Assistant, Call Settings, Battery etc. are all their own apks.

I think I've got it, check it out:





I did like you said in AndroidManifest, but I changed all the "Theme.Light" entries to "Theme.Black".

I also made some changes in the "Values" folder; there's an entry in styles.xml that I changed from "Theme.Light" to "Theme.Black".

In colors.xml I changed

<item type="color" name="text_color">@android:color/black</item>

to

<item type="color" name="text_color">#ffffffff</item>

Edited by bouchigo, 06 April 2011 - 06:16 PM.

[unkleduke]

Nice job. I believe it was the edit in colors.xml I was looking for. Thanks.

On another note, I solved an old apktool.jar issue when compiling some blur apks. Now I can recompile blurphone and any other blur apk w/o error. Just edit the apktool.yml so that the framework ids are listed in numerical order.