[PROJECT] Porting HTC Apps to NON-HTC Rom - Wildfire Android Development

Greetings, Me and my Co-devs here in xda devs already agreed to start a little project. (Actually we are only 2 and he doesn't want to reveal his username here).
We already started this project last week, and so far we successfully able to port the HTCCamera to CM6.1 Beta and OpenFire 2.2 but it force closes at sometime..
Here's our priority list:
1. HTCCamera --> in progress and ported already but force close sometime
2. HTC Album
3. HTC Calendar
4. HTC Radio
5. HTC Sense UI
6. Entire HTC Apps
we might discontinue this project anytime because we have both a very limited time to develop. But we are trying our best (2 of us) to have some time and continue what we started.
The credit of this whole project goes to my partner who doesn't want to introduce himself here..
and we need more developers..
UPDATES
October 10, 2010 --> Project Started
October 16, 2010 --> Camera ported but force close
November 1, 2010 --> HTC Framework ported but haven't tested yet

Sounds good!
I really like some of the HTC apps more than their AOSP counterparts.

GreatWizard said:
Greetings, Me and my Co-devs here in xda devs already agreed to start a little project. (Actually we are only 2 and he doesn't want to reveal his username here).
We already started this project last week, and so far we successfully able to port the HTCCamera to CM6.1 Beta and OpenFire 2.2 but it force closes at sometime..
Here's our priority list:
1. HTCCamera --> in progress and ported already but force close sometime
2. HTC Album
3. HTC Calendar
4. HTC Radio
5. HTC Sense UI
6. Entire HTC Apps
we might discontinue this project anytime because we have both a very limited time to develop. But we are trying our best (2 of us) to have some time and continue what we started.
The credit of this whole project goes to my partner who doesn't want to introduce himself here..
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This looks like a good project. Good luck guys
We definitely need a better Calender and Album than the Vanilla one and I think the HTC Sense stuff is the best looking and easiest.

Calender would be awesome. Keep this good work up!
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That would be very appreciated.
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Good work guys.
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How about the HTC Keyboard? Or is it part of the UI?

we need more developers..

If you want to port the HTC IME please pm me I can help. I'm having problems only with signing the apk.
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Nice to see this, tried to port the camera app myselft but without any progress would love to include that in OpenFire when you get it working
And if you need help testing or anything like that, I sure can try to help

shouldnt this be in the android fourm?
good idea though

brilldoctor said:
shouldnt this be in the android fourm?
good idea though
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why ? it is the wildfire apps they are porting I guess so let it be here!
btw would love to get those files from camera app and try it myself ;D maybe I can help out a bit too

melinte said:
How about the HTC Keyboard? Or is it part of the UI?
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There was a Swype apk with an HTC like keyboard. I still have it installed on my phone but I think they shut the thread down with the links

I still got that one, pm me. I also made a multilanguage version of swype with the qvga fix and the new skin, I can do another one with the htc skin.
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I would like to use some htc apps in openfire too. I got some questions about that...I am nearly a noob but I like to try something on my self...which parts in ROMs are responsible for "phone signature"? I tried to make a new openfire zip with htc apps copied from wildpuzzle folders into openfire folders->means I have extracted the Roms into seperate folders and copied the htc files from wildpuzzle into openfire folders and created a new zip. When I had flashed it, htc apps where installed but did not open. One time I got the message "This application is only for HTC phone".

Progress updated, see first post.. sorry for slow progress we are only few in developing and limited time..

best of luck guys.. hope more developers join you

I'm looking forward for the FM Radio....;-)

tegap said:
I'm looking forward for the FM Radio....;-)
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me too,
the FM radio in CyanogenMOD would be a gift from heaven
good luck!

If you will port HTC Dialer i will pray for you=))
thx and good luck

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[Q] Could Sense UI be ported to the Captivate?

I have been thinking about getting the Captivate. I was just wondering if there was any way that Sense UI could ported to it? Just wondering. It is my favorite UI.
shival said:
i have been thinking about getting the captivate. I was just wondering if there was any way that sense ui could ported to it? Just wondering. It is my favorite ui.
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good god no! Want Sense buy an TC device. It's funny people who have HTC sense devices scream to get rid of it.
Shival said:
I have been thinking about getting the Captivate. I was just wondering if there was any way that Sense UI could ported to it? Just wondering. It is my favorite UI.
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nnnot really
but you can check out my sense dock here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=752925
and the evo black bar here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=744524
with these two you can get the basic feel of senseui
I can send you a clock widget that looks like the Sense one. Called Fancy Widget. Used to be in the market.
Sent from my iPhone with the bigger Gee Bees.
Thanks!
I was just wondering haha. This will be my first android device and it will be the first device I have ever bought from my carrier. Having had my Touch HD which started out at TF3D and WinMo 6.1 and is now at HTC Sense and WinMo 6.5.5 and I have kinda hit the limit.
This is actually the first Samsung device I have ever found that I may like. I hope I will enjoy it as much as I have enjoyed my HTC.
Was waiting for AT&T to pick up a High-end HTC Android device but it doesn't sound like it is gonna happen.
Thanks for the replies though!
I hope this device will have good support here to keep it updated
Shival said:
I was just wondering haha. This will be my first android device and it will be the first device I have ever bought from my carrier. Having had my Touch HD which started out at TF3D and WinMo 6.1 and is now at HTC Sense and WinMo 6.5.5 and I have kinda hit the limit.
This is actually the first Samsung device I have ever found that I may like. I hope I will enjoy it as much as I have enjoyed my HTC.
Was waiting for AT&T to pick up a High-end HTC Android device but it doesn't sound like it is gonna happen.
Thanks for the replies though!
I hope this device will have good support here to keep it updated
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They have their baby, the iPhone. You know that is the reason they locked sideloading apps. They just don't want Android being better than the iPhone.... but they will learn soon enough.
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Lost app :(

I lost my favorite better keyboard theme. It was the Florida Gators better keyboard theme. Can you find an app once it is removed from the market if so there are others I would like to find. I have search for the answer on the net but no luck can some one help me out please.
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You mean this one ?
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-betterandroid-betterkeyboard-skins-gators-qCzp.aspx
Looks like it got pulled from the market for some reason.You might want to e-mail the developer and see what's up with it.
Mac
This is why I love this site. That's exactly the one I was looking for. My Hero is gatored out except my keyboard. I need to email the dev to see if I can get the apk maybe. Thank you sooooooo much Mac!!!!!!!!
Sent From My Super Hero With Vanilla FroYo 2.2
I found out J-B THEMES has pulled all the themes for the market and places them on their site. Part of my issue is resolved. Now if some one can answer the question as to if the is a place to see other app that has been pulled from the market life would be great?
Sent From My Super Hero With Vanilla FroYo 2.2
izoro said:
This is why I love this site. That's exactly the one I was looking for. My Hero is gatored out except my keyboard. I need to email the dev to see if I can get the apk maybe. Thank you sooooooo much Mac!!!!!!!!
Sent From My Super Hero With Vanilla FroYo 2.2
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Your most welcome..glad to help out in a small way.
I don't know if this occured to you yet..but you could always try to learn how to make your own skins for your keyboard too if it never comes back to the market..I know it takes a while to learn all of this stuff..but seems like a likely alternative. There's a whole bunch of tutorials on doing various things with a Android..
Mac
No it had not I some what still a noob I would love to learn how to make my own themes and stuff but it is taking me a while due to my garbage work schedule. But I am looking into it. Thanks to root and terminal emulator I can do most of my custom stuff directly from the phone
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Darkedge theme for sense roms

Its called DARKEDGE theme, works on droid phones,has all black backgrounds with white text, can any themer here could bring it to sense roms for htc desire ? donation will follow !! thanks in advance . any help would be very apreciated .
nobody ????
darkedge is a nice theme... would probably take quite some time to port it too
Looks hella nice.. I second this.
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Im working on it for opendesire.
Never liked people polling for "yes" and "no'". Looks great. Port it over. I want to give it a go.
i will donate for this. maybe ask the guy who designes this to help port it for other phones?
I asked him..he is on vacation rightnow, he told me that he will start when he is back home.He can actually works on the framework-res he said..the apps take a long time..step by step, but it would be already nice to have the framework modded already.if he sees interest to port from people, then he will surely port it 100% .
shlomo78 said:
I asked him..he is on vacation rightnow, he told me that he will start when he is back home.He can actually works on the framework-res he said..the apps take a long time..step by step, but it would be already nice to have the framework modded already.if he sees interest to port from people, then he will surely port it 100% .
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i started on this long ago when i had hero. i forgot where i put the files, and working on other things i forgot about it. i want to port it to cm6 for evo. that would be very easy. not sure there was a sense version so it will be more difficult to make the sense port version of it.

[ROM] Embrace MIUI 12.31.03 | English | Deodexed | Adblocking

This rom is a modification of stock MIUI 12.31.0 featuring updated/removed apps, wallpapers, themed widgets and more. It is currently in testing stage.
The goal is to keep a stable stripped down MIUI with minimum applications and focus on customization.
This is a early rom, some things may not work (however I have had no issues thus far) Please do not whine if something does not work, instead explain what is not working, use screenshots if possible (menu+volume down) and let me know if you can replicate the issue.
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Removed: (If you want these most can be downloaded from the market)
Twitter
Facebook
FM Radio
MIUI Gallery (until it is less buggy)
Google car home
Google voice
Chrome to Phone
Youtube
Added:
Gallery has been tweaked - Should be slightly faster
Sense calculator
Themed camera
Flash should be working again
Added new boot animation
Custom Fonts
New Transitions
Gingerbread Apps
Themed Tweetdeck (Themed widgets)
Themed Launcherpro (Themed widgets)
Nexus S Live Wallpaper
Modified hosts file to block ads (Please donate to app developers or buy the full version of applications, this was done to block ads in websites)
To be removed:
Nothing!
To be added:
Make SWG by Lucas Schwidt the default theme
Change default wallpapers
Galaxy Fascinate Live Wallpapers
Remove USB Debugging icon
Circle Battery Icon
50% Transparent notification panel
SMS Timestamp fixed by default
Thanks:
MarkHUK
n_i_x
warttack
MIUI devs
rori~ (Transparent Tweetdeck Widget)
Signals23 (themed LauncherPro)
XDA-Developers
Known Bugs:
None!
Downloads:
Latest version
Embrace MIUI 12.31.03
Previous Versions
Embrace MIUI 12.31.02
Embrace MIUI 12.31
Images: Click here for images
If you have any application requests, hotfixes or would like to design wallpapers/icons or ringtones/notification tones please let me know. This is a going community based rom.
My only question is "why?"
wdfowty said:
My only question is "why?"
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1. A lot of people have been having problems with MIUI Releases hotfixes come out but do not get added to the roms.
2. A lot of people use launcher pro along with MIUI this saves them a step
3. People don't like ads, especially not ones that take up half of the screen on certain websites.
4. MIUI is a testing rom, by removing/replacing the broken applications and aspects of the rom people can have a stable, minimal MIUI.
5. I am bored, seriously this is a big reason. I decided to get bored and start customizing a rom to my liking, I feel others may like it as well... some will some will not.
6. Some people that I personally know have had friends of theirs root there phone and install a rom for them and were uncomfortable using recovery to flash hotfixes so their friends (usually me) than hotfix the phones, update it to the way they want, etc... its a time waster to have to do updates after every new update to MIUI this one will be updated after all the hotfixes for the roms are out.
7. Why not?
Thank you! I love this rom
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papi92 said:
Thank you! I love this rom
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No problem, please let me know if you run into any issues. Main goal is stability and cleanliness.
First post has been updated with latest release.
Please report any issues that you are having.
Enjoy!
Embrace said:
1. A lot of people have been having problems with MIUI Releases hotfixes come out but do not get added to the roms.
2. A lot of people use launcher pro along with MIUI this saves them a step
3. People don't like ads, especially not ones that take up half of the screen on certain websites.
4. MIUI is a testing rom, by removing/replacing the broken applications and aspects of the rom people can have a stable, minimal MIUI.
5. I am bored, seriously this is a big reason. I decided to get bored and start customizing a rom to my liking, I feel others may like it as well... some will some will not.
6. Some people that I personally know have had friends of theirs root there phone and install a rom for them and were uncomfortable using recovery to flash hotfixes so their friends (usually me) than hotfix the phones, update it to the way they want, etc... its a time waster to have to do updates after every new update to MIUI this one will be updated after all the hotfixes for the roms are out.
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TBH, I've never tried MIUI on the Inc. It used to be my rom of choice on my Nexus One. So I had no idea that all these apps were broken, so that makes sense to remove them. But why remove the notifications? That;s what threw me off.
Embrace said:
7. Why not?
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Good answer
wdfowty said:
But why remove the notifications? That;s what threw me off.
Good answer
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Just the notification tones. I find most people use custom tones. I will most likely release a version without them removed.
I know this is kind of noob question but I'm going to ask anyway. Can you change themes like other Miui roms? Thank you for your time.
domino27 said:
I know this is kind of noob question but I'm going to ask anyway. Can you change themes like other Miui roms? Thank you for your time.
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Yes you can
I leave miui and all of a sudden there are people releasing miui roms for the Incredible. Where was everyone when I was asking for help cuz I was getting burnt out with weekly releases?
Good job tho...
When I return to miui (maybe when they move to gingerbread) I hope people don't disappear
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I actually started this while you were working on 12.18 I think it was, didn't have enough time to get it all sorted out before the 12.24 release, which I found too buggy to work with. 12.31 is great though!
It seems like everyone is releasing very stock roms though. I am trying to slim them down a bit and give MIUI noobs a place to start.
You are a hero to us all n_i_x!
Thank you embrace for your hard work.and yes, nix please come back.i love the incredible dev community.
Sent from my HTC Incredible using XDA App
First thread updated with latest version.
I got alot of reboots but I loved the speed
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Alarm clock?
Just curious why you removed the clock app? There is no way to set an alarm without it right (short of downloading another alarm app of course)?
I like the minimialist design, but personally I would like to have that + the ringtones (or at least some option besides the obnoxious 'rave' one.)
papi92 said:
I got alot of reboots but I loved the speed
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Where are you getting the reboots? Can you replicate them?
Thanks
jp1353 said:
Just curious why you removed the clock app? There is no way to set an alarm without it right (short of downloading another alarm app of course)?
I like the minimialist design, but personally I would like to have that + the ringtones (or at least some option besides the obnoxious 'rave' one.)
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I am going to be releasing a new pack today with the ringtones and I am re-adding the clock app as well.
Thank you for your feedback
They are random im still on original release . Im using the windows phone launcher from market.
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Anytime I get it to reboot my logcat doesn't save. Im logcatting using phone. Maybe I need to change kernel
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Oh maybe bc I restored data from other miui rom? Ill try clean install
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Quick Question regarding APKs

Hey I was just wondering why this does not work .
Why can I not cross use different apks from different roms .
I am using Ice cold sandwich atm and the Camera application sucks on it , half the stuff doesn't work so I am forced to use a third party application.
I tried to access the app folder inside the "system.ext3.tar" which was found in one of my backup roms . ---> Created with CW MOD
I basically tried to take the working camera application and install it on my current rom but it crashes on startup, how do you actually go about doing stuff like this? What are the requirements ?
I just dont get why it does not work
I also hate the clock APK in the rom it does not have a world clock which I really need. I tried to again take the World Clock apk from another rom and it did not even install.
They were all from different icecream sandwiches but with sense 4 , the rom I am using does not have sense but I dont see how that would really affect this
Can someone explain to me how to cross use APK system files ?:good::good:
I believe you can't cross sense with aosp and aokp. If you want sense apps to work then port to a sense Rom. Your trying to put a square peg in a triangle hole.
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I cannor really explain it, but I know for sure that u can't use apk-files from sense or touchwhiz and use them on AOKP ROMs. It's just not possible. Same thing for widgets...
WILLI120 said:
I cannor really explain it, but I know for sure that u can't use apk-files from sense or touchwhiz and use them on AOKP ROMs. It's just not possible. Same thing for widgets...
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I have an apk though that is the SENSE clock and it works in me rom which is AOSP :/
I can upload it if you would like to see and it works it appears in the widgets sections on my phone
Nanafy said:
I have an apk though that is the SENSE clock and it works in me rom which is AOSP :/
I can upload it if you would like to see and it works it appears in the widgets sections on my phone
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I don't think it would be *sense*
It hasn't been taken from a HTC rom, its just a clock thats themed to look like sense
like themed
A themed AOKP rom to look like sense is not a sense rom
markj338 said:
I don't think it would be *sense*
It hasn't been taken from a HTC rom, its just a clock thats themed to look like sense
like themed
A themed AOKP rom to look like sense is not a sense rom
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I see thanks for all your help guys and if anyone can explain to me the technical aspect of not being able to cross APKS due to AOSP and AOKP
I am just curious as to the limiting factor
Nanafy said:
I see thanks for all your help guys and if anyone can explain to me the technical aspect of not being able to cross APKS due to AOSP and AOKP
I am just curious as to the limiting factor
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HTC apps require HTC framework and other HTC apps in order to work
So without the other apps, just come of them won't work
Most apps from other Roms, like Sony Ericsson and miui Roms will work, I have some of them
I think just Samsung and HTC apps won't work
But Samsung apps can be hacked
Sent from my Nexus 7
Nanafy said:
I see thanks for all your help guys and if anyone can explain to me the technical aspect of not being able to cross APKS due to AOSP and AOKP
I am just curious as to the limiting factor
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There are dependency on HTC framework for sense APk,thus causing sense apk not working at aosp/aopk rom.
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