Hello everyone!
I am a long time XDA user since the days of Windows Mobile skinning, under the name htctoucher. I'm now using the name aBbtdesigns (coming from Blackberry Themeing - see http://bbtdesigns.com) and am starting to create themes for Android!
It's been several years since I was active on XDA Forums, used to love this site, and am looking to get back into it!
I'll be posting some of my themes here, with links to the Market and my site (sig) so you can check out more if you're interested. Please let me know what you think, any requests, etc!
Enjoy!
PS anyone coming from windows mobile?
aBbt
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GO SMS THEMES AND THEME SERIES (Keyboards are in POST #2)
Here are some of my latest Themes:
(Click here to view all my themes)
And Series (available for several apps):
(Click here to view all my series)
KEYBOARD Skins!
TouchPal Skins:
(Click here to see all)
GO Keyboard Skins:
(Click here to see all)
Universal Skins:
(Click here to see all)
Current free Themes:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...iY29tLmpiLmdvc21zLnRoZW1lLnBvcHRoZW1lcGluayJdhttps://play.google.com/store/apps/...iY29tLmpiLmdvc21zLnRoZW1lLnBvcHRoZW1lcGluayJd
Your themes are truly amazing.
I did not buy one (i personally find themes that cost more than 1 euro expensive), but the screenshots are way more beautiful than any other skin i 've seen in the market
welcome to Android world! i remember testing themes for you back when i had my Bold 9700, not sure if you remember. ill definitely be having an eye out for your Android works now.
avoulk said:
Your themes are truly amazing.
I did not buy one (i personally find themes that cost more than 1 euro expensive), but the screenshots are way more beautiful than any other skin i 've seen in the market
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Thanks avoulk! Its great to hear that!
Edit - as per user requests, nearly all themes are now just $1.99 or less (Go SMS themes lowered)
Thanks again enjoy!
Aftashok said:
welcome to Android world! i remember testing themes for you back when i had my Bold 9700, not sure if you remember. ill definitely be having an eye out for your Android works now.
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Hey Aftashok! I definitely remember that. Glad to see a friendly face on Android.
Thanks guys, I'll be adding more this week, perhaps some GO Contacts themes as well.
Any requests be sure to let me know!
any thoughts of doing any theming for SwiftKey keyboard?
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any thoughts of doing any theming for SwiftKey keyboard?
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I didn't know swiftkey supported themes, do they now?
Are you taking requests? I like how you make themes for both Go SMS & Touchpal so that they can match!
I'm currently using the Dark Swift themes (which match fine) but testing out the Dark Blue themes (which don't match quite correctly).
Can the Touchpal keyboard be changed so that the letters on Touchpal are Black instead of White (to match the SMS chat bubble). Also, the color on Touchpal seems off by a little but, possibly due to the gradiant. Can the Touchpal blue color be made a few shades darker to match the SMS bubble blue color?
Thanks!
ps - tried to email you, but don't know if you check or of it just failed to get there
polstein said:
Are you taking requests? I like how you make themes for both Go SMS & Touchpal so that they can match!
I'm currently using the Dark Swift themes (which match fine) but testing out the Dark Blue themes (which don't match quite correctly).
Can the Touchpal keyboard be changed so that the letters on Touchpal are Black instead of White (to match the SMS chat bubble). Also, the color on Touchpal seems off by a little but, possibly due to the gradiant. Can the Touchpal blue color be made a few shades darker to match the SMS bubble blue color?
Thanks!
ps - tried to email you, but don't know if you check or of it just failed to get there
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Hey polstein!
Glad to hear you're liking the themes!
I just checked it out. I don't think I'll be doing black letters on the keyboard just for visibility issues.
Although I can look into changing the color to white on the SMS bubbles. What do you think?
Funny I never got an email, which address did you send to?
Thanks for the reply!
I sent the mail through the address listed in the Market (ok, the Play Store..grr).
I'm not even sure which theme I'm using at the moment, I've been switching around a lot and still can't decide on a keyboard. Every time I try to stick with one, things jump out that annoy me & I switch to another (then repeat). Touchpal is pretty good, but has some annoyances (and while updates come out regularly, the dev doesn't seem to be responding anywhere).
Mostly, I like having the keyboard & sms match themes. In the case of the Dark Blue theme, the black text on blue looks pretty good in Go SMS, trying to imagine what it would look like on the keyboard (black letters on the blue keys). Could go white text in GO Sms, but might be a small step the wrong way (and upset people using it already). Either way, please don't change just for me - I don't think I'm going to stick with the Dark Blue Touchpal skin, it's just too bright for me.
In general, the ones I tend to like are darker skins with color accents. (Perhaps a version of Dark Blue Touchpal - flipped - so the keys are black and the accent/letters are the blue to match the Dark Blue Go SMS theme?)
Finally, I made a feeble attempt with the theme builder to make a GO Sms theme to match the "Classic" touchpal look (grey keys with black letters and blue accents. I used mspaint to grab the rgb values of the skin & made backrounds & bubbles in Go Sms to match the keyboard.... and it looks like like crap. Somewhere in there, I'd love to see a Go Sms theme to match the Classic Touchpal look. I know you can do a much better job then I can
Thanks for any work you do!
I'll look into doing a classic TouchPal theme. Added to the to-do!
Also to note, nearly all our Go SMS themes are now $1.99!
You can see them all here:
http://bit.ly/HYcKz8
Enjoy!
polstein said:
Thanks for the reply!
I sent the mail through the address listed in the Market (ok, the Play Store..grr).
In general, the ones I tend to like are darker skins with color accents. (Perhaps a version of Dark Blue Touchpal - flipped - so the keys are black and the accent/letters are the blue to match the Dark Blue Go SMS theme?)
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Hey polstein
I have since rectified the email system.Seems emails were being withheld. All is working now! Email away
Read your post again today and I am wondering if you've checked out the Dark Phone Series. By your description it seems like it would fit perfectly into your request for black keys with blue accent highlights.
It's actually my favorite right now I have it running as I type this message! Have a look and see what you think!
www.a.bbtdesigns.com/dark-phone-series
It's currently available for Go SMS and Go keyboard. Coming soon for Go contacts.
I'm interested to hear what you think!
Best,
Kris
Wow....
This actually looks very nice.
I want to use it now
Hey everybody,
If any of you had the older Sony ericssons, do you remember the strobe theme, the lines that transistion colors? The closest thing to it is the Xperia S lwp on the playstore.
But those are individual color patterns that you have to choose from. Is there any dev that can mod them to flow by themselves from one color to another
OR
Is there anyone that knows of a wallpaper like the one I'm talking about, that exists? Thank you
Peeps,
Anyone know how i can change the menu from white to good old black. My puny eyes seem to hurt when using the menu screen on my Xperia Z 6603 :crying:
Try a different ROM.
maybe weare lucky and someone makes a module (or feature for an existing module) for the xposed framework, so we can change the background-color easily within every rom, even stock-(rooted)-rom.
Try the module "gravity box" which already has an option which changes the dithered background (standard: black to slight grey at the bottom) in the settings to pure black.
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My thread about optimizing battery life:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2382712
The new themes also have an effect on the backgrounds, Im using the craftsmanship theme and have a wooden theme background.
(scratch the above - didn't realize you specified kitkat)
MrSpocky said:
Peeps,
Anyone know how i can change the menu from white to good old black. My puny eyes seem to hurt when using the menu screen on my Xperia Z 6603 :crying:
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You can change the theme.
Hello, I'd like to know if it's possible to theme the sony walkman apk. Thought it'd be cool to use it in some other colour other than the purple, for so long. Here i'm not asking about the color changes when the song changes. Rather than the purple, i'd like to have the background theme in black, or blue, green, etc. Hope it's possible.
P.S I have no idea about modifiying apks, and i'm on a AOSP ROM right now (Tesla ROM )
Thanks in advance
Walkman APK
Sorry bro but currently not possible .Just update walkman apk
This is a pixel styled theme I made for the Xperia Z5. Hope you like it. Cheers.
edit:
new version v. 1.0.1
changelog:
added new Pixel navbar
https://mega.nz/#!5g9jwBrC!QiHCi5wUpotgmjoW98VRv8UlEvc3coYG1BJ6XAFRtTc
interesting
You should add more screenshots...
I attached some screenshots. Tested with Xperia Z2 on stock 6.0.1. If it works on the Z2, it will work on the Z5 I think.
I like how this looks, especially the Nav bar, but The theme is almost unusable. The background is just way too dark, it appears no change was made to enhance text legibility whatsoever. Maybe keep it completely white like the other "Stock Android" themes, or maybe black it out completely and put white text. Which is a shame. But it's good mind you.
More Power.
awesom
Hey folks, I will try to change the text color. But I don't see an option to do this in Theme Creator. Can someone give me an advice? Thanks in advance.
It would be cool if you black it out completely and put in white text