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Location and name of apps list background?

Hi,
I'm currently creating a black theme for a 2.1 rom but i am totally struggling finding the PNG file for the apps list "all programs" background, currently it's a light shade of grey starting at the top shading down to black at the bottom but want to make this this totally black.
I have changed all the files i can find that resemble the background but it remains grey fading to black and maybe this is controlled by an xml file?.
I have looked in framework-res and com.htc.resources apks but cannot find the file to change this.
Can anyone help me with this please?
Thx.

welcome to the league of those who cannot find the menu background... we've all been searching for a long long time, the shining knight has yet to be found that can free us all from the curse of the dark in the back...

Lol, ok but some themes i've seen have a black background, maybe this is because it's the default for the that particular rom/theme.

after reading your first post again : are you talking about stock or sense roms? not sure about the stock launcher, it should be know what file it is for that. not for rosie though.

I'm themeing an expresso sense rom and the file i have found that resembles the background png is called common_panel_gradient.png, which is also found in some common system apk's.

Hitman37 said:
I'm themeing an expresso sense rom and the file i have found that resembles the background png is called common_panel_gradient.png, which is also found in some common system apk's.
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have you tried editing it?

kendong2 said:
have you tried editing it?
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Yes, i did a couple of system apk's as well but the programs background stays the same, sys apk's change to the new edit.

Hitman37 said:
Yes, i did a couple of system apk's as well but the programs background stays the same, sys apk's change to the new edit.
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It's not a png, it's a xml in framework-res.apk. I'm not at my own pc right now, but I'm 99% sure it's in /res/values/colors.xml. I tried editing to a semiopaque once, but it made the icons have trails when scrolling.
EDIT: Forget it. Just downloaded the stuff needed, and it is not in framework-res.apk. It's in Rosie.apk. /res/values/colors.xml. Line 8
Code:
<color name="all_item_background">#ff000000</color>

tristan202 said:
It's not a png, it's a xml in framework-res.apk. I'm not at my own pc right now, but I'm 99% sure it's in /res/values/colors.xml. I tried editing to a semiopaque once, but it made the icons have trails when scrolling.
EDIT: Forget it. Just downloaded the stuff needed, and it is not in framework-res.apk. It's in Rosie.apk. /res/values/colors.xml. Line 8
Code:
<color name="all_item_background">#ff000000</color>
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Ah thanks Tristan ,
i thought it was probably xml related but the question now is how do i edit this (ff000000) in line 8 to change it to my all black background and what hex would this be?
Do i need some java tools for editing the xml?
Thank you!

Hitman37 said:
Ah thanks Tristan ,
i thought it was probably xml related but the question now is how do i edit this (ff000000) in line 8 to change it to my all black background and what hex would this be?
Do i need some java tools for editing the xml?
Thank you!
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You need to download apktool, and then extract Rosie with that. The way it's done is this:
Code:
apktool d Rosie.apk out
That will decompile it to the folder 'out', and make all xml files readable and editable. Then after editing you run this command:
Code:
apktool b out
That will rebuild the apk. All left to do is either resign it or copy the edited files to your original Rosie.apk

Thanks again!!
Two questions...
What editor do i need to edit the decompiled file, will notepad do it?
What do edit the file to in line8, to use my background PNG?
Thanks.

Hitman37 said:
Thanks again!!
Two questions...
What editor do i need to edit the decompiled file, will notepad do it?
What do edit the file to in line8, to use my background PNG?
Thanks.
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Notepad will do just fine. I use Notepad++, a freeware great notepad replacement with code highlight. I am not sure if you can replace the background with a png. That's be kinda tricky. It will probably require some altering in the smali, and I'm not familiar with that. One thing you could try is edit another file instead. You need to edit bladelistview.xml in layout folder.
Edit this tag:
Code:
android:background="@color/all_item_background"
to this:
Code:
android:background="@drawable/NAME_OF_YOUR_PNG_WITHOUT_EXTENSION"
Remember to put you custom image in the drawable folder in Rosie. I am not sure if this will work, but it's definatly worth trying.

Ok great, i'll try your suggestions.
Thanks

Hmm no it doesn't work, still the same background, i also get some errors when decompiling and re-compiling rosie but i inserted the files directly into rosie anyway with winrar, still not working
Any other idea's?
Thanks.

I have a feeling there's an apk somewhere that controls the program launch/list that has this png inside but i cannot find it , i thought that it could be the Launcher.apk but it's totally missing from the apps folder
This is what the current background looks like
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And want to change it to this...

[Q] [SOLVED] [THEMING HELP] GenieWidget.apk/Power Control Widget

I'm having some problems theming it. I want it to be like the one from BlackMod so I've extracted the one from BlackMod and put it in my theme so it should work now right? But it didn't it just showed the widget but not with the correct bagground etc. Then I took the GenieWidget.apk from the original ROM and themed it plus some pngs that is also in it. Something like this:
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"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
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"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
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but it's still not working :/ This is what the widget currently looks like BTW:

bro, did you sign it after you modded it to ur liking? from your first picture i just see the .9 borders, which are not supposed to be there after you run it through a compiler like Eclipse.

opasha said:
bro, did you sign it after you modded it to ur liking? from your first picture i just see the .9 borders, which are not supposed to be there after you run it through a compiler like Eclipse.
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As it is a system apk it does not need to be signed. The borders are because of decompiling and I did recompile again afterwards. Also it does work but it doesn't have the correct layout. That's the issue

C0mpu13rFr34k said:
As it is a system apk it does not need to be signed. The borders are because of decompiling and I did recompile again afterwards. Also it does work but it doesn't have the correct layout. That's the issue
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send me your images that you want for this geniewidget and power control and ill edit and sign it for you and then upload the apk. or if you want, i can create an update.zip like i did for this fellow in the Post Your Home Screen thread. let me know, i'm always happy to help.

opasha said:
send me your images that you want for this geniewidget and power control and ill edit and sign it for you and then upload the apk. or if you want, i can create an update.zip like i did for this fellow in the Post Your Home Screen thread. let me know, i'm always happy to help.
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I appreciate that but that is not the problem. The problem is that I have themed it (all pngs that needs theming) but it still stays as the matte Power Control Widget. I ask because someone might know if there are some other pngs in some other apks or if I have to edit some XML files or something. I have already created 2 themes so I know how it works (signing, update.zip etc.)

C0mpu13rFr34k said:
I appreciate that but that is not the problem. The problem is that I have themed it (all pngs that needs theming) but it still stays as the matte Power Control Widget. I ask because someone might know if there are some other pngs in some other apks or if I have to edit some XML files or something. I have already created 2 themes so I know how it works (signing, update.zip etc.)
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hm, assuming you know that power control widget is in the settings.apk and have edited that, my only other suggestion would be to check the framework because i do not know of any other place where they could be. however, from my experience, i find it always best to edit your apk within your theme (the actual .zip) and then sign that whole .zip if you want to avoid any issues. just my two cents for you. if the xml is stock, there should be no issues as to what is governing the correct .9.png. anyway, good luck .

opasha said:
hm, assuming you know that power control widget is in the settings.apk and have edited that, my only other suggestion would be to check the framework because i do not know of any other place where they could be. however, from my experience, i find it always best to edit your apk within your theme (the actual .zip) and then sign that whole .zip if you want to avoid any issues. just my two cents for you. if the xml is stock, there should be no issues as to what is governing the correct .9.png. anyway, good luck .
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Thanks man! I did not know that (waow that's stupid BTW) that was exactly what I was looking for Will try it and tell you how it works

@opasha
Now that you've helped me once maybe you would know how to make a transparent .9 png (or maybe you could send me one)? I keep getting an alpha error and I really don't know anything about color profiles

C0mpu13rFr34k said:
@opasha
Now that you've helped me once maybe you would know how to make a transparent .9 png (or maybe you could send me one)? I keep getting an alpha error and I really don't know anything about color profiles
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how transparent and for what png exactly? details bro....details....=P

opasha said:
how transparent and for what png exactly? details bro....details....=P
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Hehe it's for the Facebook app I took a themed version for some ROM I can't remember but it wasn't fully themed so I themed the rest myself and of course a lot of the 9 pngs was "broken" from the other themer so I need a totally transparent 9 png for the top thing (appwidget_top_white.9.png). Whenever I do it I just get an alpha error. I've attached the Facebook.apk (the original themed version not the one I themed) if you need more details
Thanks in advance I'll be sure to include you in the release notes hehe

C0mpu13rFr34k said:
Hehe it's for the Facebook app I took a themed version for some ROM I can't remember but it wasn't fully themed so I themed the rest myself and of course a lot of the 9 pngs was "broken" from the other themer so I need a totally transparent 9 png for the top thing (appwidget_top_white.9.png). Whenever I do it I just get an alpha error. I've attached the Facebook.apk (the original themed version not the one I themed) if you need more details
Thanks in advance I'll be sure to include you in the release notes hehe
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ok sure no problem man. ive attached a fully transparent .9.png with that name. if you want to use it for other pngs, just make copies of the one i attached and rename it to whatever name you choose. good luck . it's there but you can't see it since it's totally transparent. to download it, just right click in the left corner or a little towards the middle of the left corner until you get the option to save image.

opasha said:
ok sure no problem man. ive attached a fully transparent .9.png with that name. if you want to use it for other pngs, just make copies of the one i attached and rename it to whatever name you choose. good luck . it's there but you can't see it since it's totally transparent. to download it, just right click in the left corner or a little towards the middle of the left corner until you get the option to save image.
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Thanks man! You've been very helpful I'm going to release a new version of my theme now

C0mpu13rFr34k said:
Thanks man! You've been very helpful I'm going to release a new version of my theme now
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no problem dude

[DEVTOOL] Saint's Color Editor v1.1 (changing colors in Android XML files made easy)

Saint's Color Editor v1.1​
I developed this tool to easily edit android colors in decompiled xml files. I'm sharing it here to help other themers because personally I found changing colors in xml files as the most painful part of theming.​
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Download ColorEditor.zip (v1.1)
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Change Log
Version 1.1
* Looks up and loads named colors like @color/black from the same xml file and also interprets standard named colors
* Improved error handling​
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How to install and use?
Pretty simple..
- Unzip ColorEditor.exe anywhere you like and run..
- You must have Microsoft .NET Framework 4 installed on your pc
- Open any android xml file that contains colors
- Click on colors you want to change and choose alternate color from the color dialog that pops up (the app will automatically identify the hex code)
- When you are done, hit File/Save or Saveas..​... as simple as that
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Remember to thank me if I made your life easy.. Cheers..​

thankz dude..
i'll try ur tool
but i wanna asking before..
does this tool can editing xml file on apk?
i wanna edit an apk file,extract them using winRar > replacing icons > resign (it work),but if i'm editing xml file there,can i used this method?

This looks interesting. I will try it out tomorrow from main desktop.

Great, must have

very nice thanks ^^

hmm weird
it cant open
zz_tw_secondary_text_sub.xml
it says that it doesn contain hex color codes
but it has hex codes in it -_-

ian_ajah said:
thankz dude..
i'll try ur tool
but i wanna asking before..
does this tool can editing xml file on apk?
i wanna edit an apk file,extract them using winRar > replacing icons > resign (it work),but if i'm editing xml file there,can i used this method?
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xml's in apk's are compiled in binary form.. You can't directly edit them.. You need to first decode the apk using apktool, edit whatever you want and recompile the apk again..
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Color editor is primarily meant to edit colors.xml file because it contains many colors in some apk's.. if you open colors.xml in NotePad you will notice that it contains color tags in a certain xml notation.. Color editor can only open files which contain color tags in such notation.. Other files, although it may contain color hex codes do not follow this notation because there are several other attributes that color editor does not decode at the moment.. Not many colors are also found in the other files.. So it would be simple to create a sample file in colors.xml format with the hex codes you want to edit, change them and then replace those hex codes in the original file.. That's what I do.. Or you can just use Paint.NET color window to input the hex code and change them.. Hope you get it?
spacecaker said:
hmm weird
it cant open
zz_tw_secondary_text_sub.xml
it says that it doesn contain hex color codes
but it has hex codes in it -_-
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can you give an link to paint.NET ?
or is it just preinstalled paint ?
ok will try to look good in it and mess a bit around
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spacecaker said:
can you give an link to paint.NET ?
or is it just preinstalled paint ?
ok will try to look good in it and mess a bit around
Search google for paint.net
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PsychicSaint said:
xml's in apk's are compiled in binary form.. You can't directly edit them.. You need to first decode the apk using apktool, edit whatever you want and recompile the apk again..
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yeah i've decompiled an xml file..but when it opened by ur tool,it say " no colour..bla..bla.."
why?

Thanks a lot for this tool; it's great. One request: could you implement the ability for us to use our own hex codes instead of just using a color picker?
Thanks again!

version problem
dear PsychicSaint
great job
when I try to download the 1.1 version I allways get the 1.0 version.. Is it possible to get the 1.1 version ?
thanks in advance

jergud said:
dear PsychicSaint
great job
when I try to download the 1.1 version I allways get the 1.0 version.. Is it possible to get the 1.1 version ?
thanks in advance
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No worries, the download is actually 1.1... Just that I have forgotten to update the version in About window..

Thank you for this!
I have yet to "use" it, but I did play around a bit.
Thank you.

Thanks
Just found by accident cool Idea works great.
Thanks

Cool

Howdy. Trying to edit my colors.xml file. I go to open the file and about 30 "Sorry Something Went Wrong" error boxes pop up. I click OK on all of them and then some of the color strings load, but not all of them. I hoping you can tell me what I'm doing wrong. I zipped the file so you can see if it's just me. I know it's this color.xml file because I tested on another color.xml file (the one from touchwiz) and it opened and edited fine.

PlayStore 5.0.31 decompiled and compiled Play Store files from EMSpilot

PlayStore 5.0.31 decompiled and compiled Play Store files from EMSpilot
Now you can decompile mod theme and compile. You must use APKTOOL RC2.
APKTOOL RC2 Get it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1755243
Enjoy!!
Download Here: PlayStore 5.0.31
Please don't forget to hit thanks!!!!
This fixed Play Store 5.0.31 APK works perfect with APKTOOL RC2 and the proper resources. You do not need to delete anything from values-v21/styles.xml or any other xml. If you are having to do this then you have a problem with your APKTOOL setup or resources!!!
Ok so I see that quit a few people are using the wrong resources aka framework-res.apk. So here is a zip of my entire RC2 setup with the proper framework-res.apk included. Make sure you type at the command prompt: apktool if framework-res.apk. then proceed.
Also make sure you are taking the APK from the dist folder in the zip to decompile.
Download: APKTOOL RC2 Setup
For those of you that are having problems with values-v21/styles.xml. Look for the following lines: There may be more but I am just explaining why you are having problems.
Line 46: <item name="android:findOnPageNextDrawable">@android:drawable/ic_find_next_holo_dark</item>
Line 50: <item name="android:findOnPageNextDrawable">@android:drawable/ic_find_next_holo_dark</item>
Line 159: <item name="android:textEditNewActionPopupShare">@android:drawable/ic_find_next_holo_dark</item>
What we see here is that APKTOOL is looking for the resource in framework-res.apk. All 3 are a drawable png "ic_find_next_holo_dark". If this is not present in the framework-res.apk you used with the "if Command". It won't work.
Please also thank djdarkknight96 for his contribution and help!

Amaign work to take the time to figure out all the issues and how to overcome them and make this available for us simple themers to do something with it..
My hat is tipped off to you sir!

That was fast! Great work EMSpilot. Many, many, are grateful.

@EMSpilot
Awesome tool and great work as usual Bill.
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Getting all the same errors as before with values-v21

Phone_Guru said:
Getting all the same errors as before with values-v21
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No Errors, you need ot use the Apktool RC2, linked in the OP, and this thing has no issue compiling.
Also, make sure you have at least Framework 4.4.2 or above loaded..

I am using RC2, have 4.4.2 frameworks and still compiling errors

Phone_Guru said:
I am using RC2, have 4.4.2 frameworks and still compiling errors
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Please download OP's Market apk... If you down load that decompile it, and then recompile, should work out the box, many have been working on it all night with no issues.

OP only has the files, not the market app

Phone_Guru said:
OP only has the files, not the market app
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It's what I meant, you might actually get some help if you post what errors you are seeing, instead of just comingin and saying doesn't work. I have been working on mine for last 8 hours. And You are not giving any real information. i have been trying to..

Your should say what you mean then. I can't decompile those like you said in your previous post. I have downloaded them, obviously, and have the original errors from styles.xml in the values - v21 folder as before the OP posted his files.

Phone_Guru said:
Your should say what you mean then. I can't decompile those like you said in your previous post. I have downloaded them, obviously, and have the original errors from styles.xml in the values - v21 folder as before the OP posted his files.
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Sir, I have been very patience trying to guide you through and help you.. Sorry you dont feel I was helpful except to point out I should have asked.
I help tons fix their problems and theme. But I missed my mark on this one, happens, so I will let someone else try to figureout what you need and help you sir..
I respectfully bow out kind sir.

Gunthermic said:
Sir, I have been very patience trying to guide you through and help you.. Sorry you dont feel I was helpful except to point out I should have asked.
I help tons fix their problems and theme. But I missed my mark on this one, happens, so I will let someone else try to figureout what you need and help you sir..
I respectfully bow out kind sir.
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Just in time too. I just sorted it out. I reinstalled the frameworks that I was using already which left me with only 4 lines to delete from the styles.xml in the values-v21 folder and then it compiled.
Thanks for helping.

PlayStore 5.0.31
Phone_Guru said:
Just in time too. I just sorted it out. I reinstalled the frameworks that I was using already which left me with only 4 lines to delete from the styles.xml in the values-v21 folder and then it compiled.
Thanks for helping.
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Glad you were able to work your problems out. If you use the proper APKTOOL RC2 setup and resources you do not need to modify or delete any lines in any xml files. This fixed Play Store 5.0.31 APK in this OP works Perfect as is.

Awesome, thanks buddy.

EMSpilot said:
PlayStore 5.0.31 decompiled and compiled Play Store files from EMSpilot
Now you can decompile mod theme and compile. You must use APKTOOL RC2.
APKTOOL RC2 Get it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1755243
Enjoy!!
Download Here: PlayStore 5.0.31
Please don't forget to hit thanks!!!!
This fixed Play Store 5.0.31 APK works perfect with APKTOOL RC2 and the proper resources. You do not need to delete anything from values-v21/styles.xml or any other xml. If you are having to do this then you have a problem with your APKTOOL setup or resources!!!
Please also thank djdarkknight96 for his contribution and help!
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bless your heart

@EMSpilot, would you mind sharing the specifics of what you did to achieve this? did you modify apktool source?

APKTOOL source
dankoman said:
@EMSpilot, would you mind sharing the specifics of what you did to achieve this? did you modify apktool source?
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No I did not modify APKTOOL source. I used APKTOOL RC2 as mentioned in the OP. If you decompile my PlayStore 5.0.31 and Google's stock PlayStore 5.0.31 you can use WinMerge or Beyond Compare to see my changes.

EMSpilot said:
No I did not modify APKTOOL source. I used APKTOOL RC2 as mentioned in the OP. If you decompile my PlayStore 5.0.31 and Google's stock PlayStore 5.0.31 you can use WinMerge or Beyond Compare to see my changes.
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Well I'm using CM11 framework and the correct aapt and on building its giving me attr errors in v21 folder. I know I'm doing it right but might need a different framework I assume.
Thoughts?

resourcers
djdarkknight96 said:
Well I'm using CM11 framework and the correct aapt and on building its giving me attr errors in v21 folder. I know I'm doing it right but might need a different framework I assume.
Thoughts?
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Yes it will only work with the proper resources aka framework-res.apk. Here is a link to my entire RC2 Setup with the proper framework-res.apk.
APKTOOL RC2 Setup

APKTOOL scripts for Windows (updated)

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"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
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So, I figured I would share something that I made along with the help of another developer friend @dwitherell
You must have apktool setup in the Windows path to run from anywhere
How it works:
unzip files
copy the scripts folder to the root of c:\
double click compile.reg and decompile.reg, this will add the entries to the registry
You can decompile and compile up to 10 at once. Not sure why its limited to 10.
This is tested working on Windows 10. Please let me know if it works for other versions as I will add that to the description.
Please do NOT ask how to setup apktool, you need to already know that much.
whats included in the zip...
compile.reg
decompile.reg
Maximum level of decompiling raised (V2)
scripts folder containing both .bat files
Download it here
Download V2 with raised level of decompiling here
Now to use it:
On an apk, right click and you will see a new option called Decompile. Select that, then it will decompile it in the folder you currently are
On an already decompiled apk folder, right click and Compile option will appear. Select that and it will compile the apk
Maxed_Apktool.reg
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
"MultipleInvokePromptMinimum"=dword:00000999
thanks @Licaon_Kter for the addition.
decompile.reg
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Run script]
@="Run &script"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Decompile\command]
@="\"C:\\scripts\\decompile2.bat\" \"%1\""
decompile2.bat
Code:
@echo off
set args=%*
setlocal enableDelayedExpansion
set "cmd=!cmdcmdline!"
set "cmd2=!cmd:*%~f0=!"
set "args=!cmd2:~0,-1! "
set "args=!args:* =!"
for %%F in (!args!) do (
if "!!"=="" endlocal
apktool.bat d -f "%%~F"
)
PAUSE
compile.reg
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Run script]
@="Run &script"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Compile\command]
@="\"C:\\scripts\\compile.bat\" \"%1\""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Compile\command]
@="\"C:\\scripts\\compile.bat\" \"%1\""
compile.bat
Code:
@echo off
set args=%*
setlocal enableDelayedExpansion
set "cmd=!cmdcmdline!"
set "cmd2=!cmd:*%~f0=!"
set "args=!cmd2:~0,-1! "
set "args=!args:* =!"
for %%F in (!args!) do (
if "!!"=="" endlocal
apktool.bat b -f "%%~F"
)
PAUSE

Awesome I'll have to try this later ?

Great thank you!

Amazing work! Can I recompile an apk which hasnt been decompiled with this method? I've the folder so I can recompile?

I got it set up and running last night, works great! Makes things easier and faster. Just make sure you have apktool up and running correctly first.

DOWNLOADING for further test.. i'll report back later
thanks..

Has.007 said:
Amazing work! Can I recompile an apk which hasnt been decompiled with this method? I've the folder so I can recompile?
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No, it has to be decompiled to recompile it again.

What is the newest version of APKtool? I found 2.2.2 on the site, but it seems to have issues with the Nougat files for my LG V20.
I've used it on Windows 10 and Ubuntu, same results.

NotATreoFan said:
What is the newest version of APKtool? I found 2.2.2 on the site, but it seems to have issues with the Nougat files for my LG V20.
I've used it on Windows 10 and Ubuntu, same results.
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https://www.dropbox.com/s/rtv489v0gkfp0y9/apktool2.zip?dl=0
Try that one. It says dirty, but that hasn't affected anything. I got that from somewhere when the v20 first came out.
And its what i am using for my v20 work. So i know that one will work.

cbucz24 said:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rtv489v0gkfp0y9/apktool2.zip?dl=0
Try that one. It says dirty, but that hasn't affected anything. I got that from somewhere when the v20 first came out.
And its what i am using for my v20 work. So i know that one will work.
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Thanks! Have you done anything with SystemUI? I ran into issues after modifying it for 3Minit support.

NotATreoFan said:
Thanks! Have you done anything with SystemUI? I ran into issues after modifying it for 3Minit support.
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I haven't rooted. I ran into some issues so i gave up.
I havent tried any mods.

cbucz24 said:
I haven't rooted. I ran into some issues so i gave up.
I havent tried any mods.
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Oh OK. I'll give yours a shot and see if it works.

NotATreoFan said:
Oh OK. I'll give yours a shot and see if it works.
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Ok let me know if you have any issues. I'll try an help

cbucz24 said:
[*]You can decompile and compile up to 10 at once. Not sure why its limited to 10.
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Try this: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...hortened-when-more-than-15-files-are-selected and put 999

Licaon_Kter said:
Try this: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...hortened-when-more-than-15-files-are-selected and put 999
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Good find. Ill try that and see what happens.
According to the link it should be 15 not 10. I'm not at my pc now to test it.
But it says if you change it to 16, that's Microsoft's unlimited amount.
Maybe i can incorporate that into my registry mods.

Hi all, if this can decompile and re compile, can i change or modify a camera app to support 1440x2560 for lg g3 ? It currently only display well in 1080x1920, so i have to downgrade my display setting. Can someone be kind enough to direct me to which files or folder to begin with and do i have to create or modify some xml code ? Thanks

Jason Looi said:
Hi all, if this can decompile and re compile, can i change or modify a camera app to support 1440x2560 for lg g3 ? It currently only display well in 1080x1920, so i have to downgrade my display setting. Can someone be kind enough to direct me to which files or folder to begin with and do i have to create or modify some xml code ? Thanks
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You're going to have to search for some camera mods. This can decompile the apk sure. But I've never edited the camera.

Thanks, nice tool.

cbucz24 said:
You're going to have to search for some camera mods. This can decompile the apk sure. But I've never edited the camera.
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thanks man appreciated it..

cbucz24 said:
Ok let me know if you have any issues. I'll try an help
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Would you mind taking a look at these decompiled SystemUI APKs? I can compile the US_LG one fine, and also the TMO one. But the ATT one tells me there's missing resources, but all the edits made and files added are identical.