Themers Toolbox - Tools and resources for making themes

[thebowers]

Tools that everyone should know about to make themes. Here is some that I use. Feel free to add to the list.

7-zip - 7-Zip Great tools for opening .apks and extracting them with out changing the extension.

ADB - See Android SDK

Apk Manager - Apk Manager 4.9 - Makes Modifying Ur Apk A Breeze (Windows/Linux) - xda-developers thanks to Rola, I love this tool. All in one for decompile, compile, sigin, and pushing to the phone.

apktool.jar - Downloads - android-apktool - Project Hosting on Google Code If you using windows you need the top two downloads.

axmlprinter2.jar - AXMLPrinter2.jar - android4me - Prints XML document from binary XML file (with correct namespace handing & attribute formatting). - Project Hosting on Google Code= There is a GUI format as well here Android XML Decompiler - Android @ MoDaCo

Android SDK - Android SDK | Android Developers Many useful tools within this package.

Colorchangev3.jar - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=535630 used for changing notification text (clock, date, ticker and so on )

HxD - Downloads | mh-nexus Useful for doing hex edits if you can't get apktool.jar to work.

draw9patch.bat - In the tools folder of the Android SDK.

Eclipse - http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/ Download eclipse classic.

xUltimate tools - [Release] xUltimate Awesome tools by X.

Change "M" logo - Droid 1 custom bootloader logos to replace Motorola logo , Just wanted to add this in case people wanted to make one to go with there theme.

Again this is just a list of tools used for theming.

[RoLa]

Nice thread thebowers.. I also use android commander for pushing and pulling files, makes it little easier..[TOOL] Android Commander 0.7.9.6 - Froyo Ready! - Page 7 - xda-developers
I use power command as well for the apktool because it allows you to copy and paste (which you and bgill55 already knew) and cmd window kinda makes me mad...lol
I use apk manager as well, it has brut.alls apktool incorporated...Apk Manager 4.8 - Makes Modifying Ur Apk A Breeze (Windows/Linux) - xda-developers
Themeing wouldn't be the same without the themeing guide Jairomeo made for all of us...http://jbthemes.com/jairomeo/theme-guide

[thebowers]

Never heard of apk manager going to check it out.

[RoLa]

Never heard of apk manager going to check it out.

It seems nice..I always liked apktool because once the edit is made to the .apk, you go to the dist/out and bam!!! there you have it. I upgraded to win7 and can't get apktool to work and I was content with it because it just worked. I can get apk manager to break down the .apk, I make my edits but can't find where it distributes the new built .apk (should be easy to find you would think, but I am retarded)...That and one plug in for photoshop is where I am stuck at the moment. Once I get those two problems fixed, I'll be asking for your gtalk so you can answer some questions. You've been a big help to the community thebowers.

[chevycam94]

The GUI for AXMLPrinter2 doesnt seem to open all XMLs correctly. eri.xml and power_profile.xml both dont open at all. Others like settings_header.xml and title_bar.xml DO. Any idea why?

[thinkmega]

The GUI for AXMLPrinter2 doesnt seem to open all XMLs correctly. eri.xml and power_profile.xml both dont open at all. Others like settings_header.xml and title_bar.xml DO. Any idea why?

I also have difficulty to use AXMLPrinter2. This is what I did:

java -jar AXMLPrinter2.jar app_perms_summary.xml

I got a java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException. I am using jdk 1.6.0_21.

Any idea why it doesn't work here? The app_perms_summary.xml is part of the frf84b distribution, by the way.

Thanks.

[jbrock98]

this is just wat i needed, i'm reading up on jbthemes theme guide and was gonna try to start learning how to theme nice thread

[tp76]

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[amosavitas]

Bowers, brother,
Thank you for this and all the other tools you've posted... and the black & white theme when it drops.

[marty4short]

apk manager is awsome thanks rola