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[Rastaman-FB]

yeah hes really taken it on, hes a future dev tbh.
i dont want to be dev level

 

[SUroot]

Me neither. I'd.like to.get a better understanding of the xml files in apks though.

I tried to re theme the phandroid app. Edited bg and text.entries in loads of em. Installs fine buy force closest.

Had to.request help on xda but not had any get

 

[Rastaman-FB]

once youve opened them you must zip align and resign it before repushing it back to the device
also the image res must be the same for all files

 

[SUroot]

All the images work fine. It's when I recompile with the xml that's the issue.

I'm using apk manager

 

[droidzone]

yeah hes really taken it on, hes a future dev tbh.
i dont want to be dev level

Lol...I just love doing this stuff, that's all..
Actually, I'm a doctor
This is what being bored does to you..After a couple of weeks, will be too busy to do most of this anyway..

 

[droidzone]

Me neither. I'd.like to.get a better understanding of the xml files in apks though.

I tried to re theme the phandroid app. Edited bg and text.entries in loads of em. Installs fine buy force closest.

Had to.request help on xda but not had any get

Use Apk manager..
At the last step, choose the option to recompile as a system app. Then choose to retain everything except classes.dex. That will solve the force closes. The xml should sometimes be left out too.(If the xml is not depended upon. Depends on the app)

There's a new tool called Apkedit which might be useful if all you need is to edit the values

Aside: Had a USB brick today..

 

[SUroot]

Thanks for the advice but I've spent far too long on it now... as much as I.want everything black with grey text to save battery, I can't go through it again.

 

[MikeC1408]

As a windows RAD developer I'm interesting in looking into the finer arts of Android soon.

Looked into iPhone an started to build a few apps, just couldn't get on with Apples TOC's etc

 

[SUroot]

Use Apk manager..
At the last step, choose the option to recompile as a system app. Then choose to retain everything except classes.dex. That will solve the force closes. The xml should sometimes be left out too.(If the xml is not depended upon. Depends on the app)

There's a new tool called Apkedit which might be useful if all you need is to edit the values

Aside: Had a USB brick today..

Ah no, it doesn't show up in the string section, so I'd have to browse via "other content" and edit the xml's again manually, which doesn't help unfortunately.

 

[droidzone]

Ah no, it doesn't show up in the string section, so I'd have to browse via "other content" and edit the xml's again manually, which doesn't help unfortunately.

Well then, look at the smalis from apk manager. Only while recompiling, do what I suggested..It worked for some system apps that I was trying to patch..They would fc on recompile..then just tried setting that option..and Voila..a patch was born

 

[SUroot]

Well then, look at the smalis from apk manager. Only while recompiling, do what I suggested..It worked for some system apps that I was trying to patch..They would fc on recompile..then just tried setting that option..and Voila..a patch was born

Ill try. thing is, if I recompile with the changed images, it fails error.

So I have to decompile, amend xml and then recompile. Then extract, amend images, zip and sign.

 

[droidzone]

Ill try. thing is, if I recompile with the changed images, it fails error.

So I have to decompile, amend xml and then recompile. Then extract, amend images, zip and sign.

Yes, apkmanager automates that.

But make sure that you recompile only those files you've patched. The other files should be added to the zip(apk) as such. If you choose apkmanager to recompile, it will ask you what you dont want to modify

 

[droidzone]

Remove classes.dex and the xml from the keep folder. Others should stay in

 

[droidzone]

By the way you dont have to mod the pics after the compile

 

[yenrod]

Mr France is a very knowledgable chap

 

[LECTER]

Dan, please clean up your pm inbox!

 

[SUroot]

Dan, please clean up your pm inbox!

Sorry, was on lunch when Androidforums emailed me to say it was full. Now empty.

 

[Eris Ed]

Dan, please clean up your pm inbox!

When his inbox fills up again, just start a new thread called "danfrance". That should get his attention.....

 

[SUroot]

No dont. Two threads are enough

 

[InfernalByte]

Mr France is a very knowledgable chap

Yea, but he can't complie an .apk tho. haha

 

[SUroot]

Yea, but he can't complie an .apk tho. haha

Not the one I want, thats for sure

Have a go for me

 

[InfernalByte]

Not the one I want, thats for sure

Have a go for me

OK! I will, first, what's an .apk?

 

[SUroot]

heh

 

[Eris Ed]

OK! I will, first, what's an .apk?

heehee!

 

[aardys]

oh yeh , he got my vote to , dunno what i woulda done without his help