Everyone must be killing their f5 buttons... Lol
Great work here, you certainly will not be disappointed.
Bad Seed Customs
Just Sick!
Great work here, you certainly will not be disappointed.
Bad Seed Customs
Just Sick!
[IDE][3.6.30.14100] Virtuous Ten Studio - Advanced Reverse Engineering Solution
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Oh, two very important points:
- You won't be able to build old m10 projects. I changed the structure of the x10 files a bit so the old ones won't work. Workaround: Make sure to build all your old m10 projects prior to updating, then update to the new VTS version. After this, simply re-import the built apk into your project (a "self import" basically)
- I also changed the format of the project files a bit. When loading old projects a warning will appear about this. Usually all should go well without any interaction, however, it might happen that certain settings for your projects are lost (I didn't encounter this case, but you never know
). Simply re-set those settings again in the project settings dialog.
Let the games begin!
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Okay, so now here is the message everyone has been waiting for:
The new VTS release is now live!!!
Head to our all new website and download it!
http://www.virtuous-ten-studio.com
Another note: This update is huge. Not in terms of size but regarding new features etc. So I do recommend a clean install to everyone.
Of course this is not absolutely needed, but a clean start is always nice However, please note that your settings might get deleted too (things like the recent projects list etc, obviously the projects itself remain untouched)
Currently only the full setup is available, the OTA update will follow later (probably tomorrow).
I want to see that everything works first, before pushing the OTA update. (And I'm heading to cinema to see Skyfall soon)
RE: apktool: 1.5 is default now. However, your default apktool might be set to something older (you can change that in the VTS settings)
You can also use a different apktool version. VTS is not bound to any fixed version, just download any apktool, and select this as the default version in the settings.
The new VTS release is now live!!!
Head to our all new website and download it!
http://www.virtuous-ten-studio.com
Another note: This update is huge. Not in terms of size but regarding new features etc. So I do recommend a clean install to everyone.
- Unistall your current VTS version
- Delete any leftovers from the install directory of VTS
- Install the new version
- Register your license again
Of course this is not absolutely needed, but a clean start is always nice
However, please note that your settings might get deleted too (things like the recent projects list etc, obviously the projects itself remain untouched)Currently only the full setup is available, the OTA update will follow later (probably tomorrow).
I want to see that everything works first, before pushing the OTA update. (And I'm heading to cinema to see Skyfall soon
)RE: apktool: 1.5 is default now. However, your default apktool might be set to something older (you can change that in the VTS settings)
You can also use a different apktool version. VTS is not bound to any fixed version, just download any apktool, and select this as the default version in the settings.
I've had the pleasure of beta testing and writing tuts for vts and I must say that it is the most useful, well put together program for Android that I've ever used.
I just tried it now And I would just say WOWWWW.....
I have found some glitches though
1. Recent apktool adds a '*' (asterisk) to styles for e.g : @*android/style.abc etc, in this case the CTRL + click doesn't work. According to github's apktool repo commits the asterisk is added to avoid many decompilation errors.
And I would just say WOWWWW.....I have found some glitches though
1. Recent apktool adds a '*' (asterisk) to styles for e.g : @*android/style.abc etc, in this case the CTRL + click doesn't work. According to github's apktool repo commits the asterisk is added to avoid many decompilation errors.
I just tried it now
I have found some glitches though
1. Recent apktool adds a '*' (asterisk) to styles for e.g : @*android/style.abc etc, in this case the CTRL + click doesn't work. According to github's apktool repo commits the asterisk is added to avoid many decompilation errors.
Oha, interesting, I'll see if I can add an easy fix for that. Thanks!
EDIT: Okay, I think I have an easy fix, will be part of the OTA that's coming tomorrow or so.
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I'm getting the following errors when I try to load the framework-res.apk (and when the program starts) even though the log says that they were installed successfully.
17:32:20.740: [Warning] - ApkTool.SearchForFrameworkPath: 'Can't find apk tool framework path! Install a framework file from the settings to fix this issue.'
17:32:20.740: [Warning] - ApkTool.LoadFrameworks: 'Can't find apktool framework directory. Can't load frameworks. Apktool may work anyway.'
The frameworks have been tagged following the directions in the tutorial, but they do not show up in the list of installed framework in settings. They also do not show up in the list of installed frameworks in the New Project dialog box. I can use them though if I manually type the tags in.
I did find a post referencing this here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=27067750&postcount=181
with a post later saying it will be fixed in future versions, but at least for me, it hasn't.
I've tried restarting the computer and running as admin, but to no avail. Thanks.
17:32:20.740: [Warning] - ApkTool.SearchForFrameworkPath: 'Can't find apk tool framework path! Install a framework file from the settings to fix this issue.'
17:32:20.740: [Warning] - ApkTool.LoadFrameworks: 'Can't find apktool framework directory. Can't load frameworks. Apktool may work anyway.'
The frameworks have been tagged following the directions in the tutorial, but they do not show up in the list of installed framework in settings. They also do not show up in the list of installed frameworks in the New Project dialog box. I can use them though if I manually type the tags in.
I did find a post referencing this here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=27067750&postcount=181
with a post later saying it will be fixed in future versions, but at least for me, it hasn't.
I've tried restarting the computer and running as admin, but to no avail. Thanks.
The bug you are refering to is indeed fixed, so this has to be something else.
I can't really do much right now, I'll add some more debug information to the OTA coming tomorrow or so, so we can analyze this a bit better then.
One idea though: Can you share the actual path of your framework files? That's usually something like
Code:
C:\Users\Fabi\apktool\frameworkThanks Diamondback. The path is D:\Aaron\apktool\framework
I moved my users folder to the D drive since my C drive is an SSD. Inside the framework folder are all the tagged framework files that I tried installing multiple times. Maybe since my Users folder is not set to the default location, vts or apktool cannot find them after I successfully install them? I'll try setting my Users folder back to the default and see if that fixes it.
EDIT: So, I copied and pasted the apktool folder from D to the C drive in the location you mentioned and they are all showing in VTS. But, when I add more frameworks, the new ones still default to D and don't show in the list (unless I copy the new ones over to the folder on C).
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Aha, okay, that's definitely a possible issue. However, on my main PC I did the same (also because of C:/ being a SSD
) and it works fine there.We'll know more once I publish the OTA update with some more debug information.
Aha, okay, that's definitely a possible issue. However, on my main PC I did the same (also because of C:/ being a SSD
We'll know more once I publish the OTA update with some more debug information.
Don't know if you saw my edit, but I copied the apktool folder over to the default path you gave and they show up in the list (but new frameworks still install to D). By the way, I didn't actually move my Users folder like I had said. I moved the folders inside (My Docs, Music, etc), but left the User Profile variable set to C in case a program wanted to install something there.
Anyway, thanks again for the help. At least I just have to install the frameworks and then copy them over to C. It's a good workaround to get around my nondefault installation. :good:
Hm so the issue is actually apktool
VTS reads the path of the Users directory directly from Windows, then adds the "/apktool/frameworks" part to it.
I don't know why apktool installs the framework files to D:/... Since that is actually the wrong folder (if /Users is still on C:/)
ApkTool probably takes the path to MyDocs and then uses the parent folder of that. This way the framework files land on D:/ instead of C:/.
I will raise this issue with iBotPeaches. If apktool really behaves like that, I can simply copy that behavior to fix this issue.
Btw, VTS does not need to see your framework files. You can always specify the framework tag manually. Only apktool uses the actual files, so if VTS does not display it's not really a serious problem, just the management features for frameworks are lacking then.
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Status: Stable
Current Stable Version: 3.6.30.14100
Stable Release Date: 2014-06-30
Created 2013-11-14
Last Updated 2014-10-31140403331Okay, everyone, we are getting ready for release. :highfive:
However, there are a few points everyone has to understand, so I'll publish them prior to the official launch to get a bit more attention. :silly:
First of all, a huge thanks to my beta testers and tutorial authors: (alphabetical order)
- Dunc001
- eg1122
- Fernando sor
- fisha21
- Gumby63
- il Duce
- jeffsanace
- mcluvn
- memnoc
Let's have a look at the new key features being added in this release:
- VTS is now able to decompile m10 images. This means everyone can do skins for HTC Sense devices
- Navigatin in XML documents is much easier now. Simply hold CTRL and click on any reference inside a XML document to jump to the source
- The content of smali documents gets automatically checked for syntax errors now. Live. And in color.
- We worked hard to provide you useful guides and tutorials on the new website. Additionally, VTS has a (little) help system built in. These are short explanations for a few key features. You can find everything related to "Help" in the new Help tab.
- It seems nobody saw the potential of the old "Backup" feature, so in this version I added an additional window to easily compare different projects, folders and files. This comes in super handy when porting all kinds of stuff to new apk/jar versions for example.
Okay, so, this is only a super short list of new features, the full list of changes (almost 2 pages long) can be found (as always) here:
VTS Changelog
A few additional notes:
- I changed the license system a bit to help those that had to start VTS with admin rights to find the license. However, to fully use that fix, you need to activate your license in VTS again. Have a look at your license email if you don't remember anymore how to do that.
- This release should fully support Windows 8. There's a little glitch in the "View tab" where one checkbox is a bit cut off, but I'll fix that with the next version.
- Speaking of the next version.... This is the last release with support for Windows XP. The next version (the one after the the one that will be released shortly ) won't suppor XP anymore. So if you are still using XP (shame on you ), remember to not update after this release.
- Despite having fixed the admin issue with licenses, it still seems that VTS needs admin rights for certain other things. If something goes weirdly wrong, try restarting VTS with admin rights.
