Originally Posted by itiskonrad

***Editing XML's***

3.) Find and edit the XML you want!

Now that it's been decompiled, the XML will be magically readable with Notepad++ (before decompiling, opening XML's with a hex editor produces gibberish. Now, you can actually read the text of it!). In this case, the XML we want to edit is here:

C:\Contacts\res\layout-finger\contacts_list_item_top_search_att.xml

Hi, I have a problem, I can not correctly open the XML files from ROM. I want to edit the file primary_text_dark.xml of framework-res \ res \ I can not see it correctly. Help me please, the XML files from ROM, I can not correctly open and edit in any xml editor. What is the trick?
example
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-M...520%252014.jpg

What you are looking at is a non-decompiled xml that is unreadable. You need to first decompile the apk which carries the xml you want to edit in order for it to be readable. You first have to complete steps 1 and 2 and decompile framework-res.apk as described in the guide in order to get a readable primary_text_dark.xml.

Thank you for your advice.

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Hello everyone!
Dude, thanks for the post. It is very clear!

I have a question. I did everything step by step to decompile the framework-res and edit it, but when I try to recompile it, the APK folder created inside the new folder BUILD is empty.

What can have happened?

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Hmm, not sure. Try decompiling and recompiling immediately after without making any changes, just to make sure the commands are working. If that doesn't work, maybe there's something wrong with the commands? For example, I know it sounds stupid, but make sure to recompile, you're typing
apktool b framework-res
NOT
apktool b framework-res.apk

Thank you Itiskonrad!

Yes, the commands are working. Decompiled and compiled again without changes, and everything went well.
I realized that change depending on what I do when this error occurs. Now I'm changing slowly and has not worked.

The strange thing is that I do not see the changes on the device. My intention is to change the entire text of the notifications in order to use a black theme in my status bar.
I made a theme based on UotKitchen and I'm improving, but notifications such as downloads and ongoing calls persist with the font color black, which makes their visibility.

I will continue testing until something works!
Big hug!

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itiskonrad,
Do you use an ICS leak? Could you please modify status bar apk and remove carrier from there?

Shouldn't be the final APK zipaligned?

Thanks, great