sdk has .9s with guides
I have noticed somethin interesting about the .9s...
In the sdkfolder "/tools/lib/res/default/drawable" there are .9s(most of which are needed to edit for a theme...
Interesting thing is all these .9s still have guides. I have managed to just edit the images (change color or other basic edits....) andthen using the method in the first post to compile them in eclipse. Works great for me haven't had a problem yet, just be sure to back them up so you can use them over and over again....
Another nice thing is to just take the one you edited, and add it as a layer to the one from the SDK, if all goes as it did for me the edited one from you should be 1 pixel shorter on each side causing the layer to default at the center of the sdk's .9 file.
DO NOT EDIT THE GUIDES FROM THE SDK'S .9s, be sure to save the new .9s and then compile in eclipse...
Hope this helps... if anyone gets errors doing this please let me know so I can replicate and fix the error....