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Question Theming Widgets

So it was quite easy to chance the LauncherPro widgets, just drop a few files into a folder and re-sign. Can this be done with other apps?

Generally everything's looking good, but the BeyondPod widget is so old looking, can I make the background look like that of the YouTube or Google Search widgets?



If I could make the Fancy Widget Weather background lighter, that would be cool too...

(I've used a lighter wallpaper than usual, so you can see what I mean )

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**EDIT** Okay, so I simply dropped in the appwidget_bg.9.png and it's kinda worked -



How can I now control the size of the background of the widget?
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The best way to theme the widgets (if there is no source for app, like for many/most market apps) is to use apktool to decompile the .apk, this will give you the .9.png files with the guide lines on them, then you can open the .png from the .apk you just decompiled (the best way to keep the widget the same boundaries as the original is just to recreate the image on a layer above the existing layer, with the guide lines and widget background, to be the same width and length as the stock widget background). You can either use apktool to recompile the .apk which will or create the .9.pngs for you, or you can compile them in eclipse.
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Use this png instead of the other one on my thread. I need to update it. This will size nicely on your Music widget and also Fancy Widget.
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How would I go about making the launcher pro widgets transparent?
 
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Use this png instead of the other one on my thread. I need to update it. This will size nicely on your Music widget and also Fancy Widget.
Not quite what I was after, lol

Going to edit that one myself, see how I get on

**EDIT** Okay, so I've made the background a little smaller (and without the white background) but the buttons still stick to the very edges.
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Not quite what I was after, lol

Going to edit that one myself, see how I get on

**EDIT** Okay, so I've made the background a little smaller (and without the white background) but the buttons still stick to the very edges.
Click on the attached image first and then save it. Right clicking and saving results in a loss of transparency, hence a broken .9 patch.
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How would I go about making the launcher pro widgets transparent?
In my signature go to the Nexus S link, bottom of the 2nd post.
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Thanks. I followed the guide and I have the header and footers transparent (I edited your pngs so that it was 0% opaque so perfectly transparent since that's what I want) but the background for the calendar widget still has a grey shade... dunno which png to change to get it perfectly clear. Any suggestions?
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Thanks. I followed the guide and I have the header and footers transparent (I edited your pngs so that it was 0% opaque so perfectly transparent since that's what I want) but the background for the calendar widget still has a grey shade... dunno which png to change to get it perfectly clear. Any suggestions?
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How would one go about editing a Beautiful Widget theme?

In the picture below you can see that the "pm" and weather are white and I want to make them both cyan to match everything else. (Also, I realized upon seeing the shot blown up that the color of the weather/date text didn't match so I fixed that).

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