[Q&A] Have some questions about theming? Ask here!

[nathanchance]

Pretty much what the title says... Since theming questions tend to get a bit more technical than using Substratum itself, it seems more appropriate for questions to be asked here than in the main thread. Our themers are always looking to help out and provide answers, we encourage you to do the same! If you've found a bug or a cool trick, share it here.

Some resources:

• Locating resources in Android Studio by @nicholaschum
• The outline of a Substratum theme by @dully79
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNDKhBO3q-E by @rirozizo
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSMMSjZGZ6U by @rirozizo
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t49RPDQwjl8 by @rirozizo

 

[davidwilson83]

Great idea Ninja :highfive:

 

[Char_G]

Awesome! This is much needed

 

[djdarkknight96]

Cool, I'll be asking and learning here too!

 

[Troubadour666]

subscribed
thanks

 

[boswelja]

Ooh, this looks helpful

 

[nicholaschum]

wo

 

[deshmukhrb2000]

Only comments are coming. no FAQ?

Waiting for some substantial information....

BTW thanks @The Flash

 

[rawhide85]

Well sir, here it goes. Which TBO themes ready Gapps do you recommend for @BeansTown106's PN 3/17 build (N6). I figured I would ask here as you have the best of the "White Must Die" crew here. Also, damn glad to see the success you have achieved. Keep up the good work.

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[Jayrod76]

Looking for some of the suggestion icons. I know that there are more but for now I'm looking for the mic and body.

http://cloud.tapatalk.com/s/58e774e19dd05/Screenshot_20170406-210812.png?


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[eldiablotmh]

Cool idea with this thread, seems very promising.

I'll start straight away with a question: can there be a way to limit a type2\type1 variant on top of only certain type3s and not be allowed to be selected\applied on top of any type3 regardless? I'll rephrase it if it came out a bit complex: basically I would like to have a type2\type1 variant that can be selected and applied only on top of one or two type3s and not all of them. Is this possible? Cheers.

 

[dully79]

Well sir, here it goes. Which TBO themes ready Gapps do you recommend for @BeansTown106's PN 3/17 build (N6). I figured I would ask here as you have the best of the "White Must Die" crew here. Also, damn glad to see the success you have achieved. Keep up the good work.

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The latest, v31 i believe.

Looking for some of the suggestion icons. I know that there are more but for now I'm looking for the mic and body.

http://cloud.tapatalk.com/s/58e774e19dd05/Screenshot_20170406-210812.png?


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Are these any use?
https://material.io/icons/

 

[djdarkknight96]

Well sir, here it goes. Which TBO themes ready Gapps do you recommend for @BeansTown106's PN 3/17 build (N6). I figured I would ask here as you have the best of the "White Must Die" crew here. Also, damn glad to see the success you have achieved. Keep up the good work.

The latest zip in the updater

 

[KpChuck]

Hi. Can i reference other apks with substratum. For example could I use a colour from Spotify's colors.xml in systemui?

 

[Spannaa]

Hi. Can i reference other apks with substratum. For example could I use a colour from Spotify's colors.xml in systemui?

No, you can only use the resources in the apk you're theming or those in framework-res

 

[KpChuck]

No, you can only use the resources in the apk you're theming or those in framework-res

The problem is that I'm trying to make a customisable statusbar clock so I want to separate the clock style from status_bar.xml so that the position and style can be separate option.
My question is how can I make something like this android:format24Hour="@string/status_bar_clock_24hr_format" referencing to a string with substratum?
I tried using any string from systemui.apk but that just messes things up.

 

[KpChuck]

The problem is that I'm trying to make a customisable statusbar clock so I want to separate the clock style from status_bar.xml so that the position and style can be separate option.
My question is how can I make something like this android:format24Hour="@string/status_bar_clock_24hr_format" referencing to a string with substratum?
I tried using any string from systemui.apk but that just messes things up.

This is what i mean by messed up. The top left is meant to be an ordinary clock

 

[Ouweshs28]

Finally a noob can learn
Will look foward learn theming
But help as far as i can xD

 

[Spannaa]

The problem is that I'm trying to make a customisable statusbar clock so I want to separate the clock style from status_bar.xml so that the position and style can be separate option.
My question is how can I make something like this android:format24Hour="@string/status_bar_clock_24hr_format" referencing to a string with substratum?
I tried using any string from systemui.apk but that just messes things up.

Does it work if you reference the string with

android:format24Hour="@*com.android.systemui/string:status_bar_clock_24hr_format"

Maybe some of the 'pro' themers can suggest alternatives ?

 

[dully79]

From our very own @nicholaschum this is a useful guide:
https://xdaforums.com/android/themes/guide-locating-hidden-values-random-t3240308
@The Flash, maybe we can have a useful index of links in the op.