[MOD] Arabic shaping for any deodexed rom

madmack · Mar 8, 2011

Note to all users: If you have a problem with this patch, this is the place to post and ask. I will not answer Private Messages related to this patch because the questions are replicated and should all be addressed here.

To devs and ROM cooks. PLEASE do reference this thread and my work if you intend on providing the result CWM file in your thread.

To get the correct arabic shaping letters in Android. We need to patch two files, namely framework.jar and libwebcore.so
framework.jar takes care of rendering text in all android menus and input widgets. libwebcore.so takes care of shaping text correctly for the web browser and Gmail.

I've made this patch a while ago but thought I'd post my work here for those of you who aren't aware of it.

framework.jar & libwebcore.so

Requirements:

Your device needs to be rooted.
Your Android version is >= 2.1
Your ROM needs to be deodexed. To find out if your installed ROM is deodexed, navigate to /system/framework on your phone. If you see a file called framework.odex then this patch will NOT work for you. So yes, this means that any of these new ROMs or Themes can get arabic text rendered correctly I'm currently using Darky's 9.3 with R64 Blue theme and everything works beautifully.
Java must be installed.

Steps to apply the patch:

Moved to official blog. Please check the steps there
http://blog.devasque.com/?page_id=11

Note: This will not shape the letters in Gmail and the Browser correctly. If you want this, you’ll need to get the appropriate libwebcore.so for your system. Each Android device and ROM will need a separate one. v0.810 of my patcher does browser and Gmail fix as well now

Taken from the great work of brightidea

Downloads
http://blog.devasque.com/?page_id=11
scroll all the way to the bottom

libwebcore.so

This should get arabic text rendered correctly for the browser, gmail and any app that uses this library. (You may not need to flash these manually if you are using my v0.810 universal patcher from above).

My universal patcher has integrated brightidea's work so this section is obsolete.

References:
Y6b – http://github.com/y6b
Dudyk – http://github.com/dudyk
The patching tool – http://iandroid.co.il/forum/topic5657.html
Brightidea's webkit patcher - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1218960

I've also put up a website with the latest changes and source code. So if you're interested, http://blog.devasque.com

Darkyy · Mar 8, 2011

Hey madmack,

A lot of people need an Arabic Patch based on XWJS5.

You can take my framework.jar and the needed libwebcore.so (if needed to update).

If you want to do it, feel free to contact me and update this topic here - I think a lot of people will appreciate it.

Best regards,
Joël

quadix · Mar 8, 2011

this also correct Hebrew shaping? (this language require RTL to be displayed correct)

madmack · Mar 8, 2011

Darkyy said:
Hey madmack,

A lot of people need an Arabic Patch based on XWJS5.

You can take my framework.jar and the needed libwebcore.so (if needed to update).

If you want to do it, feel free to contact it and update this topic here - I think a lot of people will appreciate it.

Best regards,
Joël

Good idea. I'll get a deodexed JS5 and patch it up. create a flashable CWM zip file.

Now, lemme go and see how I can make my first update.zip file

quadix said:
this also correct Hebrew shaping? (this language require RTL to be displayed correct)

Hebrew has shaping ? this is news to me

I believe it should correct the alignment and RTL though. must give it a try for yourself

If you look at my references though, the original patcher was for Hebrew. So I believe using the original patch would fit your case better

zenosteam · Mar 8, 2011

ok i have pull the framework.jar and put it in the subfloder double click in cmd.exe but the pop tell me can't ffind java ?? i do something wrong what problem please

aladin6 · Mar 8, 2011

I really need this topic, thank you thank you very very very much!
Now with any ROM i can have the arabic support

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THAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANKS

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kar200 · Mar 8, 2011

I know that you mentionned being for any rom but would this work for Gingerbread as well?

K.

madmack · Mar 8, 2011

zenosteam said:
ok i have pull the framework.jar and put it in the subfloder double click in cmd.exe but the pop tell me can't ffind java ?? i do something wrong what problem please

Yea, you need java.
https://cds.sun.com/is-bin/INTERSHO...ProductRef=jre-6u24-oth-JPR@CDS-CDS_Developer

I should put that in the prereq

madmack · Mar 8, 2011

kar200 said:
I know that you mentionned being for any rom but would this work for Gingerbread as well?

K.

For it to work on JV1, I'll need Samsung to release the source code first. So until then, I think we'll have to wait. (although if someone has sometime, it'll probably be worth it to change the AOSP files of 2.3.3_r1 to support my patch from github and then redo the patcher with these new files).

For CM7, well.. lets say that it already has some kind of shaping supported although not the best out there. I'll try to make a patcher just for that version given that we're blessed with the source code.

taha_e · Mar 8, 2011

great work, sure many people looking for this patch, Samsung is always late for latest releases of galaxy in middle east and many people also like the taste of custom roms,this patch will help a lot

ragin · Mar 9, 2011

Will it work for Hindi too?

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madmack · Mar 9, 2011

ragin said:
Will it work for Hindi too?

Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

I don't think it will

its supposed to correct right-to-left languages' alignment + shape Urdu + Farsi + Arabic texts.

alfrqan · Mar 9, 2011

waww'Great Thaankx

Hope some one will do for 2.3
thankx

zenosteam · Mar 9, 2011

thannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnks madmack for this update you save the community work properly

almuhajir · Mar 9, 2011

thanx madmack
great work

madmack · Mar 10, 2011

for those of you who are interested in getting CM7 arabized correctly (it currently doesn't shape words correctly, adds spaces, duplicates some other..) I've ported my files to CM7 and here is a CWM file that you can flash to get arabic working correctly everywhere including browser + gmail.

Get it at OP.

I've patched the latest version (20110309b) so be careful not to apply this to any other version even though it might work. I just don't want to hold responsibility if its applied to some other versions.

taha_e · Mar 10, 2011

dear madmack could you add 4 additional characters for farsi language?

madmack · Mar 10, 2011

taha_e said:
dear madmack could you add 4 additional characters for farsi language?

That's not going to be an easy job because I use ICU4J's libraries to reshape and they seem to have that bug in them. My source code is up on github, if any of you can find the problem, just let me know and I'll patch it up

goodwill4u1 · Mar 11, 2011

Thanks you so much Madmack!!!
Wishing you a good luck in everything.
Thank you again

wanam · Mar 11, 2011

Good job madmack.
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