Hmmm... We might need to remove /data/app support for theming, as it's a horrendous idea tbh, since it will break market signatures... You need to resign data apps, as they won't work with "broken" sigs, while system apps WILL work (hence this theming method works).
So I think what's best is that we remove /data/app theming support, though insertion of full signed APKs into /raw/data/app would be possible... But doing so needs a new sig, so anyone using the old original APK won't see the newo ne until packages database was purged of the old sig...
So summary? If app is on /data, don't go near it
I'm running VR2.4.2 on a SGS2 and after ALOT of playing around iv'e come to the conclusion this does'nt support multiple apk's being modified.
I tried time and again to flash a theme with no changes what so ever.
I tried flashing just one apk mod and it worked.
Unless i'm being a spacker and missing something blatantly obvious can anyone confirm this please?
The layout is as follows
vrtheme/system/app/
*Browser.apk/res/drawable-hdpi
*Contacts.apk/res/drawable-hdpi
*Email.apk/res/drawable-hdpi
*Mms.apk/res/drawable-hdpi
etc.
you get the idea
Looking inside the "modified" apk's in the system/app directory there are 2x res folders, each res folder containing 2x drawable-hdpi folders, is this right
If you have issues with actual applying of themes, please post your zip and the device it is for.
Also, if you are testing things, you can set this up in the device and run it via adb shell
I think that there is good potential here, but I am not a themer and don't know what you change in a theme, other than some png files...
But afaik the system should work ok with multiple apk files in each folder...
For error 0 things, put in updater-binary from a zip working on your device
Unzip your theme zip. Push the entire vrtheme folder, so that inside /cache/vrtheme you see the installtheme.sh and other folders.
Then you can do
adb shell
cd /cache/vrtheme/
./installtheme.sh
That will do the trick I believe, unless seshy has changed anything since I last looked
OK, so I think it's time to explain what this is about. It's born from the idea that came about on IRC, for a way to make a theme once for a ROM, rather than have to adjust it for each incremental update for a given ROM or ROMs.
As a user, you don't need to know much - just flash this zip like a regular zip, and you'll get your theme running. But you should be able to apply themes to any device, ROM, and version of the ROM, without it causing adverse effects. That means less time spent by themers making the original theme, and less time spent modifying it constantly for new versions of ROMs.
As a themer? Well, here is the information:
- Inside the zip, in the vrtheme folder, you can create a folder called "system" and "data". The former is required, the latter is not required unless you wanted to theme a data app (strongly not recommended, unless you know the app will be there on every phone)
- Inside the system or data folder, create a subfolder "app", and in these, make subfolders named EXACTLY after the APK name. For example, to theme the Browser, you need a folder called "Browser.apk". It must be correctly capitalised.
- Within there, place the files you require for your theme, in the relevant locations. So most PNGs will be in res/drawable-hdpi/. You can put in xml files too (those which are not in resources.arsc), if you compile them via apktool, and extract them with a zip tool.
- In the vrtheme folder, as well as system and data folder, one called "raw" can exist. Within here, you can place files to be copied verbatim to the ROM (for example, modified JAR files). Note that using this may make the theme device dependent (read WILL make it device dependent)
- And that's about it.
Features
Credits
- Will modify APKs in a ROM, without changing signatures, and can be used on any ROM where the filenames of themed files is the same.
- Should not need updated between versions of a ROM
- Zipaligns all APKs before installation
- Stores a backup of all files being modified in /cache/vrtheme-backup/
- Requires no coding abilities or editing of files - just drag and drop
- Can copy "raw" files, though at risk of not working on other devices (well, let's face it, it won't work on likely a slightly different ROM, so this feature is not recommended or encouraged)
D.O.C for the original idea in a discussion on IRC
Stericson for the original idea of metamorph. While totally different, it's a shared goal to separate themes from ROMs
Matt from the Metamorph team, for the zip binary compiled for Android
Seshy
EULA
Download VillainTheme 0.4.1 TWRP compatible (Thanks to Dees_Troy)
