[Q&A] AROMA Installer - [Dev Move To DevDB]
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would aroma fail to run on a device that doesn't have a cache partition? like newest A/B devices like OP6 and HTC U12+ is there any work around?
Nope. Works 100% fine on Mi A1.
Send a recovery.log (get it via adb shell if needed) to us.
Chances are it's incompatible though, and there isn't much you can do if that's the case since Aroma is abandoned and the current source was never released
Nope. Works 100% fine on Mi A1.
Send a recovery.log (get it via adb shell if needed) to us.
Chances are it's incompatible though, and there isn't much you can do if that's the case since Aroma is abandoned and the current source was never released
let me explain a little bit deeper of what is exactly happening for my device HTC U12+, once I select the zip in TWRP the zip looks like it is going to start but the interface just freezes without even showing the usually aroma zips splash, then I noticed I could press the buttons and get feedback from them so it is not completely frozen I said then I started to press random combinations of buttons and the aroma installer finalized without issues, so the problem is I do not get any graphics from the aroma installer but it is actually running in the background, i'll attach some logs but I think they are useless no to much information in them. thanks for your time & reply
PD. I guess the same exact thing is happening in OP6 , I can't confirm because I do not own the device, but the similarities between HTC U12+ & OP6 are that both are SD845 and both are Official Treble A/B devices I look around for other Official Treble A/B devices with SD845 but I couldn't find any flashable zip that contains aroma installer on them to test
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The problem is that your device/TWRP is using DRM graphics (hardware accelerated) instead of framebuffer (traditional SW rendering). Aroma doesn't understand how to use your graphics "driver".
Unless you can get a build of TWRP (and kernel) with classic framebuffer rendering, it can't be fixed. Not sure how likely or even possible that is.
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thanks a lot for the information I will pass it over to TWRP team & kernel devs!!
Hello ,
I tried adding aroma support to my rom
& 1st i used aroma v2.70 but gives error 1 when the file is more than 2.0gb . K, to solve this i debloated the rom (to 1.3gb)
This time , it shows all the menu and stuff as commanded but when installing the rom , everything goes well untill the part where it installs magisk ("convinient environment"-magiskv18.0) , the device shutdowns directly (i:e screen goes black) .
So to solve this , i made a zip without magisk but by that way , the aroma installation ends successfully and does its job but my phone wont boot when rebooted to system coz it has to rooted to be booted(some kinda patch)
My request is , is there a way to solve the automatic poweroff while installing magisk (the part where it unpqcks boot.img) ???
If found , plz help me
I'll provide tge screenshot and more details soon ....
EDIT : just a tip use 7zip and not winrar and make sure your zip size is below 3.2gig else split the zip in zip no. 1 and two and use a bash script to unpack the other zip and place/execute the files ..... .about magisk .... I used another version of msgisk installer and This fixed my problem
I tried adding aroma support to my rom
& 1st i used aroma v2.70 but gives error 1 when the file is more than 2.0gb . K, to solve this i debloated the rom (to 1.3gb)
This time , it shows all the menu and stuff as commanded but when installing the rom , everything goes well untill the part where it installs magisk ("convinient environment"-magiskv18.0) , the device shutdowns directly (i:e screen goes black) .
So to solve this , i made a zip without magisk but by that way , the aroma installation ends successfully and does its job but my phone wont boot when rebooted to system coz it has to rooted to be booted(some kinda patch)
My request is , is there a way to solve the automatic poweroff while installing magisk (the part where it unpqcks boot.img) ???
If found , plz help me
I'll provide tge screenshot and more details soon ....
EDIT : just a tip use 7zip and not winrar and make sure your zip size is below 3.2gig else split the zip in zip no. 1 and two and use a bash script to unpack the other zip and place/execute the files ..... .about magisk .... I used another version of msgisk installer and This fixed my problem
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Just like normal update-binary, you have to replace update-binary-installer with your own one.
See reference here https://github.com/cosmicdan/CosmicTweaks_HMNote4
I've made an AROMA to debloat my system and install full hosts.
It boot fine on the AROMA, it go through everything but it wont delete the apps.
Can anyone take a look and tell me what i'm doing wrong?
It boot fine on the AROMA, it go through everything but it wont delete the apps.
Can anyone take a look and tell me what i'm doing wrong?
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Hey guys, old thread but still fantastic.
I buid an aroma installer for a Rom for Samsung Galaxy tab S4 and it display great in landscape but the touchscreen is in portrait so it is hard to find the location of buttons.
Can someone give me the setup I need to change in the config to make it work in landscape?
Thank you
I buid an aroma installer for a Rom for Samsung Galaxy tab S4 and it display great in landscape but the touchscreen is in portrait so it is hard to find the location of buttons.
Can someone give me the setup I need to change in the config to make it work in landscape?
Thank you
hello to all. i dont know how to configure aroma, i have a fiio m9 device that onlly one dev was able to make a custom rom but has some problems. he was trying to solve them but meanwhile abandoned the development.
i have one aroma file that installs but does not boot, then another version should be fixed but does not copy any file. can someone please have a look at the files and help me making the installer copy the files?
thanks
i have one aroma file that installs but does not boot, then another version should be fixed but does not copy any file. can someone please have a look at the files and help me making the installer copy the files?
thanks
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Make sure You took an update-binary from a working ROM,
renamed it to update-binary-installer and overwrote the one in my AROMA Installer zip
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Version 3.00b1 - MELATI
BUILD:15022833
NOTE WILL ONLY WORKS ON DEVICE WITH ARM NEON SUPPORT
Recent Changelogs:
- FLAMBOYAN MELATI- 3.00b1
- new engine fb & input driver
- support msmfb overlay
- more neon improve
- tweaks some ui
- graphics processing
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Version 2.70 RC2 - FLAMBOYAN
BUILD:130903
NOTE WILL ONLY WORKS ON DEVICE WITH ARM NEON SUPPORT
Recent Changelogs (FLAMBOYAN BETA):
- FLAMBOYAN BETA - 2.70B1-B6
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- BETA-6
- Fix some back sequence (thanks Electronic Punk) - Small but Important fix aparse_current_position++ to ++aparse_current_position. ( https://github.com/amarullz/AROMA-In...1bba2d02988c60 )
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- BETA-5
- Fix Commented NEON - Now Fast Again
- New Themes
- New Stack Transition, and smoother dialog transitions
- Add ini_set("transition","stack");
- Add Screenshoot (Volume Down+Power Button) - Image Format BMP-565 16 bit
- fix ini_get function
- Whole new input driver
- Optimize alphablend processes
- Optimize and Add Drawing Scale Nearest Neighbor
- Add drawing functions for alphablend
- Dialog In & Out Transition
- Cache recovery display for exit transition
- Add Exit transition
- fix force_colorspace issue
- add colorspace change demo
- remove unneeded sleep for faster start and exit
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- BETA-4
- Fix Icon Themes Error
- Change Transition Animation - Slides for next/back - Smoother than alpha blend animation
- Remove any transition effect for Dialog Window
- Use Bold Text for Navigation Button
- Fix Installer UI for text log position
- Add ini_set/ini_get for Vibrate Intensity (0-10). ini_set("vibrate","5") = Half Intensity, ini_set("vibrate","0") = No Vibrate At All
- Add ini_set/ini_get for icon_back and icon_next. ini_set("icon_next","@install"), ini_set("icon_back","icons/back")
- Fix Installer Freeze on (pthread_detach) - Compileable for Android Build Environment
- BUILD WITH ANDROID BUILD ENVIRONMENT - Binary Size Reduce By ~60% - BUILD COMMAND: make aroma_installer; make aroma_installer.zip
- Add zip build command in building the source
- Rewrite building script for windows and linux with Android Build Environment
- Modify aroma-config in demo zip to includes some new features
- Change update-binary-installer from Galaxy Nexus binary. Sensation user should replace it binary with sensation binary
- Beautifier Source Code. Add beautifier tools in source code tree
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- BETA-3
- Fix Include Back Error
- Improve Back Sequence Capability
- ADD EVAL Function to execute the script inline from string
- ADD GOTO Function to jump back into GOTO Label. gotolabel(), goto().
- Update More Demo in Example Zip
- Improving Efficiency processes when loading and reloading themes
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- BETA-2
- Fix color handling on themes
- Using bilinear scaling in png.9p
- Re-add hebrew support
- Add Italic Support with tag \<i>Italic\</i>
- ADD include function, to include script from different file. look at new aroma-config file and language_select.edify file
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- BETA-1
- reboot("now","recovery"); and reboot("now","fastbot");
- Refresh look and feel
- Remove RTL and Arabic Support (For faster and freeing resource, because the features still unusable)
- Subpixel rendering for Fonts (Clear Type Like)
- Improve performance with NEON here and there.
- Tweaks some input driver
- May fix some colorspace issue
- Bilinear scaling for png icons, Now it look smooth even if it resized
- FIX MANY BACK SEQUENCE BUGS
- Font will only loaded if the font is really changed - Faster-faster performance improvement
- Change Navigation Bar Buttons. Now next and back can be using Icons
- Add Menu Button for buttonless devices.
Version 2.56 - EDELWEIS
BUILD:121004-031 - New Touch Handler + Fix Capacitive Button
WITH TRUETYPE, MULTILANGUAGE, UTF8
Recent Changelogs:- EDELWEIS - 2.56 - BUILD 121004-031
- Fix capacitive button
- Remove calibration tools
- EDELWEIS - 2.55 - BUILD 121003-030
- Completely new Input/Touchscreen Handler - Thanks to agrabren from TWRP
- Remove all calibration need. calibtool(), calibrate() and calibrate_matrix() won't do anything now.
- EDELWEIS - 2.51 - BUILD 120810-026
- Supported Galaxy Nexus Touch Screen - And maybe other devices now supported
- EDELWEIS - 2.50 - BUILD 120716-025
- Add Calibration Matrix for More Accurate Touch screen calibration
- Set ROBOTO as Default True Type Font
- DAHLIA - 2.00 - BUILD 120425-020
- Fix Installation Save Logs
- Fix framebuffer mmap size
- Fix status 0 error
- Add Multilanguage functions
- Change list bullet drawing method
- Add support for kerning font when use TrueType/OpenType
- Add AROMA Memory management and memory debuging build (COMPILE FROM SOURCE ONLY)
- Add more limit size for AROMA texts
- Add font glyph cache for faster freetype drawing & processing
- Add support for Modern Standard Arabic
- Add support for RTL
- Add support for TrueType and OpenType fonts
- Add support for UTF8 encoding in aroma-config and all AMS text. For updater-script use NO-BOM UTF8
- Fix Memory leaks
- Add ini_set("force_colorspace","rgba");
- Add support for atmel_maxtouch - Asus Transformer Touch Screen
- CEMPAKA- 1.64 - BUILD 120414-040
- Fix framebuffer mmap size
- Fix status 0 error
Previous Changelogs:Code:[LEFT] * [B]CEMPAKA- 1.63 - BUILD 120306-032[/B] * Add support for atmel_maxtouch (Down Event SYN) - Asus Transformer Prime Touch Screen * [B]CEMPAKA- 1.62 - BUILD 120303-030[/B] * Fix some memory leaks ([COLOR="Red"]Important[/COLOR]). * Add ini_set("[COLOR="Green"]force_colorspace[/COLOR]","rgba"); * [B]CEMPAKA- 1.60 - BUILD 120227-026[/B] * Add msb_right check for Endianess video memory * Fix Installer text log drawing * Add ini_get * Add rom_date in ini_get * Fix reboot and back function * Add more and recreate Icons for themes and generic * Rewrite text handler * Add alignment, indentation and list in AROMA Markup String * Change temp directory to /tmp/aroma, /tmp/aroma-data stil works * Add Theme Support * Add AROMA Markup for <b> Bold * Add More Colorset * Add More Text to Customize * Add PNG Icon Load From Theme (Default Icons) * Add Tab support in AROMA Markup String * Change int to long for partition info, now support big storage information * Config Init All/Theme Only * Recreate new example (release) for binary release * Customizable Font Runtime * Reformat About Dialog * Add show progress per time in installer (now support by files and by time). * Themeable Progressbar * Enhance Exec Functions to return exit status and autosave buffer into variable * Fix glibc error in ag_close - Need workaround * Move ai_trim to system libs * Add Stretch function for png * Add 9 Patch drawing function for png * Fix Reboot Function * Add Alternative Touch Method * Add ziptotmp & restotmp * Add support for mxt224 touch screen (SYN_MT_REPORT event) * [B]BOUGENVILLE - 1.10 - BUILD 120208-13[/B] * Add Alternative Touch Method * Added New Functions - anisplash - ANIMATED SPLASH SCREEN - prop - GET PROP FROM AROMA TMP - zipprop - GET PROP FROM ZIP - resprop - GET PROP FROM AROMA RESOURCE ZIP - sysprop - GET RECOVERY PROP - property_get - GET RECOVERY PROP - write - WRITE STRING INTO FILESYSTEM - readtmpfile - READ TEMPORARY FILE AS STRINF - read - READ FILESYSTEM AS STRING - zipread - Read String From Zip - resread - Read Strinf From Resource - zipexec - Exec Program From Zip - resexec - Exec Program From Resource - run_program - Run Program/Exec - exec - Run Prohram/Exec - back - BACK TO PREVIOUS WIZARD - reboot - REBOOT DEVICE * Deprecated Funcrions - readfile - Will Renamed to zipread - readfile_aroma - Will Renamed to resread * Add Some Fix in Touch Up Handler * Prop parsing, File Handling & Zip Handling has been managed in efficient functions * Remove CERT.SA - Not Needed * Add Licence Headers in all aroma source code Apache 2.0 * Add More Comments & Documentation in Souce Code * Renamed functions for fit needs * [B]ANGGREK -1.00 - BUILD:120204-011[/B] * Fix calibrating function not working when set in aroma-config * Update and fix firmware command from update-binary-installer into recovery. * [B]ANGGREK -1.00 - BUILD:120202-10[/B] * Improve touch handler compatibility. Now more accurate in every devices * Add more chars into ROM Infos from only 31 to 63max * Detail changelog from commit: [URL="https://github.com/amarullz/AROMA-Installer/commit/f49e2969e3b3514e180dcb15bed5a48298b19046"]10[/URL] * [B]ANGGREK -1.00 - BUILD:120201-009[/B] * Stride/Pitch/Padding Framebuffer support for non multiply 8 screen size like qhd on sensation and evo3d * Rewrite input handler, better keys & touch screen compatibility. * Change calibration division data from integer to float, more accurate calibrating * Improve fling and scrolling engine * Add support for all possible screen bit depth 32/24/16bit. ARGB, ABGR, RGBA, BGRA. No problem now. * Detail changelog from commit: [URL="https://github.com/amarullz/AROMA-Installer/commit/b9daae9151e6ec4e1054725722b6f507f621f065"]006[/URL], [URL="https://github.com/amarullz/AROMA-Installer/commit/65fdbb9a2f7c12a799f320b3759ab60d6b00d3b1"]007[/URL], [URL="https://github.com/amarullz/AROMA-Installer/commit/f49e2969e3b3514e180dcb15bed5a48298b19046"]009[/URL] [B]ANGGREK -1.00 - BUILD:120129-005[/B] * Remove Signature Check - Now You don't need to sign aroma-config and updater-script * Calibration Tool now show before anything, so you can directly do calibration. you can disabled it in aroma-config by deleting [B]calibtool("");[/B] command. * Fix some touch screen input handler * Add 229 in menu keycode (F2 used in emulator as menu key) [B]ANGGREK -1.00 - BUILD:120128-004[/B] * Open Source - Binary No Released [B]ANGGREK -1.00 - BUILD:120126-003[/B] * Refer to defy recovery source code found [URL="https://github.com/CyanogenDefy/android_device_motorola_jordan/blob/gingerbread/recovery_ui.c"]HERE[/URL] (Thanks [URL="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1356767"]walter79[/URL] for github source code) I add some keycode into input reader : [URL="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21826756&postcount=32"]Read Here[/URL] * Add confirmation if calibrated data will be used in current process (After Calibrating) - So you can try touchscreen without editing [COLOR="Green"]aroma-config[/COLOR] after you calibrate it. * Remove precision calculation in scrolling thread (Natural calculation but less fluid)... Feel faster now. * Add function for [COLOR="Green"]aroma-config[/COLOR] to define custom key code for up/down/select/back/menu, just like [COLOR="Green"]calibrate()[/COLOR] function. with format like this: [COLOR="DarkRed"]ini_set("customkeycode_up",130);[/COLOR] or [COLOR="DarkRed"]ini_set("customkeycode_select",13);[/COLOR], the keycode can be capture by [URL="http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=872892&d=1327550395"]aroma-keycapture-flashable.zip[/URL] [B]ANGGREK -1.00 - BUILD:120125-002[/B] * Add Home & Power Button To Select Items * Unsigned Script Now Not Terminated Installer, but just show Alert That the script should be signed to pass install ui * Add More Documentation in aroma-config [B]ANGGREK -1.00 - BUILD:120124-001[/B] * Initial Release ( AROMA UI, AROMA Touch Handler, AROMA Markup String ) * Customizable ( Custom Theme Colors, Customizable Fonts and Images ) * Optimized Build ( Static, -o2, remove unused functions, remove png-write and zlib deflate functions ) [/LEFT]
Open Source?
There may be some people who will ask if the project is Open Source, and the quick answer is YES. It is an Open Source Project Now.Source Code
Why Release The Source?
- I used some other work (modified) from the Open Source Community, especially Koush's recovery source code for getting the input mode, PNG, ZLIB, and some Framebuffer programming samples.
- I want to make all chefs feel safe, so I guarantee that I won't make this into a money making program.
- I got something from the community, and I want to give something back to it.
What Benefits?
- Rapid development
- I can get code review & patches - Not just bug reports
- There are many innovations that I wrote in the program that may be useful for other needs, like the AROMA Graphic Framebuffer, the AROMA UI, the Amarullz Dithering Method, and the AROMA Simple PNG Fonts. It may be used in recovery, so recovery can use the AROMA Installer Interface
- I can learn more about Open Sourcing programs (especially the CVS and licensing things - that always drive me to the question - what is it?)
I Need Help
As I said before, I am just a newbie at Android Development, or even as a user. I need someone who has a lot of knowledge about Open Sourcing the software, and a lot of knowledge about licencing (I don't know much, I just tried to make my software compatible with them: GPL, Apache, etc.)...
Thanks.
TOOLS: AROMA Key Capture
I also created "aroma-keycapture-flashable.zip" to capture the keycodes of your device (flashable in recovery - won't flash anything). And in case the keys don't work, report the keycodes in this thread, with information like this example:
Code:Prev Item/Up Key = 120 Next Item/Up Key = 110 Select Item/Enter/Select Key = 13 Back Key = 200 Menu Key = 193
To customize keycodes, open aroma-config and modify this code:
Code:## # Custom Key Code - Usefull For Some Device which not used # Standard key code for up/down/select/back/menu # # You can capture the keycode in # recovery using "aroma-keycapture-flashable.zip" Available in # AROMA Installer Thread. # # Press some key when it run, it will return key code, # that key can override up/down/select/back/menu actions in # AROMA Installer, you can even set your home key for up, or # volume down for select item # #-------- Uncomment & Modify this Code: # # ini_set("customkeycode_up", "115"); # ini_set("customkeycode_down", "114"); # ini_set("customkeycode_select", "116"); # ini_set("customkeycode_menu", "139"); # ini_set("customkeycode_back", "158"); #260AROMA Installer Resources
The Codenames
AROMA Installer codename based on Alphabetical Indonesian Flower Names. Here the list of already used codename:
ANGGREK - 1.00
BOUGENVILLE - 1.10
CEMPAKA - 1.60 - 1.64
DAHLIA - 2.00
EDELWEIS - 2.50
FLAMBOYAN - 2.70
Programming Language
It was application which runs on Android device but not on Android OS Environment that the native applications usually use Java. AROMA Installer use C (Pure C, not C++), so it may run on another platform like x86 with small modifications ofcourse.
Used Libraries
- ZLIB - ofcourse, it was the most awesome thing in computer world :good:
- PNG
- MinZIP
- Freetype
Official Binary
I Only support ARM device, but it was opensourced, so anyone can play with the source and compiled it for they own devices.
ROM That Already Uses AROMA Installer
MOD/THEMES Uses AROMA Installer
- HTC Desire (BRAVO):
RunnyMede AIO Special Edition | ICS MIUI_Au v4 2.2.17 Beta | ICS for Desire | MIUI v4 ICS Rom (PORT) | Aurora v6 | Cibernodo Mod2Bravo | miui-france Unifée
- HTC Sensation:
Sense-o-Maniac | InsertCoin Ice Cream Sandwich | ELEGANCIA™ Rom Series-ICS
- HTC Inspire 4G:
BHS Roms RC9 | hylz MIUI
- HTC Supersonic: EVO 4G:
LiGux for Supersonic
- Samsung Galaxy S I9000:
Tiramisu+
- HTC EVO 3D:
KingCobra3D
- Incredible S:
Nik_IncredibleS_TriNiTy
- HTC Incredible S:
Valhalla | BlackEdition
- Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime:
Virtuous Prime
- Motorola Defy / Defy+:
MIUI-Pikachu | WhiteRabbit Edition
- LG Optimus Black:
Marvel Special Edition - LG Optimus 2x:
Nova HD Plus
- LG Optimus 3D:
Vengeance O3D Edition
- Wildfire S:
[WFSDEV] .sense
- Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660:
CyanogenMod 7.2-GIO-KANG
3rd Party AROMA Installer Resources- MetallicBlue Theme and app-deleter for Samsung Galaxy S2
- SGS4G CWM ROM Installer - an AROMA based Touch UI CWM Installer As seen on Valhalla Black Final
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- Sebastiaan15 - For using and test it for the first time
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- DemonWav - For helping grammar in the thread, Testing and give many great ideas.
- -viperboy- - For intensively testing & feedback the touch screen in EVO3D CDMA
- baadnwz - For Testing the touch input in sensation
- capychimp - For Testing Display
- Prof Peach - For helping and testing
- V6-Maniac - Creating Video
208About AROMA Installer
BackgroundAndroid has an advanced system for installing the OS and updates, unlike other mobile OS's that distribute the contents of the OS in static ROM image(s), Android distributes the OS and updates in a plain .zip file that contains all of the packages, files, and the updater for processing the installation.
The updater splits in 2 types, the binary (update-binary) and script (updater-script), while the binary is an executable file, and the script was a configuration script that tells the binary executable what to do.
But this advanced technology never expanded into its highest potential ability. The update-binary was simply the linux executable wrote in C that runs in root mode, and can do anything to your system; including accessing the Display FrameBuffer, accessing keys and the touch screen, set vibrate, run programs, parse files, load png(s) and .zip's, and read and write to the filesystem.
The old update-binary only supported a few functions that can controlled only by the updater-script to instal the files. It didn't have a single function that allowed the installer to interact with the user. There is a program called "yesno" that shows a "Yes" or "No" interface, but it wasn't enough to create a more customizable updater.
Now with AROMA Installer update-binary, all of this limitation is gone, and this advanced technology is expanded to the highest level of its pontential.
What is AROMA Installer"AROMA" was taken from Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian Language) and it means "Scent", but it is also an abbreviation of "AMARULLZ ANDROID ROM MANIFESTATION". It is an advanced update-binary for Android that contains many features like Wizard Installation, Touch User Interface (AROMA UI), Customizable Packages, System Inspecting, Themeable, and User Interactive. All release versions will have "flower" codenames, for example, the 1st version is codenamed "Anggrek", which mean "Orchid".
How AROMA Installer WorksHow can it work in recovery mode, and how can it so smooth when it scrolls? It works because I hired Chuck Norris to force the recovery to run the installer, and the phone is too afraid to show any lag.
No, seriously, when the user selects the .zip file to install it, the recovery will extract the update-binary and run it with a few arguments. All processes are handled by the update-binary, and the recovery will only show the information passed by update-binary via a custom pipe. The great thing is that the update-binary can do anything if we can code it in C/C++, but not all people can easily play with C/C++. Its also not very effective or fun to compile it every time we need to change the process. That's why the custom script is used in AROMA Installer, it is simply edify scripting that is used as the normal updater-script, but with expanded functions available.
It wasn't a simple thing to archive something like this, because the update-binary is simply the "linux executable" that doesn't even support dynamic links of libraries, basic drawing functions like drawrect, drawline, and I don't think it OpenGL can be included in it's binary. It runs on it's own. Even User Interface was wrote from scratch to manipulate directly into the display framebuffer, user input was read directly from the raw kernel input device, png and .zip was read with a static link library, and the configuration was parsed in it's own program. It is the result of one full month of developing, but you can learn it instantly, without any need to know how to manage memory usage and pointers.
The AROMA Installer will read, parse, and run the script commands to show it's UI, calculate partition sizes, create, read, and write temporary prop files, set & get variables, do simple integer comparisons and math sequences, do the if else or inline if conditions, configure the UI color scheme, configure rom information, and much more.
Because it was very complicated and needed a lot of time to develope, did I earn some reason to get donations?.
164Functions Reference
CONFIGURATION FUNCTIONS
setcolor
Descriptions:
Set AROMA Installer Color Scheme. It can also defined in themes with theme.prop file
Sintax:
void setcolor(colorname, hexcolor);
Parameters:
- colorname - Name of color to be set. colorname with "_g" for gradient color.
- winbg, winbg_g : Main/Top Most Window Backgroud
- winfg : Main/Top Most Window Text Foreground
- winfg_gray : Main/Top Most Window Gray Text Foreground
- dialogbg, dialogbg_g : Popup Window Backgroud (Alert, Confirm, About)
- dialogfg : Popup Window Text Foreground
- textbg, textbg_g : Textbox, Checkbox, and any scrollable UI Background
- textfg : Textbox, Checkbox, and any scrollable UI Text Foreground
- textfg_gray : Gray Text ( on Optionbox/Checkbox Item Description )
- controlbg, controlbg_g : Control / Button / Checkbox border - Background Color
- controlfg : Button Text Color
- selectbg, selectbg_g : Selected Element Background ( Pushed/focused Button/items, etc )
- selectfg : Selected Element Text/Foreground Color
- titlebg, titlebg_g : Window Title Background
- titlefg : Window Title Text Foreground Color
- navbg, navbg_g : Bottom Bar (Navigation Bar) Background. Next-Previous Area
- scrollbar : Scrollbar indicator color
- border, border_g : Common Border Color
- progressglow : Progress Animation Color
- hexcolor - Hexadecimal Color in RGB. it support 3 and 6 characters hexadecimal started with #. example: "#a8e" or "#ff5599".
Examples:
Code:# Set Color with 3 chars hexcolor setcolor("winbg", "#444"); setcolor("winbg_g", "#222"); setcolor("textbg", "#333"); setcolor("textfg", "#fff"); # Set Color with 6 chars hexcolor setcolor("textfg_gray", "#bbbbbb"); setcolor("controlbg", "#446699"); setcolor("controlbg_g", "#223355");
ini_set
Descriptions:
Sets the value of a AROMA Installer configuration option
Sintax:
void setcolor(configname, newvalue);
Parameters:
- configname - Configuration name to be set.
- roundsize : Set Corner size of rounded rectangle for common controls (default:"3")
- button_roundsize: Set Corner size of rounded rectangle for button controls (default:"2")
- window_roundsize : Set Corner size of rounded rectangle for main window (default:"4")
- transition_frame : Set number of frames for transition (default:"5")
- text_ok : Set text for common OK text (default:"OK")
- text_next : Set text for wizard next button (default:"Next >")
- text_back : Set text for wizard back button (default:"< Back")
- text_yes : Set text for default yes button (default:"Yes")
- text_no : Set text for default no button (default:"No")
- text_about : Set text for About menu (default:"About & Informations")
- text_calibrating : Set text for Calibration Menu (default:"Calibrating Tools")
- text_quit : Set text for Quit Menu (default:"Quit Installation")
- text_quit_msg : Set text for Quit Confirmation Message (default:"Are you sure to quit the Installer?")
- rom_name : Set ROM Name Information
- rom_version : Set ROM Version Information
- rom_author : Set ROM Author Information
- rom_device : Set ROM Device Information
- customkeycode_up : Set Alternative keycode for up key (navigate up)
- customkeycode_down : Set Alternative keycode for down key (navigate down)
- customkeycode_select : Set Alternative keycode for select key (select an item)
- customkeycode_back : Set Alternative keycode for back key
- customkeycode_menu : Set Alternative keycode for menu key
- newvalue - New value to be set for configname
Examples:
Code:# Set ROM Informations ini_set("rom_name", "AROMA ROM"); ini_set("rom_version", "1.0"); ini_set("rom_author", "amarullz"); ini_set("rom_device", "HTC Desire (bravo)"); # Set Custom Text ini_set("text_ok", "OK Man"); ini_set("text_next", ">>"); ini_set("text_back", "<<"); # Set Alternative Key Code - You can use keycapture tool # to capture your device keycode ini_set("customkeycode_up", "115"); ini_set("customkeycode_down", "114"); ini_set("customkeycode_select", "116"); ini_set("customkeycode_menu", "229"); ini_set("customkeycode_back", "158");
calibrate
Descriptions:
Set Touch Screen Calibration Data. Different device may had different touch screen calibration data. To get calibration data, press menu, select calibration tools then follow the intructions.
Sintax:
void calibrate(divx, addx, divy, addy [, alternative_method]);
Parameters:
- divx - Division value for horizontal touchscreen to display resolution.
- addx - Add value for horizontal alignment.
- divy - Division value for vertical touchscreen to display resolution.
- addy - Add value for vertical alignment.
- alternative_method [Optional] - Use alternative method for touch screen handling if normal method not works in your device (default:"no")
Examples:
Code:# HTC Desire Calibrated Data calibrate("7.90","20","7.90","20"); # Alternative method Calibrated Data calibration("1.8447", "37", "1.2158", "27", "yes");
calibtool
Descriptions:
Start calibration tool.
Sintax:
void calibtool(dummy_arguments);
Parameters:
- dummy_arguments - Edify should pass at least 1 arguments. Just Pass "" for it
Examples:
Code:# Start Calibrating Tools calibtool("");
theme
Descriptions:
Set AROMA Installer Theme will be used in next display.
Sintax:
void theme(theme_name);
Parameters:
- theme_name - Theme Name will be used. It was theme directory name located in "META-INF/com/google/android/aroma/themes"
Examples:
Code:# Use ICS Theme located at: # META-INF/com/google/android/aroma/themes/ics theme("ics");
VARIABLE FUNCTIONS
getvar
Descriptions:
Get Variable
Sintax:
variable_value getvar(varname);
Parameters:
- varname - Variable Name
Examples:
Code:# Show "testvar" value in alert alert( "Value of testvar", getvar("testvar") );
setvar
Descriptions:
Set Variable
Sintax:
void setvar(varname, value);
Parameters:
- varname - Variable Name to be set
- value - New Value for Variable
Examples:
Code:# Set new value for "testvar" setvar("testvar", "This is only test!!"); # Now Show the "testvar" value in alert alert( "Value of testvar", getvar("testvar") );
appendvar
Descriptions:
Append new value after previous value, it's like concating strings ( previous_value + newvalue )
Sintax:
void appendvar(varname, value);
Parameters:
- varname - Variable Name to be set
- value - New Value to be appended in variable
Examples:
Code:# Set new value for "testvar" setvar("testvar", "This is only test!!"); # Append new value appendvar("testvar", "Add String"); # "testvar" now will contain "This is only test!!Add String"
prependvar
Descriptions:
Prepend new value before previous value, it's like concating strings ( newvalue + previous_value )
Sintax:
void prependvar(varname, value);
Parameters:
- varname - Variable Name to be set
- value - New Value to be prepended in variable
Examples:
Code:# Set new value for "testvar" setvar("testvar", "This is only test!!"); # Prepend new value prependvar("testvar", "Add String!! "); # "testvar" now will contain "Add String!! This is only test!!"
PROP FILE HANDLER FUNCTIONS
file_getprop
Descriptions:
Read prop file value for given keyname
Sintax:
prop_value file_getprop(filename, keyname);
Parameters:
- filename - Absolute path of prop file in filesystem
- keyname - Prop Key Name
Examples:
Code:# Get value of "item.1.1" from /tmp/aroma-data/custom.prop alert( "Value of Prop", file_getprop("/tmp/aroma-data/custom.prop", "item.1.1") );
prop
Descriptions:
Same with file_getprop, but will read relatively from AROMA Temporary Directory "/tmp/aroma-data/"
Sintax:
prop_value prop(filename, keyname);
Parameters:
- filename - Relative path of prop file in AROMA Temporary Directory "/tmp/aroma-data/"
- keyname - Prop Key Name
Examples:
Code:# Get value of "item.1.1" from /tmp/aroma-data/custom.prop alert( "Value of Prop", prop("custom.prop", "item.1.1") );
zipprop
Descriptions:
Same with file_getprop, but will read the prop file from Zip
Sintax:
prop_value zipprop(zip_path, keyname);
Parameters:
- zip_path - Absolute path of prop file in Zip ( don't add "/" in first character )
- keyname - Prop Key Name
Examples:
Code:# Get value of "item.1.1" from META-INF/com/google/android/aroma/custom.prop alert( "Value of Prop", zipprop("META-INF/com/google/android/aroma/custom.prop", "item.1.1") );
resprop
Descriptions:
Same with zipprop, but will read the prop file from Zip relatively from AROMA Resource Directory "META-INF/com/google/android/aroma/"
Sintax:
prop_value resprop(zip_path, keyname);
Parameters:
- zip_path - Relative path of prop file in Zip from AROMA Resource Directory "META-INF/com/google/android/aroma/"
- keyname - Prop Key Name
Examples:
Code:# Get value of "item.1.1" from META-INF/com/google/android/aroma/custom.prop alert( "Value of Prop", resprop("custom.prop", "item.1.1") );
sysprop, property_get
Descriptions:
Read system property value for given keyname
Sintax:
prop_value property_get(keyname);
prop_value sysprop(keyname);
Parameters:
- keyname - Prop Key Name
Examples:
Code:# Get Device Board Name alert( "Device Board Name", sysprop("ro.product.board") ); # Get Board Platform alert( "Device Board Name", property_get("ro.board.platform") );
FILESYSTEM FUNCTIONS
writetmpfile
Descriptions:
Write string into file in AROMA temporary
Sintax:
void writetmpfile(filename, value);
Parameters:
- filename - Destination file in AROMA temporary directory
- value - String that will be write into the file
Examples:
Code:# It will saved in from /tmp/aroma-data/test.txt writetmpfile("test.txt", "This is test text"); # Show the content in alert with readtmpfile alert( "Value of test.txt", readtmpfile("test.txt") ); # Show the content in alert with read alert( "Value of test.txt", read("/tmp/aroma-data/test.txt") );
write
Descriptions:
Write string into file in filesystem
Sintax:
void write(filename, value);
Parameters:
- filename - Absolute path to Destination file
- value - String that will be write into the file
Examples:
Code:# It will saved in from /sdcard/test.txt writetmpfile("/sdcard/test.txt", "This is test text"); # Show the content in alert with read alert( "Value of test.txt", read("/sdcard/test.txt") );
readtmpfile
Descriptions:
Read string from file in AROMA temporary directory
Sintax:
content_of_file readtmpfile(filename);
Parameters:
- filename - File in AROMA temporary directory that will be readed
Examples:
Code:# It will read data from /tmp/aroma-data/test.txt # then save it in variable setvar( "testvar", readtmpfile("test.txt") );
read
Descriptions:
Read string from file in filesysten
Sintax:
content_of_file read(filename);
Parameters:
- filename - Absolute path to Destination file that will be readed
Examples:
Code:# It will read data from /sdcard/test.txt # then save it in variable setvar( "testvar", read("/sdcard/test.txt") );
ZIP CONTENT HANDLING FUNCTIONS
readfile
DEPRECATED!!! - Identical with zipread. Will be deleted soon.
readfile_aroma
DEPRECATED!!! - Identical with resread. Will be deleted soon.
zipread
Descriptions:
Read string from file in zip
Sintax:
content_of_file zipread(zip_path);
Parameters:
- zip_path - Absolute path to Destination file in zip that will be readed
Examples:
Code:# It will read data from zip content "META-INF/com/google/android/aroma/text.txt" # then save it in variable setvar( "testvar", zipread("META-INF/com/google/android/aroma/text.txt") ); # It will read data from zip content "tmp/text.txt" # then save it in variable setvar( "testvar2", zipread("tmp/text.txt") );
resread
Descriptions:
Read string from file in zip relatively from AROMA Resource Directory "META-INF/com/google/android/aroma/"
Sintax:
content_of_file resread(zip_path);
Parameters:
- zip_path - Relative path of file in Zip from AROMA Resource Directory "META-INF/com/google/android/aroma/" that will be readed
Examples:
Code:# It will read data from zip content "META-INF/com/google/android/aroma/text.txt" # then save it in variable setvar( "testvar", resread("text.txt") );
ZIP EXTRACT FUNCTIONS
ziptotmp
Descriptions:
Extract file from zip content into AROMA Temporary directory, and automatically chmod it for executable.
Sintax:
void ziptotmp(zip_path, destination_name);
Parameters:
- zip_path - Absolute path to Destination file in zip that will be extracted
- destination_name - Extracted target filename
Examples:
Code:# It will extract "tmp/busybox" into "/tmp/aroma-data/busybox" ziptotmp("tmp/busybox", "busybox"); # Now we can execute it exec("/tmp/aroma-data/busybox","ls","-l");
restotmp
Descriptions:
Extract file from zip content in AROMA Resource Directory "META-INF/com/google/android/aroma/" into AROMA Temporary directory, and automatically chmod it for executable.
Sintax:
void restotmp(zip_path, destination_name);
Parameters:
- zip_path - Relative path of file in Zip from AROMA Resource Directory "META-INF/com/google/android/aroma/" that will be extracted
- destination_name - Extracted target filename
Examples:
Code:# It will extract "META-INF/com/google/android/aroma/busybox" into "/tmp/aroma-data/busybox" restotmp("busybox", "busybox"); # Now we can execute it exec("/tmp/aroma-data/busybox","ls","-l");
EXEC FUNCTIONS
zipexec
Descriptions:
Extract file from zip into AROMA temporary, chmod it, and execute it.
Sintax:
exit_status zipexec(zip_path [, argument1, argument2, ... ]);
Parameters:
- zip_path - Absolute path of zip content that will be executed
- arguments [Optional] - Command line Arguments
The output buffer/stdout will be automatically saved into "exec_buffer"
Examples:
Code:# It will extract and run "META-INF/com/google/android/aroma/test.sh" zipexec("META-INF/com/google/android/aroma/test.sh"); # With Arguments zipexec("META-INF/com/google/android/aroma/test.sh", "argument1", "argument2"); # Get Return Status if zipexec("META-INF/com/google/android/aroma/test.sh") == "0" then alert( "Exec Status", "Shell was executed successfully" ); endif; # Get STDOUT zipexec("META-INF/com/google/android/aroma/test.sh"); alert( "Exec STDOUT", getvar("exec_buffer") );
resexec
Descriptions:
Same as zipexec, but it will extract and run the file from zip relatively from AROMA Resource Directory "META-INF/com/google/android/aroma"
Sintax:
exit_status resexec(zip_path [, argument1, argument2, ... ]);
Parameters:
- zip_path - Relative path of zip content from AROMA Resource Directory "META-INF/com/google/android/aroma/" that will be executed
- arguments [Optional] - Command line Arguments
The output buffer/stdout will be automatically saved into "exec_buffer"
Examples:
Code:# It will extract and run "META-INF/com/google/android/aroma/test.sh" resexec("test.sh"); # With Arguments resexec("test.sh", "argument1", "argument2"); # Get Return Status if resexec("test.sh") == "0" then alert( "Exec Status", "Shell was executed successfully" ); endif; # Get STDOUT resexec("test.sh"); alert( "Exec STDOUT", getvar("exec_buffer") );
run_program, exec
Descriptions:
Run executable from filesystem
Sintax:
exit_status run_program(path [, argument1, argument2, ... ]);
exit_status exec(path [, argument1, argument2, ... ]);
Parameters:
- zip_path - Absolute path to executable
- arguments [Optional] - Command line Arguments
The output buffer/stdout will be automatically saved into "exec_buffer"
Examples:
Code:# It will run "ls" command run_program("/sbin/ls"); # or exec("/sbin/ls"); # With some Arguments run_program("/sbin/ls", "-l", "/sdcard"); # Mounting Device exec("/sbin/mount", "-t", "auto", "/system"); # Get Return Status if exec("/sbin/mount", "-t", "auto", "/system") == "0" then alert( "Exec Status", "Mount was executed successfully" ); endif; # Get STDOUT exec("/sbin/ls", "-l", "/sdcard/*.zip"); alert( "List of Zip in SDCARD", getvar("exec_buffer") );
