will there ever be one?
i heard sony eriscson are realising their sdk for the panels, which will allow developers to create their own panels.
it would be nice if we could create our own TF3d tabs, that would be very usefull
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Hi all,
I'm pretty new to HTC and this forum and i cant seem to find what need. (i guess i'm not down with the lingo yet )
I want to build a today screen plugin for a HTC Touch and i was wondering if there were any good development kits or tutorials which provide a getting started guide to building apps and interfaces.
Search this forum with "Today plugin".
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=237932
my links
As I just posted five seconds ago in another post, forget anything else than C++, and that means Visual Studio.
Rudegar links are usefull, but this are even better
http://www.codeproject.com/ce/CTodayWindow.asp
and here
http://www.codeproject.com/ce/CTodayOptionsDialog.asp
Here is an excellent article that got me started.
Also check the link in my signature to the RegDisplay. That thread has a source for a "skeleton" plugin you can use as a base (to save some standard writing).
If you aren't adept in C++ or hard coding, a GREAT compromise is using RLToday.
With RLToday the custom "skins" you can create, are all done in XML. You can use custom graphics, icons, and even fonts (if you install them to your ppc). The forum on the RLToday site has tons of users' skins posted and you can find one that has some elements you like and work off of that XML file. And with RLtoday you can call up registry keys and other stuff too with EASE!
Hope this helps.
Oh the rltoday site is http://www.rotlaus-software.de/
I have a few RLToday skins posted at my site.
http://mobile.meangmedia.com
Also check out the MortScript section of treocentral. Zbop wrote a billboard plugin that allows the use of MortScript to create Today screen plugins. I've created several with it and it works great.
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I would like to propose the open-source development of a new program for Windows Mobile theme changing.
Themes are very popular. People love to personalize their mobile devices. Many ROM cookers will create their own themes that are implemented across a variety of included applications. Unfortunately, themes for third party applications cannot be defined or changed from within Windows Mobile’s native “Today” Control Panel Appearance tab. There are completely different methods of changing the Today screen theme, Media Player theme, and Phone dialer theme. Then if you’ve got some HTC applications in your ROM, there are yet other methods of changing the HTC Home Plug-in theme, TouchFLO Cube theme, Comm Manager theme, SIP keyboard themes, etc. The possibilities are endless.
I would like to propose a standard unified way of changing the look on all of these applications as well as future applications.
The program could be similar to the HTC Home Customizer where users would select named themes to be applied to specific programs, and the software would copy the proper images/files to the proper locations. The difference would be that there would need to be a way for users and 3rd party developers to interface with the program in order to let it know where its new theme files are supposed to go. Maybe there’s a master XML file that lists application specific XML files which include image/file location information.
Anyway, I think this type of program would be extremely useful both for power users and beginners who want to easily customize the look of their device and apply different themes to their applications from a central location. However, I’m not much of a programmer at all, so I am seeking help from the community.
I’ve started a project on Popfly called “WM6ProThemeChanger”. If you search for that name using the Popfly explorer, you’ll find it. Also, you can add me as a friend using “Adamz1977”. I'm not sure if that's the right way to do this, so if anyone else has any thoughts, feel free to post 'em.
I guess we should start be creating a central list of locations and filenames for various theme-changing image files for the variety of applications we all use. Any thoughts??
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That's a great idea!
I have installed Poorlyduck's vista theme for the cube and if you look at his thread, not only did he worked hard at making the theme but he had to help out a really big bunch of people who had a hard time installing it.
Hope this works out!
Are you looking for this to somehow have one file type that contains all of the necessary files, or some sort of "it reads what it can from a folder and copies them where they need to go" style? I guess I can't picture what your goal is...
xd1936 said:
Are you looking for this to somehow have one file type that contains all of the necessary files, or some sort of "it reads what it can from a folder and copies them where they need to go" style? I guess I can't picture what your goal is...
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The "it reads what it can from a folder and copies them where they need to go" style would probably be easiest, right? That's what the HTC Home Customizer does I think. Plus, a lot of applications might need text files, GIF, PNG images, and maybe even a DLL to be placed somewhere in order for the theme/skin design to work. The Media Player skins need a SKN text file. I think the phone dialer needs a DLL sometimes in order to change its skin.
I just think it's too difficult for us users to figure out how to change the theme/skins of all these great programs. If you know any one who might be able to help with this, please send them to this thread.
I understand that the media panel can be 'converted' to an app. Is there a way to do this for other panels like facebook or the fish panels?
noobs are us
Rajiv
if one have the sourcecode then it's easy
otherwise maybe people just make apps which
look like the panels
it would be nice if we could get someone to convert some of the panels available for XPERIA to stand-alone applications. this will have many advantages. namely:
-the panel launcher is slow and uses a lot of memory and does not look optimised very well. having the panels shortcuts from programs or from the programs tab in touchflo is much better.
- will make some of the cool panels available to all phones
- should not be that hard to implement seeing that some of these panels are just modified applications.
-will increase development for these as the user base of these will increase a lot.
-better and faster running device as only the needed panels will be loaded
Hi!
Take a look at Xperia Programs Hacks and Tweaks Thread, there is a tool called PubbaInstaller. It makes possible installing Media and radio panel as standalaone app.
I dont really know, if that works for the other panels as well, but it could be worth a try....
Greetz
Bax
it would be nice if we could get someone to convert some of the panels available for XPERIA to stand-alone applications.
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maybe you should look for whole world of alternative software...dude.
i am amazed by popularity of **** novadays.
you, htc people just need do buy cellphone instead of destroying ppc world.
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Dear friends, I just installed RRE Series 6 WM 6.5 Build 21501 BETA 2 ROM for my Fuze and I think it is an awesome RO, but for the Titanium, I really need to understand some more about it. I searched a lot and found titanizer and CHome Editor v1.5 beta by showaco, and can't seem to understand about the tabs or the panels how does they work. can I, for example, put a panel for internet calling, for wifi management, or these panels are only for using as is, and can be only hidden, because even when trying to create a new panel I can't use it for example as a launcher, please guide me in the right direction
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Dear friends, I just installed RRE Series 6 WM 6.5 Build 21501 BETA 2 ROM for my Fuze and I think it is an awesome RO, but for the Titanium, I really need to understand some more about it. I searched a lot and found titanizer and CHome Editor v1.5 beta by showaco, and can't seem to understand about the tabs or the panels how does they work. can I, for example, put a panel for internet calling, for wifi management, or these panels are only for using as is, and can be only hidden, because even when trying to create a new panel I can't use it for example as a launcher, please guide me in the right direction
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Sure you can use a panel as launcher, check in the CHome Editor thread or in the WM 6.5 themes thread. You create a panel and save it, then you create a new page and there you set the program to launch, then you create another page and you set another program to launch and so on, up to 20 pages are possible. In the above indicated threads you find a lot of info and tips to do that.
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Sure you can use a panel as launcher, check in the CHome Editor thread or in the WM 6.5 themes thread. You create a panel and save it, then you create a new page and there you set the program to launch, then you create another page and you set another program to launch and so on, up to 20 pages are possible. In the above indicated threads you find a lot of info and tips to do that.
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Thank you very much