hey all...didn't know if this was even possible...maybe with a hex editor or sth, but i don't know how to do it.
i want to mod an app to run the default launcher every time the "menu" soft key is hit. is this possible with the app's apk?
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Haya guys and or galls...
I'm trying to edit the icons of the shortcuts in my start menu.
I want to use this, so that I can use the Icons of programs like tomtom to startup via the overclock tool....
But now, sice the shortcut starts with the omapclock tool, the icon is the same as the tool...
Also, there is an app called flitsnav, which also launches Tomtom, and I want to use the tomtom icon rof this shortcut...
I can't seem to find the solution in this forum anywhere, but maybe I looked over it in my search..
Can someone help me???
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=40230&highlight=completeness
V
hmmm
okay..tnx for the advice..
Although I'm not really sure what all that means ou guys wrote there..
No easier way? just to change the icon of a .exe?
Anyway thanks..
p50kombi: if you want to change the icon for the executable, which you don't (since you want to change icons for shortcuts), you would use a resource editor on your PC. That's not too easy, but it's doable.
Using custom icons on shortcuts on the PDA is not difficult.
Basically, copy this into notepad, and call it VJMail.lnk
Code:
38#\windows\tmail.exe?\windows\DIM.exe,0
38
- Ignore this (it's the length of everything after #)
\windows\tmail.exe
- this is the app you want to launch
?\windows\DIM.exe,0
- this is the icon it should show instead of its default one
- it means, take the first (ie 0th) icon in \windows\dim.exe as the icon
It's not hard. This is just an example. Use your own programs etc of course.
V
i'll try it right away..
Thanks VJ!!!!
It worked!!!!
Thanks VJ.....
It wasn't that hard afterall indeed!!!
Anyone got any way of extending the backlight of the keyboard allready?
Quick question,
After a protracted bout of searching here, I am still looking for an app that would allow me to easily switch my default browser from one to another. I have seen the tutorial on setting Opera Mini as default, and know that some browsers allow you to have an entry in preferences that you can check to set as default.
But is there an app that will allow me to quickly switch between Skyfire, Netfront, PIE, Opera et al?
Have any of the gurus written this yet?
Don't think it has been done yet. I'm not a programmer so I'm not sure how difficult this would be. It would seem to have something to do with the registry. Maybe the app could make those registry changes...then again, I'm not sure
just change reg entry or use mort script.
hi,
If your just trying to changing your default browser, I would suggest just changing the registry key (in the HKCR) for htmlfile to launch the desired browser. Total Commander offers a registry editor.
If you want to change the default browser on a regular basis then you could write a fairly easy mortscrip code to offer the list of desired browsers and then change the registy keys to launch the new default browser. There is a mortscript code examples which shows most of the steps to do this.
Cheers,
i have searched for a way to read and change reg keys using C#..maybe i will try to develop something
Is it possible to change the quick list items or reassign long press end key?
Maybe registry path where to change it?
I thought to put task manager there cause when some app freeze quick list is the only place that responding so it would be good to have task manager there to kill freeze processes..
Someone actually use the quick list? cause i don't use it at all...
See http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1772209&postcount=1
Item #13.
If "HTC Long Press End Key" software is not installed on your PPC, you'll find it at Itm #9.
The_Steph
Thanx!
item 13 works well and easy to do
Before 1.5, I used AnyCut to edit the length of my Home shortcuts. For example, "Power Manager Pro" is too long to fit in the icon space allotted. So I'd fire up AnyCut and shorten it to "Power" or something.
But 1.5 seems to have broken this ability: instead of getting a selection of shortcuts to edit, I just see a blank screen.
I asked in the #android channel last night, and someone said they helped write Home and that these were in a SQLite database.
If so, can I change them myself using some tool like SQLite Admin? I've looked for a database where it seems logical, i.e. /data/data/com.android.home and the like, but haven't found it yet.
You can try Bettercut maybe, which is an enhanced version of anycut. Or a Home app like dxtop, you can change names and icons on any shortcut. Sorry, don't know about the technical stuff, but it will work.
why dont you just make the shortcut with anycut and once it tells you to enter the name of it just chage it to what you want......
EX: long press home screen>shortcuts>anycut>activity>power manager pro>"change the name"power>ok and your done
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EX: long press home screen>shortcuts>anycut>activity>power manager pro>"change the name"power>ok and your done
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I hadn't thought of it that way. So I tried, but it would only create shortcuts if I didn't change their name. When I renamed them, nothing at all was put on the screen.
The problem seems to be that Cupcake changes where (and maybe how) the Home shortcuts are stored. Which breaks certain programs, Anycut in particular. But also, MyBackup had to be updated so it could again back up Home shortcuts in Cupcake phones (same went for the browser bookmarks, I think).
These shortcuts are in /data/data/com.android.launcher/databases/launcher.db in a SQLite database. Use a SQLite admin tool to look at table "Favorites", field "Title" -- this is where the names on the icons are stored.
The problem is, editing that file. It seems to be "in use", so you can't make edits or replace it (tried, failed). I guess I could try the sqlite3 tool included on the platform. But it's CLI/text only, and pretty obscure to me so far.
Is there a way of changing app defaults? Reason I ask is I include LauncherPro and change a couple of options once I start it up and it would save time having them setup already...I take it I'd have to edit the APK but don't know where to start...