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[Q] Third Party Launcher Themes

I'm busy teaching myself to make themes for Go Launcher, but I guess my question applies to all 3rd party launchers that have theme capabilities. I need to find a way to get the package name for each application on my phone (and other commonly used applications) so that I can assign custom icons for each one. I know you can get the name from each packages AndroidManifest.xml but these don't always work, and in the case of built in applications (like the Motorola Media Gallery) I have no access to the apk itself.
To be a bit more clear, here is an example:
for Skype the package name is:
com.skype.raider
but the icon gets assigned to:
com.skype.raider.ui.SplashScreenActivity
(i got this from a tutorial, but they don't say where they get their info)

Check the /data/data folder. The folder names there might be helpful.
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Rename Apps In App Draw

Hey everyone! Recently migrated phones from a Touch Pro 2 to this (like a lot of you probably did) and have spent the last couple days trying to get used to the Android OS. So far I've managed to pretty much set up everything how I want and I've rooted, over clocked, and flashed a custom rom onto it (Virtuous v1.0.2).
Coming over from Windows Mobile though, one gripe I am having is being able to rename the apps in the app draw. Since I only have about 6 apps on the homescreen, I'm aware it is possible to rename them using programs such as bettercut or super app manager, but unfortunately I've not yet found a way to rename the apps in the app draw. I like things to be neat and labelled nicely which not only look better, but makes it easier to find things.
Is this any way possible to do once you're rooted up? Ideally I don't want to turn off the Sense UI interface and switch to something else because I quite like the Sense widgets. It's baffling why this option of renaming applications is not possible/much simpler.
Thanks in advanced for any help

Not looking good is it.. Lol
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Not sure if what you want is possible...
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Of course its possible. Android is open source. Take the source for the launcher, make changes necessary to rename applications, compile, install.
Hint: Some other launchers that you may be able to download and install, even on a NON-ROOTED phone, may already have this ability.

Don't know if there is an easy way to do this in the stock Sense launcher.
Only way I know if you only want to do this to a few apps, and have the APK for those apps: There is an XDA user made app called APK Edit, which allows you to change the icon and name of the app. Just use this to edit the APK, then install the APK.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=890199

Transfer Samsung widget

Hi,
I have an SGS I-9000, and it has some widgets that I would like to transfer onto my Asus TF101 Pad. The clock for instance, it is small, has multiple TZs, a timer/stopwatch alarm, and looks beautiful. I've tried a few from the market but they don't come close. So I tried this "Bluetooth File Transfer" app, it works fine and I can transfer an app from one device to the other, but it does not list widgets. I've done some googling but cannot find a way to do this. Any ideas?
Thanks in advance.

Ah if it was that easy eh....
Their widgets filter custom intents i think and have framework dependencies.
Hence only some that are completely independent can work on other launchers, and most wont.

Thanks for the reply.
But regardless of the possible links with proprietary libraries, is there a way to transfer widgets? All I can find are ways to move apps, but never widgets.

[Q] Change package name to SPlannerAppWidget

Hi! I have a Galaxy S4 and I use S-Voice to create Tasks.
Unfortunately on the S4 there is no Task Widget like on other Samsung devices.
I found and apk from another Galaxy (I think the Note 2) that have this widget and I tried to replace the actual S4 SPlannerAppWidget.apk in the system/app with the one I found. Everything seems to work since I have now the task widget, but the calendar widget is a bit different, I think due to the different screen resolution and is not optimized for the use with the S4.
I thought the best way to have both the widget, the new one from the S4 and the task from the Note 2 would be to install both the apk, but this is not possible since they have the same package name. So I tried to change the name by decompiling the Note2 apk with apktool and changing all the references within the smali and res files form SPlannerAppWidget to SPlannerAppWidgetTasks.
Unfortunately this does not seem to work and the new apk I have recompiled don't show up anything one put in the system/app directory.
I have joined my new apk... I know many people are looking for a solution about the task widget and this could be a useful solution if someone with more experience than me in modifying an apk could take a look at it and discover why this do not work.
Many thanks in advance.

[Q] SecContacts.apk contacts images

Can someone help me with this, I moved from an S3 to an S5 quite a while ago and finally got round to theming my device but I can't find these horrid images to replace them with what I want to use.
I have seen some themes where they have been replaced so they must be identified somewhere, if anyone can tell me where to find them or which xml to change to identify what I want to use instead of these it would be gratefully appreciated.

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fffft said:
Images, plural? You didn't describe what set of images you are alluding to or circle them on your screen shot. Or attach a copy of the apk you are working with. Presumably you mean the default head shot for a non-customized contact.. but what other images are you talking about?
In the absence of those crucial details, all I can suggest is that you open the apk as a .zip archive and go to
\res\drawable
\res\drawable-sw359dp-land-xxhdpi
\res\drawable-sw359dp-xxhdpi
\res\drawable-sw360dp-land-xxhdpi
\res\drawable-sw360dp-xxhdpi
Scroll though the image directories and replace the ones that offend you.
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Thanks for the response, I thought the images in the clip were pretty clear as they are the default ones, I have tried all the images in the apk, as you say the ones here are the default ones, I have done all the others InCall.apk and the ones in the SecContacts.apk all default images have been changed as I want them.
The ones in the clip are the default ones that appear in the stock contacts list, favorites list and logs list, they were easy to find on the S3 but not on the S5, I have changed all the png and pkm files that relate to images and pictures in this apk.but these still remain stock
The apk in question is detailed in the title, I am not new to theming I have been doing it a long time, I know what to look for except in this case I can't find these in the apk at all.