Okk im looking for a software for pc or Android anyone would work
What i need to do is edit around 150 xml files
In all of them i have to do the same changes of copy and replace
For ex in all of them i have to vhange somc:colorizable with colorizable
Such changes i have to do.plzz suggest some apps or software
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You can use apktool mobile if you need to decompile apks on your phone
Once decompiled you can use any text editor to edit the xml file and then recompile with apktool mobile
Of course it will be a tedious & long task to do on a phone
Apktool mobile thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2488697
Of course on pc just use apktool to decompile and notepad++ (different from Windows notepad) to edit xml
marcussmith2626 said:
You can use apktool mobile if you need to decompile apks on your phone
Once decompiled you can use any text editor to edit the xml file and then recompile with apktool mobile
Of course it will be a tedious & long task to do on a phone
Apktool mobile thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2488697
Of course on pc just use apktool to decompile and notepad++ (different from Windows notepad) to edit xml
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Sir decompile is not my problem
Editing 150 xml is the problem
So im looking for a text editor which would edit many xml simultaneously
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abhishekr700 said:
Sir decompile is not my problem
Editing 150 xml is the problem
So im looking for a text editor which would edit many xml simultaneously
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Well with notepad++ you can find and replace
It leaves the find & replace window open when you browse between open xml tabs so manually it would only take 2 clicks to change xml tab then click replace then repeat on the next tab
I don't know if there is a button that finds & replaces across all open tabs - you will have to have a look
marcussmith2626 said:
Well with notepad++ you can find and replace
It leaves the find & replace window open when you browse between open xml tabs so manually it would only take 2 clicks to change xml tab then click replace then repeat on the next tab
I don't know if there is a button that finds & replaces across all open tabs - you will have to have a look
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Thnks for showing me the correct path
Will write a tutorial for others too..SHOULD I WRITE IT?
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I know alot of chefs have there own icon sets for thing like the program menus and setting and things. I also no that the settings for these are linked by an "icon.lnk" file to a dll file in the windows directory. I need help trying to edit these icon's, Whether it is through the dll file or there is another round about way.
A play by play would be great, thanks in advanced.
(i have already tried editing through a dll editor and connot seem to find a program that doesn't have an error trying to edit it (everything from wordpad to Resourse explorer to pe editor.)
you can use icon changer http://www.shelllabs.com/
pull the exe file off your device. then load it into icon changer. change the icon then put it back on your device overwriting the old one. this will change the physical icon of that program.
i have used it several times and it works great.
joel2009 said:
I know alot of chefs have there own icon sets for thing like the program menus and setting and things. I also no that the settings for these are linked by an "icon.lnk" file to a dll file in the windows directory. I need help trying to edit these icon's, Whether it is through the dll file or there is another round about way.
A play by play would be great, thanks in advanced.
(i have already tried editing through a dll editor and connot seem to find a program that doesn't have an error trying to edit it (everything from wordpad to Resourse explorer to pe editor.)
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Hello,
See my signature. Just edit the icon.dll with XN Resource Editor. Open icon.lnk with notepad and just give the icon number.
Thanks
tom108 said:
you can use icon changer http://www.shelllabs.com/
pull the exe file off your device. then load it into icon changer. change the icon then put it back on your device overwriting the old one. this will change the physical icon of that program.
i have used it several times and it works great.
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I knew about extracting from the exe already thanks for the reply though
ksrikanth said:
Hello,
See my signature. Just edit the icon.dll with XN Resource Editor. Open icon.lnk with notepad and just give the icon number.
Thanks
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I'll try out the editor, this was more what i was looking for thanks
Well i found out the file i was trying to use i some how corrupted to i reloaded it, i got i t open but now when i try to save changes i get a write protects errors and it will not save... is this a certificate of a file property i can change
EDIT: nevermind, it was a file property problem fixed
Alright i have a feeling there is a certificate somewhere..... all of my icons are now folders....
joel2009 said:
I know alot of chefs have there own icon sets for thing like the program menus and setting and things. I also no that the settings for these are linked by an "icon.lnk" file to a dll file in the windows directory. I need help trying to edit these icon's, Whether it is through the dll file or there is another round about way.
A play by play would be great, thanks in advanced.
(i have already tried editing through a dll editor and connot seem to find a program that doesn't have an error trying to edit it (everything from wordpad to Resourse explorer to pe editor.)
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You can edit a DLL with reasourse hacker. You just need the UNSIGNER, and MSSIGNER. first you unsign, then you edit and save, then you sign.
simpler than you think. the hard part is looking for graphics
SK Shortcut Manager
SK Shortcut Manager does the trick for me
http://www.s-k-tools.com/index.html?sksmgr/m_sksmgr.html
BUT, it's paid...
Also i've found DLL file with many (400) old school icons (attached with this post).
A little preview: http://www.wenzlaff.de/download/twicon/twicon3.jpg
U can use also your windows DLL files (shell32.dll).
That's the way i manage all my icons
Hope this helped you
bigchrizzieboy said:
SK Shortcut Manager does the trick for me
http://www.s-k-tools.com/index.html?sksmgr/m_sksmgr.html
BUT, it's paid...
Also i've found DLL file with many (400) old school icons (attached with this post).
A little preview: http://www.wenzlaff.de/download/twicon/twicon3.jpg
U can use also your windows DLL files (shell32.dll).
That's the way i manage all my icons
Hope this helped you
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I imagagine you can royally screw your phone over messing with shell 32.....
I'm working with a different file and linking to that instead of the shell thanks though
S.V.I said:
You can edit a DLL with reasourse hacker. You just need the UNSIGNER, and MSSIGNER. first you unsign, then you edit and save, then you sign.
simpler than you think. the hard part is looking for graphics
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I've gotten into the file using a resourse hacker, but how do i sign and unsign?
I don't seem it as an option in any of the menu's so either i'm using the wrong program or i just don't know what i'm doing at all
Edit: and i have already created my icons by hand..... i've got graphics down easy i just have never worked with a dll before..... usually just skinning apps
I did a search and couldnt find a clear answer. What program(s) do I need to edit the xml files?
okcppcnut said:
I did a search and couldnt find a clear answer. What program(s) do I need to edit the xml files?
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They cannot really be edited. They have to be complied with the program.
You can hex edit them but good luck with that.
Lookup a tool called apktool that will decompile the apk and you can edit it with smali and the xml's but a lot of the HTC files cannot be decompiled yet.
AXMLPrinter2.jar to read the .xmls and you need a Hex Editor to hex edit the .xmls.
Mods, please move to the General forum. This doesnt belong in Development.
zippy-man said:
They cannot really be edited. They have to be complied with the program.
You can hex edit them but good luck with that.
Lookup a tool called apktool that will decompile the apk and you can edit it with smali and the xml's but a lot of the HTC files cannot be decompiled yet.
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WUT? Any .apk file can be decompiled with baksmali and recompiled with smali.
Thread moved as this is not Development.
VinceOB said:
WUT? Any .apk file can be decompiled with baksmali and recompiled with smali.
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Yes with smali and baksmali but not apktool. That is the only tool you can use to edit XML files in plain text
zippy-man said:
Yes with smali and baksmali but not apktool. That is the only tool you can use to edit XML files in plain text
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I'll have to try apktool, I've been doing the HexEdit way for wayyyyy too long. I'm beginning to speak in 00's and FF's.
alright man here you go. its a zip of two files i put together to help.
Thanks I will check out those files.
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Thanks I will check out those files.
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they really help. while in android u have to edit an xml in binary format. use HxD editor to edit them but the two files i posted with allow u to convert it easily to readable xml and then find the hex strings to look for and then be able to go to binary and search for the hex string. just remember the code is in reverse when u search for it. for example u might see 01 02 03 04 in readable format (dont know what color this is its just an example) when u search for it in binary xml u would search for 04 03 02 01. hope that helps
cbarlan said:
they really help. while in android u have to edit an xml in binary format.
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You don't. As people said above, apktool gives you opportunity to edit XMLs normally - as if application was yours. So please don't mislead other people
Brut.all said:
You don't. As people said above, apktool gives you opportunity to edit XMLs normally - as if application was yours. So please don't mislead other people
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i was under the impression that you have to hex edit the xml's by use of an xml editor. thats how i was shown and that was by VinceOB. Who in my opinion one of the more experienced coders on this forum.
edit ...just saw ur post to try apk tools. ive downloaded it and gonna give it a try. if it works that would be great.
I need help with editing the AndroidManifest.xml in BlurPhone.apk and BlurDialer.apk... I have edited the .xml files in both of them to set screenOrientation to "sensor" instead of "nosensor" because I want the dialer and in call screen to show up in landscape without having to use the car dock or the desktop dock to achieve this. I have a universal mount that I use and I have applied the webtop hack and created shortcuts to the desktop and cardock activities. Every other program switches to landscape except for these two.
Here is what I have done with BlurDialer.apk...
I decompiled, edited the XML to "sensor" and recompiled BlurDialer.apk with no errors in apktool. I then copied the META-INF from the original file to the new one. I properly copied the file to /system/app using adb shell. When I reboot the dialer app is gone. I copied the old BlurDialer.apk back into place to see if it was the way I copied it to the system that caused the problem. When I did that everything returned back to normal so it has to be something in the way I am editing and recompiling the file.
Here is what I have done with BlurPhone.apk...
I decompiled with no errors, made the edit to "sensor" in the xml file, when I recompiled I received an error. Even when I make no edits if I recompile the file I still get an error.
Please show me what I need to do.
Thanks!!
Did you get your answer? I was having the same issue until someone at mydroidworld.com figured it out. Edit apktool.yml and put 1, 2 3 in numerical order.
Hii!!friends..
I have no computer!!!
So..
i want to edit .xml file in my galaxy y !!
So anyone tell me that how to do?
N give me the .xml editor app.....
Plzzz...
sorry its not possible to edit xml files on a phone without decompiling the apk first - you will just get a load of symbols
There are some xml apps on google play that can read xml files after you have decompiled the apk however they do not work properly with andriod xml files so you can read them but editing them is near on impossible on a phone
Most of us often want to add custom functionality to an existing apk and know how to do it in java, but don't know the exact dex/smali syntax. Trying to add this, there, test, error, debug, fix & hopefully getting it to work is common. To solve all of that trouble, I bring you this.
I made these little scripts to add an extension to Windows explorer shell for doing a task most people couldn't just do this easy. So now can just write your functionality in java, right-click the file & click Convert To *.smali and tada! You have the dex/smali compatible code which you can then paste it into your apk smali file.
Installation:
Download the attachment & extract the archive.
Run install.cmd as Administrator to install Windows Explorer shortcut.
You can also darg-n-drop files on convert.cmd to convert them.
Nice bro :thumsup:
Thank you very much. This is exactly what I need
Thanks for the information..
I would like you to help me with this issue since I do not want to work the conversion
it not work
where is the converted smali jfile?
Hello.
I click the right button of mouse and click the Convert to*.smali.
But I didn't the converted file.
could you lend me a hand?
vaibhavpandeyvpz said:
Most of us often want to add custom functionality to an existing apk and know how to do it in java, but don't know the exact dex/smali syntax. Trying to add this, there, test, error, debug, fix & hopefully getting it to work is common. To solve all of that trouble, I bring you this.
I made these little scripts to add an extension to Windows explorer shell for doing a task most people couldn't just do this easy. So now can just write your functionality in java, right-click the file & click Convert To *.smali and tada! You have the dex/smali compatible code which you can then paste it into your apk smali file.
Installation:
Download the attachment & extract the archive.
Run install.cmd as Administrator to install Windows Explorer shortcut.
You can also darg-n-drop files on convert.cmd to convert them.
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Can you please update this. I tried running it on windows 10 and after that I don’t see the right click convert to smali
It's not working on Windows 10....Any updates on it?