You can create a theme, package it up as an installable APK file, and offer it to users to be installed like any other app. There are over graphical resources that can be skinned. You can put your style on home screen wallpaper and buttons, as well as colors and assets inside selected pre-installed Sony signature apps like Home, Messaging and more. Theme Creator helps you navigate the graphical assets and choose the images and colors that you can customize for your theme.
When you edit the elements of your theme, Theme Creator shows you a quick preview to see how your choices work together, and helps you refine your design.
Themes that you create with Theme Creator are compatible with Xperia smartphones and tablets running Android 4. Some features in Theme Creator are unique to certain phones, tablets or software versions.
For example, the analog clock and screen unlock pattern on the lockscreen are only customizable on Xperia Z2 series and above, running Android 5. Also, Theme Creator previews may not be able to represent all available devices and software versions. Log in. Get started. Latest updates. What is Theme Creator and how does it work? Key Features An easy-to-use resource navigation tree helps organize the large variety of customizable interface elements resources.
A preview area in the tool to see screen views, helping you to visualize the effect of your changes on Xperia screens. Developer World no longer offers updates and active support for Theme Creator. This page will help you through the installation, setup, and basic workflow of designing a theme with the help of Theme Creator. For a complete walkthrough of the creation process, see the How to create a theme page.
We recommend that you always have an Xperia device connected to your computer so that you can see your theme on an actual device throughout the design process. Learn more on the Test and verify page. Download Theme Creator.
After unzipping, you should have a file called theme-creator. Go through the intro guide. In the dialog that comes up, enter the required project properties:. In the Theme Creator window, the left panel is a navigator that allows you to browse through the customizable UI elements.
These are organized into categories and groups that you can open and close. A preview panel on the right shows an approximation of how selected resources look in the various screen views in which they appear. In this example, the preview will show the default versions of all components, since you have not yet customized any resources.
There are a lot of resources available for you to customize, but when you first start the program, you will only see a limited number of them in the tree. To start creating your first theme, we will edit a resource in Theme Creator and preview it directly in the tool. You can enable Android 5.
You have now gone through the entire process of using Theme Creator to create a theme and preview the result in the tool. However, in the steps above we have only made a very simple change to illustrate the process. To learn more about what you can do, see How to create a theme or go straight to Test and verify to try your theme on an Xperia smartphone or tablet.
Log in. Get started. Get started with Theme Creator This page will help you through the installation, setup, and basic workflow of designing a theme with the help of Theme Creator.
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