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    Cool Changing Application Icons


    Ive already done a search on this forum and couldn't find anything.

    we all Know anycut is an amazing application that lets you change application names etc, but what about changing the icon for each application as you would in Windows etc.

    This would be a cool application because it would allow you to have all the icons in a similar style or colour, Similar to Summerboard And Themes Creator for the iPhone ! (Jailbroken of course)

    What do you think !?
    Last edited by Greenie UK; 12-18-2008 at 09:33 AM.

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    Default Re: Changing Application Icons

    Here is the problem with this. The icon is essentially an embedded graphic within the apk (the package). To change this you would not only need to get into the APK but also the Manifest within it to change the ref to the icon. Now Im not saying this cant be done - if you had root - no problem simple. But since we dont all have root within the app - we would need google to expose a way to do this.

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    Default Re: Changing Application Icons

    Even with the root it is not possible cauz, the moment you change the APK it changes its signature with which it is packed with. And you cannot install/run any unsigned APK in android.
    With root you might be able to change the system icons that too only if the new icon file is exactly the same size & dimensions as for now they are just .png files and therefore not signed.

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    Default Re: Changing Application Icons

    Quote Originally Posted by My_Name_Is_Neo View Post
    Even with the root it is not possible cauz, the moment you change the APK it changes its signature with which it is packed with. And you cannot install/run any unsigned APK in android.
    With root you might be able to change the system icons that too only if the new icon file is exactly the same size & dimensions as for now they are just .png files and therefore not signed.
    Would it be possible if you used an auto-signer?

    I don't know much about signing, but I know that in order to get a theme to work, it must be signed, and over at XDA, they've had a couple auto-signers created to do just that. If an icon was edited and then the app auto-signed, would it run properly with the new icon?

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    Default Re: Changing Application Icons

    So then why to theme modifiers change app icons? Isn't it possible if you plug in your phone to your computer, then edit or mod some files? It seems simple enough, even with the packaging.

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    Bettercut allows you to create shortcuts and customize the icons for them.

    Folder Organizer also allows to to set custom icons.

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    I think BetterCut can solve the Problem

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    Default Re: Changing Application Icons

    pretty sure u can do that with launcher pro, an app i think everyone should get btw

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    Krome welcome to AC forum

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