[NEW] [Oct-07-08] Manilla 2D Customizer v011133 (theme preview)

props to mpenguin14 for this awesome tool!!!

Manilla 2D Customizer (M2DC)

UPDATE Oct-7-2008 16:00 CDT
v0.11.133
- fixed bug where the m2dc theme backup did not restore via the restore button
- added preview functionality
-- if a theme file (m2dc or zip) has a file named "preview.jpg" or "preview.jpeg"
then the file will be saved to the "\M2DC\Themes" filder and the file will be
displayed in the lower right hand corner of the theme screen, this file will be
scaled to fit, the recommended size of the preview is 75x100

UPDATE Oct-5-2008 23:00 CDT
v0.10.130
- changed the way that M2DC stores and access theme files.
Now no longer are themes copied to the install directory,
You have 2 ways of getting M2DC to recogize your theme files.
1) Copy the theme files directly to the "M2DC\Themes" filder
2) Press the "Add THeme" button.
When you press teh add theme button the theme will not be copied,
instead of copying the theme M2DC now keeps track of all of the
themes that you have added and displays to you the themes files
that exist on the system.
So now you can keep all o fyour themes on your SD card with no problems.
- no longer removes the original theme file during add theme
- added more prompts for theme deletion

UPDATE Oct-5-2008 08:30 CDT
v0.9.127
* alot of gui cleanup
* no longer forces user to make a backup of current theme
* no longer copies files when importing, now completely moves the file
* added "Home" tab which allows for easy disablign of items on the Home Widget
* backup/restore page now has 4 buttons, separated the theme and xml
backup/restore for my own selfish reasons
* Now tries to read all position inforamtion from themes... ie 2DC will ready and
apply all line form the HTCHomeSettings.xml that contain the string "POS" or
"RECT". To disable an item in hte xml in a nice way for M2DC to pick up on the
fact that you have hidden it please set POS values to "-1,-1" and RECT values to
"-1,-1,-1,-1"
* added some more user feedback in some areas where the screen used to hang alot
* updated themes readme file with some more documentation

UPDATE Oct-2-2008 11:30 CDT
v0.8.111
* tried to fix all errors
* latest theme supports were broken due to my not parsing the xml correctly
* this version should work with the latest M2D binaries and the old ones
* I have only tested the new M2D package
* there might be some issues with clock enabling/disabling on themes... these
will probablly remain until a skinner tells me what they want the proper
action to disable clocks to be

UPDATE Sep-30-2008 11:00 CDT
v0.7.104
* oops, the theme management support for 0.6.97 was not future proof, so when updating to
this version your default theme will be applied. Your themes wil lstill exist, you
will just have to re apply them
* added support for *.zip theme files... the cath is that the zip file must contain a
HTCHomeSettings.xml file in it
* added support for multiple instances of the same named node, thanks to ababrekar from
xda-developers forexample
* added support for 3, 4, or 5 columsn, and 3, 6, or 9 rows in the launcher, thanks to
kidnamedAlbert from xda-developers for example
* attempt at more robust theme support, now reads and uses all values from
Imageslist, TabWidget, and HomeWidget in hte theme HTCHomeSettings.xml file,
I still see some bugs though (digital clock showing up in weird places, maybe due to
the skin developer removing the actual file rather than commenting out the xml
element or just giving the xml element an invalid name)

UPDATE Sep-28-2008 11:30 CDT
v0.6.97
* Theme management support, see the forums and the include readme.txt
file for more information
* modified the apptodate xml file location
(now looks for it directly from the subverison repository web access)
* fixed icon support for apptodate
* added a restore tab, this tab will tell all the other tabs to
restore the default values to M2D
* some small GUI changes in order to make it look more natural on WM6
* mostly automated the build process
(only needs human interaction to clean up changleog
and enter google code upload password)


UPDATE Sep-21-2008 16:00 CDT
v0.5.44
* added apptodate support
* fixed installer issues
* switched license to gpl

UPDATE Sep-20-2008 01:25 CDT
v0.4.29
* new tabbed layout
* added a basic launcher tab, can now set to 3 or 4 columns in launcher
* added "Apply"/"Cancel" softkey actions

UPDATE Sep-18-2008 22:25 CDT
v0.3.17
* added awesome looking new icon (thanks to twolf)
* No longer has hard coded folder paths so
** Non English roms should now be supported (Tested on Italian WM6 Professional emulator image)
** installing to storage card should now be supported
* Added somewhat extensive error logging, if for some reason the program can't write your new file, it should let you know, and tell you where a erro log text file is that you can post here or PM to me so that can see exactly what failed

UPDATE Sep-18-2008 09:35 CDT
v0.2.5
* fixed "read-only" problem people were having... now the program should have no problem if the file has been set to "Read Only". I tested by setting the file ot read only in total commander, have not confirmed if this will work if the xml file is part of the original rom as there is no manilla 2d rom for the titan yet

UPDATE Sep-18-2008
I have released the code for this program under an MIT license for now. So you can pretty much do whatever you want with it. You can check out the project page at http://code.google.com/p/manilla2dcustomizer/ I am releasing the code in hopes that people can learn form it, and so that if anyone wants to help I can easily let them in on everything. Plus it is nice of code.google.com to give me a free subversion repository

[d0nkeykiller]

This is a a pretty sick program. Will this cut dow all the dragging and dropping, and copying for themes now? for example to get a theme now you have to copy in to windows, but with your program it lets you upload themes to it. by searching your device. That being the case where do you search to upload them? just downloaded it and cant wait to use it!

[Avgas]

very nice, how would I load new themes into this? what kind of files does it take?

[Mike20PR]

UPDATE Sep-30-2008 11:00 CDT
v0.7.104
* oops, the theme management support for 0.6.97 was not future proof, so when updating to
this version your default theme will be applied. Your themes wil lstill exist, you
will just have to re apply them
* added support for *.zip theme files... the cath is that the zip file must contain a
HTCHomeSettings.xml file in it
* added support for multiple instances of the same named node, thanks to ababrekar from
xda-developers forexample
* added support for 3, 4, or 5 columsn, and 3, 6, or 9 rows in the launcher, thanks to
kidnamedAlbert from xda-developers for example
* attempt at more robust theme support, now reads and uses all values from
Imageslist, TabWidget, and HomeWidget in hte theme HTCHomeSettings.xml file,
I still see some bugs though (digital clock showing up in weird places, maybe due to
the skin developer removing the actual file rather than commenting out the xml
element or just giving the xml element an invalid name)

[Mike20PR]

UPDATE Oct-2-2008 11:30 CDT
v0.8.111
* tried to fix all errors
* latest theme supports were broken due to my not parsing the xml correctly
* this version should work with the latest M2D binaries and the old ones
* I have only tested the new M2D package
* there might be some issues with clock enabling/disabling on themes... these
will probablly remain until a skinner tells me what they want the proper
action to disable clocks to be

[Mike20PR]

UPDATE Oct-5-2008 08:30 CDT
v0.9.127
* alot of gui cleanup
* no longer forces user to make a backup of current theme
* no longer copies files when importing, now completely moves the file
* added "Home" tab which allows for easy disablign of items on the Home Widget
* backup/restore page now has 4 buttons, separated the theme and xml
backup/restore for my own selfish reasons
* Now tries to read all position inforamtion from themes... ie 2DC will ready and
apply all line form the HTCHomeSettings.xml that contain the string "POS" or
"RECT". To disable an item in hte xml in a nice way for M2DC to pick up on the
fact that you have hidden it please set POS values to "-1,-1" and RECT values to
"-1,-1,-1,-1"
* added some more user feedback in some areas where the screen used to hang alot
* updated themes readme file with some more documentation

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UPDATE Oct-5-2008 23:00 CDT
v0.10.130
- changed the way that M2DC stores and access theme files.
Now no longer are themes copied to the install directory,
You have 2 ways of getting M2DC to recogize your theme files.
1) Copy the theme files directly to the "M2DC\Themes" filder
2) Press the "Add THeme" button.
When you press teh add theme button the theme will not be copied,
instead of copying the theme M2DC now keeps track of all of the
themes that you have added and displays to you the themes files
that exist on the system.
So now you can keep all o fyour themes on your SD card with no problems.
- no longer removes the original theme file during add theme
- added more prompts for theme deletion

[Mike20PR]

UPDATE Oct-7-2008 16:00 CDT
v0.11.133
- fixed bug where the m2dc theme backup did not restore via the restore button
- added preview functionality
-- if a theme file (m2dc or zip) has a file named "preview.jpg" or "preview.jpeg"
then the file will be saved to the "\M2DC\Themes" filder and the file will be
displayed in the lower right hand corner of the theme screen, this file will be
scaled to fit, the recommended size of the preview is 75x100