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custom theme for Snowboard or Anemone | Navan Chauhan"/><meta name="description" content="Tutorial on creating your own custom theme for Snowboard or Anemone"/><meta name="twitter:description" content="Tutorial on creating your own custom theme for Snowboard or Anemone"/><meta name="og:description" content="Tutorial on creating your own custom theme for Snowboard or Anemone"/><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"/><link rel="stylesheet" href="/styles.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"/><link rel="shortcut icon" href="/images/favicon.png" type="image/png"/><link rel="alternate" href="/feed.rss" type="application/rss+xml" title="Subscribe to Navan Chauhan"/><meta name="twitter:image" content="https://navanchauhan.github.io/images/logo.png"/><meta name="og:image" content="https://navanchauhan.github.io/images/logo.png"/></head><head><script>var 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href="https://navanchauhan.github.io/repo">Repo</a></li></ul></nav></div></header><div class="wrapper"><article><div class="content"><span class="reading-time">5 minute read</span><span class="reading-time">Created on May 5, 2019</span><span class="reading-time">Last modified on June 1, 2020</span><h1>Creating your own custom theme for Snowboard or Anemone</h1><h3>Contents</h3><ul><li>Getting Started</li><li>Theme Configuration</li><li>Creating Icons</li><li>Exporting Icons</li><li>Icon Masks</li><li>Packaging</li><li>Building the DEB</li></ul><h2>Getting Started</h2><p><strong>Note: Without the proper folder structure, your theme may not show up!</strong></p><ul><li>Create a new folder called <code>themeName.theme</code> (Replace themeName with your desired theme name)</li><li>Within <code>themeName.theme</code> folder, create another folder called <code>IconBundles</code> (<strong>You cannot change this name</strong>)</li></ul><h2>Theme Configuration</h2><ul><li>Now, inside the <code>themeName.theme</code> folder, create a file called <code>Info.plist</code> and paste the following</li></ul><pre><code><div class="highlight"><span></span><?xml <span class="nv">version</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">"1.0"</span> <span class="nv">encoding</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">"UTF-8"</span>?> +<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"/><meta name="og:site_name" content="Navan Chauhan"/><link rel="canonical" href="https://navanchauhan.github.io/posts/2019-05-05-Custom-Snowboard-Anemone-Theme"/><meta name="twitter:url" content="https://navanchauhan.github.io/posts/2019-05-05-Custom-Snowboard-Anemone-Theme"/><meta name="og:url" content="https://navanchauhan.github.io/posts/2019-05-05-Custom-Snowboard-Anemone-Theme"/><title>Creating your own custom theme for Snowboard or Anemone | Navan Chauhan</title><meta name="twitter:title" content="Creating your own custom theme for Snowboard or Anemone | Navan Chauhan"/><meta name="og:title" content="Creating your own custom theme for Snowboard or Anemone | Navan Chauhan"/><meta name="description" content="Tutorial on creating your own custom theme for Snowboard or Anemone"/><meta name="twitter:description" content="Tutorial on creating your own custom theme for Snowboard or Anemone"/><meta name="og:description" content="Tutorial on creating your own custom theme for Snowboard or Anemone"/><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"/><link rel="stylesheet" href="/styles.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"/><link rel="shortcut icon" href="/images/favicon.png" type="image/png"/><link rel="alternate" href="/feed.rss" type="application/rss+xml" title="Subscribe to Navan Chauhan"/><meta name="twitter:image" content="https://navanchauhan.github.io/images/logo.png"/><meta name="og:image" content="https://navanchauhan.github.io/images/logo.png"/></head><head><script>var _paq=window._paq=window._paq||[];_paq.push(['trackPageView']),_paq.push(['enableLinkTracking']),function(){var a='https://navanspi.duckdns.org:6969/analytics/';_paq.push(['setTrackerUrl',a+'matomo.php']),_paq.push(['setSiteId','2']);var e=document,t=e.createElement('script'),p=e.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];t.type='text/javascript',t.async=!0,t.src=a+'matomo.js',p.parentNode.insertBefore(t,p)}();</script></head><head><script src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=UA-108635191-1v"></script><script>window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}gtag('js', new Date());gtag('config', 'UA-108635191-1');</script></head><body class="item-page"><header><div class="wrapper"><a class="site-name" href="/">Navan Chauhan</a><nav><ul><li><a href="/about">About Me</a></li><li><a class="selected" href="/posts">Posts</a></li><li><a href="/publications">Publications</a></li><li><a href="/assets/résumé.pdf">Résumé</a></li><li><a href="https://navanchauhan.github.io/repo">Repo</a></li></ul></nav></div></header><div class="wrapper"><article><div class="content"><span class="reading-time">5 minute read</span><span class="reading-time">Created on May 5, 2019</span><span class="reading-time">Last modified on September 15, 2020</span><h1>Creating your own custom theme for Snowboard or Anemone</h1><h3>Contents</h3><ul><li>Getting Started</li><li>Theme Configuration</li><li>Creating Icons</li><li>Exporting Icons</li><li>Icon Masks</li><li>Packaging</li><li>Building the DEB</li></ul><h2>Getting Started</h2><p><strong>Note: Without the proper folder structure, your theme may not show up!</strong></p><ul><li>Create a new folder called <code>themeName.theme</code> (Replace themeName with your desired theme name)</li><li>Within <code>themeName.theme</code> folder, create another folder called <code>IconBundles</code> (<strong>You cannot change this name</strong>)</li></ul><h2>Theme Configuration</h2><ul><li>Now, inside the <code>themeName.theme</code> folder, create a file called <code>Info.plist</code> and paste the following</li></ul><pre><code><div class="highlight"><span></span><?xml <span class="nv">version</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">"1.0"</span> <span class="nv">encoding</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">"UTF-8"</span>?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC <span class="s2">"-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN"</span> <span class="s2">"http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"</span>> <plist <span class="nv">version</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">"1.0"</span>> <dict> @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ <string>Icons</string> </dict> </plist> -</div></code></pre><ul><li>Replace <code>PackageName</code> with the name of the Pacakge and replace <code>ThemeName</code> with the Theme Name</li></ul><p>Now, you might ask what is the difference between <code>PackageName</code> and <code>ThemeName</code>?</p><p>Well, if for example you want to publish two variants of your icons, one dark and one white but you do not want the user to seperately install them. Then, you would name the package <code>MyTheme</code> and include two themes <code>Blackie</code> and <code>White</code> thus creating two entries. More about this in the end</p><h2>Creating Icons</h2><ul><li>Open up the Image Editor of your choice and create a new file having a resolution of 512x512</li></ul><p><strong>Note: Due to IconBundles, we just need to create the icons in one size and they get resized automaticaly</strong> :ghost:</p><p><strong>Want to create rounded icons?</strong> Create them squared only, we will learn how to apply masks!</p><h2>Exporting Icons</h2><p><strong>Note: All icons must be saved as <code>*.png</code> (Tip: This means you can even create partially transparent icons!)</strong></p><ul><li>All Icons must be saved in <code>themeName.theme>IconBundles</code> as <code>bundleID-large.png</code></li></ul><h5>Finding BundleIDs</h5><p><strong>Stock Application BundleIDs</strong></p><table><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>BundleID</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>App Store</td><td>com.apple.AppStore</td></tr><tr><td>Apple Watch</td><td>com.apple.Bridge</td></tr><tr><td>Calculator</td><td>com.apple.calculator</td></tr><tr><td>Calendar</td><td>com.apple.mobilecal</td></tr><tr><td>Camera</td><td>com.apple.camera</td></tr><tr><td>Classroom</td><td>com.apple.classroom</td></tr><tr><td>Clock</td><td>com.apple.mobiletimer</td></tr><tr><td>Compass</td><td>com.apple.compass</td></tr><tr><td>FaceTime</td><td>com.apple.facetime</td></tr><tr><td>Files</td><td>com.apple.DocumentsApp</td></tr><tr><td>Game Center</td><td>com.apple.gamecenter</td></tr><tr><td>Health</td><td>com.apple.Health</td></tr><tr><td>Home</td><td>com.apple.Home</td></tr><tr><td>iBooks</td><td>com.apple.iBooks</td></tr><tr><td>iTunes Store</td><td>com.apple.MobileStore</td></tr><tr><td>Mail</td><td>com.apple.mobilemail</td></tr><tr><td>Maps</td><td>com.apple.Maps</td></tr><tr><td>Measure</td><td>com.apple.measure</td></tr><tr><td>Messages</td><td>com.apple.MobileSMS</td></tr><tr><td>Music</td><td>com.apple.Music</td></tr><tr><td>News</td><td>com.apple.news</td></tr><tr><td>Notes</td><td>com.apple.mobilenotes</td></tr><tr><td>Phone</td><td>com.apple.mobilephone</td></tr><tr><td>Photo Booth</td><td>com.apple.Photo-Booth</td></tr><tr><td>Photos</td><td>com.apple.mobileslideshow</td></tr><tr><td>Playgrounds</td><td>come.apple.Playgrounds</td></tr><tr><td>Podcasts</td><td>com.apple.podcasts</td></tr><tr><td>Reminders</td><td>com.apple.reminders</td></tr><tr><td>Safari</td><td>com.apple.mobilesafari</td></tr><tr><td>Settings</td><td>com.apple.Preferences</td></tr><tr><td>Stocks</td><td>com.apple.stocks</td></tr><tr><td>Tips</td><td>com.apple.tips</td></tr><tr><td>TV</td><td>com.apple.tv</td></tr><tr><td>Videos</td><td>com.apple.videos</td></tr><tr><td>Voice Memos</td><td>com.apple.VoiceMemos</td></tr><tr><td>Wallet</td><td>com.apple.Passbook</td></tr><tr><td>Weather</td><td>com.apple.weather</td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>3rd Party Applications BundleID</strong> Click <a href="http://offcornerdev.com/bundleid.html">here</a></p><h3>Icon Masks</h3><ul><li>Getting the Classic Rounded Rectangle Masks</li></ul><p>In your <code>Info.plist</code> file add the following value between <code><dict></code> and </dict> +</div></code></pre><ul><li>Replace <code>PackageName</code> with the name of the Package and replace <code>ThemeName</code> with the Theme Name</li></ul><p>Now, you might ask what is the difference between <code>PackageName</code> and <code>ThemeName</code>?</p><p>Well, if for example you want to publish two variants of your icons, one dark and one white but you do not want the user to seperately install them. Then, you would name the package <code>MyTheme</code> and include two themes <code>Blackie</code> and <code>White</code> thus creating two entries. More about this in the end</p><h2>Creating Icons</h2><ul><li>Open up the Image Editor of your choice and create a new file having a resolution of 512x512</li></ul><p><strong>Note: Due to IconBundles, we just need to create the icons in one size and they get resized automatically</strong> :ghost:</p><p><strong>Want to create rounded icons?</strong> Create them squared only, we will learn how to apply masks!</p><h2>Exporting Icons</h2><p><strong>Note: All icons must be saved as <code>*.png</code> (Tip: This means you can even create partially transparent icons!)</strong></p><ul><li>All Icons must be saved in <code>themeName.theme>IconBundles</code> as <code>bundleID-large.png</code></li></ul><h5>Finding BundleIDs</h5><p><strong>Stock Application BundleIDs</strong></p><table><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>BundleID</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>App Store</td><td>com.apple.AppStore</td></tr><tr><td>Apple Watch</td><td>com.apple.Bridge</td></tr><tr><td>Calculator</td><td>com.apple.calculator</td></tr><tr><td>Calendar</td><td>com.apple.mobilecal</td></tr><tr><td>Camera</td><td>com.apple.camera</td></tr><tr><td>Classroom</td><td>com.apple.classroom</td></tr><tr><td>Clock</td><td>com.apple.mobiletimer</td></tr><tr><td>Compass</td><td>com.apple.compass</td></tr><tr><td>FaceTime</td><td>com.apple.facetime</td></tr><tr><td>Files</td><td>com.apple.DocumentsApp</td></tr><tr><td>Game Center</td><td>com.apple.gamecenter</td></tr><tr><td>Health</td><td>com.apple.Health</td></tr><tr><td>Home</td><td>com.apple.Home</td></tr><tr><td>iBooks</td><td>com.apple.iBooks</td></tr><tr><td>iTunes Store</td><td>com.apple.MobileStore</td></tr><tr><td>Mail</td><td>com.apple.mobilemail</td></tr><tr><td>Maps</td><td>com.apple.Maps</td></tr><tr><td>Measure</td><td>com.apple.measure</td></tr><tr><td>Messages</td><td>com.apple.MobileSMS</td></tr><tr><td>Music</td><td>com.apple.Music</td></tr><tr><td>News</td><td>com.apple.news</td></tr><tr><td>Notes</td><td>com.apple.mobilenotes</td></tr><tr><td>Phone</td><td>com.apple.mobilephone</td></tr><tr><td>Photo Booth</td><td>com.apple.Photo-Booth</td></tr><tr><td>Photos</td><td>com.apple.mobileslideshow</td></tr><tr><td>Playgrounds</td><td>come.apple.Playgrounds</td></tr><tr><td>Podcasts</td><td>com.apple.podcasts</td></tr><tr><td>Reminders</td><td>com.apple.reminders</td></tr><tr><td>Safari</td><td>com.apple.mobilesafari</td></tr><tr><td>Settings</td><td>com.apple.Preferences</td></tr><tr><td>Stocks</td><td>com.apple.stocks</td></tr><tr><td>Tips</td><td>com.apple.tips</td></tr><tr><td>TV</td><td>com.apple.tv</td></tr><tr><td>Videos</td><td>com.apple.videos</td></tr><tr><td>Voice Memos</td><td>com.apple.VoiceMemos</td></tr><tr><td>Wallet</td><td>com.apple.Passbook</td></tr><tr><td>Weather</td><td>com.apple.weather</td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>3rd Party Applications BundleID</strong> Click <a href="http://offcornerdev.com/bundleid.html">here</a></p><h3>Icon Masks</h3><ul><li>Getting the Classic Rounded Rectangle Masks</li></ul><p>In your <code>Info.plist</code> file add the following value between <code><dict></code> and </dict> ``` <key>IB-MaskIcons</key> @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ would result in * Create a new folder outside `themeName.theme` with the name you want to be shown on Cydia, e.g `themeNameForCydia` * Create another folder called `DEBIAN` in `themeNameForCydia` (It needs to be uppercase) -* In `DEBIAN` create an extensionless file called `control` and edit it using your favourite text editor +* In `DEBIAN` create an extension-less file called `control` and edit it using your favourite text editor Paste the following in it, replacing `yourname`, `themename`, `Theme Name`, `A theme with beautiful icons!` and `Your Name` with your details: @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ Section: Themes * Important Notes: * The package field **MUST** be lower case! - * The version field **MUST** be changed everytime you update your theme! + * The version field **MUST** be changed every-time you update your theme! * The control file **MUST** have an extra blank line at the bottom! * Now, Create another folder called `Library` in `themeNameForCydia` @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ Section: Themes 1) Install Homenbrew `/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"` (Run this in the terminal) 2) Install dpkg, by running `brew install dpkg` -**There is a terrible thing called .DS_Store which if not removed, will cause a problem durin either build or installation** +**There is a terrible thing called .DS_Store which if not removed, will cause a problem during either build or installation** * To remove this we first need to open the folder in the terminal |