[B]Phone Themes [/B]

[neil1811]

Hi everybody..

i had a neat little idea to change the theme on my phone for certain parts of the day..
as in id like a dark background in the morning so i can see the white writing clearer and id like a more colourful theme during the day.

i know theres no them aware functions in appuifw or anything like that
but is there a way to change a phones theme from a python script??

Thanks for your help

[croozeus]

Hi neil,

AFAIK, there doesn't exists an extension for changing themes in PyS60.
However there is a module named wallpaper to changer the current wallpaper of the device. May be you could use that to change from dark background to a bright one.

Best Regards
Croozeus

[gaba88]

Hi everybody..

i had a neat little idea to change the theme on my phone for certain parts of the day..
as in id like a dark background in the morning so i can see the white writing clearer and id like a more colourful theme during the day.

i know theres no them aware functions in appuifw or anything like that
but is there a way to change a phones theme from a python script??

Thanks for your help

hi neil
it is bit correct that you have to write a extension for changing the theme.
but u can follow a different approach. what u can do is make an application which will change the theme according to ur location. there u can use the location module. and change the theme.
plz give feedback abt the approach.
thanks

[neil1811]

Thanks croozeus and gaba88!

i will look at both approaches.

Croozeus where can i get information about this module??

And gaba i will try your ides out but im having trouble signing my apps so i cant use location..

does anybody have a step by step guide to using py2sis and/or ensymble?? i have 3rd edition sdk

thank you again guys i really appreciate all the work you all do to help us beginners on these forums

[gaba88]

Thanks croozeus and gaba88!

i will look at both approaches.

Croozeus where can i get information about this module??

And gaba i will try your ides out but im having trouble signing my apps so i cant use location..

does anybody have a step by step guide to using py2sis and/or ensymble?? i have 3rd edition sdk

thank you again guys i really appreciate all the work you all do to help us beginners on these forums

hi neil1811 again
thank u for appreciating us please check at the wiki and mobilenin for creating py2sis and remember to use ensymble for that.
thanx

[kandyfloss]

it is bit correct that you have to write a extension for changing the theme.

Its not bit correct, its totally correct

what u can do is make an application which will change the theme according to ur location. there u can use the location module. and change the theme.

If there is not existing module for that, one cannot make such an application.

does anybody have a step by step guide to using py2sis and/or ensymble?? i have 3rd edition sdk

Hi Neil,

If you have a 3rd Ed SDK you need to use ensymble and not py2sis tool.

You can find lot of posts in the forum where you can read about using ensymble. Have a look and go through these threads

Moreover you will need a dev cert to sign your files using ensymble.

If I find any step by step tutorial of ensymble I will add it here.

Hopefully helps

[gaba88]

hi kandyfloss
there is sing already a location module available and using that module we can get the cellid of a particular place.
and then can change the theme.
thanks

[kandyfloss]

hi kandyfloss
there is sing already a location module available and using that module we can get the cellid of a particular place.
and then can change the theme.
thanks

Firstly please use conventional English.
What do you mean by

there is sing already a location module available

And How can you change a theme?

Do you have an extension for it?

Please Read the post properly before replying.

[gaba88]

hi kandyfloss again and thanku for pointing out my mistake.
i think we are the developers who have to workout on this kind of stuff.
Btw i am working out on one such kind of extension. and if i get success i will definitely announce the extension. ok
thanks again and plz give feedback.

[croozeus]

Croozeus where can i get information about this module??

You can find the wallpaper module here
but its for 3rd edition only.

Here is an example of the same.

import wallpaper

wallpaper.set_wallpaper(u"c:\\Data\\Images\\wallpaper.jpg")

If you don't know how to use ensymble or do not have a developer certificate, then you could use open signed online at www.symbiansigned.com

PS : You need to use the python shell with the test UID range for successfully signing through open signed online.

Hope that helps.

Best Regards
Croozeus