Icon (SVG Tiny) Creation Problem

[RadioRaider]

I use Inkscape to create a SVG from a GIF. The I use the SVG2SVGT program in the S60 SDK to convert it to a SVG tiny. However, when I use py2sis on my .py program I always wind up with the default Python snakes icon. Am I doing something wrong? Is there a detailed guide how to create an icon for SIS files?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<!-- Created with Inkscape (http://www.inkscape.org/) -->
<svg
xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
version="1.0"
width="44"
height="39"
id="svg2440">
<defs
id="defs2443" />
<image
xlink:href="C:\Documents and Settings\MyPC\Favorites\Desktop\Logo.gif"
x="0"
y="0"
width="44"
height="39"
id="image2449" />
</svg>

[bogdan.galiceanu]

Have you tried using the SVG, not the SVGT?

As for the guide, there is one here but I really don't know if it's of any help in this case.

[treitmaier]

I don't have a reference for this at hand, but I'm pretty sure that embedding images within a svg is problematic. Here's what I have in my notes about how to create Icons for use in a Listbox. Hope it helps.

* Create (copy, borrow, steal) svg icon in inkscape and save as plain svg.
* Two-line Listbox icon need to be 44x44 (Icon should scale but it's better to be safe).
* Convert to Tiny SVG using SVG2SVGTConverter tool, available inside S60 SDK.
* Add a viewBox="0 0 44 44" parameter to new .svg file.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1 Tiny//EN" "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11-tiny.dtd">
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" baseProfile="tiny" height="44" version="1.0" width="44">
becomes...
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1 Tiny//EN" "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11-tiny.dtd">
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" baseProfile="tiny" height="44" version="1.0" width="44" viewBox="0 0 44 44">

* Convert to uncompressed .mif using mifconf, so use the /X option for no compression. /S signifies location of SVGTBinEncode.

mifconv.exe bluebox.mif /c32 /SC:\svgtools /Hbluebox.mbg /X bluebox.svg

* When loading an Icon you need to specify its index. You can look up its index in the .mbg file.

/* This file has been generated, DO NOT MODIFY. */
enum TMifBluebox
{
EMbmBlueboxBluebox = 16384,
EMbmBlueboxLastElement
};
• Load and use the icon
icon = appuifw2.Icon(u"e:\\Python\\bluebox.mif", 16384, 16384)
entries = [(u"Bluebox", u"Icon", icon)]
lb = appuifw2.Listbox(entries)
appuifw2.app.body = lb

[nirpsis]

Create a svg 44x44 icon with Inkscape.
Convert it with svg-t vector format using the SVG2SVGT tool
Use Ensymble to make the SIS filw with the icon
Worked for me. Try clearing the cache by restarting the phone, in case it helps.

[RadioRaider]

Thanks. I gave up trying to convert a GIF into SVG then into SVG tiny, and just drew an image in Inkspace, and converted that into SVG tiny. That seemd to work, but yea, I had to re-start the phone for the icon to appear. But strange thing is, that the icon is in black/white only (?!). I drew it in color. Strange. I never thought something as simple as making an icon could wind up into being such a pain in the...

[croozeus]

Thanks. I gave up trying to convert a GIF into SVG then into SVG tiny, and just drew an image in Inkspace, and converted that into SVG tiny. That seemd to work, but yea, I had to re-start the phone for the icon to appear. But strange thing is, that the icon is in black/white only (?!). I drew it in color. Strange. I never thought something as simple as making an icon could wind up into being such a pain in the...

You may use Adobe Illustrator CS4, it directly allows you to save to Svg-t (1.2 is what you have to save it for).

[RadioRaider]

Any idea how to center the icon? It's slightly off to the upper left...

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1 Tiny//EN" "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11-tiny.dtd">
<svg baseProfile="tiny" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" version="1.0" width="44" height="44">
<defs/>