Archived:Carbide.ui plug-in for Series 40 Developer Platform 2.0 (Full Touch UI)
Only Publisher Partner Program members will be able to submit new theme content to the Nokia Store from 1st July 2013. Carbide.ui is no longer relevent to the community and all its articles have been archived.
This article describes the features and use of the Carbide.ui plug-in for Series 40 Developer Platform 2.0 (Full Touch UI).
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Introduction
The Series 40 Developer Platform 2.0 (Full Touch UI) theme plug-in for Carbide.ui Series 40 Theme Edition provides features that enable the creation of themes for full touch Series 40 phones, such as the Nokia Asha 305, Nokia Asha 306 and Nokia Asha 311.
Installing the plug-in
The Series 40 Developer Platform 2.0 (Full Touch UI) plug-in is added to Carbide.ui Series 40 Theme Edition using the Plug-in Manager; you can access the Plug-in Manager on the Carbide.ui toolbar. For more details see How to install theme plug-ins to Carbide.ui.
Creating themes with the plug-in
To create themes with the plug-in use the following methods:
- Create new theme using the Theme Template Selector, then choose Full Touch from the drop down.
- Create new theme using the Phone selector, then select a Series 40 Developer Platform 2.0 (Full Touch UI) phone. See the article How to update the supported phones list in Carbide.ui for instructions on how to update the phone list.
- Create a new theme, once created select Full Touch -v1.0.0 from the platform drop down, as shown below:
Nokia Store publication
Within Nokia Store, there is a new catalogue available for Series 40 Developer Platform 2.0 to publish themes for Nokia Asha 305, Nokia Asha 306, and Nokia Asha 311.
Known issues
- The following text colours aren't themed on the phones, they are just dummy ids for display purposes:
- Dialer.
- Search Box.
- Text Highlight.
- Virtual Keyboard.
- Notification wave.
- Hyperlinks screens.
- For the Notification wave image: To maintain the transparency in the image, please use photo editing software such as Adobe Photoshop.
- None of the menu icons can be skinned.
- Startup and shutdown graphics and tones cannot be skinned.
Only elements that can be selected in Carbide.ui tool can be skinned.
Support
If you have any issues with installation of the plug-in, please contact Support.UITools@nokia.com.
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Niteshsatankar - not installing........
these plugin is not installing.............when i click install in plugins manager .........it says not connected to internet ........please send a link to install these plugin........thanks in advanceNiteshsatankar 20:00, 28 December 2012 (EET)
Simontherapstar@facebook.com - Not able to make themes for nokia asha 305,306,308,309,310,311
how to instal full touch theme template from plug-in-manager. There is no option to instal in plug-in-manager for full touch .thanks.simontherapstar@facebook.com 16:06, 2 April 2013 (EEST)
Simontherapstar@facebook.com - No option
In Theme Template Selector there is no option for full touch even i have updated my phone list and using carbide UI series 40 theme edition 6.0.Thanks
simon naharsimontherapstar@facebook.com 16:12, 2 April 2013 (EEST)
Kalai.sep14@gmail.com -
shows no content pls hlp mekalai.sep14@gmail.com 13:25, 13 April 2013 (EEST)
Ashley05 -
The same problem with me. :( Can someone help us. :(
It's much appreciated. :)ashley05 10:58, 5 May 2013 (EEST)
Galina531977 - The plug-in works not correctly.
The plug-in works not correctly. At packing of a theme of a substrate are established instead of icons.
mickevichgalina@gmail.comGalina531977 21:18, 27 May 2013 (EEST)
Hamishwillee - Thanks for the report
Please email Support.UITools@nokia.com for support - if you could post back what they say that would be helpful!
regards
Hamishhamishwillee 09:11, 30 May 2013 (EEST)
Hamishwillee - Actually, if your in the Publisher Partner programme
... contact them directly for support. For everyone else, there is no real point developing themes: see http://support.publish.nokia.com/?p=5847&type=alerthamishwillee 01:51, 31 May 2013 (EEST)