Fixing themed icons

Read the very first page of that thread at MacThemes. It explains why there is the black background and how to get rid of it. It has nothing to do with the Icon itself and has to do with How WinterBoard is interacting with IOS4. I use Glasklart myself and love it, but the workaround on the first page is necessary to make the theme look right.

Here is the link.

http://macthemes.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=16805129

Here is the relevant text.

To use the Forum Icons package properly, you will need to connect and navigate to /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MobileIcons.framework/ and rename "AppIconMask@2x.png" to something else, such as "AppIconMask@2x-backup.png". Otherwise the icons will show up against a black graphic.
This can be done by connecting through SSH or using the iFile app on your iOS device.
However, a side effect is that this makes unchanged icons squared. Unfortunately, at this time, this is the only solution.

jamesapp said:

ok.
i have an icon i want to use for Todo. how do i go about changing that icon on my iphone while using glasklart.

ideally i would like a folder seperate of icons for the glasklart theme, so if i upgrade i have a glasklart additional icons folder on my computer.

my goal is to change every icon on my iphone to match the glasklart theme. i looked up the info, from the macthemes site on Todo, and i have the icon i want to use for Todo.

but how do i change it? i am confused

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I do this...i have a theme called 'Glasklart custom.theme'....therein create a 'Bundles' folder and then put your relevant bundles & icons inside,

To change the todo icon :

1. Open SBSettings and go to 'more'
2. Scroll down to 'App Folders'
3. Scroll down to the app in question
4. Click on the app and it will tell you the path, take note of the first four letters/numbers, eg. Applications/7FB4DC0D...write down 7FB4
5.open iFile
6. navigate to /var/mobile/Applications
7. scroll down until you see your string ie. 7FB4
8. therein is the name of the app, eg. Todo.app
9. enter this folder and look for Info.plist
10. scroll down the plist looking for CFBundleIconFile
11. take note of the string field below...eg. Icon.png, icon.png, icon@2x.png etc
12. look for CFBundleIdentifier and take note of the text in the string field below eg. com.todo.app
13. Go back to your custom Glasklart theme directory and create a bundle name that matches your CFBundleIdentifier string above
14. SSH your icon into that directory and rename it the string from CFBundleIconFile
15. Open winterboard, check your custom bundle and respring!

That should do it...phew....

FamiliaPhoto said:

Read the very first page of that thread at MacThemes. It explains why there is the black background and how to get rid of it. It has nothing to do with the Icon itself and has to do with How WinterBoard is interacting with IOS4. I use Glasklart myself and love it, but the workaround on the first page is necessary to make the theme look right.

Here is the link.

http://macthemes.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=16805129

Here is the relevant text.

To use the Forum Icons package properly, you will need to connect and navigate to /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MobileIcons.framework/ and rename "AppIconMask@2x.png" to something else, such as "AppIconMask@2x-backup.png". Otherwise the icons will show up against a black graphic.
This can be done by connecting through SSH or using the iFile app on your iOS device.
However, a side effect is that this makes unchanged icons squared. Unfortunately, at this time, this is the only solution.

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There is a way. after you renamed the file, replace the original AppIconMask@2x.png with a png that does not have black borders around it. The black borders can be easily removed by using image editing tools like photoshop or even powerpoint. This would ensure the unchanged icons remain rounded. hope this helps

yuzhityz said:

There is a way. after you renamed the file, replace the original AppIconMask@2x.png with a png that does not have black borders around it. The black borders can be easily removed by using image editing tools like photoshop or even powerpoint. This would ensure the unchanged icons remain rounded. hope this helps

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Yep that would work. I've never changed it as the square corners act as a good reminder that I need to update an icon.

yuzhityz said:

There is a way. after you renamed the file, replace the original AppIconMask@2x.png with a png that does not have black borders around it. The black borders can be easily removed by using image editing tools like photoshop or even powerpoint. This would ensure the unchanged icons remain rounded. hope this helps

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If I were to create a file like that but put it in the com.apple.mobileicons.framework folder should it have the same effect? I've tried it but doesn't work and I didn't know if I was just doing something wrong.