Creating Themes With Dreamboard

[PhanaticD]

Mainview is just holder for all ur other views, u cant rly make it do anything. You have to make a scrolling view and then you can move that with the content offset. Man i rly should make a video explaining the basics

Would anyone like that? If i make a video explaining some basics? Ill do it asap if i get ten thumbs ups on this post

[Bonaina]

Mainview is just holder for all ur other views, u cant rly make it do anything. You have to make a scrolling view and then you can move that with the content offset. Man i rly should make a video explaining the basics

Would anyone like that? If i make a video explaining some basics? Ill do it asap if i get ten thumbs ups on this post

So my scrolling view is named 'Springboard' and its contentwidth is 1920 (6 pages)
but im trying to figure out how to put button on its 1st page that will lead to other 'pages'
so i.e. if i press page2 button I want it to show the FrameX 320 page
and if i press the page3 button I want it to show the FrameX 640 page and so on
:]
But a video would be nice!! THANKS PHANATICD!

[FrightDealer]

@kakadua: not directly

@bonaina: besides the array tage u also need to specify whether there is animation

@RAM, ur theme rly shouldn't causing any device to drop more than 20mb after activating it compared to normal springboard, if it does u need to upgrade it to use the newer features of dreamboard that let u save a lot of ram. for instance if you have multiple color schemes, you shouldnt be using the "hide" command and then showing the other color scheme, like "hide blue" then "show red", u really need to use "set image" which just changes the image

Well, idk why, but my RAM goes to about 20mb. Same with others....most go below 70mb...which kinda makes me sad...T_T, Highest RAM i have ever had, was 150. without a theme. Is that even normal amount of RAM on a 4G iTouch?

[PhanaticD]

@bonaina yea buttons should work

@frightdealer maybe u have a 8gb one? because i have a 3rd gen touch but its 32gb and after a respring i typically have 150mb free but it goes down after opening apps and such

[FrightDealer]

@bonaina yea buttons should work

@frightdealer maybe u have a 8gb one? because i have a 3rd gen touch but its 32gb and after a respring i typically have 150mb free but it goes down after opening apps and such

Yea I got 8gb. Does tht mak the difference?

[Bonaina]

@bonaina yea buttons should work

@frightdealer maybe u have a 8gb one? because i have a 3rd gen touch but its 32gb and after a respring i typically have 150mb free but it goes down after opening apps and such

The problem is that the buttons dont work

[Chronicle161]

Um... Hi.
I'm having trouble with my appgrid
first, I wanted to create a view with the appgrid inside it so i could toggle the appgrid with different images - my result: safe mode, without being able to return back by respring or reboot.
So Instead I put each as separate views, the only problem is my appgrid doesn't work .
This is my code:
<dict>
<key>AllApps</key>
<true/>
<key>Alpha</key>
<real>0.0</real>
<key>ClipToBounds</key>
<true/>
<key>Cols</key>
<integer>3</integer>
<key>FrameHeight</key>
<integer>380</integer>
<key>FrameWidth</key>
<integer>320</integer>
<key>FrameX</key>
<integer>0</integer>
<key>FrameY</key>
<integer>480</integer>
<key>GapX</key>
<integer>130</integer>
<key>GapY</key>
<integer>76</integer>
<key>IconHeight</key>
<integer>60</integer>
<key>IconWidth</key>
<integer>60</integer>
<key>PageHeight</key>
<integer>380</integer>
<key>PageWidth</key>
<integer>320</integer>
<key>Rows</key>
<integer>5</integer>
<key>Toggled</key>
<true/>
<key>ToggledInteraction</key>
<true/>
<key>ViewType</key>
<string>AppGrid</string>
<key>id</key>
<string>appgrid</string>
</dict>
Appgrids confuse me... and two questions: what is the difference between pageheight/width and the frameheight/width? and: which do the coordinates affect?
x. x

[PhanaticD]

yea 8gig have less ram

ur appgrid is hidden with no alpha?

[Chronicle161]

... Woow i thout that meant it had no transparency - fail.
I will chack now to see if it works and can you answer my bottom 2 questions pls?

[PhanaticD]

i answered with an entire picture

[Chronicle161]

It worked - thanks! I feel stupid now though...
So to clarify the coordinates specify the frames, but what do the pages do and how is it specified within the frame?
And this doesnt really matter anymore but is it just me or is it normal that whenever I put an appgrid inside a view (i.e. a scrollview) my iPod goes to safemode?

[PhanaticD]

u dont need to put appgrids in scrollviews lol but unless ur doing something weird it should theoretically works.. just might use u alotta ram.

the frame is the total area that view has to play with, the page is the are where icons can be tapped, or possibly the "paging" area, not sure on that though, only seen paging with scrollviews.

[Chronicle161]

What i wanted to do first was put the appgrid in a regular view with the grid overlay and stuff so i could just move it around with a setter or something. And i was just using a scrollview as an example, I know it would be pretty redundant to put one in there :P. In my theme i use a setter to move my appgrid, but should i keep it toggled off before i set it and then toggle it on. Will that save some RAM? Sorry for all these questions...

[PhanaticD]

u definetly want stuff off that ur not using, especially appgrids

[Chronicle161]

Ok, thanks a lot for your help. I will probably post my theme when I'm done with it .

[TK4|2|1]

Ok dreamboard guru's I have a question.
In a scrollview, do they only scroll left and right, or can they be continuous loop?
Example. Image having 10 icons across the bottom, keep scrolling left and they all keep reappering.

Next question.
As the dock icons mentioned above scroll, either just left/right or loop (if possible), can they be animated so the central icon is larger than the ones to the left or right of it?

Anybody with the PhotoForge2 app will have an idea of what I'm trying to create.

[CMartins]

I'm starting to play with functions and I tried making one real simple and well, black screen is what shows eheh

here is the code I added to implement the function:

<key>Variables</key>
<dict>
<key>fences</key>
<real>1</real>
</dict>
<key>Onload</key>
<array>
<string>function loadvariables</string>
</array>
<key>Functions</key>
<dict>
<key>loadvariables</key>
<array>
<string>get var fences = 0 ? show Springboard : nothing</string>
<string>show fencesoff</string>
<string>get var fences = 1 ? hide Springboard : nothing</string>
<string>show fenceson</string>
</array>

</dict>

added this right below the mainview tag:

<key>MainView</key>
<array>

inside the array.

and..

<dict>
<key>Actions</key>
<array>
<string>hide Springboard</string>
<string>hide fenceson</string>
<string>show fencesoff</string>
<string>setvar get var fences 1</string>
<string>savevar</string>
</array>
<key>FrameHeight</key>
<integer>31</integer>
<key>FrameWidth</key>
<integer>54</integer>
<key>FrameX</key>
<integer>258</integer>
<key>FrameY</key>
<integer>442</integer>
<key>Image</key>
<string>/DreamBoard/cristiano/Images/fenceson.png</string>
<key>ViewType</key>
<string>Button</string>
<key>id</key>
<string>fenceson</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Actions</key>
<array>
<string>show Springboard</string>
<string>hide fencesoff</string>
<string>show fenceson</string>
<string>setvar get var fences 0</string>
<string>savevar</string>
</array>
<key>FrameHeight</key>
<integer>31</integer>
<key>FrameWidth</key>
<integer>54</integer>
<key>FrameX</key>
<integer>258</integer>
<key>FrameY</key>
<integer>442</integer>
<key>Image</key>
<string>/DreamBoard/cristiano/Images/fencesoff.png</string>
<key>ViewType</key>
<string>Button</string>
<key>id</key>
<string>fencesoff</string>
</dict>

So explaining what I want, I have this icon that hides/shows the springboard and I want that to be saved so that if you re-apply the theme that variable will be loaded, so the springboard will show or not depending on its value (0=show, 1=hide). So this should be really simple, not sure why it's not working. Thanks guys.

Edit: Without this code, everything works. Including the icons (without the actions to set numbers and all), they hide/show the springboard if clicked.

[PhanaticD]

@tk its possible but ur gonna hafta figure out how to code it to work

@cmartins u dont have a springboard view, just post ur entire plist so i can see the springboard view aswell altogether

[CMartins]

here is the full thingy then:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>LabelStyle</key>
<dict>
<key>labelFontSize</key>
<integer>11</integer>
<key>labelHeight</key>
<integer>12</integer>
<key>labelWidth</key>
<integer>55</integer>
<key>labelX</key>
<integer>5</integer>
<key>labelY</key>
<integer>70</integer>
</dict>
<key>MainView</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>FrameHeight</key>
<integer>17</integer>
<key>FrameWidth</key>
<integer>55</integer>
<key>FrameX</key>
<integer>23</integer>
<key>FrameY</key>
<integer>32</integer>
<key>Image</key>
<string>/DreamBoard/cristiano/Images/applicationsicon.png</string>
<key>ViewType</key>
<string>Button</string>
<key>id</key>
<string>applicationsicon</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>FrameHeight</key>
<integer>14</integer>
<key>FrameWidth</key>
<integer>36</integer>
<key>FrameX</key>
<integer>140</integer>
<key>FrameY</key>
<integer>35</integer>
<key>Image</key>
<string>/DreamBoard/cristiano/Images/foldersicon.png</string>
<key>ViewType</key>
<string>Button</string>
<key>id</key>
<string>foldersicon</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>FrameHeight</key>
<integer>15</integer>
<key>FrameWidth</key>
<integer>40</integer>
<key>FrameX</key>
<integer>245</integer>
<key>FrameY</key>
<integer>35</integer>
<key>Image</key>
<string>/DreamBoard/cristiano/Images/settingsicon.png</string>
<key>ViewType</key>
<string>Button</string>
<key>id</key>
<string>settingsicon</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>FrameHeight</key>
<integer>18</integer>
<key>FrameWidth</key>
<integer>10</integer>
<key>FrameX</key>
<integer>98</integer>
<key>FrameY</key>
<integer>33</integer>
<key>Image</key>
<string>/DreamBoard/cristiano/Images/topseparator.png</string>
<key>ViewType</key>
<string>ImageView</string>
<key>id</key>
<string>topseparatorleft</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>FrameHeight</key>
<integer>18</integer>
<key>FrameWidth</key>
<integer>10</integer>
<key>FrameX</key>
<integer>205</integer>
<key>FrameY</key>
<integer>33</integer>
<key>Image</key>
<string>/DreamBoard/cristiano/Images/topseparator.png</string>
<key>ViewType</key>
<string>ImageView</string>
<key>id</key>
<string>topseparatorright</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>FrameHeight</key>
<integer>106</integer>
<key>FrameWidth</key>
<integer>320</integer>
<key>FrameX</key>
<integer>0</integer>
<key>FrameY</key>
<integer>20</integer>
<key>Image</key>
<string>/DreamBoard/cristiano/Images/topgradient.png1</string>
<key>ViewType</key>
<string>ImageView</string>
<key>id</key>
<string>topgradient</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>FrameHeight</key>
<integer>386</integer>
<key>FrameWidth</key>
<integer>21</integer>
<key>FrameX</key>
<integer>0</integer>
<key>FrameY</key>
<integer>65</integer>
<key>Image</key>
<string>/DreamBoard/cristiano/Images/leftsideline.png</string>
<key>ViewType</key>
<string>ImageView</string>
<key>id</key>
<string>leftside</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>FrameHeight</key>
<integer>386</integer>
<key>FrameWidth</key>
<integer>21</integer>
<key>FrameX</key>
<integer>298</integer>
<key>FrameY</key>
<integer>65</integer>
<key>Image</key>
<string>/DreamBoard/cristiano/Images/rightsideline.png</string>
<key>ViewType</key>
<string>ImageView</string>
<key>id</key>
<string>rightside</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>FrameHeight</key>
<integer>460</integer>
<key>FrameWidth</key>
<integer>22</integer>
<key>FrameX</key>
<integer>298</integer>
<key>FrameY</key>
<integer>20</integer>
<key>Image</key>
<string>/DreamBoard/cristiano/Images/rightsides.png</string>
<key>ViewType</key>
<string>ImageView</string>
<key>id</key>
<string>rightside</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Actions</key>
<array>
<string>hide Springboard</string>
<string>hide fenceson</string>
<string>show fencesoff</string>
</array>
<key>FrameHeight</key>
<integer>31</integer>
<key>FrameWidth</key>
<integer>54</integer>
<key>FrameX</key>
<integer>258</integer>
<key>FrameY</key>
<integer>442</integer>
<key>Image</key>
<string>/DreamBoard/cristiano/Images/fenceson.png</string>
<key>ViewType</key>
<string>Button</string>
<key>id</key>
<string>fenceson</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Actions</key>
<array>
<string>show Springboard</string>
<string>hide fencesoff</string>
<string>show fenceson</string>
</array>
<key>FrameHeight</key>
<integer>31</integer>
<key>FrameWidth</key>
<integer>54</integer>
<key>FrameX</key>
<integer>258</integer>
<key>FrameY</key>
<integer>442</integer>
<key>Image</key>
<string>/DreamBoard/cristiano/Images/fencesoff.png</string>
<key>ViewType</key>
<string>Button</string>
<key>id</key>
<string>fencesoff</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Actions</key>
<array>
<string>hide shortcut</string>
<string>set y 430 menu YES 0.5</string>
<string>set y 422 ipod YES 0.5</string>
<string>set y 420 phone YES 0.5</string>
<string>set y 420 sms YES 0.5</string>
<string>show menuclose</string>
</array>
<key>FrameHeight</key>
<integer>50</integer>
<key>FrameWidth</key>
<integer>50</integer>
<key>FrameX</key>
<integer>134</integer>
<key>FrameY</key>
<integer>440</integer>
<key>Image</key>
<string>/DreamBoard/cristiano/Images/shortcut.png</string>
<key>ViewType</key>
<string>Button</string>
<key>id</key>
<string>shortcut</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Actions</key>
<array>
<string>hide menuclose</string>
<string>set y 485 menu YES 0.5</string>
<string>set y 470 ipod YES 0.5</string>
<string>set y 470 phone YES 0.5</string>
<string>set y 470 sms YES 0.5</string>
<string>show shortcut</string>
</array>
<key>FrameHeight</key>
<integer>50</integer>
<key>FrameWidth</key>
<integer>80</integer>
<key>FrameX</key>
<integer>123</integer>
<key>FrameY</key>
<integer>400</integer>
<key>Image</key>
<string>/DreamBoard/cristiano/Images/menuclose.png</string>
<key>ViewType</key>
<string>Button</string>
<key>id</key>
<string>menuclose</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Actions</key>
<array>
<string>launch com.apple.mobileipod-MediaPlayer</string>
</array>
<key>FrameHeight</key>
<integer>80</integer>
<key>FrameWidth</key>
<integer>80</integer>
<key>FrameX</key>
<integer>63</integer>
<key>FrameY</key>
<integer>470</integer>
<key>Image</key>
<string>/DreamBoard/cristiano/Images/ipod.png</string>
<key>ViewType</key>
<string>Button</string>
<key>id</key>
<string>ipod</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Actions</key>
<array>
<string>launch com.apple.mobilephone</string>
</array>
<key>FrameHeight</key>
<integer>80</integer>
<key>FrameWidth</key>
<integer>80</integer>
<key>FrameX</key>
<integer>120</integer>
<key>FrameY</key>
<integer>470</integer>
<key>Image</key>
<string>/DreamBoard/cristiano/Images/phone.png</string>
<key>ViewType</key>
<string>Button</string>
<key>id</key>
<string>phone</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Actions</key>
<array>
<string>launch com.bitesms</string>
</array>
<key>FrameHeight</key>
<integer>80</integer>
<key>FrameWidth</key>
<integer>80</integer>
<key>FrameX</key>
<integer>178</integer>
<key>FrameY</key>
<integer>470</integer>
<key>Image</key>
<string>/DreamBoard/cristiano/Images/sms.png</string>
<key>ViewType</key>
<string>Button</string>
<key>id</key>
<string>sms</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>FrameHeight</key>
<integer>49</integer>
<key>FrameWidth</key>
<integer>190</integer>
<key>FrameX</key>
<integer>68</integer>
<key>FrameY</key>
<integer>485</integer>
<key>Image</key>
<string>/DreamBoard/cristiano/Images/menu2.png</string>
<key>ViewType</key>
<string>Button</string>
<key>id</key>
<string>menu</string>
</dict>

<dict>
<key>ClipToBounds</key>
<true/>
<key>ContentHeight</key>
<integer>480</integer>
<key>ContentOffsetX</key>
<integer>0</integer>
<key>ContentOffsetY</key>
<integer>0</integer>
<key>ContentWidth</key>
<integer>640</integer>
<key>FrameHeight</key>
<integer>480</integer>
<key>FrameWidth</key>
<integer>320</integer>
<key>FrameX</key>
<integer>0</integer>
<key>FrameY</key>
<integer>0</integer>
<key>HorizontalScrollBars</key>
<false/>
<key>Paging</key>
<true/>
<key>ScrollingEnabled</key>
<true/>
<key>Subviews</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>Actions</key>
<array>
<string>launch com.bitesms</string>
</array>
<key>FrameHeight</key>
<integer>90</integer>
<key>FrameWidth</key>
<integer>102</integer>
<key>FrameX</key>
<integer>108</integer>
<key>FrameY</key>
<integer>90</integer>
<key>Image</key>
<string>/DreamBoard/cristiano/Images/istudiez.png</string>
<key>ViewType</key>
<string>Button</string>
<key>id</key>
<string>istudiez</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Actions</key>
<array>
<string>launch com.bitesms</string>
</array>
<key>FrameHeight</key>
<integer>90</integer>
<key>FrameWidth</key>
<integer>102</integer>
<key>FrameX</key>
<integer>182</integer>
<key>FrameY</key>
<integer>90</integer>
<key>Image</key>
<string>/DreamBoard/cristiano/Images/weekcalender.png</string>
<key>ViewType</key>
<string>Button</string>
<key>id</key>
<string>weekcalender</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>BundleID</key>
<string>com.wynd.dreamboard</string>
<key>FrameHeight</key>
<integer>85</integer>
<key>FrameWidth</key>
<integer>65</integer>
<key>FrameX</key>
<integer>400</integer>
<key>FrameY</key>
<integer>330</integer>
<key>ViewType</key>
<string>AppIcon</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>BundleID</key>
<string>com.wynd.DBStore</string>
<key>FrameHeight</key>
<integer>85</integer>
<key>FrameWidth</key>
<integer>65</integer>
<key>FrameX</key>
<integer>350</integer>
<key>FrameY</key>
<integer>330</integer>
<key>ViewType</key>
<string>AppIcon</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>FrameHeight</key>
<integer>100</integer>
<key>FrameWidth</key>
<integer>150</integer>
<key>FrameX</key>
<integer>85</integer>
<key>FrameY</key>
<integer>415</integer>
<key>URL</key>
<string>DreamBoard/cristiano/Widgets/LiveClock/Widget.html**deleteifyouwannauseit**</string>
<key>UserInteraction</key>
<false/>
<key>ViewType</key>
<string>WebView</string>
</dict>
</array>
<key>UserInteraction</key>
<true/>
<key>VerticalScrollBars</key>
<false/>
<key>ViewType</key>
<string>ScrollView</string>
<key>id</key>
<string>Springboard</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>FrameHeight</key>
<integer>460</integer>
<key>FrameWidth</key>
<integer>320</integer>
<key>FrameX</key>
<integer>0</integer>
<key>FrameY</key>
<integer>20</integer>
<key>Image</key>
<string>/DreamBoard/cristiano/Images/contentj.png</string>
<key>ViewType</key>
<string>ImageView</string>
<key>id</key>
<string>BG</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>FrameHeight</key>
<integer>460</integer>
<key>FrameWidth</key>
<integer>320</integer>
<key>FrameX</key>
<integer>0</integer>
<key>FrameY</key>
<integer>20</integer>
<key>Image</key>
<string>/DreamBoard/cristiano/Images/BG10.png</string>
<key>ViewType</key>
<string>ImageView</string>
<key>id</key>
<string>BG</string>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
</plist>

Shouldn't be too hard for you to figure it out PD, thanks man!

[PhanaticD]

u should be doing setvar <value> <variable>

setvar 1 fencething