[armadillo]

Have you made modifications to the key appearance? Which file contains the settings?

[HTKnightq]

I can confirm that the Winterboard keyboard theming idea does NOT work.I made the file,put the images in Bundles/com.iAcces.iAcces3x/images,put it into the themes folder,and turned it on in Winterboard.It did NOT work.Though I can't garuntee that this is how it'll be for everyone.I couldn't find a way to turn off my iAcces keyboard,and turning on the stock english didn't end up with it themed.

[deathofallthings]

How does one change the colors using ikeyEX?

[armadillo]

As for now, it's just the text style that is exposed. I assume the key gradients and rectangle roundness will come later.

[SVD85]

Has anyone figured out how to replace the solid gray keyboard with the transparent keyboard already installed on the iphone that certain apps use?

[armadillo]

Did you even read the first post of this thread? The answer is no to any and all skinning other than the options described in the first post. This is why I wrote it. There are dozens of threads asking this very same question. The answer doesn't change. Keyboards are vector-based now.

[SVD85]

sorry, didn't mean to sound like a noob... yea i did read the first post as well as checked some other posts. I was aware that modding the filed we use to on 2.0 do nothing. However, I just though it was a matter of finding the correct files and replacing them as least for the transparent keyboard which iphone already uses.

[armadillo]

As I tried to explain in my post, there are no files any more. It's all done programatically with vectors. I also explained that we may be able to modify the vectors, but not yet. There simply are no bitmap images that are used any more. So any software that uses the system keyboard can call different versions of system keyboard (solid or semi-transparent) and the system will take care of rendering the keyboard. With few exceptions, apps don't normally draw their own keyboards. It's the system that does that. So before any one asks again:

THERE WILL NOT BE ANY WINTERBOARD KEYBOARD THEMES !!!

THERE ARE NO SYSTEM KEYBOARD IMAGE FILES THAT CAN BE MODIFIED !!!

THERE ARE ONLY THE OPTIONS I DESCRIBED IN THE FIRST POST !!!

[SVD85]

i see... well that post explains it better for me instead of the first post. ... so taking what u said, is there a way to modify each application to "call" for the transparent keybaord and let the system take care of the rest or is it still not that easy? I see all of these new apps coming out for the iphone and they use the transparent keyboard. There must be a way to mod the application itself to "call" for the transparent keyboard. ... in the first post i was just asking how to replace the keybaord already installed, not how to skin it or anything. Figured it was easier than trying to skin it. Sorry if i wasnt clear.

And i dont need you bitchin at me again. Yes, i sound like a noob i know. I don't know anything about vectors. your last post clarified it but your first post did nothing for me including the link u posted. I am here to learn like most ppl are on this forum and other forums.

[armadillo]

I simply restated what is in the first post. I'm not bitchin about you personally, but in general. There are dozens of threads about keyboards not working and I wrote this sticky to clear up the confusion.

You now bring up the transparency of keyboards and I explained that that has nothing to do with keyboard themes. Transparent keyboards are nothing new in FW 3.0. They were present in all FW versions and they had their separate bitmapped images in the artwork files. I already explained that those are no longer used. You can trash the artwork files and your keyboards will work just fine. They are now vector instructions in a system file. There are no physical pixels any more.

If you want applications to behave differently and issue different system calls, then ask the specific app developer to do that. It has absolutely nothing to do with skinning. You couldn't do that in any FW. This has never been possible. That's a function of every app individually. If an app called the transparent keyboard in FW 2.0, the sytem would have delivered a transparent bitmap. In FW 3.0, the system delivers a transparent vector instruction.

[Scovik]

I hope that when this problem is fixed i can use macboock air keyboard, it's the only skin i like. The problem with the vector instruction is a nasty one from my point of view because in previous fw skining the keyboard was simple with either winterboard or replacing the original files, but now it's done by programing and i think it will take a while before someone comes up with a solution. Anyway nice post and useful information.
PS: For the ppl that hope winterboard will pe updated, i'v got a bad news, i read somewhere that saurik stoped working on wb because the programing was begening to become more and more complex.....so based on this info wb will probably never be updated again...

[armadillo]

And I read somewhere that Michael Jackson is alive and Elvis plans to adopt him. It was on the interwebs, so it must be true.

Listen, WinterBoard is open source. So even if saurik stops working on WinterBoard, anyone can step up to the plate and work on it and release updates.

[StealthBravo]

I think saurik meant that he had given up on how to make the old themes work with 3.0 not keyboards in general.

[armadillo]

That's incorrect. Saurik has twittered (and confirmed to me personally) that he has looked into making keyboards work through WB by inspecting the possible presence of legacy code. This is not an unreasonable thought, since the artwork files are still there. He looked at it and found remnants of that legacy code, but a lot of required code has indeed been purged, making a WB solution impossible. So he has given up on keyboard injection through WB. That is a fact and can be read up in his tweets.

As far as I'm aware, saurik has never stated that he is giving up on WB. In fact, I would be very surprised if he did. He has a number of themes on sale in his Cydia store. So people should stop spreading these rumors or submit a credible source. It helps no one to say "I read this somewhere" and then pass that on as bad news.

[StealthBravo]

Ok, bud

I never said anything about saurik giving up on winterboard (you may want to read my post again).