Customizing Icons

[Salah]

@Ian Hello,

I want to tell you that I have tried several times with different icons folder but nothing happens.

I do not know what is wrong with this app and I think am going to give up trying for nothing.

Hope on next update to facilitate changing icons.

[Ian]

@Salah please wait for ikoz to confirm ownership and permissions of the files and folders before giving up.

[ikoz]

@Salah Please try the latest version and send the logs.
Alternatively, run the following script from /opt/click.ubuntu.com/icon-changer.ikozyris/current/ with parameter your icon path.

#!/bin/bash

echo "$1"
pwd
sudo mount -o rw,remount /

echo "remounted as RW"

list_icons=$(
cd /usr/share/applications/ || exit
grep -P "^Icon=.+(png|svg)$" *.desktop | sed 's/.desktop:Icon=/":"/;s/^/"/;s/$/",/'

cd /home/phablet/.local/share/applications || exit
grep -P "^Icon=.+(png|svg)$" *.desktop | sed 's/.desktop:Icon=/":"/;s/^/"/;s/$/",/'
)

echo "Got icons"

mapfile -t list_icons_name < <(grep -Po '(?<=")[^"]+(?=":)' <<< "$list_icons")
mapfile -t list_icons_path < <(grep -Po '(?<=:")[^"]+(?=")' <<< "$list_icons")

echo "got names/paths"

cd assets || exit

# Create a backup directory of the original icons
if [ ! -d "backup" ]; then
    mkdir backup
fi

# Loop for each installed app
for index in ${!list_icons_name[*]}; do
    echo -e "\n Current file: $index"
    list_icons_ext=${list_icons_path[$index]##*.}
    list_icons_rename=${list_icons_name[$index]%%_*}

    # Copy the original files in the backup directory if they don't exist
    if [ ! -f "backup/$list_icons_rename.$list_icons_ext" ]; then
        sudo cp "${list_icons_path[$index]}" "backup/$list_icons_rename.$list_icons_ext"
    fi

    echo "Checking $list_icons_rename.$list_icons_ext"
    # Copy the icons if they exist
    if [ -f "$1/$list_icons_rename.$list_icons_ext" ]; then
        echo "Copying"
        sudo cp -v "$1/$list_icons_rename.$list_icons_ext" "${list_icons_path[$index]}"
    fi
    cd ..
done

sudo mount -o ro,remount /

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@Ian said in Customizing Icons:

It might be worth confirming owners/groups and rwx of the icon folders and files.

Shouldn't be a problem as the script runs with sudo.

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Salah said in Customizing Icons:

Hope on next update to facilitate changing icons.

My current problem is that lomiri-app-launch doesn't read the .desktop files, but uses hard-coded desktop files from the click package,

[Salah]

@ikoz Really appreciate your time and effort responding to my question.

To be honest. I am trying to follow you, but am not that expert and do not know how to run a script or how to use your script. Just do not steps.

Just for the record, Apple has recently allowed in her IOS 18 to change icons following Android.

Therefore, that should be pretty easy in Ubuntu Touch and hope this will be considered in the near future, same like Ubuntu Desktop, or if you remember Nokia when changing icons was pretty easy back old days. Even my monster (Nokia N900) has a variety of options and easy hacking and altering, even though it is based on Maemo OS.

FYI, till now am trying to understand how to use commands in UT Terminal, a bit difference using it in my laptop :face_with_tears_of_joy:.

Thanks again and hope to see improvement later on.

By the way, I have installed latest Custom Phablet Tools version and nothing happened.

Regards,

[*Enrico13011978*]

@Salah

[Moem]

@Salah said in Customizing Icons:

Apple has recently allowed in her IOS 18 to change icons following Android.

Therefore, that should be pretty easy in Ubuntu Touch

Sorry, how does one follow from the other?

[Salah]

@Moem I will tell you, Android on its store has tons of icons to be installed and replacing what is in the devices no matter what.

IOS 18 allowed eventually to replace icons, but not like Android of course in terms of implementation. Even though they have icons in Apple Store.

UT OS does not allow to change or replace files in File System due to Permission Denied access to them.

[Moem]

@Salah That's right, it's an immutable system which is an inherent part of its philosophy. It's not a bug, it's intentional for it to be that way. It will not work for everyone, that's for sure.

[ikoz]

@Salah said in Customizing Icons:

UT OS does not allow to change or replace files in File System due to Permission Denied access to them

Actually, the correct way to change the icons is by changing the path specified in the .desktop file. The default path is on /usr/share... e.g.

Icon=path

you can change that to somewhere on /home which is read-write. However Lomiri doesn't check the desktop file for click packages. (As one can see on lomiri-app-launch code).

[*Enrico13011978*]

There is/was definitely a great tool for Ubuntu Touch to change icons and wallpapers. I think it's called custom-phablet-tools used it a lot on Xenial!

[ikoz]

@Enrico13011978 But I have changed the backend to not require remounting root as read-write or sudo. I now call it Icon Changer, as I removed the wallpapers.

[Salah]

@ikoz Thanks for your advice. I will see what I can do.

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[*Enrico13011978*]

Oh well, you will be successful.