How to create a theme

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Structure of a theme

A theme consists of two parts, 1) an XML definition file, and 2) image files

Theme XML Definition File

The theme definition file, usually named theme.xml, defines how the theme will look and what images files will be used.

The theme definition contains 5 states, Default, Discharging, LowBattery, CriticalBattery, and Charging.

Each state contains a definition for a BoxTile image of the Background, ProgressBar, Overlay, HoverOverlay, and PressedOverlay.

Images

Images in a BatteryBar theme are defined as BoxTiles.

A BoxTile image is made up of 9 separate images, 4 borders (top, left, bottom, right), 4 corners (top-left, top-right, bottom-left, bottom-right) and 1 center image.

The easiest way to create a BoxTile image is to first create a full-size version of the image and then slice the image into the 9 corresponding parts.

The 4 corner images are drawn exactly as-is. The 4 border images are tiled. The top and bottom images are titled horizontally and the left and right images are tiled vertically. The center image is stretched vertically and tiled horizontally.

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