Monday, June 16, 2008

How to create themes for Series 40 devices?


The Nokia Series 40 Theme Studio is downloaded as a zip file that contains a single *.exe installation file. Installation is straightforward but does require a license key, which any registered member can obtain free of charge from Forum Nokia. You can request the key in advance or during the installation process.

When started, the Nokia Series 40 Theme Studio provides a simple interface for defining the components of a Series 40 theme: the color scheme, ring tone, wallpaper, and screensaver for UIs of 128 x 128 pixels and 128 x 160 pixels.

The tool supports the definition of wallpaper and screensavers using files in JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, or Wireless Bitmap (WBMP) image formats, and ring tones as AMR or MIDI format files. Once the theme's components have been defined, the Nokia Series 40 Theme Studio allows you to simulate all of the device's main screens and screen types, such as the main and idle screens or lists, notes, and find screen types.

Once you've created a theme, the tool saves the content as a Series 40 Theme package file (*.nth) ready for delivery to the phone.

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