How to create a live area override

See also: Special Live Area Overrides
See also: Themes Structure

Add

override-livearea="true"

to your Extended Standard element or Extended element.

Method 1

1. Create a new folder inside extended and use the Title ID of the app as name.
2. Create a new folder inside the newly created folder named contents.
3. Place here your custom images.

Example:

ThemeName/extended/TITLE-ID/contents/Images Here

TITLE-ID is the ID of the app you want to customize.
# EX IDs are not supported here! #

# You MUST use original names for these images, otherwise the override will fail! #

Method 2

On a clean official theme, use the THMX Mode to create all the files and folders for you.

Write your themeEx.xml and edit the images.

# Do NOT rename any live area image, otherwise the override will fail! #

How to override already available frame images

Some apps, like Photos, have some extra images used in their frames.

These images are found inside their contents folder, thus we CAN use the live area override to override them as well!

No changes are required, just place them inside the contents folder using their original name of course!