Bitmap image format that can store several bitmap (.BMP) images in a single file; symbian OS uses a special multi-bitmap format for its bitmaps. It contains one or more bitmaps that are compiled into a .mbm file, which in turn is used by the application. It is used on mobile devices that run the Symbian OS; may store wallpapers, startup images, or pictures used by Symbian applications; can be opened with the Symbian OS Images program on mobile devices.
image in to mbm file
Bitmap
sing the same way, you can change your Background and other stuff too. When an author creates his theme in Carbide.ui Theme Edition he is allowed to specify his own icons that are used for system and 3rd party applications, folders and services. The only things he needs to know are either the application’s unique identifier (UID) or folder identifiers (IDs) in order to associate the icon with the corresponding application/folder and a graphics file for that icon. When theme is applied on the device, icons specified in it replace default ones. Icons not specified in theme stay unchanged.
image in to mbm file
Bitmap
Nowadays there are lots of Symbian applications and their amount grows every day. When an author creates his icon pack (the set of styled icons used for replacement of icons of default system and 3rd party applications and folders) he tries to support as much applications as possible. But he cannot know UIDs of all apps and he barely has time to paint icons for hundreds of applications users may have installed on their devices. At the same time users often contact authors of themes asking them to add some more icons after theme is built and released. Now it’s not necessary, because you can do it yourself if you have corresponding icons for applications you would like to be changed.
This tutorial is aimed to explain how to manage icons containing in themes for S60 platform using SISContents. SISContents allows you to add new icons, replace graphics of the existing icons and delete icons containing in S60 themes. All operations are made in sis package, no unpacking or re-packaging is needed. Its sample to show how to change and add some icons to Aviator theme created by tehk. And download the latest version of SisContents.
Adding new icons
To add an icon to some application you need to know its unique identifier (UID) and corresponding graphics file (in SVG or SVGB format). The information about icons is stored in the skin file of theme (with .skn extension) and the steps of adding an icon are the following:
Open sis package of theme with SISContents and press Tools->Edit package.
Switch to Contents tab and look for a file with .skn extension (themepackage.skn usually).
Select this file in the list and click on View details at the bar of the buttons above (or double click on the file in the list).
In the appeared window switch to Application icons tab. There is a list of all application icons a theme has. The empty list means that theme does not have any icons and uses system default ones. The amount of currently displayed and total icons is shown at the top of the list. Each item in the list consists of UID of application the icon is specified for, the name of that application (if it was found in the database of SISContents) and corresponding graphics resource in mif file (where images of icons are stored).