transparent notification menu - Wildfire Themes and Apps

Hello yo'all
I've searched many times to make my notification pull-down menu transparent, and I've finally managed to get it work. I know that there are lots of themes that do so, but I've choosen to modify the files myself. And I know that there are already tutorials, but I couldn't find one that works with CyanogenMod 7. So here is how I did it (and TBH, it is bloody easy).
screen cap: first image is without the notification drawer, the second is the notification drawer halfway the screen and the third one is the notification drawer totally expanded.
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Note that I assume you already know the basics on how to work with adb.
Two things most be done to get the background of the notification menu transparent:
1. You must make the background file transparent
2. If necessarily, you must adapt StatusBarService.smali
PART 1: MAKE THE RIGHT FILE TRANSPARENT
Step 1: get SystemUI.apk on your computer
adb pull system/app/SystemUI.apk
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Step 2: modify/replace shade_bg.png
Open SystemUI.apk in winzip, winrar or 7zip or wathever. WARNING: DO NOT EXTRACT THE APK!
browse to res\drawable-mdpi and look for "shade-bg.png". Copy it manualy out of the apk.
Edit the image with photoshop or gimp or wathever to make it transparent. Save you transparent file as shade-bg.png
Take your new image and put in manualy in the res\drawable-mdpi of the apk, so that it will replace the old one. When asked, choose for "no compression" (like store).
Step 3: put SystemUI.apk back on your phone
Reboot into recovery
go to "mounts an storages"
select "mount /system"
you can now push your new SystemUI.apk to your phone. I always make a backup, for in case I cause a bootloop or something:
adb shell
cd system/app
mv SystemUI.apk SystemUI.bak
exit
adb push SystemUI.apk system/app
adb reboot
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Your phone should reboot now, and normally you should have your transparent lockscreen. If that isn't the case, you have to adjust StatusBarService.smali
PART TWO: ADJUSTING StatusBarService.smali
Step 1: get SystemUI.apk and framework-res.apk on your computer
adb pull system/framework/framework-res.apk
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So now framework-res.apk and SystemUI.apk (with the transparent image) are in the same directory.
Step 2: decompile systemUI.apk
Download apktool from the attachment and extract it in the same folder as where framework-res and SystemUI are located.
open the command line and browse to that same directory
install your framework by typing:
apktool if framework-res.apk
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Decompile SystemUI.apk by typing:
apktool decode SystemUI.apk
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You will notice that you now have a folder called "SystemUI".
browse to SystemUI/smali/com/android/systemui/statusbar and open StatusBarService.smali in, for example, notepad++.
Search for the line
invoke-direct/range {v0 .. v5}, Landroid/view/WindowManager$LayoutParams;-><init>(IIIII)V
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Right above that line you can read
const/4 v5, 0x2
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That should be changed to
const/4 v5, -0x3
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Save the file.
go back to the folder where you have apktool etc. Rename SystemUI.apk to SystemUI-original.apk.
Open the command line and type
apktool b -f SystemUI SystemUI.apk
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You will now have your SystemUI.apk
Step 3: put SystemUI.apk back on your phone
Reboot into recovery
go to "mounts an storages"
select "mount /system"
you can now push your new SystemUI.apk to your phone. I always make a backup, for in case I cause a bootloop or something:
adb shell
cd system/app
mv SystemUI.apk SystemUI.bak
exit
adb push SystemUI.apk system/app
adb reboot
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That's all. Hope I can make someone happy with this

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Cool Good job

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What is the transparent part? Dont see anything in the screenshot :$ Maybe im blind?
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA App

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tobitronics said:
What is the transparent part? Dont see anything in the screenshot :$ Maybe im blind?
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA App
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What you see is the general settings menu, with the notification menu on top of it. But i myself was doubting if it was clear I will add more screenshots tomorrow!
Erwin
EDIT: better screen caps in the original post!