*greetings*
so being a freak about transparency i thought i woud post this. this can be done on the stock sense systemui or the ported zeus mod systemui. having been on the dinc threads with ihtfp69 im a zeus mod user.i havnt seen this done so this may be a first. not sure
this wont be a tutorial on how to extract the apk and decompile. this is assuming you have that knowledge.
decompile systemui. go to-
smali/com/android/systemui/statusbar/RecentApps.smali
because zeus systemui and stock systemui have differences this will not be in the same locaton in the smali thread. you want to search for this
const v5, -0xddddde
invoke-virtual {p0, v5}, Lcom/android/systemui/statusbar/RecentApps;->setBackgroundColor(I)V
change to this-
const v5, -0x3
invoke-virtual {p0, v5}, Lcom/android/systemui/statusbar/RecentApps;->setVisibility(I)V
recompile and sign flash or push to system/ app. i have not found it neccessary to make the recent apps image in drawable-hdpi transparent but your results may be different. if that is the case you will need to make these images transparent-
recent_apps_bar_background
recent_apps_bar_background_l
recent_apps_bar_page_background
recent_apps_bar_page_background_l
i dont believe it will be neccessary but your results may be different then mine
Very nice!
Could you do a thread for transparent Notification bar? Is it even possible?
Oh please oh please do a tutorial on transparent notification and BTW how does one open jar files? Lest say framework.jar
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Cool,gonna try this later. I hate that damn recent apps bar.
now the voices are 3d
scrosler said:
Very nice!
Could you do a thread for transparent Notification bar? Is it even possible?
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Do you mean the taskbar? I have a bit to say about that. I will post tonight after work
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Thanks for this man. Your work is very awesome!
dfskevinohyeah said:
Oh please oh please do a tutorial on transparent notification and BTW how does one open jar files? Lest say framework.jar
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You can change the file extension to .apk instead of .jar and use apktool or manager.
Or you can use baksmali, smali from a command line
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the problem with our device and im not quit sure why the sensation is different is that the taskbar is pulled from skins. so we pretty much had enabled transparency and didnt even know it. Fusion is a library htc has built into their framework and i have spent a good deal of time trying to write it out of their apps. it worked with mms, i had some success with the dialer but writing the taskbar image out of skins in systemui source code has eluded me. so if you set transparency in systemui then you need to have a transparent taskbar in whatever skin you use. i will contimue to try t make that image internal to systmui and will post it if i ever succede.
how do you make the background transparent when you pull down to see notifications? the one that is usually white? I want to make that semi-transparent
dfskevinohyeah said:
how do you make the background transparent when you pull down to see notifications? the one that is usually white? I want to make that semi-transparent
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Go here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1238079
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fernando sor said:
Go here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1238079
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Thanks alot buddy
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Here we have a black menu mod. Its sense 3.0 with gingerbread 2.3.4, with the look of original gingerbread that brought the black menu.
In theory it should work for any gingerbread 2.3.4 sense 3.0 Evo 3D rom. This has only been tested with Steel rom's and shogun roms.
If it works for you please let me kno.
It is a black menu with grey text. There are some new menus that are now grey. Some menu's are still white and shows light grey text. That'll be fixed soon.
Wipe cache and davalik then flash the zip in recovery. Do a nandroid just in case i am not responsible if anything happens to your device. Works for me this is your warning tho.
if it works for you please comment which rom you used it with.
What's New:
More Menu's updated
Future Updates:
Make all apps compatible with mod .. some apps still have white background
Download Link:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TU63OPP9
Bugs:
None
Credits :
BIG THANKS TO THESE GUYS
overstew
thoughtlesskyle
Fernando sor
fowenati
SteelH
jdeloach
.... e3Dvo ....
Damn not to be off topic but that status bar looks SICK!!!
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reverepats said:
Damn not to be off topic but that status bar looks SICK!!!
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That's SteelH "SteelRom" android 2.3.4 i think that rom with this mod looks nice.
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Waiting to see what becomes of this. Looks like you're off to a great start. Looks pretty damn slick!
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Looking forward to this as well.
Locked & Loaded
" Shooter on Deck"
If anyone wants the flash zip for the black menu without white text let me kno
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I have a thread on evo 3d general but its more of a theme.
Ok I'm new to this and have no clue wat I am doing but i'm wanting sense 3.0 with gingerbread to look more like gingerbread with the black menu's.
With the help of overstew
This is what I have so far :
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I'm needing help on making the txt white. I have the framework.apk that has the modified menus. If u can help out all thanks go to you. just any help is appreciated
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**again credits go to overstew for what has been done so far **
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I ran into the same problem with my theme, I was told it's a smali edit.
I ended up just leaving my menus stock color.
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I ran into the same problem with my theme, I was told it's a smali edit.
I ended up just leaving my menus stock color.
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Ya I'm not a dev so it kinda hard I have the black menu but just trying to figure out the white txt
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Ya I'm not a dev so it kinda hard I have the black menu but just trying to figure out the white txt
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Yeah, the black menu is a png, but the white text is a smali file (i dont even know which one). You'd have to decompile framework or system ui (whichever one the PNG for menu was in, I think SystemUI), then look through the smalis and edit one of them using Android-Utility , APK manager, and/or APKTool
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Yeah, the black menu is a png, but the white text is a smali file (i dont even know which one). You'd have to decompile framework or system ui (whichever one the PNG for menu was in, I think SystemUI), then look through the smalis and edit one of them using Android-Utility , APK manager, and/or APKTool
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if it was an AOSP ROM i would be able to walk you through it but i am not sure on sense, i would get in touch with one of the guys from the EVO forums he had a black menu mod
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Yeah, the black menu is a png, but the white text is a smali file (i dont even know which one). You'd have to decompile framework or system ui (whichever one the PNG for menu was in, I think SystemUI), then look through the smalis and edit one of them using Android-Utility , APK manager, and/or APKTool
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Hmm ok thnx basically if I can't get a Dec to help I think this project will die
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alright i think i might have it anyway you can give me the framework-res and the com.resources.htc you are working with, i want to see if the locale changed before i get your hopes up
or atleast what rom are you using?
This looks sexy as hell
alnzbail said:
I have a thread on evo 3d general but its more of a theme.
Ok I'm new to this and have no clue wat I am doing but i'm wanting sense 3.0 with gingerbread to look more like gingerbread with the black menu's.
With the help of overstew
This is what I have so far :
View attachment 696717
I'm needing help on making the txt white. I have the framework.apk that has the modified menus. If u can help out all thanks go to you. just any help is appreciated
sent from e3Dvo
**again credits go to overstew for what has been done so far **
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ok this is what i have so far the first zip
*black on white* is the flashable file that will turn the menus black everywhere.
the second zip ***black on white* round 2* is the one that has some rosie.apk edits that wont load. '
i was told that some things to change would be
**credit to fernando sor**
to look and edit
framework-res/res/colors-these are all text color xmls
framework-res/res/values/colors
framework-res/res/values/drawables
framework-res/res/layout
ramework-res/res/values/syles
systemui/res/values/colors
systemui/res/values/drawables
systemui/res/layout/- most status bar xmls need edited
com.htc.resources/res/values/colors
com.htc.resources/res/values/drawables
com.htc.resources/res/values/styles
i need the com.resources.htc
thoughtlesskyle said:
i need the com.resources.htc
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ok um any idea where to find these files?
alnzbail said:
ok um any idea where to find these files?
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it should reside in
/system/framework
on any sense rom
thoughtlesskyle said:
it should reside in
/system/framework
on any sense rom
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Just waiting on my comp to upload its taking a while for some reason can u pm me ur email ill email it to u
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Just waiting on my comp to upload its taking a while for some reason can u pm me ur email ill email it to u
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Check your inbox
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Check your inbox
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sent u a message with a link
Here is the systemui apk
from Myns Warm ROM. But you can edit any ROM with a method ill hopefully put up soon.
I think the clock is the fusion.apk...unless your talking about the lockscreen.
No at the stat bar. I never even thought about that. Ill try it and report. I wanna make a simple method for people who like it minimal and without messing the overscroll and animations
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No at the stat bar. I never even thought about that. Ill try it and report. I wanna make a simple method for people who like it minimal and without messing the overscroll and animations
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the clock in the status bar is an edit in the status_bar.xml in systemUI. where did the M10s come from that you linked to?
Ah! Well it's not from there. I'll get it up asap. I'm fixing to teach my class
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the clock in the status bar is an edit in the status_bar.xml in systemUI. where did the M10s come from that you linked to?
Edit. And this is myns rom I'm referring too. So if you have it you can go ahead and do some magic
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But it came from the fusion apk
steal25 said:
the clock in the status bar is an edit in the status_bar.xml in systemUI. where did the M10s come from that you linked to?
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Does anyone know where the png files are for the notification bar?
In gb It used to be in systemUI.apk but i cant seem to see any images that i changed last time in ics.
This is what i did in gb (ported rajaspideys ios notification) to gnote and would like to do the same in ics. Any ideas?
Thanks.
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Which device are you using? ?
btw it's located in systemui.apk
drawable ldpi folder
Cheers
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Does anyone know where the png files are for the notification bar?
In gb It used to be in systemUI.apk but i cant seem to see any images that i changed last time in ics.
This is what i did in gb (ported rajaspideys ios notification) to gnote and would like to do the same in ics. Any ideas?
Thanks.
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You could always just use the UOT Kitchen
prboy1969 said:
You could always just use the UOT Kitchen
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Yeah it's obviously much easier, but sometimes you will get a bootloop if did not do it correctly
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Sorry i wasnt very specific. Attached is a screen shot of what i did in gb. I did this by using the universal theme flasher and swapping the pictures in the systemui in drawable xhdpi. I would like to do this in ics but the same images dont seem to be there in ics systemui.
Thanks
Im using rooted stock galaxy note.
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Also this is how stock looked by the way so u can see what i want to change
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ICS has changed how it is handled. Now it is a color code and not an image. You can make it an image by redirecting the XML files to point to an image instead as I have done.
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Ahhh right.
Did you use apktool to decompile?
Any guides on doing this?
Thanks
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maskerwsk said:
Ahhh right.
Did you use apktool to decompile?
Any guides on doing this?
Thanks
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yes but you will need 2 version of apktool to do it. One to decompile and another to compile ICS. Then in the layout folder of the system ui you will need to change the xmls for the status bar to android:drawable/status_bar which is in the framework-res apk. You will also need to change the XML in the system UI folder. There is no guide. I found it by trial and error to be honest. A lot of ICS uses color hex codes instead of images now but thankfully they left the unused images in the framework-res folder
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Ok thanks for your help though.
Better get cracking lol
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Is it the xml files inside the res/layout that need to be edited?
Struggling to see what i need to change to reference a png imagine to be used.
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here is a list of the files that will need to be edited off the top of my head.
SystemUI
Drawable folder
status_bar_bg.xml
Layout
status_bar.xml
Thanks mate ill take alook at these now.
Hopefully itll make abit more sense lol
Nice theme btw. Bet that took some time
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maskerwsk said:
Thanks mate ill take alook at these now.
Hopefully itll make abit more sense lol
Nice theme btw. Bet that took some time
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yeah its been a year in the making and still not complete
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Any idea which image i can swap to.change the background? Ive managed to get everything else transparent by replacing the images in drawable folders. Just missing the background now.
See screenshot
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Check the layout folder in system UI for the status bar expanded. It will tell you what the background it. It might be a color hex code
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Ok thanks ill look. I dont think itll be a hex code because its not just one colour. It has a pattern on it. Unless hex codes can do that If so please disregard my stupidness lol
Thanks.
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They can do graidents now in ICS. If you have trouble upload your decompiled systemui apk and I'll have a look. ICS changed a whole lot
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Ill upload systemui when im at a pc
What ive done so far is.
add android:background @drawable/pulldown to statusbartracking.xml
created pulldown.xml in drawable and added image pulldown to drawable-hdpi
I used the correct syntax in the actual files but still nothing.
Does that sound like something you did?
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maskerwsk said:
Ill upload systemui when im at a pc
What ive done so far is.
add android:background @drawable/pulldown to statusbartracking.xml
created pulldown.xml in drawable and added image pulldown to drawable-hdpi
I used the correct syntax in the actual files but still nothing.
Does that sound like something you did?
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No it is not all that much work. I just changed the the color code if I recall right.
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Would really like to make several Metroid Themes for my Rezound running Viper 1.0.3. I'm very new to it and was wondering what files to edit. Like do I edit the files in the drawable-hdpi or the ones in drawable-xhdpi? Are they basically the same files but in different resolutions? Also how do I edit the statusbar's look. Not the icons on the status bar but the actual status bar itself; like turning it from like black to red or something?
I think its drawable-hdpi. I haven't themed in awhile and my ssd corrupted so I lost all turning progress I had on my computer. As to theming the status bar; I think its part of the systemUI.
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No it's always going to be xhdpi
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It's a hybrid of the 2. Most are in xhdpi.
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I'm learning myself, I hoping to see the venom theme engine to evolve enough to theme other aspects of the Rom like misc apps or accents throughout the Rom
I'd suggest if your not using virtuous ten studio to try it out, it really makes life easier
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Thanks for all the help. I have one more question about notification icons. When I open them in photoshop they are indexed and in 8bit; do I need to keep them that way or can they be RGB?
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Thanks for all the help. I have one more question about notification icons. When I open them in photoshop they are indexed and in 8bit; do I need to keep them that way or can they be RGB?
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I haven't had issues with changing it
All I know is .9.pngs are the ones that give you issues
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ok thanks I'm giving it a try.
EDIT: In the Statusbar theme can I add things from SystemUI.apk such as the Notification Bar Background and have that show up in my theme or would I have to edit SystemUI.apk?
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ok thanks I'm giving it a try.
EDIT: In the Statusbar theme can I add things from SystemUI.apk such as the Notification Bar Background and have that show up in my theme or would I have to edit SystemUI.apk?
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you will want to open the indexed images in something like paint.net, save them, then open in photoshop to edit.
If you are only worried about the statusbar icons then i would suggest grabbing the theme template from viprez thread and just change them, much easier approach and you know what icons you need to change.
Ok thanks for all the help. I think i can take it from here. Again thanks everyone.
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I'm learning myself, I hoping to see the venom theme engine to evolve enough to theme other aspects of the Rom like misc apps or accents throughout the Rom
I'd suggest if your not using virtuous ten studio to try it out, it really makes life easier
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That is some REALLY great advice. I'm new to theming as well and hope to become an Android Developer. I am a quick learner.
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How would I go about changing the color of the "15 toggle" mod myself?
What color did you want? There's blue, purple, and green.
I know what colors there are lol. Off the top of my head I can think of 140+ other colors I'd might like to have...
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I know what colors there are lol. Off the top of my head I can think of 140+ other colors I'd might like to have...
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Eh...ok...sorry. Only trying to solve a need.
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How would I go about changing the color of the "15 toggle" mod myself?
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Open up the lidroid apk with 7zip or similar program pull out the drawable-hdpi folder.Leave the Lidroid.apk open on your desktop. Color the images to your liking. Then drag the folder back to the open lidroid.apk on your desktop.Close apk.Push to phone. PROFIT!
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You could pull it apart, decompile the apks, change the color of the images, and recompile, and you'll have to for each new color you want. It's a decent bit of work but probably the only way you're going to get it unless you talk to the person who makes it and convince them to make another color for you.
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You could pull it apart, decompile the apks, change the color of the images, and recompile, and you'll have to for each new color you want. It's a decent bit of work but probably the only way you're going to get it unless you talk to the person who makes it and convince them to make another color for you.
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Understood. I was hoping someone could also point out the exact file/apk that I would need to mod and hopefully it would be as easy as doing a replace all for the color code I want to replace... which I see bigfau provided (lidroid apk)
What about the icons in the notification area? Battery, signal strength, and etc?
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Your right, no worries.
No, I didn't by chance happen to see bigfau's post before I got mine in, as he beat me to the punch and slipped in while I was typing mine.
Besides, even though he replied just before me, is there a problem with me providing similar information? If anything, two people telling the OP essentially the same thing will further reassure the OP and give him more confidence to try his own hand at theming.
And what does pointing me to his ROM thread have to do with my post? I'm well aware of the development going on for our phones.
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What about the icons in the notification area? Battery, signal strength, and etc?
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SystemUI.apk and Framework-res.apk.
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SystemUI.apk and Framework-res.apk.
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So I read here that if you are using a mod to change stuff, you can't further update those same mods from the ROM (which might help explain why I have been unsuccessful). So I went into the "15 Toggle.zip" I am using and tried to swap out some PNGs from the "drawable-hdpi" and got a "Not Implemented" error from 7zip... what's up with that?
Not sure if it matters but the PNG's I am trying to swap are not those 9.PNGs... I can't even open those to see what they look like. Something about unsupported compression method...
I think its because you need to decompile the apks, swap out your images, then recompile. It's what you have to do for standard theming, so it should be the same for what you want to do.
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I think its because you need to decompile the apks, swap out your images, then recompile. It's what you have to do for standard theming, so it should be the same for what you want to do.
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hmmm, read somewhere else you only needed to decompile if you were doing stuff to data, like changing values or code in XML files. There are folders within the apk that I can copy to without problem (although expected changes have yet to take effect). Guess it wouldn't hurt to de/recompile and see what happens.
Something else I noticed is that for the "15 Toggle.zips" that don't change the status bar icons, I can swap the status bar images np. But when I run the .zip in CWM, none of my changes take effect. But if I try to change the status bar icons of a "15 Toggles.zip" that I know changes the status bar icons (like bigfau's green 15 toggle mod), I get the "Not Implemented' error.
While I know swapping using 7zip works for some stuff, you're going to run into trouble with .9's and like you've said, xmls, but if you take the little bit of extra time to just decompile and recompile all of the changes will work. In my opinion, its worth the two extra minutes just to not have to deal with the hassle of guessing if something will work or not.
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Thanks For The Instructions
I just want to say thank you to all those who have provided information in this thread. With the guidance given I was able to change the color of the toggles from the available purple/green/cyan to what I wanted a teal green and a white version. I only changed the toggle colors nothing else in the notification icons but I feel awesome about it being my first try at anything like this. Both the teal and white look great! I just extracted the images and recolored with gimp then repacked the zip. So thanks! :good:
Amanda (Pimms)
P.S. If anyone wants the teal or white version PM me and I can send you them!
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BlackZenith and I figured out how to change the color of the battery and other icons in the notification bar, you must edit the drawable-xhdpi (note the x :laugh for the images to change from the SystemUI.apk file. Just letting you all know in case you are having trouble with that aspect. I was editing the drawable-hdpi folder at first and when flashed nothing changed.
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impimms said:
BlackZenith and I figured out how to change the color of the battery and other icons in the notification bar, you must edit the drawable-xhdpi (note the x :laugh for the images to change from the SystemUI.apk file. Just letting you all know in case you are having trouble with that aspect. I was editing the drawable-hdpi folder at first and when flashed nothing changed.
Amanda (Pimms)
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I think you may need to do the battery icons in the drawable-xhdpi folder in the Framework-res.apk also.
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Hi, guys
How can I adapt the 15 toogles from this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1677245 (The one that says stock) to our version of our Notes. I tried flashing it and works but I like to see the 4G and 4g Lte icons in the top screen. Thanks.