I was going to put this in the GingerBlur 2.5 thread, but got the smackdown for not having enough posts yet
I was thinking of theming kenneth's great GingerBlur ROM, but have noticed that some of the files seem to be in different places than expected.
It would be helpful if there was any guide or how-to on what .png files would need to be modified to theme particular areas specific to this ROM.
For example I had thought to change the color of the notification bar background you'd find statusbar_background.png in framework-res/res/drawable...alas nothing to be found.
Thanks!
I also want to change the lockscreen slider img.
The vast majority of your editable pngs are in drawable-hdpi, but many of them are draw-9 pngs and require some special handling to alter.
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I also want to change the lockscreen slider img.
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Lockscreen slider is a draw-9 png in the framework-res/res/drawable-hdpi folder. In order to alter it you would need to decompile the apk, as opposed to simply extracting it, change the image, and then recompile the apk. I am planning on starting a thread in the near future as a guide/discussion for theming.
Hey guys! Super glad that you all want to theme GingerBlur. I will encourage you to go ahead and wait until the release of GingerBlur 3.0.
Version 3.0 will have a re-worked framework that can be decompiled more easily. Theming will be a breeze!
Good luck!
Awwww man..
kennethpenn said:
Hey guys! Super glad that you all want to theme GingerBlur. I will encourage you to go ahead and wait until the release of GingerBlur 3.0.
Version 3.0 will have a re-worked framework that can be decompiled more easily. Theming will be a breeze!
Good luck!
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Awwww... I've themed it already.. lol.. here are some shots... I got some of this stuff from the Galaxy S Poison Green theme, with a few of my own tweaks... and still a work in progress as I have more time to match the other parts to the theme... this is with fly-in affect... looking forward to the 3.0 update
kennethpenn said:
Hey guys! Super glad that you all want to theme GingerBlur. I will encourage you to go ahead and wait until the release of GingerBlur 3.0.
Version 3.0 will have a re-worked framework that can be decompiled more easily. Theming will be a breeze!
Good luck!
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coool, cant wait. There are some aspects that I like changing (text colors mainly) and I hope it really is going to be a breeze. Changing images are easy in any case though. It's the text stuff that are tough.
Wow man that theme you got there looks pretty awsome!
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Awwww... I've themed it already.. lol.. here are some shots... I got some of this stuff from the Galaxy S Poison Green theme, with a few of my own tweaks... and still a work in progress as I have more time to match the other parts to the theme... this is with fly-in affect... looking forward to the 3.0 update
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Looks a lot like the steel blue theme I am currently using but green. Very nice.
Sent from my Blue Steeled Atrix
Big-A-Rob said:
Looks a lot like the steel blue theme I am currently using but green. Very nice.
Sent from my Blue Steeled Atrix
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Thanks... It's pretty much a mirror of that theme, but not as customized as Tones.. don't have that much time to mess with all the features
The origianl Galaxy S them has Blue, Green, and Red themes of the same.... which is where we both got the theme from to put it on the Atrix..
FYI some icons are in system/app/systemui.apk
kennethpenn said:
Hey guys! Super glad that you all want to theme GingerBlur. I will encourage you to go ahead and wait until the release of GingerBlur 3.0.
Version 3.0 will have a re-worked framework that can be decompiled more easily. Theming will be a breeze!
Good luck!
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Awesome news and a sincere thank you for all of your concerted efforts! Quick general question: do you know if Android supports transparency in the notification bar (the actual static bar at the top)?
I would assume so given they are .png; I think it would be pretty cool if you could have your notifications floating on top of your wallpaper.
adding transparency is not as simple as just editing the png's...you will also need to edit the services.jar in the framework (i think)...i know that is true for adding transparency to the notification bar dropdown...also after some research, launchers such as adw and launcher pro may cut off the wallpaper underneath the status bar, not sure about the stock motoblur launcher, so adding transparency may be pointless...
a more experienced dev or android user may know a bit about this...but i'm just sharing what i know...
jpinoy said:
Awwww... I've themed it already.. lol.. here are some shots... I got some of this stuff from the Galaxy S Poison Green theme, with a few of my own tweaks... and still a work in progress as I have more time to match the other parts to the theme... this is with fly-in affect... looking forward to the 3.0 update
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WTH man??! Amazing screenshots!! This is exactly the color scheme I was wishing for on the Atrix!
How could you keep such good goodies only yourself? Or did you post your here somewhere?
Me would like it very much!
Thanks!
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Edit: Sorry! those beautiful screenshots got me a head-rush! I read later it's work-in-progress. gold luck.
tonecreationz said:
adding transparency is not as simple as just editing the png's...you will also need to edit the services.jar in the framework (i think)...i know that is true for adding transparency to the notification bar dropdown...also after some research, launchers such as adw and launcher pro may cut off the wallpaper underneath the status bar, not sure about the stock motoblur launcher, so adding transparency may be pointless...
a more experienced dev or android user may know a bit about this...but i'm just sharing what i know...
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This sounds hard...maybe I just stick with black
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adding transparency is not as simple as just editing the png's...you will also need to edit the services.jar in the framework (i think)...i know that is true for adding transparency to the notification bar dropdown...also after some research, launchers such as adw and launcher pro may cut off the wallpaper underneath the status bar, not sure about the stock motoblur launcher, so adding transparency may be pointless...
a more experienced dev or android user may know a bit about this...but i'm just sharing what i know...
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that's not true, i use paint.net and make transparencies on many of my png's, then simply add them back to the apk and vola.
jimbush3 said:
Lockscreen slider is a draw-9 png in the framework-res/res/drawable-hdpi folder. In order to alter it you would need to decompile the apk, as opposed to simply extracting it, change the image, and then recompile the apk. I am planning on starting a thread in the near future as a guide/discussion for theming.
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please make a thread! i'm a little confused, i use 7-zip to extract (which you say is a no no), then change the images (even the .9's, i just add .png to the end, and yes i know that's a no no but that's the point of being deodexed, so you can throw any png in there and either match the name or change the xml, in my case, it works everytime....), throw them back into the apk, and either root exploror the framework back (with an immiediate reboot) or adb it in in between boots (the way your suppose to do it, unless you make an zip to flash which i don't know how).
this method works for me, but if you use root explorer, the rom erases your dialer history (odd, never happened on the cappy).
p.s. this isn't a guide, if somebody does this and bricks their phone, they can hold me responsible and sue me (as i have nothing, nor a job). but seriously, backup your framework and know how to use adb if you want to mod your framework...
chaosjh said:
that's not true, i use paint.net and make transparencies on many of my png's, then simply add them back to the apk and vola.
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I was referring to adding transparency to the notification/status bar...
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I was referring to adding transparency to the notification/status bar...
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The bar is a normal png, you can transparent it fine without any fancy coding.
Yes, the status bar image is a standard png and can be made transparent. However, the wallpaper does not expand behind where the status bar is - so even if you make your status bar transparent, some color needs to be represented behind it. I went into drawables.xml and set the status_bar_background to transparent as well but it still shows up black for the homescreen, it does stay transparent for apps though and shows up differently based on what app is running (aka, for words with friends it shows the blue stripes - but not when I screen cap). Here are some images of what I mean.
- black on the homescreen, wallpaper must not extend that high
- see straight through to the notifications
- shows more grey on my phone than here
Can anyone tell me how to resize this? This is the area in the notification bar that has wifi, bluetooth, etc.. toggles --- I have tried editing size of the image in gimp and ninjamorph but that is not helping. I do not want to be able to see the names of the toggles....help....
Ask Annex. I remember that he knew the mod to remove text under those buttons. Most of his themes do not have that text.
I had the same issue and ended up using a header out of the SGS2 theme for project V on the EDT forums and changing the color to suite my needs.
Edit: attached them here, not sure which one it uses so I did them both.
Thank Annex, 100% his work.
Is there a thread, or a page with some info on removing different status bar icons? I'm looking to remove the USB debugging, and alarm clock icons. I've searched but all I could find was the guides for sense and I'm on CM.
I know you can hide the USB debugging in CM settings. But I would like to modify the code myself.
Sent from another Dimension!
Go into framework-res and make all the files you don't want transparent. It might leave blank space in the status bar. If it does, delete the files you don't want. I don't know if it will work or if it will give you errors.
Yeah, it leaves the spaces. I would like to know how to remove them and the spaces. I know its possible on sense roms...
Sent from another Dimension!
I've one doubt in uot, If I'm applying a mod like status bar mod, do I need to configure every thing or only what I want to change?
For example I just want to make my status bar transparent, so do I need to configure other things like notifications, topbar etc. too along with status bar?
"What I want to know is if uot creates a new mod and replaces it in the uploaded files or does it changes specific things in the files I provided?"
h1manshu said:
I've one doubt in uot, If I'm applying a mod like status bar mod, do I need to configure every thing or only what I want to change?
For example I just want to make my status bar transparent, so do I need to configure other things like notifications, topbar etc. too along with status bar?
"What I want to know is if uot creates a new mod and replaces it in the uploaded files or does it changes specific things in the files I provided?"
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only what you want to change in fact UOT will make all necessary changes just try it but not all phones are supported
I looking for app, mod or tips how to hide ICS status bar while in webtop mode. I tried few apps but all doesn't work. Is there any solution to hide it while watching movie?
To avoid misunderstanding: I'm talking about ICS Webtop mode and status bar on the bottom, not ICS standard drop down notification bar.
Edit: IMO it's stupid to develop that kind of bar which takes about 5 - 10% of screen without possibility to hide it.
Edit: Mod is available:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1738220
lukas77 said:
I looking for app, mod or tips how to hide ICS status bar while in webtop mode. I tried few apps but all doesn't work. Is there any solution to hide it while watching movie?
To avoid misunderstanding: I'm talking about ICS Webtop mode and status bar on the bottom, not ICS standard drop down notification bar.
Edit: IMO it's stupid to develop that kind of bar which takes about 5 - 10% of screen without possibility to hide it.
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The HTC One X had issues with games and movies showing on screen buttons while it was in a game/movie, much like the webtop mode does.
there was a patch released that fixed that
located here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1582506
possibly could steal code from them to work for us?
also looks like deodexing is needed
I found soultion in this thread but it's about CM9, I'm not sure it is even possible to apply this to ICS
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/15924-no-way-to-hide-the-bottom-bar-in-cm9/
I used apktool to decompile android.policy.jar and system.apk but the problem is I can't find in decompiled android.policy,jar files to edit. In diff.txt I have some files with *.xml extension which I can find and also files with *.java extension and this files I coudn't locate. All files in decompiled android.policy folder looks different then those in diff.txt
I uploaded decompiled folders and I asking for help, what files should I edit. I'm not asking to do whole job as I want finally do something on my own.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6955264/decompiled_apk.7z
Thanks