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Is there a quick fix to change the top and bottom task bar opacity in windows mobile 6.5?
in pre 6.5, the top and bottom taskbars were colours dependent on the theme .tsk files.
in 6.5, the top and bottom task bars are semi transparent to reveal the wallpaper behind it.
Is there a way, either through registry or a cab to change it to semi transparent 6.5 mode, and back to pre 6.5?
added a screenshot so u guys can see. as u can see, the top task bar, where the "Start" and "X" button are, is semi transparent, showing the background picture
the bottom taskbar, where the word "lock" is, is black, hiding the background wallpaper
this is from NRG's rom, where it apparently can be done, as u can see the top is transparent bottom is not
anyone have a fix, to make it transparent or not, whether registry or cab (cab preferable of course)
look through your windows directory, and find black_taskbar.png and black_softkey.png. Copy those and edit them however you want drop them back in windows and overwrite existing.
sorry, but what did u mean by edit them? wouldnt that just change the colour not opacity anyway?
Baronic said:
sorry, but what did u mean by edit them? wouldnt that just change the colour not opacity anyway?
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The 2 files are solid black images. While I have had limited success in transparencies (Windows seems to strip the transparencies in my files)... I have had luck doing a cheap trick:
Take your desired wallpaper and use the top and bottom portion to replace the bars. You can see my rom's theme here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=517490&highlight=player911
while i understand your workaround, but wouldnt it default again the moment u change .tsk files? also, it doesnt let u change wallpapers on the fly, which is one of my main concerns
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look through your windows directory, and find black_taskbar.png and black_softkey.png. Copy those and edit them however you want drop them back in windows and overwrite existing.
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sorry i only found black taskbar.png. and its a pure black rectangular thingy. no black softkey.png. so...now what? T.T please please help
Baronic said:
sorry i only found black taskbar.png. and its a pure black rectangular thingy. no black softkey.png. so...now what? T.T please please help
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they're there... maybe hidden. It's "black_taskbar.png" and "black_softkeybar.png".
WM6.5 themes include top and bottom bars. So it's up to the theme to have matching graphics. Granted you can't change wallpapers on the fly using my method, but creating the top and bottom bar is super easy and if you just paste them in the Windows folder they'll take on a reboot.
Your goal is to simply make the taskbars semi-transparent black like the homescreen. PNG files support this but seems to be ignored by the OS. I put a semi-transparent layer on my graphics but had to flatten the image (make it one) for it to work.
Perhaps try a single semi-transparent black layer. Maybe it isn't stripping the transparent layer as much as just removing additional layers.
When Titanium (Windows Default) is enabled, the top and bottom bars are semi-transparent when you're at the homescreen or in the start menu. Everywhere else, they are opaque. Titanium actually does the transparency to the bars, from what I've read.
@Jason, i know, but the problem is as u can see frm the screenshot, the bottom part isnt becoming semi transparent
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they're there... maybe hidden. It's "black_taskbar.png" and "black_softkeybar.png".
WM6.5 themes include top and bottom bars. So it's up to the theme to have matching graphics. Granted you can't change wallpapers on the fly using my method, but creating the top and bottom bar is super easy and if you just paste them in the Windows folder they'll take on a reboot.
Your goal is to simply make the taskbars semi-transparent black like the homescreen. PNG files support this but seems to be ignored by the OS. I put a semi-transparent layer on my graphics but had to flatten the image (make it one) for it to work.
Perhaps try a single semi-transparent black layer. Maybe it isn't stripping the transparent layer as much as just removing additional layers.
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i've found the files, copied them from another rom, pasted into this rom and overwrite, but still, same problem as seen from the screenshot above. perhaps its not that file?
could someone perhaps upload in a zip, the files from their devices in question, so that i may try it out?
to clarify, it works perfectly fine in today screen. but NOT in start menu screen, as shown in the screenshot. so perhaps its a different png file, since its the start menu?
so....anyone got anything? i've tried much so far, no avail
I thought the bottom bar in the start menu was transparent too by default. Have you tried other's roms and see if it's the same?
all roms are fine except NRG's. maybe he did it intentionally for his rom. but it shows it can be done. but how. (have asked in his thread a few times, no reply from him)
i was wondering if anyone knew how to change the icons for the android system settings. since i have a droid, with stock android the system menu icons are all well, crappy. i like how sense ui has colored icons for the system and was wondering if anyone knew how to change them.
are the icons needed for change in framework?
turkeylord said:
i was wondering if anyone knew how to change the icons for the android system settings. since i have a droid, with stock android the system menu icons are all well, crappy. i like how sense ui has colored icons for the system and was wondering if anyone knew how to change them.
are the icons needed for change in framework?
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Settings.apk/res/drawable-hdpi
you sir are awsome, thank you.
Something a little close to what the first post was talking about. In the settings.apk I have one that was themed and what to use a few of the pngs in other settings.apk sinse I reflashed with a new rom. I've already push a few back that I changed. The png i what to use is a 4G stat data connected, but the color needs be changed to cyanogen and a little transparent for CM6. What program besides PS4 can I use to do it
Thanks
I know you can use photoshop. Those are greyscale.go to image>mode>rgb, then you can make color. For transparent, use eraser too to delete the background. (Its how I did my stuff)
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@turkeylord]....
Settings.apk/res/drawable-hdpi .......... did this worked for you?? i've been looking to change icons in samsung fimrware for last two months but
no success.........
if anyone can help me out..... i want to change my s7 icons to s8 ported.......i have icon packs....everything but where can i find them in system.img
so that i can change them.... .... i checked firmware-res.apk.....systemui.apk... but didnt work.
I'm using the CM from KalimochoAz, and it's working very well.
I've noticed that in the standard theme (Androidian) the status-bar icons are 25px height, but the status bar itself is 19px.
So the icons are rescaled and appear very blurred and almost unreadable (expecially the 3G one).
I have cropped all the png for status bar (extracted from Androidian.apk) to 19px, but I'm not able to repack them into a new theme.
Is there someone that can do that? I attach the images to this post, in case someone wants work on this issue...
Edit: i've repacked them into a new theme, there are probably some other icons to adjust...
Edit 01/03: other icons added
Edit 03/03: new version - gps icons fixed
Edit 08/03: this theme: Crispy Bread is more complete and resolves the same issue
Bye.
Diego.
Ok, I've just repacked it in an apk theme.
I dont know how to specify that's a LDPI theme, so choosing it theme manager pop a warn: you can do "Apply anyway" and go on.
I've actually been wondering about this blurryness myself but this certainly solves it! Works really nice
Thank you!
New version with other icons cropped.
Some icons appear gray instead of green... this update fixes it too?
Hello, I use your apk and this theme : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=943423
Really nice, together it's almost perfect, but if you know well android can you help me.
I changed few things in the apk, all worked well.
But I want to make horizontal lock bar in lockscreen looks invisible (they are grey translucide in CM7).
I modified the files "jog_tab..." but nothing changed.
Have you some clue?
P.S: With the honeycomb theme the lockscreen bar looks invisible when someone is calling, it's real nice.
lfcgomes said:
Some icons appear gray instead of green... this update fixes it too?
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Uhm... the icons are extracted from framework-res.apk of the cyanogenmod 7, some of theese are gray (for example the usb or the headphone one).
This theme only fix the blur effect due to the icons scaling from 25 to 19 pixels.
Bye
Diego
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I modified the files "jog_tab..." but nothing changed.
Have you some clue?
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Sotty, this is my first work on android, I don't know very well the system nor the T-mobile theme engine...
Bye
Diego
Little upgrade - 20110303
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
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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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...
tonecreationz said:
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
Currently theming and I wanted to change the colors of certain title bars, but cannot find the XML files associated with the color codes. I have looked in the droid developer website and XDA and haven't found the needed info. I also attached images so persons who may know can answer; some stuff I just wanted confirmed. I would like to change some settings title bar colors and some texts. The arrows point out what I need to change, and the fonts of what I want to change are underlined. This is for the droid charge, just so people know.
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I have seen people put images in the title bar in settings so if anyone knows how to do this or has a link to anything about what i mentioned I'd appreciate any links or valid help.
in the 3rd screenshot of the settings bar, that can be edited in framework.res.apk, just look for the bar in drawable-mdpi folder in framework.res.apk and use gimp or photoshop to change the color
nope no good i have edited xmls within framework and none of them change the bars i want. i have edited the pull down bar, MMS apk colors, secondary colors, and none have edited what i wanted. thank you for the post though.
i know it is either in colors, drawable, layout, or values.
The bars have to be in framework, I edited mine and it works using apk manager. hmmmm did you check system.ui?
NookColor Cyanogenmod 7.1 "Overclocked"
yea i have it only changes it for certain instances. the top of the MMS, GMail, the home screen top bar changed, but those i SS in the OP did not change even though i have themed all of the framework-res.apk.