Hi guys,
I need some help/advise from xda devs.
I am making a custom theme for stock ddkq8 rom.
So far i have successfully modded framework and systemui and all apps to give a complete feel of ics.
It includes
Big headers
White and blue text
Transparent status bar
Vertical batt with % icon
Blue coloured dialer
Blue stats icons
Removed swipe screen to unlock text from lock screen
Sleeked horizontal progress bar
Crt off enabled
Blue coloured pop up dividers
Ics animation
Blue text on selection
Transparent music app and gmail app
And much more.
However, when i try to make few apps viz settings.apk, jobmanager.apk transparent it doesn't work. Here is what and how am trying to do it
I am using win7 64 bit version. I am decompiling the apps using apktool 1.4.3. Hv got jdk 7 on my machine.
After decompiling am creating a custom theme in styles and using it in manifest.xml to make the app transparent. After recompiling i sign it and push into system/app folder. After reboot app simply doesn't appear in app drawer.
I hv tried both odexed and deodexed app.
I have tried by copying resources.arsc and manifest.xml to old app. Still the app doesn't appear in app drawer.
By now i hv started pulling my hairs and still hvn't got a clue. Wat am missing.
Please help guys.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks
-Nishu
I think for transparency.... Smali files R need to be edited (correct me if m wrong)
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I have a black notification bar working. This has a black notification and transparant grey/black pulldown. Also there are some icons from Gingerbread in the notification.
The only thing I have not done so far is the clock font color (as well as other font in the notification bar), it's still black so you wont see the clock, I have not changed it to white yet. (you can feel free to do this yourself)
This can be done through NinjaMorph. Your flipside must be rooted, you can use z4root found in this forum.
You will need to have busybox installed. Download it from the marketplace run the app and install the latest busybox. Also download NinjaMorph from the marketplace.
Now go into your sdcard on your phone and create this directory:
- AndroidThemes
Inside there create a sub directory called:
- workspace
Unzip the attachment and place the contents in the workspace folder.
Now launch Ninjamorph and allow it to do it's checks. Then click on finish project.
MAKE SURE YOU CLICK ON FINISH PROJECT!
then select the file that is listed. hit yes and yes and then the phone will reboot. You will now have the black notification bar. Enjoy!
awesome, thanks!
I have found a bug were if you enable airplane mode and then disable you will loose all icons in bar until airplane is enabled again. I am working on resolving this hopefully be in the next couple of days. Been working on cleanup and added more icons as well.
If you notice any other bugs please let me know.
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My icons don't show at all with this enabled...
Do they appear with the phone open? I think I may have found the issue.....
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Yes they show whenever the phone is in landscape. I have all the images, too, if you want to finish this. NinjaMorph is a great theme utility!
EDIT: Is there a fix for the icons to show in portrait?
I'm sorry still working on it I've had to reflash the sbf several times trying different things out. I need to come across a good mdpi bar and resize properly.
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Black Notification Bar
I found the right image for the bar. It's attached. I also attached the Gingerbread Notification screen closer. Now someone just has to make the Notification Bar text white...
Re : Notification bar...
Hi spineforu82....
I have followed your guide to the letter and d/loaded your link, but I just cannot get the notification bar to change (mb511 rooted, Busybox installed, ninjamorph installed) .
Could you please give me some additional info on possible ways to make this work...?
All advice would be greatly appreciated...
Stay Breezy & Be Lucky...
Peace...
ReaperXL2 said:
Hi spineforu82....
I have followed your guide to the letter and d/loaded your link, but I just cannot get the notification bar to change (mb511 rooted, Busybox installed, ninjamorph installed) .
Could you please give me some additional info on possible ways to make this work...?
All advice would be greatly appreciated...
Stay Breezy & Be Lucky...
Peace...
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its not for the flipout, i tried it too. its for the backflip i think. they put it in the wrong section.
I spent all night yesterday working on this and a lot of time today and I still can't figure this out.
Why do the status bar icons revert back to the previous framework ones I had before putting them up in the kitchen? I'm using the Color Pack V8 animated (Or trying to use) but it keeps messing that part up. That's the only problem I've had but everything else works fine.
I've looked all over and someone said to use a theme as a file instead of framework and sys UI. Did that too but it ended up looking more like the theme than what I wanted.
Can someone help me out on this one? Thanks in advance.
Does even a single icon change??? In status. Bar?????
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Yeah, the battery icon changed. Its the only one thats working aside from every other change I've made. Status bar icons are my only problem.
I'm using Nim's Infinity rom and working with the systemui and framework.
I guess the title says it all really, i want to get the background of the pull down status bar transparent.
In GB it was easy, all i had to do was push my 'status_bar_background' png to systemUI and hey presto it worked.
With ICS there is no such file to replace and cannot find which png decides on the background design
Any help is appreciated
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Hmmm, try looking in the themes and apps section
Hi there.
I for one am not a fan of the solid black statusbar of recent androids. It ruins the very nice Sony look, if you ask me.
How would I go about replacing it with a nice gradient one like the Gingerbread days? Is it really that hard or is everyone fine with the solid black one?
Thanks,
You can use ninjamorph and some icons you'd like to use as a backgroud.
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I know it's possible to mod system files with ninjamorph but I was really hoping for a more specific answer.
for an easy way to do it, you can try UOT Kitchen.
or if you want to add your own-made background, you can decompile systemui.apk.
Edit: deleted
Aren't you pointing out the notification menu background? I guess its a little bit confusing what i mean but I'm talking about the top bar background, where the clock, batter icon, etc are located.
I know, sorry I realized after I posted the pic. Can't seem to delete.
You will find the drawables in there though, but if your after transparent, I count t get it to work nice. Ghost notification icons.
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You need to edit your drawables.xml in the values folder after decompiling, then add an image to drawable-hdpi and point to it from the xml...
Code:
<item type="drawable" name="status_bar_background">@drawable/status_bar_background_custom</item>
...or simply point to an existing image.
Ahh! That's why it ignorered my statusbar images. Thanks man, great help !
Hey
Can someone post some screenshots with all the notification toggles turned off
and with all the notification toggles turned on from Galaxy S3?
I'm making a S3 theme and i need those pngs
Thanks
NimeniAltu said:
Hey
Can someone post some screenshots with all the notification toggles turned off
and with all the notification toggles turned on from Galaxy S3?
I'm making a S3 theme and i need those pngs
Thanks
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Would it not make more sense to download a ROM and extract the original pngs from the frameworks? That way you get much more than the toggles.
No, because i need also the text under the toggle icon which i can't get manually
Do you not get how HOLO theming works? You can get all that you need from the files in the system. Do you think they're just randomly placed and generated? No they're coded in the Framework-res.apk and System-UI.apk.
If you don't even understand how the system theme works together, I suggest reading A LOT more.
I know how holo theming works, i'm just trying to replace cm9 toggle pngs with on and off s3 pngs which have text under toggles
cm9 doesn't have text under toggles and also they are kinda small that's why i want to replace them with cropped toggles from a screenshot
NimeniAltu said:
I know how holo theming works, i'm just trying to replace cm9 toggle pngs with on and off s3 pngs which have text under toggles
cm9 doesn't have text under toggles and also they are kinda small that's why i want to replace them with cropped toggles from a screenshot
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thats why u need to create the BG and toggles + text and on of lines in photoshop
and make 1 png out of it then it works
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