[Q] Transparent status bar? - Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0

Hello everyone!
Today I have been working on trying to make the status bar transparent (ex. ios). So far I have tried uot kitchen; no good (just a solid black bar). I tried manually editing the statusbar_background.9.PNG, and while I can change the apearance that way, it has no effect on transparency. I even tried editing the XML as seen here; http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1327565, still no transparency. Google hasn't been much help. I was wondering if anyone else has figured out how to do this for the galaxy players? Mind sharing how? Thank you!
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On the hydrogen ICS, there's an option in ROM control to change the status bar's transparency. It doesn't work on fully transparent, but it does on 75%. I can upload whatever files you need (framework, systemui) tomorrow if you want.
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Yeah, I doubt there is much similarity between doing it in ics and gingerbread. I would think the method that I linked above would do it, but idk why it doesn't. Maybe because I am odexed?
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I can have a look, upload framework.res /system/framework

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http://db.tt/Zb1tVbLPThis is my framework-res.apk, twframework-res.apk, and systemUI.apk. Do you need my entire framework folder, or is this enough? Thank you for your time!
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Well,I use YP-G1 and I did make it
View attachment 1092260
Change those codes "android:background="#77000000"" just meant to make the statusbar's menu transparent.
However,I notice that Tw4.5,Tw3.0 and Launcherpro can't be compatible with status bar transparency. I use the Xperia Home launcher.
In order to transparent status bar,after changing that "#77000000" you also need to do:
Decompiling systemUI.apk,then open smali\com\android\systemui\statusbar\StatusBarService.smali.
change
new-instance v0, Landroid/view/WindowManager$LayoutParams;
const/4 v1, -0x1
const/16 v3, 0x7d0
const/16 v4, 0x48
const/4 v5, 0x2
to
new-instance v0, Landroid/view/WindowManager$LayoutParams;
const/4 v1, -0x1
const/16 v3, 0x7d0
const/16 v4, 0x48
const/4 v5, -0x3
Compiling.
Replace classex.dex.
Transparent the statusbar_background.9.png and replace the original file.
That's all.Hope you can have it.

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Ah, so I do need to be deodexed. I guess I just need to do it.
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iJimaniac said:
Ah, so I do need to be deodexed. I guess I just need to do it.
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Yes,you should do a full 'deodex' if possible because it's easier to modify a apk while it is a single file
But odexed ROM supports deodexed apk in fact.
However there are some bugs if you transparent the status bar.For example,it would become very ugly while running stock browser... Some apps may have issues too.Then if you find any way to handle these problem,don't forget to remind me~

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Yeah, I know what you are talking about with the bugs. When I put the transparent PNG in, notification icons would get stuck halfway between two layers of black, hard to explain, but weird. I think I will probably keep my custom solid status bar, but still deodex, as there are so many things you need it to do!
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Sorry taking a while, school studies :s

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It is alright with me if you stop, because the person above told me how. Thanks for the effort!
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Here you go, please note you have to manually replace the files rather than flash them
Harry GT-S5830 Theme

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fromnowon said:
Well,I use YP-G1 and I did make it
View attachment 1092260
Change those codes "android:background="#77000000"" just meant to make the statusbar's menu transparent.
However,I notice that Tw4.5,Tw3.0 and Launcherpro can't be compatible with status bar transparency. I use the Xperia Home launcher.
In order to transparent status bar,after changing that "#77000000" you also need to do:
Decompiling systemUI.apk,then open smali\com\android\systemui\statusbar\StatusBarService.smali.
change
new-instance v0, Landroid/view/WindowManager$LayoutParams;
const/4 v1, -0x1
const/16 v3, 0x7d0
const/16 v4, 0x48
const/4 v5, 0x2
to
new-instance v0, Landroid/view/WindowManager$LayoutParams;
const/4 v1, -0x1
const/16 v3, 0x7d0
const/16 v4, 0x48
const/4 v5, -0x3
Compiling.
Replace classex.dex.
Transparent the statusbar_background.9.png and replace the original file.
That's all.Hope you can have it.
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In which features I have to edit the code