[Q][ICS] Color statusbar clock - Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A

Can i change color my clock in statusbar on my LWW ? I have CyanogenTimeScape

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streetu said:
Can i change color my clock in statusbar on my LWW ? I have CyanogenTimeScape
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Yes and quite easily too. I'll explain how later when I get a chance but I will say now that you'll need to decompile your SystemUI.apk

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Ticklefish said:
Yes and quite easily too. I'll explain how later when I get a chance but I will say now that you'll need to decompile your SystemUI.apk
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why not add tha tutorial to yur thread?

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I now it's systemui.apk but i don't know which files in this apk is responsible for this. Who's know it ?

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Decompile systemui.apk with apktool 1.4.3.. I use xDA AutoTool
Open res/values/styles.xml
u will find this and change last line to @android:color/holo_blue_light as below
Code:
<style name="TextAppearance.StatusBar.Clock" parent="@android:style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.Icon">
<item name="android:textSize">16.0dip</item>
<item name="android:textStyle">normal</item>
<item name="android:textColor">[B]@android:color/holo_blue_light[/B] </item>
</style>
do same for Date
Code:
<style name="TextAppearance.StatusBar.Date" parent="@android:style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.Icon">
<item name="android:textSize">16.0sp</item>
<item name="android:textStyle">normal</item>
<item name="android:textColor">@android:color/holo_blue_light</item>
</style>
have fun...:fingers-crossed:

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I thanks for help but i didn't have values
I have only:
-anim
-some drawable
-some layout
-menu
-raw

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jjdoctor said:
Decompile systemui.apk with apktool 1.4.3.. I use xDA AutoTool
Open res/values/styles.xml
u will find this and change last line to @android:color/holo_blue_light as below
Code:
<style name="TextAppearance.StatusBar.Clock" parent="@android:style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.Icon">
<item name="android:textSize">16.0dip</item>
<item name="android:textStyle">normal</item>
<item name="android:textColor">[B]@android:color/holo_blue_light[/B] </item>
</style>
do same for Date
Code:
<style name="TextAppearance.StatusBar.Date" parent="@android:style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.Icon">
<item name="android:textSize">16.0sp</item>
<item name="android:textStyle">normal</item>
<item name="android:textColor">@android:color/holo_blue_light</item>
</style>
have fun...:fingers-crossed:
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If you just want to change the clock colour, you could make a new style specifically for it.
streetu said:
I thanks for help but i didn't have values
I have only:
-anim
-some drawable
-some layout
-menu
-raw
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Yes, you do. Your app won't work without it. Did it fully decompile?

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Ticklefish said:
If you just want to change the clock colour, you could make a new style specifically for it.
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tha above code wont work??

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Will change color as the status bar? I would like to help me,
I'm using CM9, thanks.
Now color is black

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Okay, I'm finally in a position to answer this properly.
First, you need to decompile SystemUI.apk. The best tool I can recommend for this is Tickle My Android. Partially because I made it, but also because I know it works for our devices. I'm always messing around with my SystemUI.apk and I never have any issues.
Next, edit res\layout\status_bar.xml
This is the code that describes how your status bar is put together and in there will a line of code similar to:
Code:
<com.android.systemui.statusbar.policy.Clock android:id="@id/clock" android:paddingLeft="6.0dip" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:gravity="left|center" android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.Clock" android:singleLine="true" />
Exactly what you'll have, I don't know, but there'll be mention of the clock somewhere.
Now you just need to add one extra parameter, 'android:textColor':
Code:
<com.android.systemui.statusbar.policy.Clock android:id="@id/clock" android:paddingLeft="6.0dip" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:gravity="left|center" android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.Clock" android:singleLine="true" android:textColor="#ff33b5e5"/>
Here, the 'ff33b5e5' is an ARGB code for a particular colour and transparency. Work out what the code for the colour you want is and change the line to fit.
Now, recompile the apk, get the compression and signing right and put it back on your phone.
Simple.
I have mentioned making a new style to do this. This is possible and will help if you're changing the colour of a lot of strings of text, but it's not needed just to this one thing.
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whalesplaho said:
tha above code wont work??
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Oh, it will. But it will change the colour of everything that uses that style. Nothing wrong with that at all..if that's what you want to do.
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cholopo said:
Will change color as the status bar? I would like to help me,
I'm using CM9, thanks.
Now color is black
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Do you want the clock the same colour as the status bar?

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In which program you do it ? Because i have it:

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streetu said:
In which program you do it ? Because i have it:
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I just use Notepad. Sometimes Notepad++ if I'm working on xml that's very busy.
Did you decompile the apk?

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I do all but color is same like before :/

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streetu said:
I do all but color is same like before :/
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Hmm..what colour did you try to change it to?
Are you using a theme at all?

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From cyan to violet

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streetu said:
From cyan to violet
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Simple enough, I did the same sort of thing to my tablet (although I got my colour code wrong and made it pink instead..lol)
Can you share your status_bar.xml and I'll see what's gone wrong?

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This is my status_bar.xml

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streetu said:
This is my status_bar.xml
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I think I know what the problem is. You've got your clock colour as a RGB code but it needs to be ARPG. If you're not too worried about having transparency, try putting 'ff' in front of the colour code.

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ARGB color picker?
Ticklefish said:
Here, the 'ff33b5e5' is an ARGB code for a particular colour and transparency. Work out what the code for the colour you want is and change the line to fit.
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is this a hex color code..? i could really use some help finding a way to get color values. In the process of re-themeing my entire z902 systemUI..
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