How would I go about changing the color of the "15 toggle" mod myself?
What color did you want? There's blue, purple, and green.
I know what colors there are lol. Off the top of my head I can think of 140+ other colors I'd might like to have...
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I know what colors there are lol. Off the top of my head I can think of 140+ other colors I'd might like to have...
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Eh...ok...sorry. Only trying to solve a need.
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How would I go about changing the color of the "15 toggle" mod myself?
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Open up the lidroid apk with 7zip or similar program pull out the drawable-hdpi folder.Leave the Lidroid.apk open on your desktop. Color the images to your liking. Then drag the folder back to the open lidroid.apk on your desktop.Close apk.Push to phone. PROFIT!
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You could pull it apart, decompile the apks, change the color of the images, and recompile, and you'll have to for each new color you want. It's a decent bit of work but probably the only way you're going to get it unless you talk to the person who makes it and convince them to make another color for you.
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You could pull it apart, decompile the apks, change the color of the images, and recompile, and you'll have to for each new color you want. It's a decent bit of work but probably the only way you're going to get it unless you talk to the person who makes it and convince them to make another color for you.
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Understood. I was hoping someone could also point out the exact file/apk that I would need to mod and hopefully it would be as easy as doing a replace all for the color code I want to replace... which I see bigfau provided (lidroid apk)
What about the icons in the notification area? Battery, signal strength, and etc?
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Your right, no worries.
No, I didn't by chance happen to see bigfau's post before I got mine in, as he beat me to the punch and slipped in while I was typing mine.
Besides, even though he replied just before me, is there a problem with me providing similar information? If anything, two people telling the OP essentially the same thing will further reassure the OP and give him more confidence to try his own hand at theming.
And what does pointing me to his ROM thread have to do with my post? I'm well aware of the development going on for our phones.
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What about the icons in the notification area? Battery, signal strength, and etc?
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SystemUI.apk and Framework-res.apk.
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SystemUI.apk and Framework-res.apk.
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So I read here that if you are using a mod to change stuff, you can't further update those same mods from the ROM (which might help explain why I have been unsuccessful). So I went into the "15 Toggle.zip" I am using and tried to swap out some PNGs from the "drawable-hdpi" and got a "Not Implemented" error from 7zip... what's up with that?
Not sure if it matters but the PNG's I am trying to swap are not those 9.PNGs... I can't even open those to see what they look like. Something about unsupported compression method...
I think its because you need to decompile the apks, swap out your images, then recompile. It's what you have to do for standard theming, so it should be the same for what you want to do.
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I think its because you need to decompile the apks, swap out your images, then recompile. It's what you have to do for standard theming, so it should be the same for what you want to do.
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hmmm, read somewhere else you only needed to decompile if you were doing stuff to data, like changing values or code in XML files. There are folders within the apk that I can copy to without problem (although expected changes have yet to take effect). Guess it wouldn't hurt to de/recompile and see what happens.
Something else I noticed is that for the "15 Toggle.zips" that don't change the status bar icons, I can swap the status bar images np. But when I run the .zip in CWM, none of my changes take effect. But if I try to change the status bar icons of a "15 Toggles.zip" that I know changes the status bar icons (like bigfau's green 15 toggle mod), I get the "Not Implemented' error.
While I know swapping using 7zip works for some stuff, you're going to run into trouble with .9's and like you've said, xmls, but if you take the little bit of extra time to just decompile and recompile all of the changes will work. In my opinion, its worth the two extra minutes just to not have to deal with the hassle of guessing if something will work or not.
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Thanks For The Instructions
I just want to say thank you to all those who have provided information in this thread. With the guidance given I was able to change the color of the toggles from the available purple/green/cyan to what I wanted a teal green and a white version. I only changed the toggle colors nothing else in the notification icons but I feel awesome about it being my first try at anything like this. Both the teal and white look great! I just extracted the images and recolored with gimp then repacked the zip. So thanks! :good:
Amanda (Pimms)
P.S. If anyone wants the teal or white version PM me and I can send you them!
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BlackZenith and I figured out how to change the color of the battery and other icons in the notification bar, you must edit the drawable-xhdpi (note the x :laugh for the images to change from the SystemUI.apk file. Just letting you all know in case you are having trouble with that aspect. I was editing the drawable-hdpi folder at first and when flashed nothing changed.
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BlackZenith and I figured out how to change the color of the battery and other icons in the notification bar, you must edit the drawable-xhdpi (note the x :laugh for the images to change from the SystemUI.apk file. Just letting you all know in case you are having trouble with that aspect. I was editing the drawable-hdpi folder at first and when flashed nothing changed.
Amanda (Pimms)
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I think you may need to do the battery icons in the drawable-xhdpi folder in the Framework-res.apk also.
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Hi, guys
How can I adapt the 15 toogles from this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1677245 (The one that says stock) to our version of our Notes. I tried flashing it and works but I like to see the 4G and 4g Lte icons in the top screen. Thanks.
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Does anybody know how to make the top status bar all black without having to use a skin or theme?
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You would have to pull your SystemUI.apk file from system/app/ and find the .png file in the /res/ folder that is used for the notification bar and then edit it to make it solid black, then save the changes, and push it back to the device.
There's no option anywhere to change the color of it.
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You would have to pull your SystemUI.apk file from system/app/ and find the .png file in the /res/ folder that is used for the notification bar and then edit it to make it solid black, then save the changes, and push it back to the device.
There's no option anywhere to change the color of it.
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Do you happen to know exactly which PNG? Thanks
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Looking through the SystemUI.apk from the first ROM zip I could find on my computer (Virtuous 3.0.2 GSM), it could be one of the following:
notification_section_divider.9.png
notification_tab_off.9.png
notification_tab_on.9.png
status_bar_background_draw.png
status_bar_bg_title.png
But I've not tried to do something like this myself on any phone, though I've done some SystemUI.apk editting on my Prime tablet
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Does anybody know how to make the top status bar all black without having to use a skin or theme?
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Go here uot.dakra.lt/kitchen/
Just mess around with it. With it you can edit pretty much anything in systemUI. You will need to upload the systemUI, framework-res, and com.htc.resources apk's, and then it will create a flashable zip for you. Changing the status bar is one of the easiest features in it actually!
Edit: If you want me to do it for you just let me know what Rom you are on.
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Does anyone know where the png files are for the notification bar?
In gb It used to be in systemUI.apk but i cant seem to see any images that i changed last time in ics.
This is what i did in gb (ported rajaspideys ios notification) to gnote and would like to do the same in ics. Any ideas?
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Which device are you using? ?
btw it's located in systemui.apk
drawable ldpi folder
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Does anyone know where the png files are for the notification bar?
In gb It used to be in systemUI.apk but i cant seem to see any images that i changed last time in ics.
This is what i did in gb (ported rajaspideys ios notification) to gnote and would like to do the same in ics. Any ideas?
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You could always just use the UOT Kitchen
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You could always just use the UOT Kitchen
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Yeah it's obviously much easier, but sometimes you will get a bootloop if did not do it correctly
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Sorry i wasnt very specific. Attached is a screen shot of what i did in gb. I did this by using the universal theme flasher and swapping the pictures in the systemui in drawable xhdpi. I would like to do this in ics but the same images dont seem to be there in ics systemui.
Thanks
Im using rooted stock galaxy note.
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Also this is how stock looked by the way so u can see what i want to change
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ICS has changed how it is handled. Now it is a color code and not an image. You can make it an image by redirecting the XML files to point to an image instead as I have done.
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Ahhh right.
Did you use apktool to decompile?
Any guides on doing this?
Thanks
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Ahhh right.
Did you use apktool to decompile?
Any guides on doing this?
Thanks
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yes but you will need 2 version of apktool to do it. One to decompile and another to compile ICS. Then in the layout folder of the system ui you will need to change the xmls for the status bar to android:drawable/status_bar which is in the framework-res apk. You will also need to change the XML in the system UI folder. There is no guide. I found it by trial and error to be honest. A lot of ICS uses color hex codes instead of images now but thankfully they left the unused images in the framework-res folder
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Ok thanks for your help though.
Better get cracking lol
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Is it the xml files inside the res/layout that need to be edited?
Struggling to see what i need to change to reference a png imagine to be used.
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here is a list of the files that will need to be edited off the top of my head.
SystemUI
Drawable folder
status_bar_bg.xml
Layout
status_bar.xml
Thanks mate ill take alook at these now.
Hopefully itll make abit more sense lol
Nice theme btw. Bet that took some time
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Thanks mate ill take alook at these now.
Hopefully itll make abit more sense lol
Nice theme btw. Bet that took some time
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yeah its been a year in the making and still not complete
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Any idea which image i can swap to.change the background? Ive managed to get everything else transparent by replacing the images in drawable folders. Just missing the background now.
See screenshot
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Check the layout folder in system UI for the status bar expanded. It will tell you what the background it. It might be a color hex code
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Ok thanks ill look. I dont think itll be a hex code because its not just one colour. It has a pattern on it. Unless hex codes can do that If so please disregard my stupidness lol
Thanks.
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They can do graidents now in ICS. If you have trouble upload your decompiled systemui apk and I'll have a look. ICS changed a whole lot
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Ill upload systemui when im at a pc
What ive done so far is.
add android:background @drawable/pulldown to statusbartracking.xml
created pulldown.xml in drawable and added image pulldown to drawable-hdpi
I used the correct syntax in the actual files but still nothing.
Does that sound like something you did?
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Ill upload systemui when im at a pc
What ive done so far is.
add android:background @drawable/pulldown to statusbartracking.xml
created pulldown.xml in drawable and added image pulldown to drawable-hdpi
I used the correct syntax in the actual files but still nothing.
Does that sound like something you did?
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No it is not all that much work. I just changed the the color code if I recall right.
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Would really like to make several Metroid Themes for my Rezound running Viper 1.0.3. I'm very new to it and was wondering what files to edit. Like do I edit the files in the drawable-hdpi or the ones in drawable-xhdpi? Are they basically the same files but in different resolutions? Also how do I edit the statusbar's look. Not the icons on the status bar but the actual status bar itself; like turning it from like black to red or something?
I think its drawable-hdpi. I haven't themed in awhile and my ssd corrupted so I lost all turning progress I had on my computer. As to theming the status bar; I think its part of the systemUI.
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No it's always going to be xhdpi
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It's a hybrid of the 2. Most are in xhdpi.
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I'm learning myself, I hoping to see the venom theme engine to evolve enough to theme other aspects of the Rom like misc apps or accents throughout the Rom
I'd suggest if your not using virtuous ten studio to try it out, it really makes life easier
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Thanks for all the help. I have one more question about notification icons. When I open them in photoshop they are indexed and in 8bit; do I need to keep them that way or can they be RGB?
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Thanks for all the help. I have one more question about notification icons. When I open them in photoshop they are indexed and in 8bit; do I need to keep them that way or can they be RGB?
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I haven't had issues with changing it
All I know is .9.pngs are the ones that give you issues
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ok thanks I'm giving it a try.
EDIT: In the Statusbar theme can I add things from SystemUI.apk such as the Notification Bar Background and have that show up in my theme or would I have to edit SystemUI.apk?
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ok thanks I'm giving it a try.
EDIT: In the Statusbar theme can I add things from SystemUI.apk such as the Notification Bar Background and have that show up in my theme or would I have to edit SystemUI.apk?
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Would need to edit SystemUI
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you will want to open the indexed images in something like paint.net, save them, then open in photoshop to edit.
If you are only worried about the statusbar icons then i would suggest grabbing the theme template from viprez thread and just change them, much easier approach and you know what icons you need to change.
Ok thanks for all the help. I think i can take it from here. Again thanks everyone.
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I'm learning myself, I hoping to see the venom theme engine to evolve enough to theme other aspects of the Rom like misc apps or accents throughout the Rom
I'd suggest if your not using virtuous ten studio to try it out, it really makes life easier
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That is some REALLY great advice. I'm new to theming as well and hope to become an Android Developer. I am a quick learner.
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Hey themers:
I'm just getting acquainted with making small modifications to the system and am currently working from a stock 4.0.4 LPL based ROM. I would like to implement a 50% translucent effect on the TW status bar.
I've decompiled SystemUI.apk many different ways - as a non-system app, an app w/ dependencies (both framework-res.apk and twframework-res.apk), I've recompiled without any issues at all and immediately de-compiled to make sure my changes "stick", and they do. I then throw them into a flashable zip, wipe cache/dalvik, flash the zip and fix permissions, no go.
I'm following a guide that was originally posted in the GS2 forum that instructs us to do the following:
1) SystemUI StatusBar.smali - locate the "...Landroid/view/WindowManager$LayoutParams;-><init>(IIIII)V" statement and change the const/v16 above it from "const/16 v16, 0x4" to "const/16 v16, -0x3".
2) Go to res > values > drawables.xml and edit "status_bar_background" hex to #7f000000 for 50% transparency.
This didn't work on its own, so on top of that I also tried implementing the same sort of change mentioned in #1 above on both the PhoneStatusBar and TabletStatusBar.smali files. Still no go. The system boots no problem, but just no change in the visual appearance of the status bar.
Does anyone have any ideas outside of this on what smali file or statement in the above files might control this feature? I'm still digging but didn't know if others had attempted this. Thanks to any and all who are willing to help. I don't need anyone to look at code for me, just a gentle shove in the right direction would be fantastic!
+1 for this.
I'd love to see this work.
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+1 for this.
I'd love to see this work.
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was looking for something like that for month.
I'll get there...The solution cannot be far off from what has already been documented. However it seems others have not yet been able to do it on this device...probably just because there are more pressing projects underway. Guess it's up to us noobs lol
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I'll get there...The solution cannot be far off from what has already been documented. However it seems others have not yet been able to do it on this device...probably just because there are more pressing projects underway. Guess it's up to us noobs lol
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Haha anything is possible on XDA (;
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I'll get there...The solution cannot be far off from what has already been documented. However it seems others have not yet been able to do it on this device...probably just because there are more pressing projects underway. Guess it's up to us noobs lol
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Does tw use a standard grey block to extend the background for the status bar? It sounds like it would and if that is do you could try adding that grey colour to an alpha channel on the image.
Just a thought
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Does tw use a standard grey block to extend the background for the status bar? It sounds like it would and if that is do you could try adding that grey colour to an alpha channel on the image.
Just a thought
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I'll have a look this week!
You need to modify the "tw_" variants of the status bar definitions to see anything happen, TouchWiz UI does not use the regular assets/definitions.
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You need to modify the "tw_" variants of the status bar definitions to see anything happen, TouchWiz UI does not use the regular assets/definitions.
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Thank you sir! I will give it another go. Have a TW ROM to update in the next cpl weeks, this might make it in
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Thank you sir! I will give it another go. Have a TW ROM to update in the next cpl weeks, this might make it in /QUOTE]
No problem, I spent most of last night working out how to move the system bar from the bottom of the screen to the top using a decompiled SystemUI from the TouchWiz rom for the Galaxy Tab. You might find that even though you make the bar transparent that the area behind it is black anyway (it is for me at least using the official 4.0.4 rom) due to it assuming that the system bar is being rendered there. I'm yet to figure out how to manipulate the rest of the WindowManager environment to fix the issue.
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Is it possible to change the background of the settings menu and NOT everything else like the messages and Xposed modules background?
I know there is an Xposed Module that does it but it changes everything, If someone could point me into the file in which does this so I can edit it myself and change the background that would be awesome!
Thanks
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Is it possible to change the background of the settings menu and NOT everything else like the messages and Xposed modules background?
I know there is an Xposed Module that does it but it changes everything, If someone could point me into the file in which does this so I can edit it myself and change the background that would be awesome!
Thanks
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Highly doubt it unless you do an XML edit to make Settings.apk point to a different image but I wouldnt know how to do that. @icedventimocha what do you think?
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Highly doubt it unless you do an XML edit to make Settings.apk point to a different image but I wouldnt know how to do that. @icedventimocha what do you think?
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That would be correct, most likely located in styles.xml. I can try and take a look at it.
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icedventimocha said:
That would be correct, most likely located in styles.xml. I can try and take a look at it.
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That would be another cool feature for the note 2. Transparent Settings Only. Just a thought
I was thinking of getting the gradient that matched the blue in the settings menu bar as it is now
Unfortunately its a different blue than the phone apk so it offsets it and I'm very OCD lol
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Thanks iced, I figured thats what it would be.
I'm not as good supra and iced, but it is in styles.xml. However, it then points to devicedefault in framework-res.apk which then tells it what image to use.
I think the easiest fix woukd be to create your own theme in framework-res and have it pull the image you want then tell settings to use that theme.
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