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[Q] Help Theming notification pulldown....

Can anyone help me by telling me where the files are located to edit the notification pulldown? I am looking to change colors, transparency, etc.
I am trying my hand at theming JVH.
Thanks

Search google for "uot" and check out the online theme kitchen.
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Sounds interesting, I went into the System ui apk, and opened "res" folder, then "drawable-hdpi", and found what I believe to be the right file, "status_bar_background.png" is this the correct file to edit for say, changing the transparency in gimp or photoshop?
I, like vdubguy, would like to know how to do this without using the kitchen.

bigsmitty64 said:
Sounds interesting, I went into the System ui apk, and opened "res" folder, then "drawable-hdpi", and found what I believe to be the right file, "status_bar_background.png" is this the correct file to edit for say, changing the transparency in gimp or photoshop?
I, like vdubguy, would like to know how to do this without using the kitchen.
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With the new system ui API you ,have to decompile the apk and change a value as it points the background to a color code and not the image. Once you change that then you can change the image to add transperncy. You will also have to decompile it to make color changes as well

zelendel said:
With the new system ui API you ,have to decompile the apk and change a value as it points the background to a color code and not the image. Once you change that then you can change the image to add transperncy. You will also have to decompile it to make color changes as well
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Ahhh....Thanks Zel. Looks like we got some us some learnin to do
I have to say that, after spending a couple hours just looking around in the rom, trying to find things and figure out what is what, I have a whole new respect for all you devs and themers in here. My hat is off. Thank you.

xml
Ok I figured out what to change but can't seem to edit the xml. Any tips?

vdubguy said:
Ok I figured out what to change but can't seem to edit the xml. Any tips?
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decompile w/ apk manager and use notepad++ to edit

When you get it figured out, could you do everyone a solid and post the updated files and where they should go? I'd be your bestie for life!
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Thanks Thinkk!
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When you get it figured out, could you do everyone a solid and post the updated files and where they should go? I'd be your bestie for life!
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I'll do my best but it might be a while!

[Q] Theme Editing

Hello, I bought Sonny Sekhon's Lucid Theme from the market and it's almost perfect for me. EXCEPT the pull down notification. How do I edit it so that it would look like the pulldown from minimalbread? It's the only thing I want to change from Lucid.
I also got the MellowYellow theme but I want to change it so that the horizontal dividers in menu are transparent or black (as long as I dont see them. ) Please see attached screenshot.

You would have to decompile the .apk then recompile it.
MIUI themes are much easier to mod

Nah you could edit it without d compiling with winzip. Just open the apk in winzip and swap the files out.
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Those lines are more than likely .9 PNG files. In my experience swapping files in winzip causes errors, but I guess that works too
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Those lines are more than likely .9 PNG files. In my experience swapping files in winzip causes errors, but I guess that works too
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I've never had a problem. Done it many many times.
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Also they are nine patches.

[Q] [Solved] SystemUI.apk modifications/ failed attempt to uncenter the clock

Hey guys,
So I decided to take a stab at altering SystemUI.apk to uncenter the clock, but I've run into some problems. Just FYI, I am total noob at this so I could be doing something incredibly stupid, but oh well.
Anyway, I was able to successfully decompile the apk, edit res\layout\status_bar.xml to set <com.android.systemui.statusbar.Clock... android:gravity="right">, build the apk again, sign it, and push it to my phone, however after all that the status bar just does not show up. I don't think it's the decompiling, building, or signing that's messing up because I performed all of those without editing any of the xml files, pushed it to my phone, and everything worked perfectly.
So what am I missing? Is changing "center" to "right" really enough to kill the statusbar? Do I need to edit something in framework-res.apk or some other file to be compatible with the new SystemUI.apk? Or is it that I need to change something in the smali folders as well as the res folders for it to work?
Any ideas that you guys have would be awesome. I'm not sure if I'm just missing something simple, or if I'm in way over my head with this stuff and need to do more than the hour and a half research and trial and error that I've put in so far =) Thanks guys!

There's a bit more to it than that
There's some moving around to do too.
I attached the original status_bar.xml for you to compare to. (it's already decompiled)
If you wanted you could just replace it with this one. Thought it might help to see what all was changed.
(the attached zip file is not flashable)

Don't sign system apps either. Signing may be why it isn't showing up but I've never signed a system app to know and without looking at it I think you need to put right|center not just right and I am not positive but you may need to move the padding of the status bar icons to the left so there is no overlap.
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Easy guys. Just take a stock systemui.apk and move /res/layout/status_bar.xml over to the modded one. Then push. Don't even need to decompile.
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mtmichaelson said:
Easy guys. Just take a stock systemui.apk and move /res/layout/status_bar.xml over to the modded one. Then push. Don't even need to decompile.
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Hey its he wanted to do it himself
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MT makes it look like a walk in the park...lol
mtmichaelson said:
Easy guys. Just take a stock systemui.apk and move /res/layout/status_bar.xml over to the modded one. Then push. Don't even need to decompile.
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capt730 said:
MT makes it look like a walk in the park...lol
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Well his method really is a walk in the park if you can move one file to another lol.
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Hmm, something is still wrong. I tried editing the status_bar.xml again, but the status bar still wouldn't show up. Then I deleted the file that was there and pasted in the stock status_bar.xml that Kane posted, pushed it to my phone, and still no status bar/notification pull down. Am I not compiling the apk right?
I'll be on IRC for the next 40 minutes or so if anyone wants to hop on and help me out =)

Did you compile the apk after replacing the XML?
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Yup, I actually finally got it to work and just need to tweak a couple things. I took the SystemUI.apk from the latest ICK.zip update, modified the SystemUI.apk file, then created a flashable zip for it. I don't know if it was using a flashable zip that worked, where just using adb push didn't, or if starting over with a different SystemUI.apk was what did it.
@kane: BTW, do you know the hex color code for your ICK theme icons? I was trying to match the color for the clock, but it's slightly off. And Thanks for the stock apk, without comparing the two, I never would have figured out the format for putting the clock back =)
@beamer: Thanks for the heads up to not sign the apk, worked without doing so. That was an annoying step anyway =)

the stock ICS colors are 33B5E5 and 0099CC
I used 33B5E5 for all the edits I did in the ICK theme
0099CC is a little bit darker

I didn't read the whole post but after pushing systemui did you reboot if you don't reboot you won't get a statusbar
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Beamer9408 said:
I didn't read the whole post but after pushing systemui did you reboot if you don't reboot you won't get a statusbar
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I did. I'm thinking the problem was actually the dalvik-cache, maybe? After i got the clock right aligned, i tried to hide some of the status icons like mute and the alarm clock, but i couldn't get any of them hidden and it was driving me crazy. Then i decided to wipe dalvik and it worked perfectly.
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[Q] How to modify lock pattern.

I'm using CM7 as the base rom. And, i want to change the Lock Pattern Screen to be like ICS, like the one attached.
What xml do i need to modify, and what lines am i supposed to edit.
Please provide feedback as soon as possible.
Thanks.

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Prawesome said:
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Oh. Forgot. :silly: :banghead:
Will attach soon.

Copy pngs
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CoolCatGetHome said:
Copy pngs
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Yep...In framework-res.apk,search for them

Noo. Not the picture of the circle.
I want to enlarge the space to use the lock pattern.
It's kind of small on CM7. And the date and time take up too much space.
So i want to resize the space that the date and time take, and enlarge the lock pattern.
What xml's am i supposed to mod.
Thanks.

masterex567 said:
Noo. Not the picture of the circle.
I want to enlarge the space to use the lock pattern.
It's kind of small on CM7. And the date and time take up too much space.
So i want to resize the space that the date and time take, and enlarge the lock pattern.
What xml's am i supposed to mod.
Thanks.
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Oh xml editing it is then remove date and am pm
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CoolCatGetHome said:
Oh xml editing it is then remove date and am pm
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Ok. So in this case, i'm supposed to mod keyguard_screen_unlock_portrait.xml.
I want to edit the margin. So I guess i manually delete the date and clock. But how do i extend the lock pattern.
I delete the whole Relative Layout?
And In lock pattern am i supposed to reset the margins?
I've attached the .xml for reference, if you can tell me what to mod, it will be appreciated.
Thanks.

Any answers?

Gude is on xda i cant do much now was busy with cyanmobile ( got working version my own) and USR rom and also my day jobs
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Gude is on xda i cant do much now was busy with cyanmobile ( got working version my own) and USR rom and also my day jobs
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Yup. I'll look for it. Don't want to interfere with your work.
Waiting for USR. I know its going to be awesome.
All the Best.

do i use the windows notepad to edit the files?

dream2011 said:
do i use the windows notepad to edit the files?
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No..Notepad++

not only notepad was the problem but also file was compiled.
so i had to decompile it and then i was able to modify it using Notepad++
Thanks!

Theming/blacking out/inverting??

I would like to learn what is needed to be changed in a ROM/apps in order to get the blackedout / inverted look. I'm I'm wanting to do this on a cm10.1 based ROM and I know how to use apktool and other just not sure what to edit in the .XML files. I have made changes in colors.XML and drawable.XML but for some reason it does nothing for me.
Have searched and found plenty on theming but none really get in to the .XML part of.
I know there are themes and inverted gapps already out there but would still like to learn how its done.
Any help would be great and I know how to use the thanks button...
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Go to frameworks/base/core/res/res/drawable/background_holo_dark.xml and change android:endColor value to
android:endColor="#ff000000"
prior to compile.
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mithun46 said:
Go to frameworks/base/core/res/res/drawable/background_holo_dark.xml and change android:endColor value to
android:endColor="#ff000000"
prior to compile.
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Thanks I will give that a try and see what happens
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How about blacking out the menus like power menu they are still gray popup when you press menu button and stuff of that nature
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ttibbetts83 said:
How about blacking out the menus like power menu they are still gray popup when you press menu button and stuff of that nature
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I don't have my build machine now after 2 weeks I will reply you .and sent me your gtalk address thru pm . we can chat
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Well,pls post solutions if you find one as this university is for learning and I guess many would love to learn that!
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Well,pls post solutions if you find one as this university is for learning and I guess many would love to learn that!
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The solution is he got things inverted.
Now he wants more and I don't have my build machine now to say him More
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The solution is he got things inverted.
Now he wants more and I don't have my build machine now to say him More
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how would i get the greys in the menus to black ave been look and trying different thinks but no luck
seems that blackingout of roms and apps is not something anyone is welling to shear

ttibbetts83 said:
seems that blackingout of roms and apps is not something anyone is welling to shear
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It's probably something you'll need to spend a bit of time Googling about.

XperienceD said:
It's probably something you'll need to spend a bit of time Googling about.
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I have
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mithun46 said:
Go to frameworks/base/core/res/res/drawable/background_holo_dark.xml and change android:endColor value to
android:endColor="#ff000000"
prior to compile.
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The above quote is good for changing the background of the settings list and the background of the setup when first install. If you want to get rid of the grey that is in the menus the more needs to be changed and its all found in framework-res.apk in the res/drawable xhpi folder in the form of .PNG or .9.PNG files and they include BG. Or background in the names menu_background.9.PNG is one for example.
Now onto next change how to change clock color in status bar. Just doing it one at a time sence the info is very hard to fine and not much help on it, will keep updating as I find the answers. Just exploring through files and change stuff to see what happens.
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ttibbetts83 said:
The above quote is good for changing the background of the settings list and the background of the setup when first install. If you want to get rid of the grey that is in the menus the more needs to be changed and its all found in framework-res.apk in the res/drawable xhpi folder in the form of .PNG or .9.PNG files and they include BG. Or background in the names menu_background.9.PNG is one for example.
Now onto next change how to change clock color in status bar. Just doing it one at a time sence the info is very hard to fine and not much help on it, will keep updating as I find the answers. Just exploring through files and change stuff to see what happens.
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thats real devving