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[Q]background color in root explorer

hello everyone,sorry for my poor English
I have themed my own phone looks like a Nexus s
mostly every background is black and text is white,except
in root explorer ,when i press menu,the popup is white background and text is white too......then press more .again white background with white text
what can I do....

I hate to bring this old thread up again. But, does anyone have an answer?
It seems that the menu background for some common applications like "Root Explorer" or "Droid Analytics" does not change properly with the theme. Instead, it shows a white menu with white text.
My entire device is completely Gingerbread themed based off of the stock framework-res. But, these menus are totally messed up. White text on white menus. Should be white text on black transparent menus.

I might be way off: But have you guys tried changing the color in the .XML file/s?

zHk3R said:
I might be way off: But have you guys tried changing the color in the .XML file/s?
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I changed the colors for menus within framework-res.apk res/values/styles.xml. All other menus system-wide work fine. Every other application menu works fine.
Which XML are you thinking about?

kennethpenn said:
I changed the colors for menus within framework-res.apk res/values/styles.xml. All other menus system-wide work fine. Every other application menu works fine.
Which XML are you thinking about?
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I was thinking maybe changing color codes in Root Explorer's XML might help. But I don't know.

zHk3R said:
I was thinking maybe changing color codes in Root Explorer's XML might help. But I don't know.
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Oh yeah I thought about that. But, since I'm creating this theme for a ROM used by hundreds of people, I'd rather not have to theme these external applications.
Someone's got to know the answer to this problem!

kennethpenn said:
Oh yeah I thought about that. But, since I'm creating this theme for a ROM used by hundreds of people, I'd rather not have to theme these external applications.
Someone's got to know the answer to this problem!
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I see.. Hope you find your answer.

zHk3R said:
I see.. Hope you find your answer.
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Thank you for the help!

Just cant find it.....

Ive been searching and searching but just cant find the background for the music bar on the notifications pulldown so I can change it, see screenshots
Anyone know where it is??
EDIT: I have noticed that the same background is used when in a call behind the call in the notifications pull down so that means that it cant be music specific so it must be in framework-res or com.htc.resources but I have searched and just cant find it :-(

What a coincidence... just sent you pm with this...
Did you checked if this is the topround_v1.9.png in HtcMusic\res\drawable-hdpi ?
Edit: Or check the topround_v3.9.png in the com.htc.resources\res\drawable-hdpi

kalagas said:
What a coincidence... just sent you pm with this...
Did you checked if this is the topround_v1.9.png in HtcMusic\res\drawable-hdpi ?
Edit: Or check the topround_v3.9.png in the com.htc.resources\res\drawable-hdpi
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Nope its not them......

common_transport_play_rest.9.png in com.htc.resources\res\drawable-hdpi???
edit: or common_slide_bar.9.png in com.htc.resources\res\drawable-hdpi???

kalagas said:
common_transport_play_rest.9.png in com.htc.resources\res\drawable-hdpi???
edit: or common_slide_bar.9.png in com.htc.resources\res\drawable-hdpi???
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it cant be that one, if you look at my image in first post its purple.....
EDIT: actually its doesnt look purple at all, maybe i was tired earlier lol, its a weird grey color and also it is 1 solid color

It's not purple for sure...
Have you tried to change any icons i have told you???
I believe it's on of them...

kalagas said:
It's not purple for sure...
Have you tried to change any icons i have told you???
I believe it's on of them...
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I have tried them all and its none of them :-(

I think i found it
status.png in HtcStreamPlayer\res\drawable-hdpi

kalagas said:
I think i found it
status.png in HtcStreamPlayer\res\drawable-hdpi
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It looked promising but its still not it :-(

Please someone must of found this?
It is very easy to find in other roms just a simple png in tw-framework :-(

I have noticed that the same background is used when in a call behind the call in the notifications pull down so that means that it cant be music specific so it must be in framework-res or com.htc.resources but I have searched and just cant find it :-(

bumping for possible solution???

I never took care for that one so far, since it looks fine to me, but you can try the following procedure, since it seems an RGB value, not a png.
1. Make a screenshot
2. Sample the RGB color code in Photoshop
3. go to first xml folder like layout in com.htc.resources and mark all xml and open all of these at the same time in Notepad++
4. Search all files for the sampled RGB value
5. Repeat this folder by folder until you find an entry, that makes sense

he_stheone64 said:
I never took care for that one so far, since it looks fine to me, but you can try the following procedure, since it seems an RGB value, not a png.
1. Make a screenshot
2. Sample the RGB color code in Photoshop
3. go to first xml folder like layout in com.htc.resources and mark all xml and open all of these at the same time in Notepad++
4. Search all files for the sampled RGB value
5. Repeat this folder by folder until you find an entry, that makes sense
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Notepad++ has a nice feature that allows you to search through all files in a folder. (Search menu -> "Find in Files" or something like that) With this it should be quite easy to find.

I tried that method and came up with 292c31
I decompiled com.htc.resources, framework and system ui and I found some instances in colors xml and one in drawables but changing all of them didnt work so it must be somewhere else or maybe ive missed something........

[Q] Touchwiz Quickpanel Text under Icons help

I just started messing around with making themes. I know how to modify the xml, png, and .9.png files; but am having problems with the text under the quickpanel icons (ie. wifi, bluetooth, gps, vibrate, orientation).
What files do I need to modify to change the text color under the quickpanel icons? I'm assuming it's in the twframework-res.apk, but I looked through all the xml files and didn't see where to change the text color.
If anyone has some insight, please advise. Thanks

mod777 said:
I just started messing around with making themes. I know how to modify the xml, png, and .9.png files; but am having problems with the text under the quickpanel icons (ie. wifi, bluetooth, gps, vibrate, orientation).
What files do I need to modify to change the text color under the quickpanel icons? I'm assuming it's in the twframework-res.apk, but I looked through all the xml files and didn't see where to change the text color.
If anyone has some insight, please advise. Thanks
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I have done some themeing before, and although I never have changed the text you are asking for and dont know where it is, I can tell you that the first thing you need to do is. Decompile the framework. This is because many xml's are hidden in the apk format. Searxh for apk manager to do so.

After decompiling look in twframework-res\res\layout\status_bar_expanded.xml
Each item will have something like android:textColor="@color/tw_colorXXX"
Then look for that in twframework-res\res\values\colors.xml

joeshmoe08 said:
I have done some themeing before, and although I never have changed the text you are asking for and dont know where it is, I can tell you that the first thing you need to do is. Decompile the framework. This is because many xml's are hidden in the apk format. Searxh for apk manager to do so.
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I know how to decompile and modify the xml files and I use apktool (apkmanager is just a wrapper for apktool).
CuriousTech said:
After decompiling look in twframework-res\res\layout\status_bar_expanded.xml
Each item will have something like android:textColor="@color/tw_colorXXX"
Then look for that in twframework-res\res\values\colors.xml
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I already modified the status_bar_expanded.xml colors and still the text doesn't show up correctly (changed all colors to #ffffffffff).
Maybe it's not the text that is the problem but the png background, but changing the status_bar_background.9.png didn't fix it.
Here's the screeny of what I am trying to fix.

I've seen that before. LOL What do you want it to look like?
You sure you didn't modify the text in \res\values\strings.xml?

CuriousTech said:
I've seen that before. LOL What do you want it to look like?
You sure you didn't modify the text in \res\values\strings.xml?
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the text in strings.xml is correct. I just want the text to show

Change them all back to the orginal in status_bar_expanded.xml which should be android:textColor="@color/tw_color001"

That just made the text black, any other suggestions?

I think it might actually be the tw_quick_panel_black_bt.png - I'll modify the png and see if that helps.

tw_color001 should be white.
The background for it is status_bar_header_background_01.png which is where the text is drawn over.

I got it. It was the status_bar_extended.xml, but it was the size dpi which was causing the problems. Thanks for all the help. See screeny
+2 thanks

Can someone tell me how to change the notification text color? What is its corresponding value in the XML files? Thanks.

Just did a search. Looks like you have to get into the classes.dex in services.jar and modify StatusBarIcon.smali
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=549309
Oh, or did you want the notifications in expanded?
In twframework-res\res\layout\status_bar_expanded.xml look at the lower section where you'll see android:textColor="#ffffffff" which is hex for white (ARGB), about 3 times. Leave the first FF alone. That's alpha channel.

CuriousTech said:
Just did a search. Looks like you have to get into the classes.dex in services.jar and modify StatusBarIcon.smali
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=549309
Oh, or did you want the notifications in expanded?
In twframework-res\res\layout\status_bar_expanded.xml look at the lower section where you'll see android:textColor="#ffffffff" which is hex for white (ARGB), about 3 times. Leave the first FF alone. That's alpha channel.
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The text in the expanded notifications panel. Thanks! Exactly what I was looking for.

[Q] Changing background color from settings

Hey there,
Im running Froyomod and I'd like to theme the black settings background.
Im searching for a while with no solution, I hope you can help me.
Do I have to edit a xml, and if so, which one?
Cant hardly find any background png's in settings.apk...
(To let you know what settings background I exaclty mean:
http://androidmexico.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/device2.png?w=320&h=480)
Thanks so far
Nik

No idea? :/

4tticuz said:
Hey there,
Im running Froyomod and I'd like to theme the black settings background.
Im searching for a while with no solution, I hope you can help me.
Do I have to edit a xml, and if so, which one?
Cant hardly find any background png's in settings.apk...
(To let you know what settings background I exaclty mean:
http://androidmexico.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/device2.png?w=320&h=480)
Thanks so far
Nik
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I'm running MIUI so we are talking apples and oranges here, but I've themed my settings background. Mine was a png in the framework-res apk called settings_background (or something like that). I'm at work right now so I don't have the decompiled rom to get the exact name. Sorry I can't be of more help but if you aren't seeing it in settings, I bet you will find it in framework-res.

Thanks so far, didn'f find a file excecpt "settings_header_raw.9", but this is for the header (as it says...).
I know that MIUI is using graphics for the background.
So sad that it seems to be not that easy :/
Does anyone else have any idea?
Thanks!

Any idea, please?
:/

miui v4 battery icons

Does anyone know how to change the notification bar battery icons in a theme file??
I've seen a couple themes, like buuf that have different icons for it but i cannot find the actual png files anywhere to change them.
Is this possible??
thanks.

foxrivertrekker said:
Does anyone know how to change the notification bar battery icons in a theme file??
I've seen a couple themes, like buuf that have different icons for it but i cannot find the actual png files anywhere to change them.
Is this possible??
thanks.
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SystemUI.apk & framework-res.apk
Look there, should find them

punkmonkey1984 said:
SystemUI.apk & framework-res.apk
Look there, should find them
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i have looked in com.android.systemui framework-miui-res and framework-res in the themes themselves and there are only standard icons in there, i see no themed icons.
There are stat_sys_battery png files but they are just the stock ones.
For example, buuf theme has a circular battery icon that shows on the not bar but that png file is in none of those places.
Do you know what the files should be named??
thanks.

foxrivertrekker said:
i have looked in com.android.systemui framework-miui-res and framework-res in the themes themselves and there are only standard icons in there, i see no themed icons.
There are stat_sys_battery png files but they are just the stock ones.
For example, buuf theme has a circular battery icon that shows on the not bar but that png file is in none of those places.
Do you know what the files should be named??
thanks.
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Iv downloaded the file, im checking it now.
EDIT
Could be here:
com.android.systemui\res\raw

punkmonkey1984 said:
Iv downloaded the file, im checking it now.
EDIT
Could be here:
com.android.systemui\res\raw
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oh no! youre right its in there, but there on a sheet of all the icons together, what am i gonna do with that?? :/
I see, i've found a lot of battery icons here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1042490
I didnt realize that these were theme files, should be no problem now, atleast i know where they go now!!
Thanks!