To get the transparent status bar, you just need to set your favorite wallpaper and after that set "blank.png" (you can simply google it) as wallpaper, it's easy as that.
Or you can use the attached file to set it as your wallpaper
How to do that?
Leusi068 said:
How to do that?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I attached a file, simply use it as your wallpaper
@OLMiTRi: Thank you so much man! Works perfect!
Related
So it was quite easy to chance the LauncherPro widgets, just drop a few files into a folder and re-sign. Can this be done with other apps?
Generally everything's looking good, but the BeyondPod widget is so old looking, can I make the background look like that of the YouTube or Google Search widgets?
If I could make the Fancy Widget Weather background lighter, that would be cool too...
(I've used a lighter wallpaper than usual, so you can see what I mean )
Thanks.
**EDIT** Okay, so I simply dropped in the appwidget_bg.9.png and it's kinda worked -
How can I now control the size of the background of the widget?
The best way to theme the widgets (if there is no source for app, like for many/most market apps) is to use apktool to decompile the .apk, this will give you the .9.png files with the guide lines on them, then you can open the .png from the .apk you just decompiled (the best way to keep the widget the same boundaries as the original is just to recreate the image on a layer above the existing layer, with the guide lines and widget background, to be the same width and length as the stock widget background). You can either use apktool to recompile the .apk which will or create the .9.pngs for you, or you can compile them in eclipse.
Use this png instead of the other one on my thread. I need to update it. This will size nicely on your Music widget and also Fancy Widget.
How would I go about making the launcher pro widgets transparent?
sonnysekhon said:
Use this png instead of the other one on my thread. I need to update it. This will size nicely on your Music widget and also Fancy Widget.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Not quite what I was after, lol
Going to edit that one myself, see how I get on
**EDIT** Okay, so I've made the background a little smaller (and without the white background) but the buttons still stick to the very edges.
AndyCr15 said:
Not quite what I was after, lol
Going to edit that one myself, see how I get on
**EDIT** Okay, so I've made the background a little smaller (and without the white background) but the buttons still stick to the very edges.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Click on the attached image first and then save it. Right clicking and saving results in a loss of transparency, hence a broken .9 patch.
dinan said:
How would I go about making the launcher pro widgets transparent?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
In my signature go to the Nexus S link, bottom of the 2nd post.
Thanks. I followed the guide and I have the header and footers transparent (I edited your pngs so that it was 0% opaque so perfectly transparent since that's what I want) but the background for the calendar widget still has a grey shade... dunno which png to change to get it perfectly clear. Any suggestions?
sonnysekhon said:
In my signature go to the Nexus S link, bottom of the 2nd post.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
dinan said:
Thanks. I followed the guide and I have the header and footers transparent (I edited your pngs so that it was 0% opaque so perfectly transparent since that's what I want) but the background for the calendar widget still has a grey shade... dunno which png to change to get it perfectly clear. Any suggestions?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You can get it from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=783427
How would one go about editing a Beautiful Widget theme?
In the picture below you can see that the "pm" and weather are white and I want to make them both cyan to match everything else. (Also, I realized upon seeing the shot blown up that the color of the weather/date text didn't match so I fixed that).
kenvan19 said:
How would one go about editing a Beautiful Widget theme?
In the picture below you can see that the "pm" and weather are white and I want to make them both cyan to match everything else. (Also, I realized upon seeing the shot blown up that the color of the weather/date text didn't match so I fixed that).
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Get the clock skin and the weather skin from your sdcard from data/beautifulwidgets. Edit them in Photoshop or GIMP and put them back.
sonnysekhon said:
Get the clock skin and the weather skin from your sdcard from data/beautifulwidgets. Edit them in Photoshop or GIMP and put them back.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks Sonny! I am going to try (emphasis on try) to make a complete skin for BW to go with your SubCyan theme with just a simple clock and weather both cyan but if I fail (which seems to be what I'm doing) I'll probably do just that.
Is this possible? I find it redundant to use beautiful widgets with a clock already on the screen...
Thanks.
psufan5 said:
Is this possible? I find it redundant to use beautiful widgets with a clock already on the screen...
Thanks.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm sure it would be by modding the framework file. You should maybe start there and see where that goes.
You can do it by modding the framework file, or take the easy way like I did and use launcherpro and have it set to hide the notification bar.
vunuts said:
You can do it by modding the framework file, or take the easy way like I did and use launcherpro and have it set to hide the notification bar.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thought of that, but then I cant see my notifications at the top which I use a lot.. id just like to remove the clock, and slide all the battery and signal info to the right to take up its space.
I found work-arounds for that problem too lol. I customized my dock with 'call', 'texts', and 'gmail' icons and set the preference to show the 'unread' or 'missed call' count on the icon. I think it just makes my home screen look cleaner. Plus I get the full screen view of Katy Perry's half naked body woot woot.
Or you can also just set the notification bar to be hidden, and set the home softkey to pull down the notification bar.
1. Go to menu/Preferences/Homescreen Settings/ and set "Number of screens" 7 and "Default screen" 4
2. Go to menu/Preferences/Appearance Settings/Dock background and set as custom:
3. Set the wallpaper (be carefull how you crop it!):
or fancy one:
4. Change the shortcut for app drawer (in the middle) icon in to the blank one:
appicon
The "icons" from the bottom of the wallpaper should change in the middle of a dock for each screen.
Enjoy
edit: PSD files with few more nice wallpapers.
Please post your work
Wow, great idea!!! /me likes
Could you post your photoshop files? so it is possible to costumize futher?
The idea is great, I tried it yesterday. But -forgive me- the lockscreen looks very very bad, with that 'icons on the wallpaper'...
Don't know what rom you are using, but with sense you can have alt lockscreen wallpaper, and I'm guessing there is a similar app on the market.
GZFan said:
The idea is great, I tried it yesterday. But -forgive me- the lockscreen looks very very bad, with that 'icons on the wallpaper'...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sent from my Hero using XDA App
ChosSimbaOne said:
Could you post your photoshop files? so it is possible to costumize futher?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
PSD posted
Great, thanks man. Will try to costumize tonight
mirok said:
PSD posted
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
wow looks great ...
What icon pack is it that you have used for the on screen icons?
Can the top bar be made transparent so the desktop wallpaper will show through / behind it?
I have used UOT to set the top bar transparent (#000000 @ 50%) and it does appear transparent on lock screens with some of the wallpaper visible, but when I get to the desktop it goes back to solid black. I use go launcher by default but have also checked out the default launcher from Serendipity 7, both show solid black.
Is there a feature / limit in 2.3.3 roms preventing transparent top bar on the desktop?
Tried getting it to work by using the kitchen before and no luck
I'll make it for you. What ROM/theme/mods do you have installed?
Or could you post your SystemUI.apk?
Sent from my SGH-I897
Here's the stock Serendipity VII SystemUI.apk with a 50% transparent status bar. You should be able to use this with the UOT kitchen if you want to change anything, although I've never used it so I'm not completely sure.
take your pick -> APK or CWM zip
thanks for the offer. Here's my systemui file.
papashex said:
thanks for the offer. Here's my systemui file.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Here you go, black, 50% transparent:
APK or CWM zip
No dice. I do have the transparent bar on lock screen, but it still goes solid black on desktop. Would I be better off trying to put a semi trans image for the bar in framework-res.apk? (if that would be the correct place) I have an image file in mind matching my dock bar but it would need to be resized and flipped 180.
Could you assist there as well?
papashex said:
No dice. I do have the transparent bar on lock screen, but it still goes solid black on desktop. Would I be better off trying to put a semi trans image for the bar in framework-res.apk? (if that would be the correct place) I have an image file in mind matching my dock bar but it would need to be resized and flipped 180.
Could you assist there as well?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That would be my guess. I edited the .png as black in framework-res.apk and it's always black, no matter what screen. So I guess making that image transparent would be your best bet.
The file is called "statusbar_background.9.png", in framework-res/drawable-hdpi.
Just edit the file and open apk with a zip program then simply drag it back in.
papashex said:
No dice. I do have the transparent bar on lock screen, but it still goes solid black on desktop. Would I be better off trying to put a semi trans image for the bar in framework-res.apk? (if that would be the correct place) I have an image file in mind matching my dock bar but it would need to be resized and flipped 180.
Could you assist there as well?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I don't know why that last one didn't work. I put it on my phone and it worked perfectly. Framework-res shouldn't do anything, but then I also thought the last one worked, so I guess it'd be worth a try.
I'm now thinking it's an issue with your launcher, but I don't see how. You've really got me stumped here. Sorry I can't help you further.
Sent from my SGH-I897
I know it's a noob question but i can't find any answers.
I installed CyanogenMod 7 but i can't change theme, what I mean is , I apply theme using theme chooser but the dockbar on the bottom doesn't change ;(.Can anyone help me , please
Reboot
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA App.
i did reboot
maybe i should record it via camera and u'll know what i did wrong?
You said dockbar. Ofcourse it won't change.
You need to manually change the dock and the icons.
The dockbar won't change. The icons of the regularly used items, if present in Dockbar, may change. Further you will have to edit each icon individually with an icon from the custom sets.
i saw some videos that when people applied theme it changed everything?
So how can i make my phone look like this? any instructions?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14721732#post14721732
ptys27 said:
i saw some videos that when people applied theme it changed everything?
So how can i make my phone look like this? any instructions?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14721732#post14721732
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Like what we said above. You need to manually replace the dock.
See my attachment below and download the dock image.
What launcher are you using?
As for the icons, you have to get the icon pack and use desktop visualiser.
The font used is neuropol x free. Get the .ttf file.
You can apply it using a font changer, download it from the market.
im using adw launcher ex, can you tell me how to change the dock etc.?
ptys27 said:
im using adw launcher ex, can you tell me how to change the dock etc.?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
See my post above. I editted it.
- adw setting / ui setting / main or hidden dockbar / dock background
where i can get this icon pack from?
ptys27 said:
where i can get this icon pack from?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=953449
medic007 said:
See my post above. I editted it.
- adw setting / ui setting / main or hidden dockbar / dock background
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
dont know how to change it i did something but it doesnt look like it should
ptys27 said:
dont know how to change it i did something but it doesnt look like it should
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm not really quite sure how to change it on adw. I just googled that up.
Why not try using go launcher EX.
its really confusing in Naked Simplicity CM7 thread there is guide to install
Theme Installation:
1)Just install like any other theme then go to theme chooser
2)Hit the Cloudy Preview
3)Apply Anyway and Reboot
so why i have to do so many thngs?
ptys27 said:
its really confusing in Naked Simplicity CM7 thread there is guide to install
Theme Installation:
1)Just install like any other theme then go to theme chooser
2)Hit the Cloudy Preview
3)Apply Anyway and Reboot
so why i have to do so many thngs?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The theme only replaces certain things. Like the statusbar and other applications in the phone. It can't replace the docks for you because its part of the launcher.
Preferences - Themes - Dock background - custom
i did it but i have , icons on this dock bar but i want blank one without icons on it,when i try to delete them it replace them with plus sign :/ how to delete that?
ptys27 said:
i did it but i have , icons on this dock bar but i want blank one without icons on it,when i try to delete them it replace them with plus sign :/ how to delete that?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Press the plus sign, scroll down and select blank.