In this thread ill show you how to make that notification bar transparent.
1. take the png's ive attached to this post and place them on your SD card in the folder entitled "android themes"
take note of these file names.
2.open ninjamorph select new project
navigate through: system/framework/framework-res.apk. it will then extract all the files.
then navigate through res/drawable-hdpi.
scroll down to "status_bar_background.png" click it and change it out with the "status_bar_background.png" you placed on your SD card that has the exact same file name....then continue to replace the other 6 png's the same way.
If one of the existing png's in your framework does not match the one Ive provided (for example the existing file on your phone ends in " .9 " ) then rename it to match...not all themes are exactly the same.
3. when your done replacing all 7 png's press the blue back button in ninjamorph, select finish project, select the one that says "framework-resapk"
then just keep clicking "yes" ("yes/yes/ok/yes") then ninjamorph will tell you "ALL DONE!" and your phone will automatically reboot.
this will work fine with "launcher 2" and will most likley work with whatever default launcher that came with whatever ROM you mught be using. BUT...
...!!! when using this mod with ADW launcher, launcher pro
or any home replacement app you will need to use a live wallpaper (I use "shake em all" and then just set my own wallpaper) if you want the notification bar to stay transparent. the pulldown will allways be transparent though. (you can also use a live wallpaper called "multiple wallpapers" )
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Do you have to root? Stock launchers work? Very nice work.
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it does look good.
Will this work with gummyjar 2.5?
Root is required to run ninjamorph. This will work on any ROM. Be sure to put pngs in Android Theme folder (imperative). Works best with stock launchers.
update: tried my LWP again and this time it worked. will update after a few re-boots if it changes back to black, but otherwise it worked this time.
been trying to get this to work but the best I can get is my lock screen to work, but when I unlock to any other home screen or if I go to my app drawer, just a black status bar.
I am running Apex 1.3.1, and additionally have changed out my status bar icons. so not sure if that has anything to do with it, does anyone have any thought on that?
thanks for any thoughts/responses.
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ps. a lot of my .png's in framwork-res.apk are 9.png's if that matters, and to get to at least where I am (running and clear status bar in lock screen only) I have replaced those with the new ones. When I finish the project in ninja and reboot, it force closes once, I pull the battery and it reboots. Like I say, after that I reboot after the fc and it loads without an error, but does not give me a full transparent status bar.
thanks again for looking and any help.
Droid-Xer said:
Root is required to run ninjamorph. This will work on any ROM. Be sure to put pngs in Android Theme folder (imperative). Works best with stock launchers.
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I was able to navigate to the folder irregardless of location. Metamorph forces you to use Android Theme folder.
I was able to get this to work but as stated in op you must have a lwp for it to work. I thought this would be acceptable but can't find a lwp that doesn't suck battery, and look decent. I purchased the light grid pro and am ok with it. Shakem up wouldnt display my wallpapers right.
Is there no way to get it to work with a static wallpaper? And in the browser its white. Though it could be transparent and white behind it.
Edit: the browser notification bar is white. Where to change? Is possible?
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UPDATED.....
some people brought to my attention that, on other themes, some of the png's end in " .9 " so if you run in to a png on your existing framework that does not match the one ive attched to the OP just rename it to match (usually you will just need to add/remove " .9 ")
so i updated the attached files and added a read me to both zips.
Enjoy!
Mandelbrot.Benoit said:
I was able to navigate to the folder irregardless of location. Metamorph forces you to use Android Theme folder.
I was able to get this to work but as stated in op you must have a lwp for it to work. I thought this would be acceptable but can't find a lwp that doesn't suck battery, and look decent. I purchased the light grid pro and am ok with it. Shakem up wouldnt display my wallpapers right.
Is there no way to get it to work with a static wallpaper? And in the browser its white. Though it could be transparent and white behind it.
Edit: the browser notification bar is white. Where to change? Is possible?
Sent from my DROIDX using XDA App
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I'm aware of the "grayish white" when in certain apps....to tell you the truth I havent even tried to fix it. sounds like a good thing to try out right now.
shake em all loads my wallpapers just fine.....hmmm,,,you can try "multiple wallpapers"...and see if you like that..i was thinking about making my own live wallpaper that is just blank as can be and doesnt use up memory/battery..and you bet ill post it up in here if i can ever get that accomplished.
georgepink said:
update: tried my LWP again and this time it worked. will update after a few re-boots if it changes back to black, but otherwise it worked this time.
been trying to get this to work but the best I can get is my lock screen to work, but when I unlock to any other home screen or if I go to my app drawer, just a black status bar.
I am running Apex 1.3.1, and additionally have changed out my status bar icons. so not sure if that has anything to do with it, does anyone have any thought on that?
thanks for any thoughts/responses.
g
ps. a lot of my .png's in framwork-res.apk are 9.png's if that matters, and to get to at least where I am (running and clear status bar in lock screen only) I have replaced those with the new ones. When I finish the project in ninja and reboot, it force closes once, I pull the battery and it reboots. Like I say, after that I reboot after the fc and it loads without an error, but does not give me a full transparent status bar.
thanks again for looking and any help.
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you need to rename the png's i provided to match your " .9 " png's..
if you didnt do this im willing to bet thats why ninjamorph force closed and your having issues....try renaming them and going back through to replace.
btw i updated the attached files in the OP.
there are now 2 versions and i added more png's
if you cant remember wich ones were " .9 " then.....
go into...sdcard/android themes/backup/ and youll see a backup of your framework, you can load this backup and start over if necessary.
This will only work on stock launcher and launcher2 with static wallpaper. It seems others have had success using Zeam launcher as well.
I have launcher pro. I've tried both live wallpapers...no success.
How do I change the notifications text to white? I am using a black/glass status bar background and the text isn't readable (black on black)
Hey,
But can you back up it with out the back up of the rom?
I meant if i want to reverse it - can i reverse only what i have done and not to restore the whole ROM?
so ive attempted to do this exactly as your instructions show something like 6 times... nothing is working for me except the transparent drop down menu. also, ive noticed in my /drawable-hdpi folder, i dont have a status_bar_close_on.png to replace your image with in the first place. im running 2.3.3 and im not running a downloaded rom or anything ( i think?) im still using stock everything as far as theming goes.
help!?!??!?!
ive decompiled twframework-res and TouchWiz30Launcher
TouchWiz30Launcher has 3 files in res/xml
default_mainapplication_order.xml
default_topapplication.xml
*appears to be the bottom dock
default_workspace.xml
*appears to be all the home screens * icons.
When i make changes recompile/push/wipe data/reboot/, the same Stock icons keeps showing up.
Anyone know how to get this working
mhx said:
ive decompiled twframework-res and TouchWiz30Launcher
TouchWiz30Launcher has 3 files in res/xml
default_mainapplication_order.xml
default_topapplication.xml
*appears to be the bottom dock
default_workspace.xml
*appears to be all the home screens * icons.
When i make changes recompile/push/wipe data/reboot/, the same Stock icons keeps showing up.
Anyone know how to get this working
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I have a question that's somehow related to this, i replaced my default browser in /system/app but after doing that, a shortcut is not created in the dock and the position for this just became empty
So my dock icons are " Phone , Contacts , Menu , Messages , EMPTY"
how can i solve this?
Thanks
Hey there. Been looking around a bit for how to change the order of the navbar buttons on ICS, and also add/remove them. I got used to this functionality on my Galaxy Nexus on AOKP b29. I have the navbar set to
<back> <home> <menu (persistant)> <search>
according to the AOKP chatroom, they have it figured out for tablets, but it's not implemented into the rom yet. So Im wondering... if its figured out, how is it done?
Can anyone hit me up with some info or where to look? It'd be greatly appreciated.
I'm sure the information is either in an XML layout file or a java activity file within the ROM's system or framework-res apks, though I wouldn't be able to tell for sure, I'm guessing the systemUI.apk since that is where the images that overlay the nav bar are located..
luna_c666 said:
I'm sure the information is either in an XML layout file or a java activity file within the ROM's system or framework-res apks, though I wouldn't be able to tell for sure, I'm guessing the systemUI.apk since that is where the images that overlay the nav bar are located..
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You're right, in systemui.apk there's a status_bar.xml file with all the layout of the status bar, including the buttons.
I might implement this feature in my rom.
I have tried to make the stock lockscreen on the Z1 transparent. I thought it may be as easy as changing the default wallpaper in the XperiaLockScreen.apk to a transparent .png however it seems that the app will only let you choose a .jpg (Which we know does not support transparency)
So I decompiled the app to see the xml files but I cant find anywhere where it forces the background to be a .jpg.
I tried editing a few hex colour choices to make the first 2 digits from 00 to FF to force 100% transparency but nothing changed.
Can anyone point me in the right directions please.
Attached is the .apk and the framework-res
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24614808/XperiaLockScreen.apk
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24614808/framework-res.apk
Did you manage to do that? I have tried mods from older Xperia phones (whose APK name is UxpNxtLockScreen.apk) and it didn't work.
Greetings, I have been working on themeing my device so the quick settings panel and possibly the navigation bar look like the touchwiz settings menu. I am having some issues locating a few resources. 1. I cant find where the wireless and battery information are getting the black bg within the quick settings panel. 2. The black deviders between the quick settings buttons. 3. How to change the text color within the quick settings panel for settings and notifications. And 4. The blueish "ongoing" border/devider color. Also.. I have made several attemts to chage the nav bar colors but have been unsuccessful. Im working with SystemUI.apk, framework-res.apk, and twframework-res.apk. Im currently using a UEUCM13 rom, and andoid version 4.1.2 if it makes a differance. If anyone can provide any help it would be greatly appreciated. I've attached a ss of the missing resources/progress.