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Semi-transparent status bar?

What's up all. Looking for someone to help out on this.
I've been trying to find a way to make the status bar semi-transparent. (not notification bar) Is there a way to flash a zip file and have the status bar transparent or half way so the wallpaper is showing. This will make the screen look bigger and the over look on sense themes will be sweet.
I'm using the mannup revolution theme that comes with redemption rom.
Any ideas? Thanks!
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The best example I can find is this:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7601685#post7601685
It would be awesome if someone could make a standalone zip (the one in the post includes the round battery indicator) with just the transparency
Lots of transparency mods don't include transparency on the item backgrounds, and that one does. Pretty awesome
K

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=747731&highlight=transparent+status

Thanks for the help guys!!! This will get me started. I tried flashing the the transparent bar over Redemption rom with the incredible revolution theme and the bar was only transparent when the phone was in lock. After I unlock the phone it went back to the black status bar. Might have been because I removed rosie to only use launchepro. I'll mess around with this and post if I get anywhere.
I'm surprised there are not more themes with an option for the semi-transparent status bar. Even the semi status bar when phone is locked looked awsome.
If any one has any other ideas, please post them. Thanks!!!

It only fully works when using the sense launcher.
I would use it, but it removes any rosie mods (such as the manup sexy rosie skin) when applied so i haven't been able to use it lately.

Yeah same here. I wish it was as simple as flashing a zip to change the script in a current theme framework.
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Removed Rosie - LauncherPro
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KGBxxx said:
Yeah same here. I wish it was as simple as flashing a zip to change the script in a current theme framework.
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Redemption Rom
King CFS #4 Kernel
2.15 Radio and .92 hboot
Removed Rosie - LauncherPro
8"
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Privet,its in services.jar file its simple to mod but i dint know what line it is that makes it transparent.The mod you have becomes clear with lwp's also.

I've been messing with this for a while, I've got mine transparent, but it turns out launcher pro doesn't support the transparencies. As soon as I install launcher pro it goes solid black.

really? i didnt think launcher pro had any affect on the notifications bar

Yeah I had the same issue. I'm using the redmptive rom now with the matted blues theme. I edited the theme to have the transparent bar and decided not to use launcher pro anymore.
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Do it through ninja morph... worked for me. Only issue is that all of the notifications for battery and signal have black backgrounds that you'll have to fix as well.

[THEME][REQ] MIUI semi-transparent notification bar on CM6

As the title suggests.
Unfortunately, replacing the .PNG's in framework-res does nothing. Apparently there needs to be some modifications done to the XML's inside framework-res.
Love that semi-transparent look of the MIUI notification bar but I love my CM6 and I'm not willing to give up the ROM just for aesthetics so I'm wondering if this could be done.
I'm sure it CAN be done, there's so many excellent devs on this forum!
Thanks!

Also, if anyone can figure out how to port the top-bar battery found in the MIUI rom I'd love you. :>

I can't be the only one that likes the MIUI NB and wants it on CM6! Right?

I can get down with that. I use launcher pro though, so it most likely wouldn't work out anyways.

I second the Battery bar request. Its my favorite feature in MIUI.

warmthsound said:
I can get down with that. I use launcher pro though, so it most likely wouldn't work out anyways.
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I use LP too. Why wouldn't it work?

+1 I would like to port this over aswell.... Any ideas? I have searched all XML and havent come up with anything. maybe i have missed something.

i want my CM status/taskbar clear as well... LOL
been trying to do that forever.... i use ADW btw

I switched from myn's and now I can't live without a transparent taskbar, I would donate to get this.

Hey guys I just answered your requests.
Just finished up my latest theme for CM 6.1.2, which includes a semi-transparent status bar and a MIUI-ish battery icon. Link is in my sig. One thing to note: status bar transparency doesn't work with LauncherPro. LauncherPro "moves" your wallpaper down 38 pixels, which creates an opaque effect on the status bar. Lame, I know, but don't blame me since it's part of the LauncherPro code. lol. The status bar will be transparent with LP while in apps or the lock screen, but you'll have to use ADW if you want transparency on your home screen. Enjoy, guys.

iamthebigcheeze said:
Hey guys I just answered your requests.
Just finished up my latest theme for CM 6.1.2, which includes a semi-transparent status bar and a MIUI-ish battery icon. Link is in my sig. One thing to note: status bar transparency doesn't work with LauncherPro. LauncherPro "moves" your wallpaper down 38 pixels, which creates an opaque effect on the status bar. Lame, I know, but don't blame me since it's part of the LauncherPro code. lol. The status bar will be transparent with LP while in apps or the lock screen, but you'll have to use ADW if you want transparency on your home screen. Enjoy, guys.
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ditto. i actually have a fully transparent status bar i can put in some themes but it only works with the stock android launcher. works with the stock gb launcher as well

[Q] Total Holo look

Good evening guys,
I'd like to achieve a smartphone with only 2 colors, the black and the light blue. I know this colors are related to Holo, i started to look for launchers and rom and i found the Holo Black Beam rom, which is derived from the original Black Beam. In both of them i haven't obtained my objective yet.
HoloBB is the one which gets closer to my idea, but the applications label are purple , the date and time on the status bar is white and there's no version based on the older Kernel 3.0 and the new kernel has a very annoyng bug (delay on screen turn on).
Black Bean has a version based on the old kernel where there's no lockscreen bug, but even with Holocrazy there are still white things (applications label, date/time on status bar, setting texts, sms, keyboard, some default apps like calculator and most of the fonts).
I'd like to know the best way to proceed to achieve my goal, without the annoyng bug of the screen on delay.
Thanks for paying me attention

They're are older versions...pm the dev, darknites

ryanshew said:
They're are older versions...pm the dev, darknites
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Thanks, i've just sent him a PM, let's wait for an answer =)

[Q] CyanogenMod nightly for N5 4.4.2 doesn't have transparent status bar and nav bar?

I installed the last Nightly of CyanogenMod, and there was an issue with the nav bar and status bar. In Android 4.4.2. and all of the screenshots I've seen of CM on Nexus 5s, I've never seen an issue with someone not having the transparent status bar and nav bar. Is there a way I can fix this, or do I need to install the Snapshot instead? Thanks.
Also, to install any ROMs, I've only booted into a custom recovery. I've never completely installed a custom recovery, as I had some problems with it not letting me mount to USB-OTG. If someone knows how to fix this too, please help.

pyrogoggles said:
I installed the last Nightly of CyanogenMod, and there was an issue with the nav bar and status bar. In Android 4.4.2. and all of the screenshots I've seen of CM on Nexus 5s, I've never seen an issue with someone not having the transparent status bar and nav bar. Is there a way I can fix this, or do I need to install the Snapshot instead? Thanks.
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Regarding the status bar, I really have no idea, but I have some experience with CM-based roms on a different device, and I would suggest that you look in the build.prop file and see if ro.config.low_ram is set to "true". If it is set that way, change it to "false". That may enable the parts of the framework that include the transparent status bar.

JJMT said:
Regarding the status bar, I really have no idea, but I have some experience with CM-based roms on a different device, and I would suggest that you look in the build.prop file and see if ro.config.low_ram is set to "true". If it is set that way, change it to "false". That may enable the parts of the framework that include the transparent status bar.
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I meant to mention that besides it not being transparent, it had the normal 4.3 black background, however, the black background has a smaller margin and the icons at the top were at the VERY bottom of the margin on that box.

pyrogoggles said:
I meant to mention that besides it not being transparent, it had the normal 4.3 black background, however, the black background has a smaller margin and the icons at the top were at the VERY bottom of the margin on that box.
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Are you using apex? I had this problem and icouldn't figure out why. turns out it was the CM11 Wallpapers. Try using a different wallpaper. It will be fully transparent. That fixed it for me anyway. Goodluck.

Carloskeee said:
Are you using apex? I had this problem and icouldn't figure out why. turns out it was the CM11 Wallpapers. Try using a different wallpaper. It will be fully transparent. That fixed it for me anyway. Goodluck.
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Ah, I see. I do not use Apex either, I freaking love GEL and will not get rid of it. When I get home, I'll reflash Cyanogen with the CM installer and I'll fix this. Thanks very much, buddy.

I got it all fixed now. I'm probably not keeping CM11, as I've found some ROMs on here that look really good.

pyrogoggles said:
I got it all fixed now. I'm probably not keeping CM11, as I've found some ROMs on here that look really good.
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Maybe it was their wallpaper selection.
Unfortunately, alot of the wallpapers on the selection are not big enough to crop well to the screen... That is why it looks like they aren't translucent
And the CM11 installer is, unfortunately one of the reasons for that as well, its made to work across multiple devices, including ones not with softkeys...

[Q] Nova Launcher translucent navigation bars

I've installed nova launcher on my s-offed/rooted verizon htc one m8 to go over the sense launcher.
One thing I've noticed since changing to nova is that there are black translucent bars behind the navigation buttons down the bottom. Seeing as I've enabled the transparent option in the nova settings, I'm not sure what else I can do to hide those bars. It seems to affect every launcher other than sense, and it extends to the lockscreen having translucent bars underneath the navigation.
Does anyone have a quick fix for this? I'd really like to have a clean look and the bars breaks the image too much

buzzer555 said:
I've installed nova launcher on my s-offed/rooted verizon htc one m8 to go over the sense launcher.
One thing I've noticed since changing to nova is that there are black translucent bars behind the navigation buttons down the bottom. Seeing as I've enabled the transparent option in the nova settings, I'm not sure what else I can do to hide those bars. It seems to affect every launcher other than sense, and it extends to the lockscreen having translucent bars underneath the navigation.
Does anyone have a quick fix for this? I'd really like to have a clean look and the bars breaks the image too much
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Xposed module Xblast will take care of it.

spotmark said:
Xposed module Xblast will take care of it.
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I gave XBlast a shot and it seemed to work up till the point where you click a button and the black transparent bar appears again. The lockscreen bar never disappeared either.
It also managed to change the "back" button into something odd :S

Maybe mess around with the settings some more. It works fine for me.

spotmark said:
Maybe mess around with the settings some more. It works fine for me.
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I disabled all my other modules and it still came up with the odd button and translucent bg. Do you have pictures of the settings page for the it?
I'm also on stock rom so would that have anything to do with it?

I am on GPE ROM. Here are my settings.

Yup, definitely have the same settings and still no luck. I'm guessing it's got something to do with the stock sense rom since that bar appears on every launcher I've tried other than sense.
Hopefully there are other options out there for this

Hey, here's what you do:
-Flash Viper rom
-Go to the Venom Hub market
-I'm not on the rom anymore, but I think its under Addons > Other > Transparent Navbar on 3rd Party Launchers
-Flash the module
-???
-Profit!

bawksybrown said:
Hey, here's what you do:
-Flash Viper rom
-Go to the Venom Hub market
-I'm not on the rom anymore, but I think its under Addons > Other > Transparent Navbar on 3rd Party Launchers
-Flash the module
-???
-Profit!
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So technically there's no way to do this without flashing a modded rom? Feeling a bit uneasy about going away from the stock sense

buzzer555 said:
So technically there's no way to do this without flashing a modded rom? Feeling a bit uneasy about going away from the stock sense
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You can use Cleanrom or Viper and they are both modded sense roms and they work perfectly normal. There is nothing to be uneasy about using either or those roms.

Yea, guess that would be the only way. I'll probably look to flash one of those roms after the I/O updates

SO that's it ? There is no modification can be done from the system file to get a transparent navbar on all launchers ? Cuz on Lollipop there are no Xposed ,, so are we outta luck ?

Look for the thread "old school mods" in the unified m8 XDA section. Has exactly what your looking for
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