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[MOD][TUTORIAL] 5x5 Rosie workspace & launcher

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NOTE: After some recent experimentation with another user who is trying to implement this, I came to the realization that in order to change the workspace grid numbers, all that needs to be changed is the cell size. The cellWidth and cellHeight are irrelevant.
TUTORIAL
NOTE: This tutorial uses the Rosie.apk from the latest ZenEXP ROM for it's example. This ROM is for the Hero, which is 320x480. I will take a look at other launchers, just post here which launcher you are using. Also, this will mess up your widget sizes. I plan on posting the widgets I use to this post that will work on a 5x5 workspace grid.
First off, you need to download the awesome APKTOOL by Brut.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=640592
Make sure you follow his directions on how to get it up and running and load the frameworks files for your particular ROM (Very important).
Find the launcher APK you want to modify, in this case, we'll be modifying the Rosie.apk from the latest ZenEXP ROM. Run the APKTOOL as follows from a command prompt:
Code:
<path>\apktool d -t <framework file name> Rosie.apk
Browse to <path>\Rosie\res\layout-port and open workspace_screen.xml (note that everything is decoded for you!). Change the following, keeping in mind that this example uses a 320x480 screen resolution:
Code:
launcher:cellWidth="64.0dip" [I](320px / 64px = 5 cells)[/I]
launcher:cellHeight="82.2dip" [I](411px / 82.2px = 5 cells)[/I]
[I](NOTE: 480px - 25px status bar - 44px launcher bar = 411px)[/I]
launcher:longAxisEndPadding="44.0dip" [I](Used to be 55, this will add 11px to the workspace screen)[/I]
launcher:shortAxisCells="5" [I](Make sure this corresponds with your pixels above)[/I]
launcher:longAxisCells="5" [I](Make sure this corresponds with your pixels above)[/I]
Browse to <path>\Rosie\res\values, open dimens.xml and change the following:
Code:
<dimen name="cell_width">64.0dip</dimen>
<dimen name="cell_height">82.2dip</dimen>
[I](Make sure this corresponds to the numbers used previously)[/I]
Browse to <path>\Rosie\res\values-normal, open dimens.xml and change the following:
Code:
<dimen name="workspace_cellWidth">64.0dip</dimen>
<dimen name="workspace_cellHeight">82.2dip</dimen>
<dimen name="workspace_longAxisEndPadding">44.0dip</dimen>
<dimen name="launcher_control_height">44.0dip</dimen>
[I](Make sure this corresponds to the numbers used previously)[/I]
To expand the number of apps in the launcher drawer, change the following in the same file:
<dimen name="launcher_aagv_column_width">64.0px</dimen>
<dimen name="application_boxed_tv_layout_height">82.2px</dimen>
<dimen name="application_boxed_tv_layout_width">64.0px</dimen>
<dimen name="application_shortcut_layout_height">82.2px</dimen>
<dimen name="application_shortcut_layout_width">64.0px</dimen>
NOTE: There are a lot of padding code lines that can be changed to make the icons larger.
Browse to <path>\Rosie\res\values-normal, open integers.xml and change the following:
Code:
<integer name="folder_grid_columns">5</integer>
<integer name="workspace_screen_cl_short_axis_cells">5</integer>
<integer name="workspace_screen_cl_long_axis_cells">5</integer>
<integer name="workspace_shortAxisCells">5</integer>
<integer name="workspace_longAxisCells">5</integer>
<integer name="allprogram_grid_columns">5</integer>
[I](Make sure this corresponds to the numbers used previously)[/I]
Browse to <path>\Rosie\res\values-port, open integers.xml and change the following:
Code:
<integer name="folder_grid_columns">5</integer>
That's it! Open a command prompt and package it back up and make sure you sign the finished apk:
Code:
<path>\apktool build Rosie
I'm going to start digging through the stock launcher and launcher2 to see if the same thing can be done. As mentioned at the top, this will modify your widget sizing. An example of how to change the HTC agenda widget cell size is below:
Run APKTOOL on your chosen widget. Browse to <path>\htccalendarwidgets\smali\com\htc\htccalendarwidgets, open MyWidgetView.smali, search for "spanx" and change the following:
Code:
.method public getSpanX()I
.locals 1
.prologue
.line 140
const/4 v0, 0x5 [I]<------ 5 CELLS WIDE[/I]
return v0
.end method
.method public getSpanY()I
.locals 1
.prologue
.line 144
const/4 v0, 0x5 [I]<------ 5 CELLS TALL[/I]
return v0
.end method
Go here for an update.zip with the modded Rosie.apk file, if you want to mess around with it.
To resize non-HTC widgets, decompile the apk per the instructions above and locate the xml file in <path>\res\xml that contains the following (or something similar):
Code:
<appwidget-provider android:minWidth="320.0dip" android:minHeight="64.0dip"
Edit the dip sizes per your new cell size. The example above is the equivelant of a 4x1 widget. If that doesn't work and your widget is taking up too much space, then lessen the dip sizes until it does work. This is because the xml file is calling for the minWidth and minHeight.
I'd like to thank Brut for the awesome apktool and Britoso for some smali editing.

Very nice.

This looks awesome. Have you seen any problems with the correct program opening or any other issues?

Re: [MOD] 4x5 workspace & 5 column launcher
This looks awesome. Have you seen any problems with the correct program opening or any other issues?
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No problems at all. I can delete stuff too. I'm going to test it as is tonight. Only issue is some widgets need to be modded a bit.
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this **** is awesome!
it looks alot like the Sense 2.5 for WinMo.

SoCalSpecialist said:
this **** is awesome!
it looks alot like the Sense 2.5 for WinMo.
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A little MaxManila, huh? I'm trying a 5x6 layout right now. It's gettin' crazy up in here!

That's awesome! I really like it.

signals23 said:
A little MaxManila, huh? I'm trying a 5x6 layout right now. It's gettin' crazy up in here!
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ahahhaha dope!
bring it..we're all ready for it!

I tried a 5x6 workspace last night, but I think that went a little too far. I think I'll try a 5x5 one next.
I'm still working on a tutorial and will post here when it's done.
BTW, which ROM's and Launchers are people using so I can look at the xml's?

Updated the OP with a Rosie.apk tutorial. Let me know which Launchers you guys are using and I'll take a look at them.

keeping an eye on this one. looks interesting!

signals23 said:
I tried a 5x6 workspace last night, but I think that went a little too far. I think I'll try a 5x5 one next.
I'm still working on a tutorial and will post here when it's done.
BTW, which ROM's and Launchers are people using so I can look at the xml's?
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I personally love the Helix Launcher... modding that home replacement to go 5x5 would be great!

TheSeanTeam said:
I personally love the Helix Launcher... modding that home replacement to go 5x5 would be great!
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Looks like he built it off of Launcher2, it should be pretty easy. I'll ask for his permission first.

I love the 4x5 workspace...awesome work! Do you think this can be done in either damagecontrol 2.0.8 or fresh 2.1.2?

jstamm said:
I love the 4x5 workspace...awesome work! Do you think this can be done in either damagecontrol 2.0.8 or fresh 2.1.2?
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I'll go pull the launchers from both, it should be the same. I'll post if successful.

Damage Control
signals23 said:
I'll go pull the launchers from both, it should be the same. I'll post if successful.
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I am running the latest DamageControl rom (2.9.01) and most of the items are not where you indicate in your tutorial.
If you could have a look it would be appreciated.

Master K said:
I am running the latest DamageControl rom (2.9.01) and most of the items are not where you indicate in your tutorial.
If you could have a look it would be appreciated.
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OK. I'll poke around after I get some work done.

signals23 said:
OK. I'll poke around after I get some work done.
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@Master K
Took a quick look at DC 2.9.01. Looks like they pushed all of the info to the values folders and left the xml's as placeholders. This is really the way it should've been since the dimens.xml and integers.xml files override the layout xml's anyway. Regardless, check out the dimens.xml and integers.xml in the following folders, everything should correspond then:
values-normal
values-normal-port
values-normal-port-mdpi
values-port
Let me know how that goes. I'm not running DC, so I can't test it right now.

signals23 said:
Let me know how that goes. I'm not running DC, so I can't test it right now.
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Well I thought I did it all correctly but when I pushed over the new Rosie.apk it would not launch. Just a black screen on reboot and then other things FC'ed. So I put back the original Rosie and everything was fine.
If someone with more experience editing inside these APK's gets this to work let me know.
Thanks!

Master K said:
Well I thought I did it all correctly but when I pushed over the new Rosie.apk it would not launch. Just a black screen on reboot and then other things FC'ed. So I put back the original Rosie and everything was fine.
If someone with more experience editing inside these APK's gets this to work let me know.
Thanks!
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I'll edit it tonight and will post the apk for you to test.
Out of curiosity, did you setup the frameworks in apktool correctly?

[theme] (Kratos) Black JobManager + Settings ++

Just a black version jobmanager.apk (Taskmanager).
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Flash via recovery OR extract jobmanager.apk from zip and overwrite to /system/app/ ++ set owner and permissions.
Download
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Should have done this earlier, sorry mate.
sohrab1985 finished up the submenu's in the manage application section -post18-
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Also upped a modified service.jar which removes the USB Debugging message in the quickpannel..
Download
Enjoy

biopsin said:
Just a black version jobmanager.apk (Taskmanager).
The HELP section remains white.
OBS! BACKUP your current jobmanager.apk before proseeding!
Flash via recovery OR extract jobmanager.apk from zip and overwrite to /system/app/ ++ set owner and permissions.
Enjoy
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Good job, mate.
I have a question, have tried changing the color of "Mange Application" part in the "Settings" to black?

I see what u mean... no joy ..cant find the parent.

biopsin said:
I see what u mean... no joy ..cant find the parent.
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I know where it is, its the same one for Battery Usage, but there is just one problem. I'll tell you later, I have a class now.

Nice, lets crack this nutt
Noticed Nexus S have a black version of Manage applications/battery use/Running services/Mem usage
..so guess im on a Rom hunt for now

In Settings/res/value/style.xml change:
<style name="NoTitleWhiteStyle" parent="@android:style/Theme.Light.NoTitleBar">
<item name="android:listViewStyle">@android:style/Widget.ListView.White</item>
to
<style name="NoTitleWhiteStyle" parent="@android:style/Theme.Black">
<item name="android:listViewStyle">@android:style/Widget.ListView</item>
You can see the problem in the pictures.

sohrab1985 said:
You can see the problem in the pictures.
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Yes I see, the text is all shadow, but how did the white appear in "Running" tab, You ex already edited the running_processes_item.xml.xml?
EDIT: the 3 to color android:textColor="#ffffffff"
fixes Running tab
manage_applications_item.xml
EDIT : the 2 to color android:textColor="#ffffffff"
fixes the size in the remaning tabs
But the App label is no where to be found..might be in settingsprovider??
Great work man! not much left to edit
Want to take a swing at this?
Like the way MIUI has the bottom QuickSettings. i manage to move the music&call since it was easy, but the rest is above my head for now.

biopsin said:
Yes I see, the text is all shadow, but how did the white appear in "Running" tab, You ex already edited the running_processes_item.xml.xml?
EDIT: the 3 to color android:textColor="#ffffffff"
fixes Running tab
manage_applications_item.xml
EDIT : the 2 to color android:textColor="#ffffffff"
fixes the size in the remaning tabs
But the App label is no where to be found..might be in settingsprovider??
Great work man! not much left to edit
Want to take a swing at this?
Like the way MIUI has the bottom QuickSettings. i manage to move the music&call since it was easy, but the rest is above my head for now.
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Good job with colors.
I will look into into it to find the app lables color.
As the bottom quickpanel I have no idea
I just know how to make those bars (sliders) thiner.

The lables color is in the framework, in value/colors.xml, but if you change the color from there it changes oher black colors insome other parts, too. So I need to find the source. of them which is in layout and change the color one by one until I find the right one.

biopsin said:
Yes I see, the text is all shadow, but how did the white appear in "Running" tab, You ex already edited the running_processes_item.xml.xml?
EDIT: the 3 to color android:textColor="#ffffffff"
fixes Running tab
manage_applications_item.xml
EDIT : the 2 to color android:textColor="#ffffffff"
fixes the size in the remaning tabs
But the App label is no where to be found..might be in settingsprovider??
Great work man! not much left to edit
Want to take a swing at this?
Like the way MIUI has the bottom QuickSettings. i manage to move the music&call since it was easy, but the rest is above my head for now.
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wow nice one. you mind sharing how u move those quick toggle to the bottom? what does "the rest" refer to?

kay_kiat88 said:
"the rest" refer to?
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the actual quicksettings im illutrating i want to move
This is what i manage so far..

sohrab1985 said:
The lables color is in the framework, in value/colors.xml, but if you change the color from there it changes oher black colors insome other parts, too. So I need to find the source. of them which is in layout and change the color one by one until I find the right one.
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Yes the rabbit hole goes deep, shouldn' have taken that blue pill, to late wææ..
If you want the eaze point me with things to check out while u have classes

biopsin said:
Yes the rabbit hole goes deep, shouldn' have taken that blue pill, to late wææ..
If you want the eaze point me with things to check out while u have classes
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Thanks mate.
We can't change the color to white, because it changes colors of some other parts, too. They have same value. You can see it in picture 1 and 2.
The best thing we can do is those two last pictures.
I'm looking for the colors of the "Running" tab, because it's white and different than other tab. At least we can make all the tabs the same.

I understand its defined by the framework. Change a global setting it spreads down the lane.
so the manage_application_item gets served a color from the colors.xml but where is this defined in the layout? does it mean that black is already defined for the @id/app_name in the framework? this will be difficult to override without redoing earlier changes, which ends in yet a new design, brilliant! its a good discovery maybe a right one as well haha
keep cookin ;
oh the blue subtext looked cooler than white.

biopsin said:
I understand its defined by the framework. Change a global setting it spreads down the lane.
so the manage_application_item gets served a color from the colors.xml but where is this defined in the layout? does it mean that black is already defined for the @id/app_name in the framework? this will be difficult to override without redoing earlier changes, which ends in yet a new design, brilliant! its a good discovery maybe a right one as well haha
keep cookin ;
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Sorry I made a mistake, it's not in the layout, it's in "framework-res.apk/res/color/primary_text_light.xml" and "framework-res.apk/res/color/secondary_text_light.xml"
BTW, there is another problem. Changing the color of the Running tab changes other colors, including the clock on the satatus bar and other fonts on satus bar like Media Scanning and even the clock on the lock screen.

but the white text in the first picture Running tab you only change the main theme to black, and the white text was there correct?

biopsin said:
but the white text in the first picture Running tab you only change the main theme to black, and the white text was there correct?
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Yes, It's white but the other tabs are gray and because of that I wanted to change the color to gray like the other tabs but it changes some other thigns.
The right value for Running tab is in framework-res.apk\res\color\primary_text_dark.xml.

I think this is the best think we can make considering those problems that we talked about.
I've attached both framework-res.apk and Settings.apk, if you want to try it.

sohrab1985 said:
I think this is the best think we can make considering those problems that we talked about.
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Well if worst case cenario is white txt in Power Menu im happy to test.

biopsin said:
Well if worst case cenario is white txt in Power Menu im happy to test.
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Don't worry, the power menu isn't white. it's dark gray.

METRO STYLE TRANSPARENT NAVBAR MOD FOR 4.1.2 lsz, LT4

METRO STYLE TRANSPARENT NAVBAR MOD​
Hi guys
This mod is for guys who dont like to use the hardware home button much.
I always liked using onscreen nav buttons on note but it had few drawbacks: the bar was huge, pitch black & unsightly, and not so good icons
So here is the mod to make the nav bar more attractive And it really looks awesome
Use it on ur own risk, I am not responsible if ur note explodes
Make a backup before flashing
It will replace all ur themes and icons to stock
The systemui and framework i have used are taken from LSZ, Iworks fine on LT4
WHAT THE MOD HAS
Framework edited to enable navbar
Height of the navbar reduced to 25 dp from default value of 48
Icons changed to metro style
Navbar set to transparent
Optional black navbar
Optional circle battery with transparent notification bar
FLASHING INSTRUCTIONS
Flash in recovery
CREDITS
All XDA members
SCREENSHOTS
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DOWNLOADS
Metro style transparent navbar mod.zip http://d-h.st/fd1
Metro style black navbar mod.zip http://d-h.st/r8C
Metro style transparent navbar with circle battery mod.zip http://d-h.st/JAr
DONT FORGET TO PRESS THANKS IF U LIKE MY WORK​

looks nice !

good idea and execution, will try.....
could you do something simillar for xperiacles phablet mode and tablet mode ui available in this forum ? except make the nav bar slightly wider with green circle battery please ?

Can u please make one for XXLT4 ?

Abhijeet Dhuri said:
Can u please make one for XXLT4 ?
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i can do if u upload framework-res and systemui from ur rom

drvijayanand said:
i can do if u upload framework-res and systemui from ur rom
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hi, great mod. i am on tabletui with 213 dpi. can you do this for me if i give the both apks to you?
Edit: is this "just" xml-argb-changing or with smali-coding and/or png-changing? i am searching a long time to get the sys- and nav-bar transparend in tabletui.

and2 said:
hi, great mod. i am on tabletui with 213 dpi. can you do this for me if i give the both apks to you?
Edit: is this "just" xml-argb-changing or with smali-coding and/or png-changing? i am searching a long time to get the sys- and nav-bar transparend in tabletui.
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Yes its xml edit and png changing both.
There are 4 xmls related to nav bar in framework, the colour value has to be set to 00000000, and u have to replace the nav bar black png with transparent one

drvijayanand said:
Yes its xml edit and png changing both.
There are 4 xmls related to nav bar in framework, the colour value has to be set to 00000000, and u have to replace the nav bar black png with transparent one
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big thanks, so in framework not systemui and twframework. and change just nav bar and no sys bar? and last question (for now ) is this a normal png or a .9.png?

and2 said:
big thanks, so in framework not systemui and twframework. and change just nav bar and no sys bar? and last question (for now ) is this a normal png or a .9.png?
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The png is in systemui its tw_navigationbar_bg
xml edit has to be done in framework

I had done this mod change myself a week ago but notoced that there are 2 issues where this bar blocks the background app.these two apps are camera and dialer...does ur mod takes care of this issue?
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium

gurnishdhillon said:
I had done this mod change myself a week ago but notoced that there are 2 issues where this bar blocks the background app.these two apps are camera and dialer...does ur mod takes care of this issue?
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium
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No
But camara is much more usable

hi drvijayanand,
i have to say this is a very nice mod! Much nicer compared to the standard navbar you get on stock via build.prop edit.
I do have two questions though:
1. Are you able to modify the arrangement of the buttons too? I ask because I'm left-handed and much prefer the 'back'-button on the left side.
2. Any chances on getting this for XXLT4?
Thanks a bunch,
Pong Lenis

ponglenis said:
hi drvijayanand,
i have to say this is a very nice mod! Much nicer compared to the standard navbar you get on stock via build.prop edit.
I do have two questions though:
1. Are you able to modify the arrangement of the buttons too? I ask because I'm left-handed and much prefer the 'back'-button on the left side.
2. Any chances on getting this for XXLT4?
Thanks a bunch,
Pong Lenis
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Actually saying i dont know how to change the button orders
I am too using LT4 now and it works jus fine. U can go ahead and flash, but jus make a nandroid backup jus in case

Can this may work on LSA OR LS7 ROMS

I tried "Metro style transparent navbar with circle battery mod"
to "Energy_Bean_3.0" but the background is always black.
Can you tell us which xml to be modified?

will it work on lt5?

Big Thanks
Thank you, I will not use your mod, just grabbed her and pulled the blue SystemUI.APK Circle battery to put in OGYBatteryMOD. I searched enough for this battery indicator. THANKS.

Hi!
I think this is a wonderful Mod!
I have lt5 odexed at the moment, will it work with it?
Thanks

could some expert combine these...
pls...
every time I try the phone just does not start.
pls help someone
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2249000
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2220238
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2056515
AWAITING A POSITIVE RESPONSE from EXPERTS
regards

where is the files???
file not found
also can you explain how to make navigation bar transparent???
I want to make transparent in other device

notification panel and status bar images

More and more tw based stock roms for the d2vzw are allowing you to change the status bar background as well as the notifciation panel dropdown background. In the case of the M.O.A.R. rom you can do this via morphology. In the case of Goodness, there is an option to set that in 3 mint. settings. Unfortunately when you reboot your phone when running the goodness rom you have to reassign that image. All the AOKP style roms have this feature and allow you to select any image, any format (png,jpg), any size. It would be very cool if some dev would create a mod for a tw based strock rom that would allow you to do this, similar to the way the AOKP allows you to do this.

dandydon414 said:
More and more tw based stock roms for the d2vzw are allowing you to change the status bar background as well as the notifciation panel dropdown background. In the case of the M.O.A.R. rom you can do this via morphology. In the case of Goodness, there is an option to set that in 3 mint. settings. Unfortunately when you reboot your phone when running the goodness rom you have to reassign that image. All the AOKP style roms have this feature and allow you to select any image, any format (png,jpg), any size. It would be very cool if some dev would create a mod for a tw based strock rom that would allow you to do this, similar to the way the AOKP allows you to do this.
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decompile SystemUI.apk
go into
res/values/drawables.xml
now find this line - (This is for the Status bar..)
<item type="drawable" name="status_bar_background">ff000000</item>
now you assign a .png
replace this line with this
<item type="drawable" name="status_bar_background">@drawable/statusbar</item>
now, you make statusbar.png and put it into drawable-xhdpi
recompile.
then you can do whatever you'd like to this .png... make it any color, any transparency, an image.

andybones said:
decompile SystemUI.apk
go into
res/values/drawables.xml
now find this line - (This is for the Status bar..)
<item type="drawable" name="status_bar_background">ff000000</item>
now you assign a .png
replace this line with this
<item type="drawable" name="status_bar_background">@drawable/statusbar</item>
now, you make statusbar.png and put it into drawable-xhdpi
recompile.
then you can do whatever you'd like to this .png... make it any color, any transparency, an image.
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you da man andy. I have fooled around with doing this kinda stuff and have had moderate success. but I was really referring to more like on the the fly morphing. that way if I get bored, I can change it again quickly
thanks again for your input.

dandydon414 said:
you da man andy. I have fooled around with doing this kinda stuff and have had moderate success. but I was really referring to more like on the the fly morphing. that way if I get bored, I can change it again quickly
thanks again for your input.
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quite welcome man, a better way to say thanks, is by hitting the "thanks" button from my post
well to change it on the fly, that requires quite a bit more smali coding work, I'm not too sure how well you are at smali, I personally do no know how to do, I'm sure if I spent some time with it I could figure it out.
but
honestly, to save a lot of time, I would just make it into an Aroma option.
works great. I mean unless you are changing it like every day, or even if you do change it every day, Aroma still works great, you can make just a flashable Aroma .zip to change just the status bar and/or status bar pulldown, and can add other things in there if so wanted, for example, lidroid toggle options, change to/from 5/6/7 toggles in the row, change the toggle background using the method above but with the lidroid-res.apk, just some examples, you can keep it real simple as in change just one thing, or a bunch.
but I agree having things in the ROM on the fly is definitely awesome.
just depends on preference

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quite welcome man, a better way to say thanks, is by hitting the "thanks" button from my post
well to change it on the fly, that requires quite a bit more smali coding work, I'm not too sure how well you are at smali, I personally do no know how to do, I'm sure if I spent some time with it I could figure it out.
but
honestly, to save a lot of time, I would just make it into an Aroma option.
works great. I mean unless you are changing it like every day, or even if you do change it every day, Aroma still works great, you can make just a flashable Aroma .zip to change just the status bar and/or status bar pulldown, and can add other things in there if so wanted, for example, lidroid toggle options, change to/from 5/6/7 toggles in the row, change the toggle background using the method above but with the lidroid-res.apk, just some examples, you can keep it real simple as in change just one thing, or a bunch.
but I agree having things in the ROM on the fly is definitely awesome.
just depends on preference
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I'm no developer unfortunately, but actually I swap images in the drawable folders all the time in zips created by others. that works great. it's just a pain having to boot to recovery everytime I want to change something. anyway it's just something I wanted to throw out there. maybe some hot shot dev will take on this challenging project.

dandydon414 said:
I'm no developer unfortunately, but actually I swap images in the drawable folders all the time in zips created by others. that works great. it's just a pain having to boot to recovery everytime I want to change something. anyway it's just something I wanted to throw out there. maybe some hot shot dev will take on this challenging project.
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well if u want battery on the fly for the stock ROM I have made a .zip for that
but,
i would flash diact74's new mutli mod.zip as mine is basically an old version of that.
you can't miss it, it's in the development thread title is called Multi-MOD

andybones said:
well if u want battery on the fly for the stock ROM I have made a .zip for that
but,
i would flash diact74's new mutli mod.zip as mine is basically an old version of that.
you can't miss it, it's in the development thread title is called Multi-MOD
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yep his work is awesome. I'm not sure if it will jive with MOAR rom which is what I'm running now.. was reading the features of bonesstockrom, didn't see that as a feature. did I miss that or is it not a feature of your rom?

dandydon414 said:
yep his work is awesome. I'm not sure if it will jive with MOAR rom which is what I'm running now.. was reading the features of bonesstockrom, didn't see that as a feature. did I miss that or is it not a feature of your rom?
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never mind. I see it's built into the aroma options.

Axis M allows you to change on the fly and services a reboot.
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Axis M allows you to change on the fly and services a reboot.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 2
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I tried putting it in display instead of ROM control, I'm sure I messed the code up somewhere, tbh though I prefer the aroma option.

[Tutotial] Change Wallpaper in AOD [NEWBIE]

Hello i want to share with you a new easy way to change AOD wallpaper its easy and newbie friendly so you can change everything with this mod but we will focus on AOD.
Requirements :
Rooted Device
APK Editor Pro
Root explorer
Steps :
1)Open APK editor pro and from the menu select an installed app and than go to the thre little pop on the right and select system apps and select Alwayse on display than go to the files tab and select res folder go to drawable folder and start replacing for better understanding i made a video.
2)After you build go to apkeditor/ and there is file gen_sign.apk
3)Open root explorer go to root/system/priv-app/aodservice_v20 (in my case in your maybe is v25 but important is to your aod folder)
4)Replace your aod apk file your new one and rename gen_sign with your old AOD name and give permisson (rw-r--r-- or Octal ^ 0644)
5) Wipe cache on AOD app in settings and restart the phone.
6) Done.
Video Link :
Note : if you have odexed rom you must delete your odex file.
PS : Spiderman wallpapers i used an autor here on xda has did them so i dont remember his name to post anyway he can write a pm i add his name here.
Examples :
AOD Batman Theme (by @Lord Spectre)
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"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Download ZIP
AOD version : 2.0.73
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Thank you, it works perfect!!!! :good:
Just two notes,
- On my S7E NN the original AOD_Wallpaper files have the following size: 1600x1600, so take care to keep the right size
- On "APK Editor Pro", the right directory for AOD WP is: res/drawable-xxxhdpi-v4
BTW, this is my first basic attempt, I'll try to add more wallpapers on my phone:

Lord Spectre said:
Thank you, it works perfect!!!! :good:
Just two notes,
- On my S7E NN the original AOD_Wallpaper files have the following size: 1600x1600, so take care to keep the right size
- On "APK Editor Pro", the right directory for AOD WP is: res/drawable-xxxhdpi-v4
BTW, this is my first basic attempt, I'll try to add more wallpapers on my phone:
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hmm sure depends on which version od AOD you are using btw is simple you can chanhe every app settings,icons even Name others make an app for this and try to sale
You can share your AOD apk here and your wallpaper so i post it on my examples that would be nice to make a collection.

Burn In?

Is there any way to use this app and make AOD always dimmed on any light change?

diart said:
You can share your AOD apk here and your wallpaper so i post it on my examples that would be nice to make a collection.
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Sure, I'll share the apk when it will be complete (I'm searching other wallpapers). Attached some pngs still WIP. My AOD versione is 2.0.73.
asafenauar said:
Burn In?
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The whole AOD (including image) will move around the screen, so I don't think so. Even I used GalaxyXMod with MM and xposed (add wallpapers to AOD) for months without any issues.
tooomins said:
Is there any way to use this app and make AOD always dimmed on any light change?
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You can change everything on .apk, not only images. But you have to know how to code (java??). My next step will be try to increase clock size and then add other colors (I prefer some brilliant one like simple white).

Lord Spectre said:
You can change everything on .apk, not only images. But you have to know how to code (java??). My next step will be try to increase clock size and then add other colors (I prefer some brilliant one like simple white).
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Yes, i know. Taught someone could guide me how to do that. Tried to search by myself but couldn't find anything.

tooomins said:
Yes, i know. Taught someone could guide me how to do that. Tried to search by myself but couldn't find anything.
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Well, is not so simple, expecially if u use your mobile and you don't know java. I'm using now this tool to decompile apk on my PC:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...tool-apk-easy-tool-v1-02-windows-gui-t3333960
Then, I can search the references in easy way, modify them and recompile/sign the apk. Eventually I can still use apk editor on mobile after find what I need to change.

Here my AOD Batman theme (below some screenshots). What I did, togheter with wallpapers replacement, is increase battery percentage and clock size, plus the clock color is now white (however during the night, the light sensor will decrease the luminosity).
Sorry, I cannot use attachment, maybe is too big, I uploaded here:
http://www.easybytez.com/8kf1owweyakw
Package contains apk (see below for instruction), screenshots and wallpapers I used.
Instruction:
ALWAYS MAKE BACKUP OF ORIGINAL APK FILE
1) COPY the APK on your phone (internal memory)
2) Use "Root Explorer" (or something similar) and go to: /system/priv-app/aodservice_v20 and delete the AODService_v20.apk (are you make backup??)
3) Copy the AODService_v20.apk from my package
4) Change attribute to 644 (rw-r--r--)
5) Wipe cache on AOD app in settings and restart the phone
Now you can change wallpaper using AOD setting (sorry dude, I don't change the preview image, just click in it to show the wallpaper preview).

Lord Spectre said:
Here my AOD Batman theme (below some screenshots). What I did, togheter with wallpapers replacement, is increase battery percentage and clock size, plus the clock color is now white (however during the night, the light sensor will decrease the luminosity).
Sorry, I cannot use attachment, maybe is too big, I uploaded here:
http://www.easybytez.com/8kf1owweyakw
Package contains apk (see below for instruction), screenshots and wallpapers I used.
Instruction:
ALWAYS MAKE BACKUP OF ORIGINAL APK FILE
1) COPY the APK on your phone (internal memory)
2) Use "Root Explorer" (or something similar) and go to: /system/priv-app/aodservice_v20 and delete the AODService_v20.apk (are you make backup??)
3) Copy the AODService_v20.apk from my package
4) Change attribute to 644 (rw-r--r--)
5) Wipe cache on AOD app in settings and restart the phone
Now you can change wallpaper using AOD setting (sorry dude, I don't change the preview image, just click in it to show the wallpaper preview).
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Good thank you i post yours on my post i like this one i will use for my asset.

Please check the other thread here which is similar to this topic. Keep the posts clean. Thanks.

THEHACKER609 said:
Please check the other thread here which is similar to this topic. Keep the posts clean. Thanks.
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I don't understand this post, do you wrote in wrong thread? However, for this kind of message there are XDA moderators

THEHACKER609 said:
Please check the other thread here which is similar to this topic. Keep the posts clean. Thanks.
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Hey no one here on xda has show how to change your own wallpaper on AOD is a thread that ask money from you and to use his own wallpapers that he made and if you have a missunderstanding i will try to help you.

easybytez link is not working for me. Can @Lord Spectre or @diart upload it to some other server please?

rajkabul said:
easybytez link is not working for me. Can @Lord Spectre or @diart upload it to some other server please?
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Here you go: http://www.datafilehost.com/d/9751511c

Lord Spectre said:
Here you go: http://www.datafilehost.com/d/9751511c
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Thanks a ton/lot for quick response.

Btw any way to adjust the AOD clock brightness??

ronald_loulan said:
Btw any way to adjust the AOD clock brightness??
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With Apk Editor open the following file: res/values/colors.xml
Here there is all about colors. You can change colors directly from APK Editor

Lord Spectre said:
With Apk Editor open the following file: res/values/colors.xml
Here there is all about colors. You can change colors directly from APK Editor
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My AOD already have the option to change color.
im looking to make it always dimmed or lowest brightness if possible...

ronald_loulan said:
My AOD already have the option to change color.
im looking to make it always dimmed or lowest brightness if possible...
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Yes, but you can use color mod also to adjust brightness. Clock color is set to grey as default, then you can change color tonality from white to black to increase/decrease brightness. For example my AOD is set as total white 0xFFFFFF.
In the same way you can change the size of all objects opening the dimens.xml file, this is my personal mod:
Code:
row 140: <dimen name="aod_digital_clock_01_clock_line_text_size">100.0dip</dimen>
row 65: <dimen name="aod_batt_height">19.0dip</dimen>
row 67: <dimen name="aod_batt_percent_text_size">17.0dip</dimen>