Hi,
I was hoping somebody could point me in the right direction, as to how to change the color of the text of the settings menu, as well as of Phone contacts from white to some other color.
I have an S3, 4.3 stock rom, rooted. I have deodexed some apks like SystemUI.apk, SecSettings.apk.....have customised pngs inside it. But am not able to change the color of the text, ie. when one goes to the Settings menu the text is white and so is the text white in my contacts and phone list (have attached screenshots below of what I am trying to change).
Was wondering if I have to modify the res\values\**.xml file......which file do I have to modify. Do I have to modify the framework-res.apk, or the SystemUI.apk or the SecSettings.apk. Which is the exact line of which xml file that has to be modified.
I have been trying this for the past one month, have googled it and tried different options, but am not able to change the text from white to some other color.
Any help would really be wonderful.
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Does anyone know how to change the color of the text of my task/title bar and soft key bar (top and bottom bars) I have UI tweaker but I don't see a setting in there, so I was wondering if there is a different program that will handle this? I'd like to change the color of the word start, the battery icon, etc as well as the soft key texts. I would love to change the color to match lilrico's(from ppcgeeks) full cactus green theme.
you can change the font color in the softkey bar with ui tweaker, I have not had any luck getting the taskbar font color changed with any software, probably a reg edit or hex code somewhere (didn't try too hard though). The icons are a totally different ballgame, all of the images are in .dll files that have to be changed manually using a resource editor
do you know how to do it?
I've installed/customized a theme exactly as I want with Black status bar, and black pulldown background with white text. I properly Deodexed and used the compatible services.jar, however, the following events still show up with black text in the dropdown list:
-In-Call timer status
-Download Progress
-Any item that is an event in progress
I've tried 4 different services.jar and all of them had the same problem, I tried editing the status bar XML files, only to have the phone refuse to load.
I notice 90% of themes leave the dropdown tabs gray, and I assume this is the reason, but does anyone have the files necessary to make all text in the dropdown white?
If you want to attach your framework-res.apk I can give this a go. I'm pretty sure this is in the /res/layout/status_bar_latest_notification.xml file or something titled similiarly.
Anyways.... I can give you some help if wanted...
I've attached my framework-res.apk, let me know what you can do. Thank You!
No problem. I will give this a go after work.
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Guyinlaca said:
I've attached my framework-res.apk, let me know what you can do. Thank You!
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In looking at your framework...is this the current framework that you thought SHOULD have the white text? Or a unmodified framework. In looking at it...it looks like the text should be white... At least from what theming I have done... You have white (ffffff) set in the correct places for the dropdown notification bar in /res/layout/status_bar_latest_event_content.
What ROM/theme are you using? Also are you on the 2.3.34 update? i'm still on 2.3.15... So I don't want to throw a framework on my phone that may cause issues =?
If you can give me some more info... I was digging through it tonight.
Thanks
I am using the 2.3.340 firmware, standard rom but rooted and deodexed.
I used that exact framework with 2.3.15 with the same issue. My theme is nearly perfect except for that, so it's kind of annoying.
Hm... I'll keep looking over it. So this current framework SHOULD have white text but didn't?
Try also looking at the styles.xml and colors.xml in the /res/layout folder. I.m winning if things need to match up and something in one of those files is overwriting your white color
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Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't the services.jar hold the information to change the colors in the drop down events?
trebz said:
Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't the services.jar hold the information to change the colors in the drop down events?
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I'm pretty sure it just controls color for the clock, ticker, and the "titles" for the sections in the drop-down such as "latest" or "ongoing". It doesn't actually change the text color of notifications in the drop down.
Can u help me too
I had this issue with derezzed too, a lot of ongoing event text colors are controlled by each individual application (something I saw with dropbox and facebook uploads) so the options are to either customize each application as you get it, ignore the unreadable text, or simply change the .png to a different color that provides a similar feel while being able to read black text... or another artsy thing would be to use rounded corners to make each notification look like an individual bubble instead of a continuous pane
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totally didnt see how old this post was... oops
i know you have to edit an xml file but i'm not sure which one, where and what values to look for. any help, please??
I am new to theming. I extracted some apks from the ICS OTA and tried to change the gray colors in options menu (gri.png attachment) and calculator background. However, I couldn't find which png to change or if I need to change something else.
Can you please explain how to change these colors? Thanks! I really need this before getting crazier
I am modding SecContacts_OSup from stock SGS4 4.4.2 and cannot figure out where the xml setting is to change the color of the text that appears above the dialpad input display when a valid area code is entered. The text block, circled in red, displays the matched text to the entered number from arrays.xml in the array named "local_name_usa". If anyone can point me to the correct xml file and line that determines the color of this text block, it would greatly appreciated. The white background image is the stock, the dark theme is my mod in it's current state.
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Found the location in colors.xml in the res/values folder:
<color name="dialpad_cityid_text">#ff2fa6c9</color>
<!-- stock value is <color name="dialpad_cityid_text">#ff484848</color> -->
jtash01 said:
I am modding SecContacts_OSup from stock SGS4 4.4.2 and cannot figure out where the xml setting is to change the color of the text that appears above the dialpad input display when a valid area code is entered. The text block, circled in red, displays the matched text to the entered number from arrays.xml in the array named "local_name_usa". If anyone can point me to the correct xml file and line that determines the color of this text block, it would greatly appreciated. The white background image is the stock, the dark theme is my mod in it's current state.
Thanks
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Can I get pm soon as your done bro. Nice work...I would love to have dark contacts dialer..
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jtash01 said:
I am modding SecContacts_OSup from stock SGS4 4.4.2 and cannot figure out where the xml setting is to change the color of the text that appears above the dialpad input display when a valid area code is entered. The text block, circled in red, displays the matched text to the entered number from arrays.xml in the array named "local_name_usa". If anyone can point me to the correct xml file and line that determines the color of this text block, it would greatly appreciated. The white background image is the stock, the dark theme is my mod in it's current state.
Thanks
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Nice work.. But dammm u have so many colors on ur notification bar lol
tr1zrus said:
Nice work.. But dammm u have so many colors on ur notification bar lol
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Thanks. I modded SecPhone, SecContacts_OSup, SystemUI, and framework-res to add colors back to the system notification bar and increased the icon sizes as well. I also made the notification bar black instead of transparent. I prefer color-coded icons since my vision isn't sharp enough to distinguish the shapes in the default monochome KK notification icons. I also modded the default dialer keypad buttons to use the easy mode buttons instead, which are larger font.
jtash01 said:
I am modding SecContacts_OSup from stock SGS4 4.4.2 and cannot figure out where the xml setting is to change the color of the text that appears above the dialpad input display when a valid area code is entered. The text block, circled in red, displays the matched text to the entered number from arrays.xml in the array named "local_name_usa". If anyone can point me to the correct xml file and line that determines the color of this text block, it would greatly appreciated. The white background image is the stock, the dark theme is my mod in it's current state.
Thanks
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Any luck? i would love to test your themed dialer and use it
jtash01 said:
I am modding SecContacts_OSup from stock SGS4 4.4.2 and cannot figure out where the xml setting is to change the color of the text that appears above the dialpad input display when a valid area code is entered. The text block, circled in red, displays the matched text to the entered number from arrays.xml in the array named "local_name_usa". If anyone can point me to the correct xml file and line that determines the color of this text block, it would greatly appreciated. The white background image is the stock, the dark theme is my mod in it's current state.
Thanks
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You have to mod 3 xmls. goto res/layout-sw360dp-xxhdpi. Then do
dialpad_fragment
dialpad_fragment_spr_easy
dialpad_fragment_spr
(Im assuming you are on Sprint. If not for the last 2 find your carrier.) You can also change the background in those too.