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Can I make a duplicate app??

I have a themed facebook app, and I want to have the official one to do something since it is a little hard to see things with this theme. The apps are seen to be the same by the phone.
Is there a way I can have both apps installed at the same time? If I renamed the current app would it still work?

While its not a direct answer... whats the worst that could happen? Try it.

I have tried, and searched, which is how I know the phone thinks it I the same app

I have a themed Black transparent Facebook and also have original facebook installed. Both work together. I found that the themed facebook limits the characters typed on my posts unlike the original.
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LikeaG2root said:
I have a themed Black transparent Facebook and also have original facebook installed. Both work together. I found that the themed facebook limits the characters typed on my posts unlike the original.
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Th problem with mine is that it when trying to install the second one, it just tries to replace the first

The problem is both app have the same packagename (i think com.facebook.katana), the filename itself doesnt matter. Unless you change the packagename of one, you cant install both.
To do this you will have to decompile the app, change the packagename in the androidmanifest.xml and everywhere else and recompile. But this will most likely break functionality.

If I did decompile it, how could I make sure it worked?

You compile it and reinstall it.
Though im pretty sure it won't work as there will be problems with the generated resources in the .apk

What if I changed the name in the resources as well?

package, version, and titles
you must have individual package name, version number, and title for the app to be considered different by your phone.

Sounds like good fun. I will get on this

ifyouwillit said:
you must have individual package name, version number, and title for the app to be considered different by your phone.
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As long as the packagename is different apps can have the same name and version number...

Alright I will try changing it soon

Modding vibration patterns

Well i pretty much wanna do what the title says. I want to change the vibration patterns for ALL notifications including google voice and SMS and others. However, all apps i found on the market and internet DO NOT work so please save your time and dont recommend them.
What i want to do is hopefully mod a JAR file inside the /system/framework directory. However i just dont know which one to edit if any.
All comments/brainstorming ideas are happily welcome!

I'm interested in this, too. Maybe it's even possible to include it in the ROM Settings for AOKP ROM.
Much like different notification colours for each app.

Piny12 said:
I'm interested in this, too. Maybe it's even possible to include it in the ROM Settings for AOKP ROM.
Much like different notification colours for each app.
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Thats a good idea, im gonna extract all my .jar files and browse through them to look for some sort of notification .smali file or something.. lol i hope this is possible.

[Q] Disable Ticker Animation (Notification Privacy)

I am talking about Paranoid Android's very useful tweak. The "Do Not Disturb" option in settings menu where it completely disables the ticker animation whenever there's a notification.
This is a great tweak for me because whenever a friend borrows my phone to browse the web or to send an sms, he/she sees the COMPLETE incoming text thru the ticker animation. This is really an annoying accidental invasion of my privacy.
"So why don't you just use paranoid android rom?"
Well, because that mod is the only reason i was able to stick to that rom for almost 2 weeks.
I am more than willing to create a custom rom that suits my exact preferences but i lack the time and skills to do it.
Okay so i've searched EVERYWHERE (trust me) but i can't find an individual mod that does exactly this.
Thanks for reading and I am very grateful if anyone answers. :good:

ej8989 said:
I am talking about Paranoid Android's very useful tweak. The "Do Not Disturb" option in settings menu where it completely disables the ticker animation whenever there's a notification.
This is a great tweak for me because whenever a friend borrows my phone to browse the web or to send an sms, he/she sees the COMPLETE incoming text thru the ticker animation. This is really an annoying accidental invasion of my privacy.
"So why don't you just use paranoid android rom?"
Well, because that mod is the only reason i was able to stick to that rom for almost 2 weeks.
I am more than willing to create a custom rom that suits my exact preferences but i lack the time and skills to do it.
Okay so i've searched EVERYWHERE (trust me) but i can't find an individual mod that does exactly this.
Thanks for reading and I am very grateful if anyone answers. :good:
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Does it only affect SMS/MMS? If so, the mod can probably be cleanly packaged into a modded mms.apk and the setting option/toggle moved from PA settings to mms settings. Can't say, never used it, but someone with time on their hand can probably track it in the PA git.

polobunny said:
Does it only affect SMS/MMS? If so, the mod can probably be cleanly packaged into a modded mms.apk and the setting option/toggle moved from PA settings to mms settings. Can't say, never used it, but someone with time on their hand can probably track it in the PA git.
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It affects all ticker animations that pop up on the status bar whenever there's a notification.
For example, when i turn the feature on and i use titanium backup to do a batch restore, the icon is still there but there will be no ticker animation.
It's quite redundant if you ask me.

7 months passed.... still looking. lol

ej8989 said:
7 months passed.... still looking. lol
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Would also be really interested in this if it's possible.

liabilityman said:
Would also be really interested in this if it's possible.
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Still not possible thru stock SMS. I use Textra SMS and it's got the option to hide the ticker animation

ej8989 said:
Still not possible thru stock SMS. I use Textra SMS and it's got the option to hide the ticker animation
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Still no luck? I am searching everywhere, like you, but I can't find a mod for this. It is found in Cataclysm rom, but I can't understand why this is not asked for more. Every rom should have a preference to disable all notification tickers.

fredrik74 said:
Still no luck? I am searching everywhere, like you, but I can't find a mod for this. It is found in Cataclysm rom, but I can't understand why this is not asked for more. Every rom should have a preference to disable all notification tickers.
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I learned to accept the fact that noone will make a stand-alone mod (or even an app) for this specific feature.

I am in exactly the same boat.. I don't know how many hours I've spent looking around and found nothing.
I need to specifically for WhatsApp; no such luck.
Did you guys find anything?

ombadboy said:
I am in exactly the same boat.. I don't know how many hours I've spent looking around and found nothing.
I need to specifically for WhatsApp; no such luck.
Did you guys find anything?
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No luck here. Almost 2 years looking around.

If I had a better idea how ROMs work.. I would've had a look at the one you mentioned in your OP and maybe create an XPOSED mod..

ej8989 said:
No luck here. Almost 2 years looking around.
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See the changelog for SlimKat Weekly 8.9. Is this what you actually want?

smit.sanghavi said:
See the changelog for SlimKat Weekly 8.9. Is this what you actually want?
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Yes. I have also seen those settings on mahdi last week

So nobody has helped you yet? Strange.
Decompile SystemUI with ApkTool (Import the framework, decompile)
Open res/values/bools
Modify the string <bool name="enable_ticker">true</bool> TO <bool name="enable_ticker">false</bool>
Recompile the app with apktool using the command: apktool b -c SystemUI.apk.
DONE

CoolJoseph96 said:
So nobody has helped you yet? Strange.
Decompile SystemUI with ApkTool (Import the framework, decompile)
Open res/values/bools
Modify the string <bool name="enable_ticker">true</bool> TO <bool name="enable_ticker">false</bool>
Recompile the app with apktool using the command: apktool b -c SystemUI.apk.
DONE
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Thanks! But custom ROMs nowadays already has this as a mandatory feature.
And I already switched to another device.

ej8989 said:
Thanks! But custom ROMs nowadays already has this as a mandatory feature.
And I already switched to another device.
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Yeah, i've just pointed it if somebody needs it

[Q] How to add image in notification menu in lollipop?

Hello xda
I wanted to know how to add an image in notification bar. I tried searching it on Google but wasn't able to find a solution. I am pretty sure it can be done. Had done it KitKat. Unable to do it in lollipop.
I have attached an image just in case. The thing at top right..

Isn't that tied to your google+ account photo?

peachpuff said:
Isn't that tied to your google+ account photo?
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He is asking about the background.
Xposed modules can do that.Maybe some custom ROMs have that option.

I never saw such a feature with custom roms so your best bet is Xposed modules IMO.
A technical option would be to modify your Systemui.apk.

Can you add a custom font to use in MS Word?

Every topic I find for installing custom fonts is related to the system font, which may or may not be related to apps' fonts like ms word, but I don't know, by I'm looking to use my custom handwritten font I made with the realfont app in ms word mobile. I've got the .ttf file ready to install/insert into the appropriate folder but don't know how/where. Anyone know? Thanks
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juntjoo said:
Every topic I find for installing custom fonts is related to the system font, which may or may not be related to apps' fonts like ms word, but I don't know, by I'm looking to use my custom handwritten font I made with the realfont app in ms word mobile. I've got the .ttf file ready to install/insert into the appropriate folder but don't know how/where. Anyone know? Thanks
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Look it up on Google, I found about 3000+ Sites that say exactly how to do it.

BluT00th said:
Look it up on Google, I found about 3000+ Sites that say exactly how to do it.
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Maybe you're looking at methods of installing fonts into the main system for customizing the look of your phone whereas I'm talking about the available fonts inside an app such as MS word, though maybe they are tied together? IDK, but so far I've not found any way to change my system font except for a particular app which I was able to take this custom font I have in question and apply it to my phone but that didn't add to the available fonts in my word application. I've been looking all over the place, seems like I'm the only person trying to do this.