I am looking for a way for increasing the notification bar height for my dragon touch x10 tablet. Any ideas on how i can accomplish this? An app or whatever.
thx
tonino2424 said:
I am looking for a way for increasing the notification bar height for my dragon touch x10 tablet. Any ideas on how i can accomplish this? An app or whatever.
thx
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You can use APKtool to modify your stock systemui.apk and/or framework-res.apk to change the appearance of status/notification bar. There may be some other system apps that you'll need to modify to make it work correctly.
You should be able to find guides for using APKtool to modify and theme apps then installing the modified app on a device.
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ive seen in many different forms different status bars, is there a apk. file to to install to change it or is it a zip flash file? thanks
Home++ offers some customization as to whats on the "power strip" (quick launch)
britoso said:
Home++ offers some customization as to whats on the "power strip" (quick launch)
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the biggest thing i want to know with home++ is does it allow me to keep my live wallpapers?
If you want to change your status bar and not have to install any alternatives, then you will need to edit framework-res.apk.
For all the status bar icons, look for framework-res.apk/res/drawable-hdpi/stat_xxxx.png and framework-res.apk/res/drawable-hdpi/status_xxx.9.png.
All of the .9.png's will need to have guidelines added to them after editing them, and they will need to be compiled in eclipse.
tmotech88 said:
the biggest thing i want to know with home++ is does it allow me to keep my live wallpapers?
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No, it don't. A slim version, launcher+ does however
david1171 said:
If you want to change your status bar and not have to install any alternatives, then you will need to edit framework-res.apk.
For all the status bar icons, look for framework-res.apk/res/drawable-hdpi/stat_xxxx.png and framework-res.apk/res/drawable-hdpi/status_xxx.9.png.
All of the .9.png's will need to have guidelines added to them after editing them, and they will need to be compiled in eclipse.
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I use Gimp to edit 9.png's. I seems ok, not had failure yet.
david1171 said:
If you want to change your status bar and not have to install any alternatives, then you will need to edit framework-res.apk.
For all the status bar icons, look for framework-res.apk/res/drawable-hdpi/stat_xxxx.png and framework-res.apk/res/drawable-hdpi/status_xxx.9.png.
All of the .9.png's will need to have guidelines added to them after editing them, and they will need to be compiled in eclipse.
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kool beans thanks david, oh and they theme you got rocks!!!! keep it up. cant wait for more to come
DocRambone said:
I use Gimp to edit 9.png's. I seems ok, not had failure yet.
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It all depends on which images your are editing. I think that most of the status bar images should be fine as long as you keep them simple since android will just be stretching that image. Like a solid color or a simple vertical gradient should work. You have to worry more about editing/compiling them once you start to mess with buttons and widgets layouts.
How do you change the color of the text in the status bar (eg. the time) ?
i too would like to know this
So I suppose there's no simple way
to double the status bar size then?
(+ all icons size equally doubled)
Grateful for all input...
/Mr Near sighted
One of the reasons i love android so much is the ability to customize your phone. What id like to know is whether or not there is any way to change the color of the application icons?
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brunswick000 said:
One of the reasons i love android so much is the ability to customize your phone. What id like to know is whether or not there is any way to change the color of the application icons?
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Hello fellow Ontarian... I don't think you can just change the colour of the icons without extracting and actually making an icon pack with your edited icons. Once you do that, then you can use what I use to change the icons. I use Folder Organizer. There's also Bettercut. Here's an example of the icon pack I use.
h t t p://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=691294
BTW, no need to be rooted to change these icons.
Thanks man im going to give it a shot. Im trying to learn a bit more about apk files and fidling with them. But, just the same im glad there is an easy solution.
Cheers,
Brunswick
I am running tehgyb's rom ( 2.3.6 ) and I want a transparent top bar but for some reason UOT never works and it always stays black. Could someone who has done it tell me how they did it please? Before anyone says " just edit it yourself ", I can't because my PC will not run Photoshop nor Inkscape or Gimp. Thank you for any help.
bswann said:
I am running tehgyb's rom ( 2.3.6 ) and I want a transparent top bar but for some reason UOT never works and it always stays black. Could someone who has done it tell me how they did it please? Before anyone says " just edit it yourself ", I can't because my PC will not run Photoshop nor Inkscape or Gimp. Thank you for any help.
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Just decompile systemui and edit status bar.xml
I've tried it, and am working on it, thing is a lot of apps have a gray bar where the status bar is, it gets hidden by the status bar, it looks like complete crap and is distracting. So i'm working on making that go away
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Just decompile systemui and edit status bar.xml
I've tried it, and am working on it, thing is a lot of apps have a gray bar where the status bar is, it gets hidden by the status bar, it looks like complete crap and is distracting. So i'm working on making that go away
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OK, thanks, looking forward to it.
I tried editing the XML but, it still isn't transparent. I quess ill wait and see what you come up with.
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Thats because transparency is not a png its a color code in the status bar xml decompile system ui res layout status bar xml status bar background change the #ff0000000 to #7700000 wala black transparent first 2 numbers determin if its filly filled ff full 00 100 percent trans parent the other numbers dictate color
Also note drop down a few lines n make date background all 00s to not cause bg bleed over
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Thats because transparency is not a png its a color code in the status bar xml decompile system ui res layout status bar xml status bar background change the #ff0000000 to #7700000 wala black transparent first 2 numbers determin if its filly filled ff full 00 100 percent trans parent the other numbers dictate color
Also note drop down a few lines n make date background all 00s to not cause bg bleed over
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Didn't work. I give up, i guess i was never meant to have a transparent top bar. Feel free to send me a SystemUI for Vahalla black 1.5 with transparency in the top bar.
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bswann said:
Didn't work. I give up, i guess i was never meant to have a transparent top bar. Feel free to send me a SystemUI for Vahalla black 1.5 with transparency in the top bar.
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Just a note not all launchers support it when done n make sure you turn off any launcher wallpaper hack
RaverX3X said:
Just a note not all launchers support it when done n make sure you turn off any launcher wallpaper hack
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I have, I have also tried three different launchers. Maybe you should include it on your next release or just go ahead and send me a systemUI with it done already.
Also, on my Optimus V running unofficial CM7.2 we just got the option of changing the color of the status bar. I do not think it is a CM7 mod either, so maybe that could be included in a update later down the road.
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I have, I have also tried three different launchers. Maybe you should include it on your next release or just go ahead and send me a systemUI with it done already.
Also, on my Optimus V running unofficial CM7.2 we just got the option of changing the color of the status bar. I do not think it is a CM7 mod either, so maybe that could be included in a update later down the road.
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Or you could just went through the themes section where i put the origional guide with pics n dl s
RaverX3X said:
Or you could just went through the themes section where i put the origional guide with pics n dl s
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Yea, I have read it and the problem with that is that I cannot install the java SDK or the Android SDK and apktool does not run properly. I am on a 7 year-old E-Machinces PC with a 1.2 processor and 512 MB of Ram. I cannot run half the programs I need to do this kind of stuff. I had a friend try your guide and others for me and the result was the same- not transparent. Thank you for your help anyway.
Does anyone know what file I need to edit to make the notification drop down more transparent? I'm running Embryo 3.2, and I believe that it's one of the framework files from the S3 launcher, but I'm not sure which one.
I want to make some edits to customize it more for my own liking.
An additional question...does anyone know the color code for ICS Blue?
Anyone? This is really driving me nuts. I'm looking through all of the files that I think have the right PNGs in them, and I see some that seem to fit the right names/images, though I wish I knew which ones controlled which images. Some look like they should, in terms of the filename, but don't match what I'm seeing...
I miss the old days
Surely the S2 forums contain an answer, I would imagine at least.
It's not the usual system ui, tw, and framwork res huh?
dac1227 said:
Surely the S2 forums contain an answer, I would imagine at least.
It's not the usual system ui, tw, and framwork res huh?
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It might be, but I can't seem to find the right files. For example, the only close PNG I see is nowhere near what I see on my own phone. With the presence of those 3 files (and perhaps more) I don't know which one I should edit.
Its in the xml's
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So I have to edit the XML's now to theme my phone?
Wow...when did that change. I used to be able to change the PNGs and re-insert them into the apk files with no problems...
XML is what declares color and transparancy of status bar if memory serves its been that way on most phones for a long time
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nrm5110 said:
XML is what declares color and transparancy of status bar if memory serves its been that way on most phones for a long time
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Not looking to theme the status bar itself, just the notification dropdown and the icons on the status bar.
On my Droid 1, you had to edit the Services.jar if you wanted to change the color of the status bar itself, but it was a simple png edit within framework-res.apk if you wanted to change the dropdown color/transparency or any of the icons up there (signal, wifi, etc).
That's correct I misinterpreted what you were trying to do that's my bad
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You need to be looking in SystemUI. apk, that's where notification drop down background and quick panel icons live.
Btw, there are many duplicates, original ics and tw versions.
Hey there xda people
How can i change the notification bar color ? is it possible ? and can I put to it anader apps inested or more ?
Thank you all for the help.
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This is all you need without ROOTING :
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...the+colour+of+the+notification+bar+in+android
With this app, you can edit your notification bar the way you want
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That one has poor reviews, and doesn't look to be free...
Sorry, I guess this is a necropost, but I'm looking for the same thing, and have been for quite some time.
I'm rooted, running CM 10.1, and running the XPosed framework. I've seen a couple of themes, but they always do things like change the dialer layout, or something... I really just want to turn that shade of blue white, and I guess just doing that in the notification bar would be fine.
PAC ROM
tuneon said:
How can i change the notification bar color? is it possible?
Thank you all for the help.
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Anything is possible if PAC ROM already flashed in your device. It has so many option to customize your phone's look and feel. Have a try and good luck.
Is there any xposed module that can change the notification panel's background color to match that of the running current app via the color of the statusbar?