[Q] CM7 Status Bar Transparency - Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Status bar, not notification pull down. I've already gotten the notification working, as it was just a standard png edit.
Anyway, is there anyone that can give an explanation on how I can get my status bar to be transparent? I've already gotten the proper image from system/app/SystemUI.apk. I edited it and saved it properly for transparency. Where I'm getting stuck is the whole draw 9 thing, since the image is a ".9.png" file. I've already opened the png in the draw 9 patch tool in the SDK, but I'm just totally stuck at this point.
I sort of understand the deal with drawing black lines on the right and the bottom for the content areas, then the two dots on the top and left for the stretchable areas. But after I save the file, I'm still seeing the drawn black lines in the image. Am I not doing something right? After I get that sorted, how do I go about resigning the apk to push it to my device?

You'll need to run Eclipse, this tutorial helped me with draw nines. Once you put them thru Eclipse, the lines will disappear. Then you can extract them from the unsigned apk like the video states, use 7zip to put the images back into your framework-res.apk or whatever without having to resign anything.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf1l9JV9JBw&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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I would love the transparent status bar when you're done with it
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RMarkwald said:
I would love the transparent status bar when you're done with it
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I'm a rom-whore, and I'm damn proud of it

Edit: Nevermind, I'm editing the right file. I just did a test and made it completely red and it worked. But, for some reason transparency is not working at all, it just keeps appearing solid black.

I believe it's in services.jar if I'm not mistaken. Or so that's what I had heard. I haven't messed with it myself.

Can you make it semi-transparent?

trock79 said:
Can you make it semi-transparent?
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That's actually what I'm trying to do. And the file is actually in \system\app\SystemUI.apk\res\drawable-hdpi\

cheez99 said:
That's actually what I'm trying to do. And the file is actually in \system\app\SystemUI.apk\res\drawable-hdpi\
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Yeah, realized that. it's been a long day theming for me. I will give it a shot and let you know what I get.

trock79 said:
Yeah, realized that. it's been a long day theming for me. I will give it a shot and let you know what I get.
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Yeah, I've tried about everything I can think of. If you get something put together, I might figure out how to put together a flashable zip of a transparent or semi-transparent status bar and pull down for stock CM7 theme.

Which one do you need? status bar or statusbar?

trock79 said:
Which one do you need? status bar or statusbar?
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statusbar_background.9.png
I'm not even sure what the other one is used for.

cheez99 said:
statusbar_background.9.png
I'm not even sure what the other one is used for.
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Sent you a PM.

The actual image is in SystemUI.apk. But it won't render transparent without an xml our services.jar hack. It's a pain in the ass. Also if you actually make it transparent you are going to have problems with text and image stacking when you pull down down notifications. I just replace the image in SystemUI.apk with a 480x38 top part of my wallpaper.
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That's ingenious. Have to give up wallpaper scrolling though.
bilbobrian said:
The actual image is in SystemUI.apk. But it won't render transparent without an xml our services.jar hack. It's a pain in the ass. Also if you actually make it transparent you are going to have problems with text and image stacking when you pull down down notifications. I just replace the image in SystemUI.apk with a 480x38 top part of my wallpaper.
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Here's a test SystemUI.apk that you can flash that I'm using for maybe my next update on my Custom CM7 Incredible ROM.
Was made for the cm_inc_full-2 CM1 nightly 2/19/11 thanks to sonnysekhon.
Flash to install:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/xyi5ndl6ww68t6y/SystemUI-test5.zip

MicroMod777 said:
Here's a test SystemUI.apk that you can flash that I'm using for maybe my next update on my Custom CM7 Incredible ROM.
Was made for the cm_inc_full-2 CM1 nightly 2/19/11 thanks to sonnysekhon.
Flash to install:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/xyi5ndl6ww68t6y/SystemUI-test5.zip
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Unfortunately it only works on the lockscreen, screen transitions, and with live wallpapers. I don't use live wallpapers so it just remains a black bar for me.

hexon said:
Unfortunately it only works on the lockscreen, screen transitions, and with live wallpapers. I don't use live wallpapers so it just remains a black bar for me.
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In ADW Launcher settings to go System Preferences, and uncheck Wallpaper Hack, and the transparency will be enabled with regular wallpaper.
With Launcher Pro, it only works with LWP.

MicroMod777 said:
In ADW Launcher settings to go System Preferences, and uncheck Wallpaper Hack, and the transparency will be enabled with regular wallpaper.
With Launcher Pro, it only works with LWP.
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Indeed that does work. Now, if I could only get that transparency to work with the original CM7 theme. I'm not a fan of all the extra theming stuff that particular patch adds. Thank you though.

MicroMod777 said:
Here's a test SystemUI.apk that you can flash that I'm using for maybe my next update on my Custom CM7 Incredible ROM.
Was made for the cm_inc_full-2 CM1 nightly 2/19/11 thanks to sonnysekhon.
Flash to install:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/xyi5ndl6ww68t6y/SystemUI-test5.zip
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trying to download this but i get bombarded with window advertisements. and then it saids your download is starting and just stays stuck on there.

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[Q] How do i make a transparent title bar?

hey guys,
how do i make my title bar transparent like the one below?
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thanx
That's myn's warm two point two ROM. Check the dev section for the thread and then look under extras. Idk about flashing it on another ROM though.
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Aerodynamix said:
That's myn's warm two point two ROM. Check the dev section for the thread and then look under extras. Idk about flashing it on another ROM though.
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exactly i dont wanna flash it. i wanna learn on how to do it and do it on my rom. u know what i mean. hands on experience.
Why not just trying to flash it on top of your current ROM? As long as you nand backup first it should be nbd.
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Aerodynamix said:
Why not just trying to flash it on top of your current ROM? As long as you nand backup first it should be nbd.
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caz i don't know what else is changed in his framework-res. i dont mind recopying my icons and status bar png and battery mod etc. but i dont want it to break anythin else. also i always believed in learning and doing it urself. i am here to learn as much as i can, simply flashing a mod doesnt teach me anythin
"Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.”
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caz i don't know what else is changed in his framework-res. i dont mind recopying my icons and status bar png and battery mod etc. but i dont want it to break anythin else. also i always believed in learning and doing it urself. i am here to learn as much as i can, simply flashing a mod doesnt teach me anythin
"Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.”
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Ahh gotcha. Didn't quite get your question the first time.
Unfortunately, I can't really help ya. Myself, I'm trying to work through the SDK right now for much the same reason. I'd like to contribute instead of just leeching off everyone.
One thing you might not've thought of that might help...is you could DL Myn's (on your computer)and then just unzip the file and check out what all the XML files/etc look like/say.
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Ahh gotcha. Didn't quite get your question the first time.
Unfortunately, I can't really help ya. Myself, I'm trying to work through the SDK right now for much the same reason. I'd like to contribute instead of just leeching off everyone.
One thing you might not've thought of that might help...is you could DL Myn's (on your computer)and then just unzip the file and check out what all the XML files/etc look like/say.
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doing that as we speak lol... alot xmls to go thru lol
try deleting the pngs you want to be clear from the framework, it may complain in the logcat if you don't change the manifest or code calling it but shouldnt hurt anything
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doing that as we speak lol... alot xmls to go thru lol
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Don't waste your time.....it's not in the xmls
It's a png file. It's probably indexed, so you'll have to change it to a RGB first....then just set the transparency.
I think this was it.
framework-res\res\drawable-hdpi-v4\statusbar_background.png
Goodman I am trying that right now. Will post my results. Live this forum n their helping nature.
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bluebeast213 said:
Don't waste your time.....it's not in the xmls
It's a png file. It's probably indexed, so you'll have to change it to a RGB first....then just set the transparency.
I think this was it.
framework-res\res\drawable-hdpi-v4\statusbar_background.png
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statusbar_background.png is the img thats used for ur drop down notification bar.
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statusbar_background.png is the img thats used for ur drop down notification bar.
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Sure you're not talking about status_bar_close_on.9.png? That is the pull down notification bar.
Figured out what you're talking about.
You are talking about "status_bar_background.png" not "statusbar_background.png".
status_bar_background.png is the notification background but statusbar_background.png is the status bar itself.
....very subtle difference. lol
I'm wanting to do the same, I actually flashed warms transparent notification bar on netarchys rom and part if it works but it needs tweaked to be right, so ill have to try this .
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Just made sure......and yeah, that's the one. I made them all at once....but it is the only one that is identical.
bluebeast213 said:
Figured out what you're talking about.
You are talking about "status_bar_background.png" not "statusbar_background.png".
status_bar_background.png is the notification background but statusbar_background.png is the status bar itself.
....very subtle difference. lol
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wowowowowoowo....my bad dude. thanx bud really appreciate your help.
No problem....post a screenie when you get it done.
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No problem....post a screenie when you get it done.
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ok so i changed statusbar_background.png as you suggested. it worked partially. as you can see in pic 1 (lockscreen) the status bar is translucent, but in pic 2 (homescreen) it comes out black. Also, i did replace icons for 3g wifi etc. but as you can see some of them work (silent mode) and some of them are reverted back to the original ones (gps, 3g, signal). i extracted my framework-res and in the folder the icons i changed/replaced are still there, but they just dont show up.
Pic 1
Pic 2
i dont have an answer, but i can help. to make the notification tray translucent, you need to put in a translucent png AND change a line or two in the coding of a .smali file.
i have no idea what to change for the bar, but if anybody is interested in the tray, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7739623&postcount=53
also make sure to get the transperant .png from the op.
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i dont have an answer, but i can help. to make the notification tray translucent, you need to put in a translucent png AND change a line or two in the coding of a .smali file.
i have no idea what to change for the bar, but if anybody is interested in the tray, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7739623&postcount=53
also make sure to get the transperant .png from the op.
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thats only for the notification bar background. i have done that already.
i need to find out why some icons aren't workin in my taskbar and why my homescreen taskbar is black n how to make it translucent.
EDIT: figured out the icon problems. there are more icons you need to replace in com.htc.resources besides the ones in framework-res.

[MORPH] Inspira v0.2

Here's a quick morph of joshuas_79's Inspira theme for D/S.
notification bar, popups, font, and a few widgets.
I'll probably add more later if people like it.
original: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=699213
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This is a morph. Apply with metamorph from market.
Downloads:
inspira v0.2
xml for notifications
**place inspira.xml in /sdcard/CMTheme/
Themed LauncherPro - original: http://is.gd/houql
LauncherPro dock
I tried it. It looks nice but my status bar text is still black. Im using stock rom with BB 0.3
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Oops! forgot to include the theme color file for cyanogenmod.
I'll post it right now. I'm not gonna do any hex edits in order to make it work on any other roms.
will this work with sense rom....i just want the black ststus bar....
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will this work with sense rom....i just want the black ststus bar....
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not as it is right now. I think that's in rosie.apk if you wanna do it though, idk if they've changed their naming scheme in the past 75389473years
it didn't change the indicators for the buttons when u pull the status bar down. The one for wifi and stuff. And it didn't change the status bar
amack10 said:
it didn't change the indicators for the buttons when u pull the status bar down. The one for wifi and stuff. And it didn't change the status bar
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It doesn't do anything to the power widget in the notification bar.. I just have mine set to white.
As for the notification bar, what rom are you running? It might have just not stuck.
Just a suggestion, please update the Instruction if this requires De-odexed ROM. Some people may load it and get a boot loop.
Thank for the work.
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It doesn't do anything to the power widget in the notification bar.. I just have mine set to white.
As for the notification bar, what rom are you running? It might have just not stuck.
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Lol I had no idea u could change the color in setting thanks for the heads up. I'm runnin cyan rc1 maybe that's why the status bar didn't change
Edit: as for de odexed I thot it was common knowledge that metamorph doesn't work on odexed roms
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Lol I had no idea u could change the color in setting thanks for the heads up. I'm runnin cyan rc1 maybe that's why the status bar didn't change
Edit: as for de odexed I thot it was common knowledge that metamorph doesn't work on odexed roms
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Haha you beat to it. I was going to edit my post about metamorph. Ooh well, thanks anyway.
Looking good, I'd be cool if you could theme the notification power bar controls too.
Really enjoy this theme. Thanks for sharing your work.
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Really enjoy this theme. Thanks for sharing your work.
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Filling 10 Character requirement.
I love this theme, but has anyone had trouble with installing framework-res since upgrading to CM6 RC2? Fonts install, but the framework just sits and never completes.
Edit: seems I'm running into an issue with fonts too, a number of characters show as just squares.
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homis said:
I love this theme, but has anyone had trouble with installing framework-res since upgrading to CM6 RC2? Fonts install, but the framework just sits and never completes.
Edit: seems I'm running into an issue with fonts too, a number of characters show as just squares.
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I'm about to upgrade, just woke up. I'll check it out.
Edit: I'm not having any issue with fonts. Settings.apk, Torch.apk, & framework-res.apk won't stick at all though, I'm not sure.
I ended up redownloading the zip, framework installed then, but still running into odd issues with the font, stands out the most with application titles. Terminal emulator, sound recorder, and rom manager each have a series of squares in the title as an example.
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Will this work on the stock de odexed rom with baconbits? If so I guess I'll need to install the rom for this. Looks great
Works great with MoDoCo's No Sense R1 too
What am i doin' wrong here? The notification/status bar is black but the font is black as well so I can't see what the hell the time is
TL24 said:
What am i doin' wrong here? The notification/status bar is black but the font is black as well so I can't see what the hell the time is
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1) Place the inspira.xml from the OP in /sdcard/CMTheme/
2) You need to go into Settings> CM Settings> User Interface> Tweaks Extras> Select a theme, and then select inspira from there.

transparent notification bar?

is there a transparent notification bar?
Do you see one?
The bonsia rom has a semi transparent one. Froyo window theme has semi one also
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If you go to the supernova rom's page he has a dark glass theme with a transparent notification bar. Unfortunately it comes bundled with an unattractve battery indicator that doesn't go away. I tried to flash a different battery but it changed the entire notification bar. So... your on your on with that one unless you don't mind it.
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Mystery can you enlighten us? Is there a way to pull just the look of the bar out of any of these? or will it require rebuilt framework?
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schnowdapowda said:
Mystery can you enlighten us? Is there a way to pull just the look of the bar out of any of these? or will it require rebuilt framework?
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In order to get the bar transparent your gonna have to either flash one if the suggestions our you gonna have to edit a couple xml files. Its not as sassy as just swapping the pngs
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schnowdapowda said:
If you go to the supernova rom's page he has a dark glass theme with a transparent notification bar. Unfortunately it comes bundled with an unattractve battery indicator that doesn't go away. I tried to flash a different battery but it changed the entire notification bar. So... your on your on with that one unless you don't mind it.
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You don't like the battery mod?
a454nova said:
You don't like the battery mod?
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@mystery- yeah I figured it wouldn't be that easy.. know of any good tutorials that might get me started learning how to do that? I mean change the .xmls not the flashing part I've got that down.. lol. I thought I saw one you or thomas posted but I can't find it anymore.
@nova- Its a little plain.. didn't mean to offend. There are sections that make It invisible on my wallpaper. In the end I just prefer a little color.. lol. I kind of feel the same way about the 4g, wifi, and I think silent buttons in the pull down tab. Not a lot of difference between on and off. Besides that I love the v2 theme.
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@mystery- yeah I figured it wouldn't be that easy.. know of any good tutorials that might get me started learning how to do that? I mean change the .xmls not the flashing part I've got that down.. lol. I thought I saw one you or thomas posted but I can't find it anymore.
@nova- Its a little plain.. didn't mean to offend. There are sections that make It invisible on my wallpaper. In the end I just prefer a little color.. lol. I kind of feel the same way about the 4g, wifi, and I think silent buttons in the pull down tab. Not a lot of difference between on and off. Besides that I love the v2 theme.
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Alas, a user asking for help to do something themselves! Check these out, Dreams is the resident theming guru and he put together these awesome guides. Surely something in here will help you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=818163 --> Required Tools
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=821638 --> Putting the tools to use pt. 1
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=817998 --> Everything you need to get started
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Alas, a user asking for help to do something themselves! Check these out, Dreams is the resident theming guru and he put together these awesome guides. Surely something in here will help you.
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Excellent. I've got some reading to do... btw I'm glad to see you two sticking around a little.
schnowdapowda said:
Excellent. I've got some reading to do... btw I'm glad to see you two sticking around a little.
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Thank you thomas for posting the links.
I see slot of change going on so I'll see where it goes. I'm picky about who I help also now
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schnowdapowda said:
Excellent. I've got some reading to do... btw I'm glad to see you two sticking around a little.
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As long as people help themselves more, such as you are doing, then I am more than happy to stick around and point people in the right direction. It would be completely different if you made a thread that said "I want a transparent notification bar. Make me one now." So as long as people start doing things like this more often, I'll be back in no time.
Which .xml have to be edited? Just curious
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@nova- Its a little plain.. didn't mean to offend. There are sections that make It invisible on my wallpaper. In the end I just prefer a little color.. lol. I kind of feel the same way about the 4g, wifi, and I think silent buttons in the pull down tab. Not a lot of difference between on and off. Besides that I love the v2 theme.
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: ) Yeah, I have some that love it and some that don't. I very happy you are taking this on your self tho. Most don't try and cry.
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ecooce said:
Which .xml have to be edited? Just curious
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Depends on what your changing. Most of it is just changing images out.
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Well since the thread is about transparent notification bar,and some one said you need to edit an .xml to do this,Im asking which .xml needs to be edited... Are you saying all I need to do is edit the image to get transparent notification bar?
ecooce said:
Well since the thread is about transparent notification bar,and some one said you need to edit an .xml to do this,Im asking which .xml needs to be edited... Are you saying all I need to do is edit the image to get transparent notification bar?
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Ok, here's what I have found with making a transparent noticication bar for the Epic. Making the png semi-transparent will work, but only for the lock screen. Another png or image will hide the transparent bar with a black background. I have tried to find which image does this, but no luck so far.
statusbar_background.9.png is the status bar image.
Here is the one I use. You can get away with just editing this without worrying about draw9patch because it just stretches.
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It in the framework-res.apk\res\drawable-hdpi\
The reason you can only see it on the lockscreen or on a live wallpaper is because of the launcher you are using has the background image set for 16bit, showing black under the status bar b/c the image doesn't fit. This shouldn't be the case for new newest LauncherPro as I'm told, the stock TWlauncher, or the 2.2 Launcher (Launcher2). If needed, just pull the TWlauncher from my rom, or you can run a live wallpaper.
Hope this helps.
ecooce, I know its about transparent notification bar, but you don't need to edit an xml to get it, there for I didn't understand.
Zeam works as well
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a454nova said:
statusbar_background.9.png is the status bar image.
Here is the one I use. You can get away with just editing this without worrying about draw9patch because it just stretches.
View attachment 497929
It in the framework-res.apk\res\drawable-hdpi\
The reason you can only see it on the lockscreen or on a live wallpaper is because of the launcher you are using has the background image set for 16bit, showing black under the status bar b/c the image doesn't fit. This shouldn't be the case for new newest LauncherPro as I'm told, the stock TWlauncher, or the 2.2 Launcher (Launcher2). If needed, just pull the TWlauncher from my rom, or you can run a live wallpaper.
Hope this helps.
ecooce, I know its about transparent notification bar, but you don't need to edit an xml to get it, there for I didn't understand.
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THANK YOU...
a454nova said:
statusbar_background.9.png is the status bar image.
It in the framework-res.apk\res\drawable-hdpi\
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Follow the instructions in this post. Just pull the correct image from the correct directory instead of the ones mentioned in the linked post. It shows you how to use gimp to make the image transparent.
I made one for stock DK28 if you'd like it.... just PM me, custom battery and all

ICS blue|black|trans| Gapps icons.

I changed my Icons to better match the ICS blue theme. Here they are if you want them.
Here is a zip containing most of my icons, all that are pictured in this thread and some more. This zip contains all 3 sizes of each icon to replace every icon in the apk. They are numbered by size 48,72,96. However they are also all the same file name and contained in individual zips. So be careful not to overwrite when unpacking.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6879136/Fatsix_Icons.7z
To change the SMS icon.
Rename mms.apk to mms.zip
Double click to open (using winrar here) DO NOT UNZIP!
Res>mipmap-xhdpi
drag and drop ic_launcher_smsmms.png over top the old one. Let it replace it
rename mms.zip back to apk.
Then install however you normally would
The contacts and phone icon are located in the contacts.apk it's done the same way as the mms.apk, in the same folder name, just replace ic_launcher_phone.png, and ic_launcher_contacts.png
I have copies of my apk's. You probobly should too. Lemme know if i need to change something.
Blue_Graphic Package, Barrowed Themed apps by others, Icons by me, Notification icons by me.
Blacked out Gtalk (Thanks xcape) Notificatoin icon does not work, you need to have your framework-res.apk modified (it's stupid)
Blacked out Gmail (Thanks b-boy)
Blacked out SMS (Thanks Mastur Mynd)
Blacked out Contacts/Dialer and people (Thanks xcape), I removed the annoying cyan lines in the dialer background.
New Icons for Browser
Includes New glass transparent Gtalk icon. weeeeeeeeeeeeee
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6879136/Blue_Graphic.zip
See thumbnail below for screenshot.
{
"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"
}
Blacked out GMail *barrowed from b-Boy and MM* with matching notification icon.
Now in a flashable zip! (thanks runandhide05)
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6879136/Black_Gmail.zip
Flashable Stock Internet browser with re themed icon, and bookmark.
Faded black
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6879136/Faded_black_browser.zip
Black
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6879136/Black_browser.zip
Good job man. I've been wanting to change these icons but I get told off when I do
Love the wallpaper. Any chance of sharing it?
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they look great.
is there any chance you can recolor the red of the gmail icon to match and post that too ?
thanks a lot man , png works great with desktop visualizer
LeCore said:
they look great.
is there any chance you can recolor the red of the gmail icon to match and post that too ?
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here you go, put these in the mipmap-xhdpi folder in the Gmail.apk
EDIT: Fixed colors to match ICS better
perfect.
you DA man
I got bored so I'm converting some more icons to cyan,
Calendar
Google Music:
EDIT: Fixed colors to match ICS better
Gallery
http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/2651304/1/Android_Gallery?h=cdde53
Fyi, if you use ninjamorph you can change these right from your phone. Amazing app and I just tested to make sure it still works for us and it worked perfect.
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akellar said:
Fyi, if you use ninjamorph you can change these right from your phone. Amazing app and I just tested to make sure it still works for us and it worked perfect.
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Great find! This app is awesome, this will save me so much time, thank you
bacardee said:
Great find! This app is awesome, this will save me so much time, thank you
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Thank the dev for sure. It didn't work for me when I tried to change images in systemui btw so it may only cooperate on non-framework apks for now.
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Black icons added, transparent gtalk icon. Includes a blacked out Gmail barrowed from b-Boy and MM, with matching notification icon.
Go here for more:
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/13745-mod-ics-blueblacktransparent-gapps-icons/
Van you make this cwm flashable?
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energie said:
Van you make this cwm flashable?
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Which one?
I have some of them pre packaged in apk's already.
As far as flashable zips go, I am on the fence. I believe you should learn to do a few core things, in case something gets messed up and you don't have a zip to flash and fix. I probably will build a zip that contains all the updated Gapps with different themed icons when I am finished with the notification icons.
Which music icon do we replace?
91ludesit said:
Which music icon do we replace?
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I havent worked on the music icon, the one posted isn't mine. But it should be res/mipmap-xhdpi/
fatsix said:
I havent worked on the music icon, the one posted isn't mine. But it should be res/mipmap-xhdpi/
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Except that folder does not exist inside music2.apk, hopefully someone knows.
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Except that folder does not exist inside music2.apk, hopefully someone knows.
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Not sure what apk that is.
should be googlemusic.apk
res/mipmap-hdpi/
veryify that the file you are replacing is 72x72 pixels
fatsix said:
Not sure what apk that is.
should be googlemusic.apk
res/mipmap-hdpi/
veryify that the file you are replacing is 72x72 pixels
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Tried there, and nothing, the icon was indeed 72x72.
Any chance you could do the market too?
91ludesit said:
Tried there, and nothing, the icon was indeed 72x72.
Any chance you could do the market too?
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I dont know what music2.apk is....
my google music is googlemusic.apk, pulled from data/app/googlemusic.apk
gtalk,mms/smms,gmail,contacts are being done first. I am theming the icons in your notification bar as i go. It takes some time.

[Q] transparent statusbar... any ideas ?

So I've been trying something, but with no success at all... maybe someone who knows his way around xmls better can help me...
I'm using CheckROM RevoHD v4 , and Vert's ICS Domination theme over it. What i would really like is to have a transparent statusbar...
What I tried so far :
- extracted SystemUI.apk and framework-res.apk from CheckROM zip and then
used zdune's patcher to get flashable zips.
This obviously didn't work because the apks currently in my rom are modified by
Vert's theming
- So i used rootBrowser to get those two files from the system folder on my
phone since obviously they are the updated ones, so i tried to patch those two
but to no avail , it didn't work
In both cases when i flash it i completely lose the status bar and the notifications , i.e. no way to open them.
Zdune's patcher may only work with CM7 based roms , I'm not sure if it even works with TW Roms at all.
So if anyone knows what I may be missing , or knows another way I can get it transparent , please tell me. I'm really not quitting until i get it the way i want.
Edit : Opened a thread because no-one replied on my post in Vert's theme thread
Try this, it's a different phone but it's basically the same:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1332153
dully79 said:
Try this, it's a different phone but it's basically the same:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1332153
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thanks for trying but this method doesn't work with touchwiz, and it's too shabby with everything else... i want a full transparent statusbar that 'works' with touchwiz XD
i'm suprised no one made it by now... i don't think i'm the first person that wants it XD
gr4ndm4st3r_bl4ck said:
thanks for trying but this method doesn't work with touchwiz, and it's too shabby with everything else... i want a full transparent statusbar that 'works' with touchwiz XD
i'm suprised no one made it by now... i don't think i'm the first person that wants it XD
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You are not the first one for sure. I been requesting this for awhile. I cant understand why its so easy to do on my old iphone and its so difficult to do on android.
Try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20377555#post20377555
I can help you
I do some mods for verts theme...I will see what i can do today
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There's a status bar system app... I think it could be a good place to start
rixsta said:
I can help you
I do some mods for verts theme...I will see what i can do today
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Man this is way harder than I thought, so many factors
Crazy really
I don't think anyone has got it working perfectly post 2.3.4 roms. I have tried it many times. It works sometimes.
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I don't think anyone has got it working perfectly post 2.3.4 roms. I have tried it many times. It works sometimes.
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What about semi-transparent? Looks nice on miui and would look nice on GB as well imho.
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I want this too. Even just the ability to use a png for the status bar rather than the solid black one which I presume is controlled by an xml.
esk02k said:
I want this too. Even just the ability to use a png for the status bar rather than the solid black one which I presume is controlled by an xml.
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+1
also I'm surprised a man of your talents esk02k hasn't cracked it yet
I have tried it for 2 long days for my latest theme..Change xmls,pngs and what not.My working folder got filled with names _1,_2,_3...lolz)Nothing worked..
Went to samsung galaxy S forum..Its just so easy over there.Peeps over there just change 2 png files
esk02k said:
I want this too. Even just the ability to use a png for the status bar rather than the solid black one which I presume is controlled by an xml.
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I tried redirecting the status bar xml inside systemui to point to a png instead of a hex colour and it worked, but constantly force closed on me so I must have missed something.
The man to ask is criskelo as his roms support custom status bars.
dully79 said:
I tried redirecting the status bar xml inside systemui to point to a png instead of a hex colour and it worked, but constantly force closed on me so I must have missed something.
The man to ask is criskelo as his roms support custom status bars.
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You changed public.xml to allow for that new png?Dont take me otherwise..just asking..
Anyways guys can anyone try this..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1085118
I am at office.Will be home in another 5 hours..Please anyone try this in the meanwhile..
dully79 said:
I tried redirecting the status bar xml inside systemui to point to a png instead of a hex colour and it worked, but constantly force closed on me so I must have missed something.
The man to ask is criskelo as his roms support custom status bars.
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You can edit the statusbar.XML to point to a PNG. That's the easy part and offcourse the smali edit to make it transparent.
You can then use adw launcher and remove the wallpaper hack to make the statusbar transparent. But it does not work as expected, atleast for me. There is also the problem of notifications overlapping over the date.
In miui when you drop down the notification bar, the status bar does not stay transparent anymore. It points to another png.
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chetan_mohanty said:
You changed public.xml to allow for that new png?Dont take me otherwise..just asking..
Anyways guys can anyone try this..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1085118
I am at office.Will be home in another 5 hours..Please anyone try this in the meanwhile..
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If I change anything I usually delete the public.xml so it re generates, I think I know where I went wrong but I have been too busy to try again, maybe try later when I get a spare hour.
This what i mean
stock themed statusbar
{
"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"
}
Semi transparent statusbar
Problem when notification bar is dropped down ( don't bother abt date background. I forgot to change it to fully transparent. See overlap )
sileshnair said:
stock themed statusbar
Semi transparent statusbar
Problem when notification bar is dropped down ( don't bother abt date background. I forgot to change it to fully transparent. See overlap )
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Looks sick imho. What about not showing the date in dropdown but where the carrier label is..? Wud love a semi transparent statusbar.
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haasgo said:
Looks sick imho. What about not showing the date in dropdown but where the carrier label is..? Wud love a semi transparent statusbar.
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Send me your SystemUI.apk from the rom you are running now and i'll make a semi-transparent and a fully transparent one for you.
Let me see regarding moving the date down.

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