Hi. I'm trying to make my Status Bar in my Galaxy S3 4.2.1 Semi transparent but have a hiccup. I know how to Decompile/Recompile etc...
I looked everywhere for an answer but no avail. So, here I am asking the question. I know how to make it transparent, but it does not stick at boot up. What I changed is this: <item type="drawable" name="status_bar_background">#bf000000</item> in SystemUI.apk\res\values - drawables.xml.
MY problem is that when the phone boots up, the status bar is still the default color. 100% solid color. Only when I pull down the notification, is when it turns transparent the way I modded. It will stay transparent the way I made after I do the pulldown notification once. But why isn't it not transparent right away after boot up? Did I miss something somewhere in SystemUI? Somethings else needs changing? Thank you.
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Okay I want to make the status bar transparent and the pull down tray as well.
I want something like the transparency the top bar in OSX 10.6. I hate hiding my background and since I'm going for a minimal look, it's awfully distracting.
I tried to make the edits myself in photoshop and went ahead and resigned the .9.png files too. But when I pushed the framework-res.apk file back...only the notification bar had changed. and the pull down bar stayed solid.
Can anyone list for me which files specifically I need to change so I can make the notification bar and pull down tray transparent?
I would go ahead and make the changes myself.
I'm currently on FreshEvo, anyone think it would look better on cm6? or easier?
I found that 85% opacity seemed to work well enough but the black bar on sense was less than ideal, but acceptable. There was a problem with that too, the icons for mail notifications, cell signal, etc had their own black background that showed like black squares, I'd need to know which files to edit for that too.
I'm thinking that the aosp top bar, or if anyone knows of a white/aosp theme for senseroms, would work better.
P.S. The first time I edited my framework-res, I had to re-add all my accounts on the phone? what happened?? lol
All help appreciated
overthinkingme said:
Okay I want to make the status bar transparent and the pull down tray as well.
I want something like the transparency the top bar in OSX 10.6. I hate hiding my background and since I'm going for a minimal look, it's awfully distracting.
I tried to make the edits myself in photoshop and went ahead and resigned the .9.png files too. But when I pushed the framework-res.apk file back...only the notification bar had changed. and the pull down bar stayed solid.
Can anyone list for me which files specifically I need to change so I can make the notification bar and pull down tray transparent?
I would go ahead and make the changes myself.
I'm currently on FreshEvo, anyone think it would look better on cm6? or easier?
I found that 85% opacity seemed to work well enough but the black bar on sense was less than ideal, but acceptable. There was a problem with that too, the icons for mail notifications, cell signal, etc had their own black background that showed like black squares, I'd need to know which files to edit for that too.
I'm thinking that the aosp top bar, or if anyone knows of a white/aosp theme for senseroms, would work better.
P.S. The first time I edited my framework-res, I had to re-add all my accounts on the phone? what happened?? lol
All help appreciated
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in launcher pro, making the status bar transparent wont matter becuase there needs to be a wallpaper hack i believe, unless you use a live wallpaper, the transparency will show. All the files are in the framework-res.apk that you need to change i believe, aside from the pulldown tray, that is the services.jar. i could post my theme for ya, but it changes everything.
What is your theme? Maybe there's a framework-res in it I could take a peek at to compare your edits.
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brock1909 said:
in launcher pro, making the status bar transparent wont matter becuase there needs to be a wallpaper hack i believe, unless you use a live wallpaper, the transparency will show. All the files are in the framework-res.apk that you need to change i believe, aside from the pulldown tray, that is the services.jar. i could post my theme for ya, but it changes everything.
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What do you edit in services.jar? I cant find the reference to it... the pulldown tray, that is, making it transparent.
The bars in your bottom picture are in framework-res/drawable-hdpi/
-status_bar_background.png
-status_bar_header_background.9.png
-statusbar_background.png
-status_bar_close_on.9.png
In that order
You need to edit all of the status bar icons also they have black blocks behind all of them. Like stat_notify_disk_full.png there are some in framework-res and some in com.htc.resources
The white part can only be made transparent with services.jar. I know there are downloads of it on here just do a search for services.jar.
Manup has a bunch for download that make it transparent and remove the clock and stuff.
Here is a guide on how to make your own
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7739623&postcount=53
Thank you, answered my question fully.
Would I be correct to assume that in cm6, all the status bar icons have white blocks begins them?
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I've been searching the forums all afternoon looking for a way to change the notification bar on the synergy ROM to flat black with gingerbread icons. Or even just flat black with stock icons if that isn't possible. Does anyone know how this can be done?
Something similar to this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1100493&highlight=black+notification+bar
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I've been searching the forums all afternoon looking for a way to change the notification bar on the synergy ROM to flat black with gingerbread icons. Or even just flat black with stock icons if that isn't possible. Does anyone know how this can be done?
Something similar to this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1100493&highlight=black+notification+bar
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I just added a flat black and grey theme... just go to the link in my sig
all the status bar icons and stuff and even notification things are in systemui.apk in /system/app in gingerbread. just modify whatever you want.
Alright, I just got a hold of CM7 for my Incredible 2 and wanted to know how I can get a 50% transparency status bar. I looked all over, even in that Meizu theme thread (or whatever it's called) and I still can't find out how to do it. Can anybody please give me a quick tutorial? Please?
Bump! SOMEBODY needs to know how to do this...
I would also like to know how.
I mean, I GOT it and everything, but the clock is centered. Rest assured I am restoring a Nandroid right now. I don't want a centered clock.
jason2302 said:
Alright, I just got a hold of CM7 for my Incredible 2 and wanted to know how I can get a 50% transparency status bar. I looked all over, even in that Meizu theme thread (or whatever it's called) and I still can't find out how to do it. Can anybody please give me a quick tutorial? Please?
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it isn't a quite tutorial, inverting the status bar mean, that you need to change the .png of the status bar from black to whatever transparency you want, I use paint.net...
then EVERY status bar icon has a black background.. you need to change probably over 100 icons give or take to have it look correct other wise u will have a transparent staus bar with icons that have a black background.
I suggest using the UOT kitchen. much faster. and it should do this MOD for u, I'm not sure I've never used it but people seem to like it.
download the Metamorph app and search for "metamorph darkshade.zip". The darkshade.zip file will theme your notification pulldown for you. You'll have to do a battery pull after applying the theme but afterwards you'll be golden.
I've tried using metamorph but it does do anything for my Inc2 and I'm on CM7. Any help?
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is there a screenshot of this? I don't really understand why you would want a transparent statusbar
lax4mike said:
is there a screenshot of this? I don't really understand why you would want a transparent statusbar
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look in this thread..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=476483&page=4609
plenty of screenshots with transparent status bars
check this thread maybe it is what you are looking for
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=960530&page=2
I would like to ask on how to change the status bar from Gingerbread to Froyo theme? Is this possible on a Stock S5360 Rom?
I've been searching for a mod through google and I can't find any.
What I want to do is to make a white statusbar with black text and icons. I used UOT Kitchen and flashed the zip. What happened was the notification area changed but the status bar remained the same. So I opened the framework-res.apk and edited the .png files.
My dilemma is I can't read some of the icons since they are still white in color. Then I found the Froyo statusbar which is an easier alternative for my project.
Thanks
You can do that with UOT Kitchen, just set the status bar background colour to #FFFFFF and the text #000000. Use the previews!
The Rom's status bar is transparent... and it makes every icon very hard to read on a wall paper that have white on the back... >_> can someone tell me if there is an easy way to change the status bar color? The Rom is great except the Status Bar... I tried Nottach's "Back Ground Color" thing, but it doesn't work... Really apprecated.
Grab the SystemUI.apk from 3.0 and move it to system/app.then reboot. (I will make it sooner or later.)
Or use a different launcher that doesn't support transparancy.