[MOD] Hidden Notification Music Controls MoDaCo R4 Support

djmcnz · Mar 27, 2011

Hi everyone,

Update 31/03: Works with all 2.2.2 ROM's, including the awesome MoDaCo kitchen!

For me the notification controls for the music player are an admirable idea but ultimately useless if you don't prefer the stock music player. It would be ideal if any music player could hook into them but alas, with the current implementation that's not possible.

I found the option to turn these controls off in the Music app to be utterly unreliable. Frequently I would reboot to find the controls visible even though the option was unchecked in the Music app. I also found that if you freeze or remove the Music app the controls become visible again and there is no way to remove them.

So here's the fix:

Modified framework
Actively hides the controls every boot
Music app can be removed, controls remain hidden

All I have done is add the following code to framework-res.apk/res/layout/statusbar_expanded.xml in the music controls section.

Code:

android:visibility="gone"

And, since this didn't work for all users, I've now added the following so even if it wants to show it will be 0% high ~hidden.

Code:

android:layout_height="0dip"

Here an update.zip you can flash using Paul's Clockwork Recovery, please make a backup first.

Only tested on P990 with Android 2.2.2!

DOWNLOAD

Stock LG 2.2.2 ROM or MoDaCo r1, r1, r3 ROMs
Download: O2xNoMusicControls-v2-unsigned.zip (5.4MB)
MD5 Hash: 05090f6d6890f8ba6e1f5145dc46ae9e

OR

MoDaCo r4+ ROMs
Download: O2xNoMusicControls-v2-MCR-unsigned.zip (5.4MB)
MD5 Hash: 7eb25009d8773e47e886577e2b326a1e

Enjoy + Thanks = Win

DocRambone · Mar 27, 2011

Nice work, but did not make any change for me. Buttons still there if i remove the music.apk

Gilg@mesh · Mar 27, 2011

did not work here either :/ really want to get rid of that

djmcnz · Mar 27, 2011

DocRambone said:
Nice work, but did not make any change for me. Buttons still there if i remove the music.apk

Gilg@mesh said:
did not work here either :/ really want to get rid of that

Oh, really?

Well, I'll need to take another look, worked for me...

I'll do that tomorrow, thanks for the heads-up!

Gilg@mesh · Mar 27, 2011

djmcnz said:
Oh, really?

Well, I'll need to take another look, worked for me...

I'll do that tomorrow, thanks for the heads-up!

I had already deleted the music.apk before I tried this, but I tried it anyway but still it was there, then adb pushed the music.apk back and removed it through settings, but when I deleted the music.apk it was there again so adb push back and now it's gone but I keep the music.apk but hide it with Launcher Pro until this works

thanks!

btw this has nothing to do with the music control, but the power widget control (wifi, bluetooth etc) I change my LCD density to 190 from 240 because 240 is way to much and looks bad, but the power widget don't fit the screen if you know what I mean (it fits but there is a little emty at the right side, hard to explain but I think you can test it for yourself it you want too), is it possible to fix it? and another thing, I just want wifi, bluetooth icon there (with my Nexus S CM7 I have wifi, bluetooth and flash but there is no flash atm) is it possible to hack it somehow?

djmcnz · Mar 28, 2011

Well it's interesting, I've tested it again and it does work for me with one exception:

* When I activate the shade in landscape mode the music control comes back.

When this happens, because I have removed the Music app, I can't disable it again...

But when I reboot it is gone...

So I need to look into the landscape bug... are you using landscape mode at all?

And yes, I think you can alter the toggle buttons... I'll look at that too.

MaliciousKen · Mar 28, 2011

didn't work for me too. The buttons reappears when I delete the music.apk

djmcnz · Mar 28, 2011

I've updated it guys, details in the first post, let me know how you get on.

djmcnz · Mar 28, 2011

Gilg@mesh said:
btw this has nothing to do with the music control, but the power widget control (wifi, bluetooth etc) I change my LCD density to 190 from 240 because 240 is way to much and looks bad, but the power widget don't fit the screen if you know what I mean (it fits but there is a little emty at the right side, hard to explain but I think you can test it for yourself it you want too), is it possible to fix it? and another thing, I just want wifi, bluetooth icon there (with my Nexus S CM7 I have wifi, bluetooth and flash but there is no flash atm) is it possible to hack it somehow?

Yes, this is all possible:

Code:

<TableRow>
    <ImageView android:layout_gravity="top" android:id="@id/sound_button_toggle" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="74.0px" android:layout_marginLeft="21.0px" android:layout_marginTop="10.0px" android:layout_marginRight="17.0px" android:layout_marginBottom="0.0px" />
    <ImageView android:layout_gravity="top" android:id="@id/wifi_button_toggle" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="74.0px" android:layout_marginTop="10.0px" android:layout_marginRight="17.0px" android:layout_marginBottom="0.0px" />
    <ImageView android:layout_gravity="top" android:id="@id/bt_button_toggle" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="74.0px" android:layout_marginTop="10.0px" android:layout_marginRight="17.0px" android:layout_marginBottom="0.0px" />
    <ImageView android:layout_gravity="top" android:id="@id/gps_button_toggle" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="74.0px" android:layout_marginTop="10.0px" android:layout_marginRight="17.0px" android:layout_marginBottom="0.0px" />
    <ImageView android:layout_gravity="top" android:id="@id/switch_button_toggle" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="74.0px" android:layout_marginTop="10.0px" android:layout_marginRight="21.0px" android:layout_marginBottom="0.0px" />
</TableRow>

Gilg@mesh · Mar 28, 2011

djmcnz said:

Yes, this is all possible:

Code:

<TableRow>
    <ImageView android:layout_gravity="top" android:id="@id/sound_button_toggle" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="74.0px" android:layout_marginLeft="21.0px" android:layout_marginTop="10.0px" android:layout_marginRight="17.0px" android:layout_marginBottom="0.0px" />
    <ImageView android:layout_gravity="top" android:id="@id/wifi_button_toggle" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="74.0px" android:layout_marginTop="10.0px" android:layout_marginRight="17.0px" android:layout_marginBottom="0.0px" />
    <ImageView android:layout_gravity="top" android:id="@id/bt_button_toggle" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="74.0px" android:layout_marginTop="10.0px" android:layout_marginRight="17.0px" android:layout_marginBottom="0.0px" />
    <ImageView android:layout_gravity="top" android:id="@id/gps_button_toggle" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="74.0px" android:layout_marginTop="10.0px" android:layout_marginRight="17.0px" android:layout_marginBottom="0.0px" />
    <ImageView android:layout_gravity="top" android:id="@id/switch_button_toggle" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="74.0px" android:layout_marginTop="10.0px" android:layout_marginRight="21.0px" android:layout_marginBottom="0.0px" />
</TableRow>

Great, is it something I can do easy or does it take some "time" (maybe you can make a update.zip file)? as I said, I only need Wifi and Bluetooth (flashlight when it's possible, maybe you can make a flashlight button?) and if would be nice if the buttons fills the screen (make them wider) when using density 190

thanks!

DocRambone · Mar 28, 2011

Confirmed functional

Thanks .

djmcnz · Mar 28, 2011

Gilg@mesh said:
Great, is it something I can do easy or does it take some "time" (maybe you can make a update.zip file)? as I said, I only need Wifi and Bluetooth (flashlight when it's possible, maybe you can make a flashlight button?) and if would be nice if the buttons fills the screen (make them wider) when using density 190

thanks!

lol - the problem is the testing... I don't have my density set like that so couldn't test and the changes are very fine-grained which means there would be lots and lots of testing...

It's not hard to change but you need to first understand adb, apktool, framework-res and layout.xml stuff... it's all on the forums though!

If you get up and running with adb and apktool (http://code.google.com/p/android-apktool/ & http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=640592) - verified and tested - then I'll show you where to start making changes.

djmcnz · Mar 28, 2011

DocRambone said:
Confirmed functional
Thanks .

Thank you kind sir!

Gilg@mesh · Mar 28, 2011

djmcnz said:
lol - the problem is the testing... I don't have my density set like that so couldn't test and the changes are very fine-grained which means there would be lots and lots of testing...

It's not hard to change but you need to first understand adb, apktool, framework-res and layout.xml stuff... it's all on the forums though!

If you get up and running with adb and apktool (http://code.google.com/p/android-apktool/ & http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=640592) - verified and tested - then I'll show you where to start making changes.

ok, I already have adb, I downloaded apktool and copied the files to the Windows directory, now what?

djmcnz · Mar 28, 2011

Gilg@mesh said:
ok, I already have adb, I downloaded apktool and copied the files to the Windows directory, now what?

Try and decomplie an apk, recompile it and get it working on your phone. Report back.

Korumera · Mar 29, 2011

Thanks for this fix! Worked like a charm, first installed a custom baked rom from modaco and after this I applied this fix and tadaa no more stupid notification!

Birthe88 · Mar 29, 2011

I was just thinking about doing this, thank you very much

Birthe88 · Mar 29, 2011

Woops double

Sorensiim · Mar 30, 2011

Nice tweak, thanks for sharing!

Let's hope Paul adapts the mod in his custom kitchen

Korumera · Mar 30, 2011

This patch isn't working anymore after the FR4 release. I tried it and it kept rebooting my phone, after installing FR4 without this patch it works like a charm. Is it possible you update it so that it works agan?

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