First of all: this guide is based off the guide by @lukakas found here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2460877
I tweaked it to get it to work on CM11, comparing the files of the Z2 system dump, the 4.3 resources provided in the guide by @lukakas and compared the difference with CM11 files.
In this guide I am using OPENsemc rom beta 3, wich is CyanogenMod 11 / Android KitKat
Before flashing the files, perform a FULL BACKUP in case something goes wrong!
I recommend using Virtuous Ten Studio for editing the files. It can be downloaded from: http://www.virtuous-ten-studio.com/index.php/downloads
Setting up Virtuous Ten Studio
Click on “File” then on “Open Settings” then proceed to ApkTool, and install Framework-res.apk from the rom you are trying to port SmallApps to by clicking on “Add single framework”
Android.policy.jar
Click on “Open” then on “New Project” and import anroid.policy.jar as shown below:
(note, in properties/settings click on “Smali” and make sure the API is set to 4.4 KitKat)
Now open smali\com\android\internal\policy\impl\PhoneWindowManager.smali and select checkAddPermission from the dropdown menu
Find and alter the following lines of code: (added code is marked in green)
Press control s to save the document and recompile it: (use right click on android.policy and click “Build project”
Framework2.jar
For this step, import and decompile Framework2.jar like in steps show above. Right click on “framework2” and select “Open in windows explorer”
In the explorer screen, navigate to Data/smali/com, copy and paste the “sony” folder provided in the resources zip. Once done, right click on “framework2” and select “Reload project”
Once the project has reloaded, right click on “framework2” and select “Build project”
Framework-res.apk
Import framework-res.apk into the project.
Note: make sure before importing that in the Apk-Tool section you select “Use newest ApkTool” and that you select the Framework tag. (Remember you installed framework-res.apk earlier?)
Once framework-res.apk has imported, open AndroidManifest.XML
Add the lines marked in green like below.
Don’t forget to save the modifications you just made.
Next up: open res/values/ and open “strings.xml”
At the end of the file, copy the green lines:
Save your modifications and and “Build project”
SystemUI.apk
This part can be the trickiest and can cause a lot of headache. Import SystemUI.apk and open AndroidManifest.xml
Note: make sure before importing that in the Apk-Tool section you select “Use newest ApkTool” and that you select the Framework tag.
Add the lines marked in green like below.
Add the lines marked in green like below. (in Recents Activity)
Now navigate to res/values/ and open “attrs.xml”
Add the line marked in green at the end of the file:
Now navigate to res/values/ and open “ids.xml”
Add the line marked in green at the end of the file:
Now navigate to res/values/ and open “public.xml”
Since we will be working with hex id’s, a word of advice.
Always create a new hex id in this file. Duplicating other hex number will result in a fail when trying to recompile
As an example:
<public type="attr" name="maxSize" id="0x7f010008" />
<public type="attr" name="holdTime" id="0x7f010009" />
<public type="attr" name="decayTime" id="0x7f01000a" />
<public type="attr" name="orientation" id="0x7f01000b" />
<public type="attr" name="singleRow" id="0x7f01000c" />
<public type="attr" name="lookupKey" id="0x7f01000d" />
Notice that all the hex number are sequential? All these numbers are only found once in the entire document. If I were to add another line below LookupKey it would look like this:
<public type="attr" name="Tutorial" id="0x7f01000e" />
When in doubt as to if the number you assigned to a line, just copy the hex number and use control f to search for it. When you can’t find another line with that number, you know that your hex number is one of a kind.
Let’s get started shall we.
First of all locate the last “attr” line and add the line below marked in green:
Locate the last “layout” line (like where you put LookupKey in the example above) and add line below marked in green:
<public type="layout" name="plugin_view" id="PUT_HEX_HERE" />
Locate the last “id” line and do the same with the line below
<public type="id" name="recents_inject_custom_view" id=" PUT_HEX_HERE" " />
<public type="id" name="recents_layout" id=" PUT_HEX_HERE" " />
<public type="id" name="recents_pluginview_container" id=" PUT_HEX_HERE" " />
Now copy and paste (and overwrite) the files in the resources to res/layout and res/layout-land.
Now copy and paste (and overwrite) the .smali files in the resources to com/android/systemui and com/android/systemui/recent
Before going any further, don’t forget to save ALL the modifications you made and after that you need to right click on “SystemUI” and click on “Reload project”
Now open up RecentsActivity.smali
Virtuous Ten Studio helps you in which lines you need to alter. Every line that has an hex id will be marked by a little blue box
In the example above, 0x7f07007f represents “recents_pluginview_container” you need to change that hex number to the number you assigned to it earlier in “public.xml”
You need to change every hex number in this file to match the hex numbers you assigned earlier.
These are:
recents_pluginview_container
recents_layout
plugin_view
status_bar_recent_panel
recents_root
config_recent_item_min_alpha
recents_pluginview_container
recents_return_to_launcher_enter
recents_return_to_launcher_exit
Note that the list above is in the same order as the lines containing the hex numbers in RecentsActivity.smali. This means that “recents_pluginview_container” represents the first hex number, “recents_layout” the second, “plugin_view” the third etc. etc.
Once that is done, save the file and open R$styleable.smali.
Find line: sput-object v0, Lcom/android/systemui/R$styleable;->RecentsPanelView:[I
Change that hex id to match the id for LookupKey, you added that in “public.xml”.
Save all modifications and build your project.
Zip up all the files in a flashable zip and start flashing
These are all the steps I made to get it working, I hope this guide will help others to port SmallApps/Taskswitcher.
I tweaked it to get it to work on CM11, comparing the files of the Z2 system dump, the 4.3 resources provided in the guide by @lukakas and compared the difference with CM11 files.
In this guide I am using OPENsemc rom beta 3, wich is CyanogenMod 11 / Android KitKat
Before flashing the files, perform a FULL BACKUP in case something goes wrong!
Code:
I will NOT be held responsible if something happens to your device while or after flashing any of these files! All flashing is done at your OWN RISK.I recommend using Virtuous Ten Studio for editing the files. It can be downloaded from: http://www.virtuous-ten-studio.com/index.php/downloads
Setting up Virtuous Ten Studio
Click on “File” then on “Open Settings” then proceed to ApkTool, and install Framework-res.apk from the rom you are trying to port SmallApps to by clicking on “Add single framework”
Android.policy.jar
Click on “Open” then on “New Project” and import anroid.policy.jar as shown below:
(note, in properties/settings click on “Smali” and make sure the API is set to 4.4 KitKat)
Now open smali\com\android\internal\policy\impl\PhoneWindowManager.smali and select checkAddPermission from the dropdown menu
Find and alter the following lines of code: (added code is marked in green)
Press control s to save the document and recompile it: (use right click on android.policy and click “Build project”
Framework2.jar
For this step, import and decompile Framework2.jar like in steps show above. Right click on “framework2” and select “Open in windows explorer”
In the explorer screen, navigate to Data/smali/com, copy and paste the “sony” folder provided in the resources zip. Once done, right click on “framework2” and select “Reload project”
Once the project has reloaded, right click on “framework2” and select “Build project”
Framework-res.apk
Import framework-res.apk into the project.
Note: make sure before importing that in the Apk-Tool section you select “Use newest ApkTool” and that you select the Framework tag. (Remember you installed framework-res.apk earlier?)
Once framework-res.apk has imported, open AndroidManifest.XML
Add the lines marked in green like below.
rotectionLevel="system|signature" />
Don’t forget to save the modifications you just made.
Next up: open res/values/ and open “strings.xml”
At the end of the file, copy the green lines:
Save your modifications and and “Build project”
SystemUI.apk
This part can be the trickiest and can cause a lot of headache. Import SystemUI.apk and open AndroidManifest.xml
Note: make sure before importing that in the Apk-Tool section you select “Use newest ApkTool” and that you select the Framework tag.
Add the lines marked in green like below.
Add the lines marked in green like below. (in Recents Activity)
Now navigate to res/values/ and open “attrs.xml”
Add the line marked in green at the end of the file:
Now navigate to res/values/ and open “ids.xml”
Add the line marked in green at the end of the file:
Now navigate to res/values/ and open “public.xml”
Since we will be working with hex id’s, a word of advice.
Always create a new hex id in this file. Duplicating other hex number will result in a fail when trying to recompile
As an example:
<public type="attr" name="maxSize" id="0x7f010008" />
<public type="attr" name="holdTime" id="0x7f010009" />
<public type="attr" name="decayTime" id="0x7f01000a" />
<public type="attr" name="orientation" id="0x7f01000b" />
<public type="attr" name="singleRow" id="0x7f01000c" />
<public type="attr" name="lookupKey" id="0x7f01000d" />
Notice that all the hex number are sequential? All these numbers are only found once in the entire document. If I were to add another line below LookupKey it would look like this:
<public type="attr" name="Tutorial" id="0x7f01000e" />
When in doubt as to if the number you assigned to a line, just copy the hex number and use control f to search for it. When you can’t find another line with that number, you know that your hex number is one of a kind.
Let’s get started shall we.
First of all locate the last “attr” line and add the line below marked in green:
Locate the last “layout” line (like where you put LookupKey in the example above) and add line below marked in green:
<public type="layout" name="plugin_view" id="PUT_HEX_HERE" />
Locate the last “id” line and do the same with the line below
<public type="id" name="recents_inject_custom_view" id=" PUT_HEX_HERE" " />
<public type="id" name="recents_layout" id=" PUT_HEX_HERE" " />
<public type="id" name="recents_pluginview_container" id=" PUT_HEX_HERE" " />
Now copy and paste (and overwrite) the files in the resources to res/layout and res/layout-land.
Now copy and paste (and overwrite) the .smali files in the resources to com/android/systemui and com/android/systemui/recent
Before going any further, don’t forget to save ALL the modifications you made and after that you need to right click on “SystemUI” and click on “Reload project”
Now open up RecentsActivity.smali
Virtuous Ten Studio helps you in which lines you need to alter. Every line that has an hex id will be marked by a little blue box
In the example above, 0x7f07007f represents “recents_pluginview_container” you need to change that hex number to the number you assigned to it earlier in “public.xml”
You need to change every hex number in this file to match the hex numbers you assigned earlier.
These are:
recents_pluginview_container
recents_layout
plugin_view
status_bar_recent_panel
recents_root
config_recent_item_min_alpha
recents_pluginview_container
recents_return_to_launcher_enter
recents_return_to_launcher_exit
Note that the list above is in the same order as the lines containing the hex numbers in RecentsActivity.smali. This means that “recents_pluginview_container” represents the first hex number, “recents_layout” the second, “plugin_view” the third etc. etc.
Once that is done, save the file and open R$styleable.smali.
Find line: sput-object v0, Lcom/android/systemui/R$styleable;->RecentsPanelView:[I
Change that hex id to match the id for LookupKey, you added that in “public.xml”.
Save all modifications and build your project.
Zip up all the files in a flashable zip and start flashing
These are all the steps I made to get it working, I hope this guide will help others to port SmallApps/Taskswitcher.
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