[Theme] [CM11] [Update 28 Feb] Bring back some Holo Blue

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hypophysis

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You dont like the eyepiercingly bright white icons in KitKat's system status area? You don't like them either in quicksetting and you hate the new pale orange that can be seen there? You want back some good old Android Holo Blue?

Here's the solution:

This Theme Chooser theme brings back some of our beloved Holo Blue to CM11 (should also work for the other major KitKat Custom ROMs as far as they implement Theme Chooser. The specific icons are already included in my theme!).

It's a minimalistic theme. It only themes the system status area and the quicksettings and doesn't disturb the pure AOSP look.

Back to holo blue are:

  • Signal, WiFi, Bluetooth (when connected), Clock and Battery icon in system status area. Here I use the brightest possible version #39CAFF for better contrast on the transparent status bar and because the icons get reduced in brightness by the system when displayed on a black status bar.
  • BringBackSomeHoloBlue.apk: Signal, WiFi, Bluetooth and Cast in Quicksettings. Here they turn to standard Holo Blue #33B5E5, when fully connected.
  • BringBackMoreHoloBlue.apk: Everything that was blue in Quicksettings on 4.3 Jellybean is blue again.

All bright white icons in these areas where reduced in brightness to the standard Jellybean level #CCCCCC.

All icons stay original KitKat. They only got carefully color and alpha channel tuned by me.
The new scheme in quicksettings with outlined dark grey icons when inactive and bright filled icons when active stays untouched.

"Plus" versions also revert the overscroll glow back to JB holo blue color and style.

Contains icon sets for MDPI, HDPI, XHDPI and XXHDPI devices.
Icons for RTL languages (Hebrew, Arabic etc.) are also included.

Knowns issues:

This doesn't install on devices running ART instead of Dalvik. ART doesn't accept modded APKs that are not buillt from source. Any help on this topic will be much appreciated.
Edit: I got a report that it keeps working when you install under Dalvik and then switch back to ART.

Battery and clock color only get changed in newer nighlies of cm11. There is a bug in CM11 regarding the circle battery. The grey (in fact it's translucent white) full ring is actually drawn over the indicator ring segment instead as an underlay. This makes the color of the ring look brighter and less saturated. I already opened an issue on CM11 bugtracker. Hope they fix it soon.

Installation: Download and install the APK. Go to Settings/Themes and activate it - voilà - you get back some Holo Blue. :cool:

Tools used for creating this theme:
- Virtuous Ten Studio (includes APKtool)
- ImageMagick (command line image manipulation)
- win-bash (GNU Bash Shell for Windows)
- Greenfish Icon Editor Pro
- WinMerge
- Notepad++

Update 13th Feb 14: Added the new CM11 Quicksettings Volume Control Icons.
Update 28th Feb 14: Added "Plus" versions that also revert the overscroll glow to holo blue JB style

You also don't like the grayish and red look of the deskclock? Check out this mod I made: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=51067709 Originally posted in the Nexus 7 2013 forums, but should work on all Devices running Android 4.2 and up.
 

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Un|mAtr|XzEr0

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Oct 16, 2013
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Hi,
Couldn´t install it on 25th Nightly on my Sony lt22i with using ART runtime :(

When using dalvik it is working and I can add the theme ................ could you add direct ART support??

All in all it´s awesome, that you made this App :D ........... I don´t like the light white KK icons .. terrible :D


Thank you, and hope you will continue your work on this app :)

Regards, Dennis



Edit:

It seems like working after I installed in dalvik and after finished installation I switched back to ART and it looks good :D
 
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SomeWelshGuy

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Dec 29, 2013
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This is exactly what I wanted, thank you! I miss the holo blue status bar but could only find themes that overhauled everything to a shade of blue.

Is there any possibility of theming the pulldown bar on the notification drawer to holo blue like in jelly bean?
 

Un|mAtr|XzEr0

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Oct 16, 2013
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I like it like it is, coz in the pull down menu the orange is changed in blue.... Thats better than before and better than in jelly bean :D

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don_kamil

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May 31, 2009
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It doesn't work for me. I can't install it (Nexus 4, ROM Nexus 5 Experience based on CM11, android 4.4.2, dalvik).
 

adi1996

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Does not install on galaxy grand cm11

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Link2811

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Dec 13, 2012
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Hey ! Thank you for this amazing theme ! But I have a few questions

-Why is there an alert message saying my phone resolution isn't compatible with this theme ? (with Nexus 5)

-Are you planning to do a "Bring back full holo blue" ? In jelly bean, the light when we "overscrolled" (I don't know how to say it) was blue, but now, with Kitkat,, it's white... I know there are many other things, but I can't remember what...

-And, the "3G, H+, etc..." icon next to the signal bars was white in JB, and you make it blue :p


That's all, :D
 

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    You dont like the eyepiercingly bright white icons in KitKat's system status area? You don't like them either in quicksetting and you hate the new pale orange that can be seen there? You want back some good old Android Holo Blue?

    Here's the solution:

    This Theme Chooser theme brings back some of our beloved Holo Blue to CM11 (should also work for the other major KitKat Custom ROMs as far as they implement Theme Chooser. The specific icons are already included in my theme!).

    It's a minimalistic theme. It only themes the system status area and the quicksettings and doesn't disturb the pure AOSP look.

    Back to holo blue are:

    • Signal, WiFi, Bluetooth (when connected), Clock and Battery icon in system status area. Here I use the brightest possible version #39CAFF for better contrast on the transparent status bar and because the icons get reduced in brightness by the system when displayed on a black status bar.
    • BringBackSomeHoloBlue.apk: Signal, WiFi, Bluetooth and Cast in Quicksettings. Here they turn to standard Holo Blue #33B5E5, when fully connected.
    • BringBackMoreHoloBlue.apk: Everything that was blue in Quicksettings on 4.3 Jellybean is blue again.

    All bright white icons in these areas where reduced in brightness to the standard Jellybean level #CCCCCC.

    All icons stay original KitKat. They only got carefully color and alpha channel tuned by me.
    The new scheme in quicksettings with outlined dark grey icons when inactive and bright filled icons when active stays untouched.

    "Plus" versions also revert the overscroll glow back to JB holo blue color and style.

    Contains icon sets for MDPI, HDPI, XHDPI and XXHDPI devices.
    Icons for RTL languages (Hebrew, Arabic etc.) are also included.

    Knowns issues:

    This doesn't install on devices running ART instead of Dalvik. ART doesn't accept modded APKs that are not buillt from source. Any help on this topic will be much appreciated.
    Edit: I got a report that it keeps working when you install under Dalvik and then switch back to ART.

    Battery and clock color only get changed in newer nighlies of cm11. There is a bug in CM11 regarding the circle battery. The grey (in fact it's translucent white) full ring is actually drawn over the indicator ring segment instead as an underlay. This makes the color of the ring look brighter and less saturated. I already opened an issue on CM11 bugtracker. Hope they fix it soon.

    Installation: Download and install the APK. Go to Settings/Themes and activate it - voilà - you get back some Holo Blue. :cool:

    Tools used for creating this theme:
    - Virtuous Ten Studio (includes APKtool)
    - ImageMagick (command line image manipulation)
    - win-bash (GNU Bash Shell for Windows)
    - Greenfish Icon Editor Pro
    - WinMerge
    - Notepad++

    Update 13th Feb 14: Added the new CM11 Quicksettings Volume Control Icons.
    Update 28th Feb 14: Added "Plus" versions that also revert the overscroll glow to holo blue JB style

    You also don't like the grayish and red look of the deskclock? Check out this mod I made: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=51067709 Originally posted in the Nexus 7 2013 forums, but should work on all Devices running Android 4.2 and up.
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    Changed the the touch highlight color of the dropdowns (notifications and quicksettings) from #AAAAAA to #CCCCCC too.
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    Update 28 Jan:
    Added MDPI and HDPI iconsets to avoid blurring on lower resolution devices. All icons carefully handtuned and not resized from higher resolutions.
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    Is there any possibility of theming the pulldown bar on the notification drawer to holo blue like in jelly bean?

    I made a second version called "Bring back more Holo Blue" that reverts everything in the Quicksettings back to blue that was blue in 4.3 Jellybean.

    Download on first post.
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    It is working now ;)

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    What did you change?

    Here's a version that's signed with Android test keys. Can someone who had problems before pease confirm if it is working now.