[MOD] [Tutorial] :- Customize Xperia Home App Trays and Dock Bars

Hei Friends,

Here i am Trying to Share a Little Tutorial for Making a Customizable APP Tray and Dock Bar for Sony Xperia Homes..

HOW TO MAKE CUSTOMIZABLE APP TRAY ( 5 x 6 App Tray Explained)

1.Decompile Home.apk

2.Go To res\values\integers.xml And Find This Line

<integer name="apptray_grid_columns">4</integer>
<integer name="apptray_grid_rows">5</integer>



Change It To This

<integer name="apptray_grid_columns">5</integer>
<integer name="apptray_grid_rows">6</integer>

3.Go To res\values\dimens.xml And Find This Line

<dimen name="apptray_cell_width">75.0dip</dimen>
<dimen name="apptray_cell_height">110.0dip</dimen>
<dimen name="apptray_grid_height">500.0dip</dimen>



So Here Come The Calculations Part

I cant help in this you will have to do trial and error methodthat’s a bit of guesswork. If the original layout had 4 icons which together represent 100% and you

changed that to 5 icons, then the default size per icon has to shange from 25% to 20%. That’s roughly 20% reduced size (5% less is 1/5th part of 25%) so reduce the

original size by 20% and it should be about right. The rest is a bit tweaking to give the icons more or less space.

4.Go To res\values-sw360dp

Do The Same Editing As Done In res\values And Enter The Same Values

5.Save It And Re Compile Then Sign It... Enjoy..

HOW TO MAKE 7 APP DOCK

1.Decompile Home.apk

2.Go To res\values\integers.xml And Find This Line

<integer name="stage_grid_columns">5</integer>
<integer name="max_stage_items">4</integer>



Change It To This

<integer name="stage_grid_columns">7</integer>
<integer name="max_stage_items">6</integer>

3.Go To res\values sw-360dp\dimens.xml And Find This Line

<dimen name="stage_cell_width">72.0dip</dimen>
<dimen name="stage_cell_height">87.0dip</dimen>




These values may differ for every phone but they are for stock 4 app dock. We need to change values accordingly that can fit 6 apps.
so this is where the calculations come , widtth is 72 for 5 apps so how much it will be for 7. use approximate values and do trial and error method

4.Save It And Re Compile Then Sign It... Enjoy..


VALUES WHICH GO BEST WITH SP

res/values/dimens.xml

6 x 4 App Drawer

<dimen name="apptray_cell_width">88.0dip</dimen>
<dimen name="apptray_cell_height">80.0dip</dimen>
<dimen name="apptray_grid_height">490.0dip</dimen>

6 x 5 App Drawer

<dimen name="apptray_cell_width">69.0dip</dimen>
<dimen name="apptray_cell_height">85.0dip</dimen>
<dimen name="apptray_grid_height">520.0dip</dimen>

5 x 5 App Drawer

<dimen name="apptray_cell_width">69.0dip</dimen>
<dimen name="apptray_cell_height">90.0dip</dimen>
<dimen name="apptray_grid_height">480.0dip</dimen>

7 Dock Bar Icons

res/values/sw-360dp/dimens.xml

<dimen name="stage_cell_width">52.0dip</dimen>
<dimen name="stage_cell_height">58.0dip</dimen>

Enjoy Guys :good:

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nelikp said:

please guide how to resize the dock icon also...because it look like very busy and mess if 7 dock icon together
waiting this guide b4 i go...thanks bro

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Will try it soon and report

cpkunki said:

Nice tutorial @dipesh1502!
I had tried this thing eairlier with my Xperia Sola's Home (6.1.2.A.0.1). But the Home app dosent get recompiled again.

Sent from my Xperia™ Sola from somewhere in the world!

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You sure you doing it with deodexed apks?

cpkunki said:

Yes! my system is deodexed forever!
Even the SemcAlbum has the same problem.

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And you must be using the latest apktool right?