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Since themeing Samsung's TouchWiz UI is not quite as simple as AOSP, and sometimes even device specific, I thought it would be nice to have thread for the themers here to help each other, post tips and things like that so we can all learn and get some killer themes going on this thing.

Also, (if this gets becomes a sticky) we can keep the themeing question threads to a minimum.

For those of you that don't know me, I've been themeing Android for about a year and a half now. I started on the Epic 4G then moved over to the Nexus S 4G. I'm always willing to help others as time permits.

Happy Themeing!

Please search before you post!

Since the US carriers were combined into one forum, please note the carrier for you device when posting.

When people are helping you make sure you use the "Thanks" button to show your appreciation!

Here are some goodies that have been posted so far.

Remove Carrier ID from status bar on AT&T rom: Thanks to mrvirginia & deserted1 Here

Guide to remove Carrier ID / Clock from the status bar by deserted1

How to center the clock by Swiftks

Some more status bar mods thanks to freeza

There are many other tips, hints, how to's, and tools in the thread so please search to help keep the thread clean.
 
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Ceelos09

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Looking forward to your work again Shane.
Loved your 'Dark Horse' port on the Epic.
Hopefully our GS3's get some Shane 'Dark Horse' themed love of some kind too :D

Sent from my SPH-D700 using xda premium
 
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Shane,

Great idea. Collaboration is so important. Wish we had more of these kinds threads :)

Looking forward to seeing some killer themes from everyone :)
 
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I havent themed in a while so I had to dust off the good ole apktools last night. Ya I'm need a refresher course lol

Dont have my phone yet but I started to poke around just to get a feel for things.
 
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Well, with all the US variants merged to together this could get sticky in here. Hopefully we don't have any issues with soft bricks, data mishaps or anything like that like we did in the Galaxy S days from using themes for different carriers.
 
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i have a version of systemui i modified for att
I have custom battery icons (not 1% as i used 7zip instead of a full rebuild)

i was able to change the battery icons,
loudness/slilent icon, airplane icon, wifi icons, alarm icon etc.

but for some reason the signal icon changes are not being applied.. i tried clearing cache, and dalvek cache.. still no go..

CAnnot figure out where it is getting the old icons from.. looked in framework-res as well but as far as i can tell they are not in there..

I have changed these sucessfully before in ics on my sgs ii..

anyone have any ideas?

thanks
 
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lgkahn said:
i have a version of systemui i modified for att
I have custom battery icons (not 1% as i used 7zip instead of a full rebuild)

i was able to change the battery icons,
loudness/slilent icon, airplane icon, wifi icons, alarm icon etc.

but for some reason the signal icon changes are not being applied.. i tried clearing cache, and dalvek cache.. still no go..

CAnnot figure out where it is getting the old icons from.. looked in framework-res as well but as far as i can tell they are not in there..

I have changed these sucessfully before in ics on my sgs ii..

anyone have any ideas?

thanks
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Is the rom deodexed?
 
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lgkahn said:
i have a version of systemui i modified for att
I have custom battery icons (not 1% as i used 7zip instead of a full rebuild)

i was able to change the battery icons,
loudness/slilent icon, airplane icon, wifi icons, alarm icon etc.

but for some reason the signal icon changes are not being applied.. i tried clearing cache, and dalvek cache.. still no go..

CAnnot figure out where it is getting the old icons from.. looked in framework-res as well but as far as i can tell they are not in there..

I have changed these sucessfully before in ics on my sgs ii..

anyone have any ideas?

thanks
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Since Gingerbread those have been called out from the systemui. If you are running an odexed rom, there's your problem. Many of the png's are loaded in the odex file and cannot be changed just by editing the apk.
 
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bizdady said:
Is the rom deodexed?
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nope with the 7zip method (read up on it) you dont need that.. you just swap .png right in the .apk(s)

it is the stock rom\


and i succesfully did the same thing in the sgs ii systeui (and those icons are in there since i can see them).. however, maybe you are correct in that there are another copy in the .odex.. but it would be strange..
 
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lgkahn said:
nope with the 7zip method (read up on it) you dont need that.. you just swap .png right in the .apk(s)

it is the stock rom\


and i succesfully did the same thing in the sgs ii systeui (and those icons are in there since i can see them).. however, maybe you are correct in that there are another copy in the .odex.. but it would be strange..
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It's more than likely that it's loading files from the odex. Can try deleting that but you might lose status bar lol
 
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bizdady said:
It's more than likely that it's loading files from the odex. Can try deleting that but you might lose status bar lol
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thanks cannot delete the .odex (systemui or framework etc) on a stock rom.. the phone wont boot. (i think) although i have a cwm backup.

faithfully waiting for the first 1% battery mod for stock one.. (if it combines the .odex into the .apk) for stock then i can put my own icons in on top and then i can delete the .odex
 
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To the mods, if I ask politely, could this please get stickied? It would nice to keep all the information in one place instead of in a bunch of threads that end up getting burried.
 
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Hey Shane, I need some help, this image will be the death of me :(

Ive stumbled on this image on the et4g and now I really cant find where the image is, and what the name may be. I always have a problem with the image name/location of the puldown notification background in the image below, its solid black and I need to make it transparent. Ive looked in drawable-xhdpi in systemUI, with no luck. THANKS MAN.

Oh +1 for this to be a sticky since this will help all carriers.

Screenshot_2012-07-04-12-54-49.png
 
shane6374

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TeamERA said:
Hey Shane, I need some help, this image will be the death of me :(

Ive stumbled on this image on the et4g and now I really cant find where the image is, and what the name may be. I always have a problem with the image name/location of the puldown notification background in the image below, its solid black and I need to make it transparent. Ive looked in drawable-xhdpi in systemUI, with no luck. THANKS MAN.

Oh +1 for this to be a sticky since this will help all carriers.
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Wow, I had never looked at the files yet on this phone. I've been trying to work on some AOSP themes with my Nexus S. I got the framework-res and twframework-res to decompile, but can't get the systemui to decompile. If you can give me some help on getting the systemui to decompile, I'll look for it.

Edit: Nevermind, got it.

Edit 2: I have not tried this, but taking an "educated guess" I would look at this in the values/drawables.xml:
Code: 
<item type="drawable" name="notification_header_bg">#ff000000</item>
If you want to change that to an image can change that to:
Code: 
<item type="drawable" name="notification_header_bg">@drawable/pulldown_bg</item>
then make an image named pulldown_bg and put it in the drawable-xhdpi folder.

Or (This is what make's me think this is right)

Look at the drawable/status_bar_expanded.xml and find:
Code: 
android:background="@drawable/notification_header_bg"
and change that to:
Code: 
android:background="@drawable/pulldown_bg"
making the image as above.

If it's not this then the other possibility I found was "notification_tracking_bg" which the color is called for in the drawables.xml and is linked in the status_bar_tracking.xml

Let me know if either works.
 
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shane6374 said:
Wow, I had never looked at the files yet on this phone. I've been trying to work on some AOSP themes with my Nexus S. I got the framework-res and twframework-res to decompile, but can't get the systemui to decompile. If you can give me some help on getting the systemui to decompile, I'll look for it.

Edit: Nevermind, got it.
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wow, because I just got a ton of errors, and I just had to download the 64bit version of java sdk, I forgot to do that when I got the new laptop last week. But this is what I just seen :(

errors.png
 
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    shane6374
    shane6374
    Since themeing Samsung's TouchWiz UI is not quite as simple as AOSP, and sometimes even device specific, I thought it would be nice to have thread for the themers here to help each other, post tips and things like that so we can all learn and get some killer themes going on this thing.

    Also, (if this gets becomes a sticky) we can keep the themeing question threads to a minimum.

    For those of you that don't know me, I've been themeing Android for about a year and a half now. I started on the Epic 4G then moved over to the Nexus S 4G. I'm always willing to help others as time permits.

    Happy Themeing!

    Please search before you post!

    Since the US carriers were combined into one forum, please note the carrier for you device when posting.

    When people are helping you make sure you use the "Thanks" button to show your appreciation!

    Here are some goodies that have been posted so far.

    Remove Carrier ID from status bar on AT&T rom: Thanks to mrvirginia & deserted1 Here

    Guide to remove Carrier ID / Clock from the status bar by deserted1

    How to center the clock by Swiftks

    Some more status bar mods thanks to freeza

    There are many other tips, hints, how to's, and tools in the thread so please search to help keep the thread clean.
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    M_J_Nazari
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    chrisn91 said:
    How are you guys decompiling/recompiling apps like the secsettings,seccontac or secphone I read you could try changing the heap size but when I do that it will decompile and recompile just fine but the apps will fc when I push them to my phone thanks in advanced

    Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda premium
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    1- use APKMULTITOOL [ Download Link ]
    2- put the " SystemUI.apk , framework-res.apk and twframework-res.apk " in the " Other " Folder.
    3- run setup and install , framework-res.apk and twframework-res.apk and at the end install SystemUI.apk.
    4- after finishing the setup, put your desired application into the "place-apk-here-for-modding"
    5- run script.bat
    6- enter " 21 " and select the compression level to " 0"
    7- enter " 24 " select your file
    8- enter " 9" decompile your file
    9- Edit your apk ( from project folder )
    10- go back to script , and enter " 11 " (11 Compile System APK files)
    11- program will ask you
    Code: 
    Aside from the signatures, would you like to copy
over any additional files that you didn't modify
from the original apk in order to ensure least
# of errors (y/n)
Type input:

    press " y " and hit the " enter ".
    minimize the script.bat window, and go to the " Keep " folder.

    * the "keep" folder will create in the Multitool folder.

    12- goto the Keep folder, and delete the files that you edit them.
    13- go back to the script.bat window and hit the any key.
    14- your new modded apk will generate on the "place-apk-here-for-modding " folder. with "System_" prefix.

    also you can see the complete tutorial here
    http://www.pda-planet.com/forum/forum573/thread1183.html



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    upndwn4par
    upndwn4par
    boonemeat said:
    Anyone want to explain to me how to change my Grey status bar to white? I can use apktool efficiently but can't get the color of it to change.

    Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk 2
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    In systemui:

    res/values/drawables.xml

    Code: 
    <item type="drawable" name="status_bar_background">#ff[COLOR="Red"]ffffff[/COLOR]</item>

    res/layout/tw_super_status_bar.xml

    Code: 
    <com.android.systemui.statusbar.phone.StatusBarWindowView android:background="#ff[COLOR="Red"]ffffff[/COLOR]" android:focusable="true" android:fitsSystemWindows="true" android:descendantFocusability="afterDescendants"
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    Swiftks
    Swiftks
    Got it perfect to my liking. :laugh: :good:

    screenshot2013021412363.png



    Here's my tw_status_bar_expanded.xml with the changes in RED.

    Code: 
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<FrameLayout android:id="@id/notification_panel" android:background="@drawable/notification_panel_bg" android:paddingTop="@dimen/notification_panel_padding_top" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_marginLeft="@dimen/notification_panel_margin_left"
  xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  xmlns:systemui="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/com.android.systemui">
    <FrameLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_marginBottom="@dimen/close_handle_underlap">
        <include android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="@dimen/tw_notification_panel_header_height" layout="@layout/tw_status_bar_expanded_header" />
        <com.wanam.systemui.quickpanel.PowerWidget android:id="@id/exp_power_stat" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/notification_panel_header_height" />
        <HorizontalScrollView android:id="@id/quicksetting_scroller" android:scrollbars="none" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="@dimen/quick_setting_button_height" android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/tw_notification_panel_header_height">
            <com.android.systemui.statusbar.policy.quicksetting.QuickSettingPanel android:orientation="horizontal" android:id="@id/quicksetting_container" android:visibility="gone" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:divider="@drawable/tw_black_bg" android:showDividers="middle" />
        </HorizontalScrollView>
        <ScrollView android:id="@id/scroll" android:fadingEdge="none" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/notification_panel_quicksettingbtn_height" android:overScrollMode="ifContentScrolls">
            <LinearLayout android:orientation="vertical" android:id="@id/scrollCart" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content">
                <LinearLayout android:orientation="vertical" android:id="@id/brightness_controller" android:background="#ff000000" [COLOR="red"]android:visibility="invisible"[/COLOR] android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="[COLOR="red"]26.0dip[/COLOR]">
                    <LinearLayout android:orientation="horizontal" [COLOR="red"]android:visibility="invisible"[/COLOR] android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="[COLOR="red"]25.0dip[/COLOR]">
                        <ImageView android:id="@id/brightness_icon" android:clickable="true" android:layout_width="25.0dip" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_marginLeft="13.0dip" android:src="@drawable/ic_sysbar_brightness" android:contentDescription="@string/accessibility_brightness_icon" />
                        <FrameLayout android:id="@id/brightness_group" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent">
                            <com.android.systemui.statusbar.policy.ToggleSlider android:id="@id/brightness" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" systemui:text="@string/status_bar_settings_auto_brightness_label" />
                            <com.android.systemui.statusbar.policy.ToggleSlider android:id="@id/auto_brightness" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" systemui:text="@string/status_bar_settings_auto_brightness_label" />
                        </FrameLayout>
                    </LinearLayout>
                    <View android:background="#ff000000" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="1.0dip" />
                </LinearLayout>
                <LinearLayout android:orientation="vertical" android:id="@id/noNotificationsTitle" android:focusable="true" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content">
                    <TextView android:textSize="@dimen/status_bar_expanded_notification_category_text_size" android:textStyle="bold" android:textColor="@color/notification_category_color" android:gravity="left|center" android:id="@id/noNotificationsText" android:paddingLeft="11.0dip" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="@dimen/status_bar_expanded_notification_category_height" android:text="@string/status_bar_no_notifications_title" />
                </LinearLayout>
                <LinearLayout android:orientation="vertical" android:id="@id/onGoingCart" android:background="#ff000000" android:focusable="true" android:visibility="gone" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="@dimen/status_bar_expanded_notification_category_height">
                    <TextView android:textSize="@dimen/status_bar_expanded_notification_category_text_size" android:textStyle="bold" android:textColor="@color/notification_category_color" android:gravity="left|center" android:id="@id/onGoingNotificationText" android:paddingLeft="11.0dip" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:text="@string/status_bar_ongoing_events_title" />
                </LinearLayout>
                <com.android.systemui.statusbar.policy.NotificationRowLayout android:id="@id/onGoingItems" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" systemui:rowHeight="@dimen/tw_notification_row_min_height" />
                <LinearLayout android:orientation="vertical" android:id="@id/notificationCart" android:background="#ff000000" android:visibility="gone" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="@dimen/status_bar_expanded_notification_category_height">
                    <RelativeLayout android:orientation="horizontal" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content">
                        <TextView android:textSize="@dimen/status_bar_expanded_notification_category_text_size" android:textStyle="bold" android:textColor="@color/notification_category_color" android:gravity="left|center" android:id="@id/latestNotificationText" android:paddingLeft="11.0dip" android:layout_width="180.0dip" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:text="@string/status_bar_latest_events_title" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" />
                        <TextView android:textSize="@dimen/status_bar_expanded_notification_clear_button_text_size" android:textColor="@color/tw_status_bar_clear_btn_text" android:gravity="center" android:id="@id/clear_all_button" android:background="@drawable/tw_btn_default_small" android:padding="0.100000024dip" android:focusable="true" android:clickable="true" android:layout_width="@dimen/status_bar_expanded_clear_button_width" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_marginRight="4.0dip" android:text="@string/status_bar_clear_all_button" android:layout_alignParentRight="true" android:contentDescription="@string/accessibility_clear_all" />
                    </RelativeLayout>
                </LinearLayout>
                <com.android.systemui.statusbar.policy.NotificationRowLayout android:id="@id/notificationItems" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" systemui:rowHeight="@dimen/tw_notification_row_min_height" />
                <com.android.systemui.statusbar.policy.NotificationRowLayout android:id="@id/latestItems" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" systemui:rowHeight="@dimen/tw_notification_row_min_height" />
            </LinearLayout>
        </ScrollView>
    </FrameLayout>
    <com.android.systemui.statusbar.phone.CloseDragHandle android:layout_gravity="bottom" android:orientation="vertical" android:id="@id/close" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="@dimen/tw_close_handle_height">
        <RelativeLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent">
            <ImageView android:layout_gravity="bottom" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="@dimen/tw_close_handle_height" android:src="@drawable/tw_status_bar_close" android:scaleType="fitXY" />
            <TextView android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.Expanded.Network" android:gravity="center" android:layout_gravity="bottom" android:id="@id/carrier_label" android:layout_width="0.0dip" android:layout_height="0.0dip" android:layout_marginBottom="0.0dip" />
        </RelativeLayout>
    </com.android.systemui.statusbar.phone.CloseDragHandle>
</FrameLayout>
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    mrvirginia
    mrvirginia
    Jointedman said:
    Am having trouble locating the text color right under the toggles, can someone point me in the right direction?

    Thanks in advance :)
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    tw_quick_setting_button.xml in SystemUI.apk as TextView.

    ---------- Post added at 10:13 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:59 AM ----------
    dazednconfused said:
    Im looking for where to change a couple of text colors. Can anybody help with these please. The first one is in the Settings down below.
    Please excuse the sloppy arrows and circles.

    Settings
    kUMiB.png


    And second, I see it has already been asked about, but it's driving me crazy.

    Notification Pulldown

    QvHbl.png



    Thanks in advance if anybody can help me with these.
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    since i'm no longer working on Settings.apk, i don't have one decompiled in front of me. your Settings text is made of up a headers .xml (settings_headers.xml?). iirc, the text colors/size are called in by res\values\styles.xml. i would check the settings headers to verify this and find which style it's specifically asking for.

    in regards to notification color, because there is no text style being called in, i believe this is part of the policy in SystemUI, esp since it has Layout in the name - com.android.systemui.statusbar.policy.NotificationRowLayout
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