[HOWTO] enable on-screen buttons in ICS rom

RileyGrant · Dec 11, 2011

to everyone getting the errors who says updating aapt isnt working, make sure you swap the one in the sdk with the one from this thread. Then make sure its swapped in your apktool folder, and just to be safe, drop the aapt from this file in the root of your C drive if youre on windows. After following those steps, it now compiles successfully.

Futur Innovations · Dec 11, 2011

But you could theoretically add it to an aosp ROM, right?

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sixfearstheseven · Dec 12, 2011

RileyGrant said:
to everyone getting the errors who says updating aapt isnt working, make sure you swap the one in the sdk with the one from this thread. Then make sure its swapped in your apktool folder, and just to be safe, drop the aapt from this file in the root of your C drive if youre on windows. After following those steps, it now compiles successfully.

It's compiling now thanks to the new aapt, but the final size is 3mb smaller than the original and all I'm changing is a FALSE to a TRUE.

I changed the compression level to 0 and heap size to 512 after reading in another thread that the default 9 and 64 can cause problems, but the only difference it made is that it's now 2mb smaller instead of 3mb.

Seriously, why is this so difficult? This should not be this hard.

sixfearstheseven · Dec 12, 2011

I give up...for now.

Discovered that when compiling, all the values folders are excluded. That's why the new apk is so much smaller than the original. Have no idea why they are not being included, and have no idea how to include them.

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GazaIan · Dec 12, 2011

Futur Innovations said:
Would it be possible to enable the soft buttons on a gingerbread ROM?

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No, Gingerbread never had support for on screen buttons.

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sixfearstheseven said:
I give up...for now.

Discovered that when compiling, all the values folders are excluded. That's why the new apk is so much smaller than the original. Have no idea why they are not being included, and have no idea how to include them.

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Is that really why? They're usually just hidden. I recompiled successfully and got a framework that was 3 megs smaller -_- and I pushed it and it booted, but my changes weren't applied. I decompiled it again and everything was there, including the troublesome values folders. I came across an interesting post but didn't try it, you might have luck with it if I can find it.

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GazaIan said:
No, Gingerbread never had support for on screen buttons.

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Is that really why? They're usually just hidden. I recompiled successfully and got a framework that was 3 megs smaller -_- and I pushed it and it booted, but my changes weren't applied. I decompiled it again and everything was there, including the troublesome values folders. I came across an interesting post but didn't try it, you might have luck with it if I can find it.

Here it is, but this is over a year old.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9126643#post9126643

sixfearstheseven · Dec 12, 2011

GazaIan said:
No, Gingerbread never had support for on screen buttons.

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Is that really why? They're usually just hidden. I recompiled successfully and got a framework that was 3 megs smaller -_- and I pushed it and it booted, but my changes weren't applied. I decompiled it again and everything was there, including the troublesome values folders. I came across an interesting post but didn't try it, you might have luck with it if I can find it.

Hmm maybe they are just hidden, but when I decompiled the edited framework, I didn't see the values folders.

I'm interested in seeing that post if you find it. What was it about?

Edit - That is interesting. I'm thinking that the image files used in the navigation bar are missing from the ROM I'm using and that's why it's not showing up.

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sixfearstheseven · Dec 12, 2011

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=20072544

This is an ICS ROM for the Nexus S. What caught my attention was a flashable zip he linked to that enables the on screen nav buttons. I'm looking at it now to see if I can somehow make this work on my Droid Incredible. If someone with more experience could take a look and offer some guidance, I'd be forever grateful. It might have the missing PNG files (if they're even missing).

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GazaIan · Dec 12, 2011

sixfearstheseven said:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=20072544

This is an ICS ROM for the Nexus S. What caught my attention was a flashable zip he linked to that enables the on screen nav buttons. I'm looking at it now to see if I can somehow make this work on my Droid Incredible. If someone with more experience could take a look and offer some guidance, I'd be forever grateful. It might have the missing PNG files (if they're even missing).

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Won't work, it's a framework-res.apk swap and it will bootloop if you flash it. framework-res.apk is Android's most sensitive file, even a tiny little change could result in a whole brick.

sixfearstheseven · Dec 12, 2011

GazaIan said:
Won't work, it's a framework-res.apk swap and it will bootloop if you flash it. framework-res.apk is Android's most sensitive file, even a tiny little change could result in a whole brick.

My apologies, I didn't mean to use the framework that's in the zip, but instead, find the necessary files from within that framework, put them in mine, then put my framework in that zip and remove the old one, then flash.

After I posted I realized it wouldn't really make a difference if apktool isn't compiling properly for me.

Also, I stumbled across an awesome app earlier here on FDA (or xda, damn autocorrect) called Root Browser. Not only is it a root explorer, but it lets you explore inside apk files. I thought this was going to be the answer to all my problems (except for making my wife less b**chy) - I could open up framework-res without having to decompile, find the XML files that need to be altered, alter them right on my phone, save, reboot and presto! Navigation buttons! But...the values folder isn't there.

Is there a way to make the folder visible without decompiling?

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sixfearstheseven · Dec 13, 2011

Solved it, all thanks to Perka in the Apk Multi Tool thread...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=20241778

When compiling, press y when prompted for system file, then y when prompted to transfer unmodded files. It will say "press any key to continue..." DON'T! First, go to APK multi tool directory and delete resources.resc from the Keep folder. Go back to the console and press any key. I used Droid Explorer for Windows to replace the apk and it FINALLY worked

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sixfearstheseven · Dec 13, 2011

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cdesai · Dec 13, 2011

If your phone has a big screen, or you have a tablet with ics, add this line in build.prop

ro.product.characteristics=tablet
(change to phone/default to get the original look back)

Some screenshots in my cm9 thread, in Galaxy Tab Development, check my profile for link (looks like hc)

From my fingers to your eyez

sixfearstheseven · Dec 13, 2011

cdesai said:
If your phone has a big screen, or you have a tablet with ics, add this line in build.prop

ro.product.characteristics=tablet
(change to phone/default to get the original look back)

Some screenshots in my cm9 thread, in Galaxy Tab Development, check my profile for link (looks like hc)

From my fingers to your eyez

OG Galaxy Tab, or 10.1/8.9? Please say 10.1 and I'm just not seeing the thread.

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sixfearstheseven · Dec 14, 2011

Very minor issue: changing the dpi causes that blue little circle on the status bar to be off center (just above the back and home button in the screenshot)

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cdesai · Dec 14, 2011

sixfearstheseven said:
OG Galaxy Tab, or 10.1/8.9? Please say 10.1 and I'm just not seeing the thread.

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Na, sry, OG

evilisto · Dec 15, 2011

op updated

sixfearstheseven said:
Very minor issue: changing the dpi causes that blue little circle on the status bar to be off center (just above the back and home button in the screenshot)

that is weird... nexus s doesn't have that problem.

anyway, i updated op and added about buttons resize. so you don't need to lower lcd density anymore.

sixfearstheseven · Dec 15, 2011

Those are all for CM9. I'm using a Droid Incredible, which doesn't have a CM9 build yet.

What files in the new version are changed? If I knew, I could probably put those files in the framework for the Incredible.

If you use the CM9 Trebuchet launcher, you only need to change the dpi to 225 ONLY IF you go into launcher settings and choose to remove Google search bar. That opens up quite a bit of screen space that can actually be used for widgets and icons.

However, I'd really like to know what you changed to get the icons smaller.

sixfearstheseven · Dec 15, 2011

I found it.

It's in dimens.xml, navigation bar width and height. I'm trying it at 228 dpi instead of 248 dpi. What did you set it to?

nonione · Dec 16, 2011

hey guys i managed to get it working on the sensation

only thing bugging me is the lockscreen is screwed up i can still unlock the phone it looks ugly

for the record i only modified bools.xml

sixfearstheseven · Dec 16, 2011

nonione said:
hey guys i managed to get it working on the sensation only thing bugging me is the lockscreen is screwed up i can still unlock the phone it looks ugly

for the record i only modified bools.xml

Changing the dpi to 220 or 230 from 240 in build.prop should help even things out.

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