[DISCUSS] General Questions/Problems with Theming

[sonnysekhon]

Changing clock color doesn't seem to be the same as it was on the Vibrant
Where did the value change to? It used to be in services.jar\com\android\server\status\StatusBarIcon.smali

In SystemUI.apk/res/layout/status_bar.xml,

change

<com.android.systemui.statusbar.Clock android:textAppearance="@android:style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.Icon" android:gravity="left|center" androidaddingRight="6.0dip" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:singleLine="true" />


to

<com.android.systemui.statusbar.Clock android:textColor="#ffYOUR 6 DIGIT COLOR CODE" android:textAppearance="@android:style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.Icon" android:gravity="left|center" androidaddingRight="6.0dip" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:singleLine="true" />

 

[Master™]

In SystemUI.apk/res/layout/status_bar.xml,

change

<com.android.systemui.statusbar.Clock android:textAppearance="@android:style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.Icon" android:gravity="left|center" androidaddingRight="6.0dip" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:singleLine="true" />


to

<com.android.systemui.statusbar.Clock android:textColor="#ffYOUR 6 DIGIT COLOR CODE" android:textAppearance="@android:style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.Icon" android:gravity="left|center" androidaddingRight="6.0dip" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:singleLine="true" />

Ahhh, thanks

 

[kenvan19]

Two questions:
1) What do you use to edit XMLs (preferably for mac but I have a windows partition too)
2) I see how to change the color of the clock but how would one change the color of the other text on the status bar? (For example a notification, or the Media Scanning text)

 

[sonnysekhon]

Two questions:
1) What do you use to edit XMLs (preferably for mac but I have a windows partition too)
2) I see how to change the color of the clock but how would one change the color of the other text on the status bar? (For example a notification, or the Media Scanning text)

1. Not sure about mac. I use Apkmanager for windows.
2. Same place as Clock, look for TickerColor and Dateview.

 

[kenvan19]

1. Not sure about mac. I use Apkmanager for windows.
2. Same place as Clock, look for TickerColor and Dateview.

Thanks Sonny, I downloaded APKmanager and am getting errors with it...I posted on impalers theming thread with the specific issue. Do you think I need to have the sdk installed to decompile an apk? (I don't have the SDK installed on my windows partition yet but I can if I need to).

Oh and when you say tickercolor and dateview would it be com.android.systemui.statusbar.Tickercolor and com.android.systemui.statusbar.Dateview ?

 

[sonnysekhon]

Thanks Sonny, I downloaded APKmanager and am getting errors with it...I posted on impalers theming thread with the specific issue. Do you think I need to have the sdk installed to decompile an apk? (I don't have the SDK installed on my windows partition yet but I can if I need to).

You have to have JDK installed.

Oh and when you say tickercolor and dateview would it be com.android.systemui.statusbar.Tickercolor and com.android.systemui.statusbar.Dateview ?

Yes.

 

[kenvan19]

You have to have JDK installed.



Yes.

Ahhhh. Okay =) Thanks sonny!

 

[kenvan19]

Hey Sonny, I'm still have problems decompiling the SystemUI.apk...impaler told me he thinks its dependent on something but since he's not too familiar with gingerbread he doesn't know what...Would you have any idea?

 

[sonnysekhon]

Hey Sonny, I'm still have problems decompiling the SystemUI.apk...impaler told me he thinks its dependent on something but since he's not too familiar with gingerbread he doesn't know what...Would you have any idea?

You have to do is install the framework of the ROM you are trying to create a theme for.

java -jar apktool.jar if <PATH_TO_YOUR>/framework-res.apk

 

[kenvan19]

You have to do is install the framework of the ROM you are trying to create a theme for.

java -jar apktool.jar if <PATH_TO_YOUR>/framework-res.apk

Oh I see...I was using APK manager because I couldn't quite figure out how to use APKtool...Thanks!

Woohoo it decompiled perfectly! Thanks! Now to test this hehe

 

[kenvan19]

Do I need to resign the APK once I've put in the edited XML? I'm dropping it into the APK via WinRAR so I didn't think I'd have to but no matter I do, when I put the flash the theme with the edited XML the status bar just force closes.

I realized you must have a modified XML in your Frost theme so I decided to put that into the SystemUI.APK but it still is coming up bad. I guess I'll try to sign it and see what happens.

 

[Master™]

Do I need to resign the APK once I've put in the edited XML? I'm dropping it into the APK via WinRAR so I didn't think I'd have to but no matter I do, when I put the flash the theme with the edited XML the status bar just force closes.

I realized you must have a modified XML in your Frost theme so I decided to put that into the SystemUI.APK but it still is coming up bad. I guess I'll try to sign it and see what happens.

Make sure you select yes to keep the old files that you didn't modify.. Then delete the one you did (apk manager..)

 

[kenvan19]

Make sure you select yes to keep the old files that you didn't modify.. Then delete the one you did (apk manager..)

Thanks, turns out I couldn't just drop the XML into the systemUI, I had to recompile the it with the changed XML. Makes sense I guess. Got it working perfectly! Woohoo! Thank you guys!

 

[Master™]

Hey, I was thinking we could post useful stuff like the transparent notification bar & anything else in a simple Nexus S (or gingerbread guide...)

I started it here
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nZSTpSuFg_ox7cEzn5YZSx3P8nXMgly4Q-AvVRC8Lfw/edit?hl=en#
Using some of Sonny's guides


(If you guys want to edit it, just email me so I can add you..)

 

[sonnysekhon]

Hey, I was thinking we could post useful stuff like the transparent notification bar & anything else in a simple Nexus S (or gingerbread guide...)

I started it here
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nZSTpSuFg_ox7cEzn5YZSx3P8nXMgly4Q-AvVRC8Lfw/edit?hl=en#
Using some of Sonny's guides


(If you guys want to edit it, just email me so I can add you..)

Thanks, added to the front page .

 

[kenvan19]

Hey Sonny, I'm having immense problems with the new statusbar.xml in CM7 after they added the battery percent. No matter what I do, if I edit the file and then try to recompile it just fails. I even tried decompiling then recompiling the one from your Frost but it came up with the same failure plus there were some issues even just decompiling it. I'm at a loss, any words of advice?

 

[sonnysekhon]

Hey Sonny, I'm having immense problems with the new statusbar.xml in CM7 after they added the battery percent. No matter what I do, if I edit the file and then try to recompile it just fails. I even tried decompiling then recompiling the one from your Frost but it came up with the same failure plus there were some issues even just decompiling it. I'm at a loss, any words of advice?

Start with a fresh apk, not a themed one, and install the framework again with the java command as it changed with 2.3.3.

 

[Master™]

Added HSDPA icon & transparent dialer to the theme guide

 

[Master™]

Does anyone happen to know which .xml is for the orange when you pull down in the settings/web & you are at the end?
I have been looking for it w/ no luck -.-

 

[sonnysekhon]

Does anyone happen to know which .xml is for the orange when you pull down in the settings/web & you are at the end?
I have been looking for it w/ no luck -.-

It's 2 pngs in framework/res/drawable-hdpi:

overscroll_glow & overscroll_edge.