[GUIDE]Add Text to Status Bar

MR.Volkf · Jul 11, 2013

[GUIDE] Add Text to Status Bar

Requirement:
- BRAIN
- Patient
- experience
- Know how to decompile/recompiling Apk file
- notepad++
- Tool for decompiling, : apkmanager/apktool/Virtous/apkmultitools/tickle my android
I use tickle my android cause it very easy

Step:
1.Decompile SystemUI.apk
2.go to res/layout/status_bar.xml
3.Open Status_bar.xml with notepad++
4.Copy This line,paste in LINE 9

Code:

<TextView android:textSize="15.0sp" android:textColor="#ffa6a6a6" android:gravity="left|center" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:text="@string/hello" android:singleLine="true" />

How to change text color

Code:

android:textColor="[B]#ffa6a6a6[/B]"

change: #ffa6a6a6 to whatever hex color you want
example :
#ffffffff = White
#ff000000 =Black(?)

How to change text size

Code:

android:textSize="[B]15sp[/B]"

change: 15sp to whatever you want
example
: 16sp same as with Clock
: 14.5sp
: 13sp
: 12sp same as with battery percent
5.Go to res/values/strings.xml
6.copy this line,paste in above

Code:

<string name="hello">Hafiz</string>

Change Hafiz to whatever would you like,like Axis,Android,Google etc!
7.Recompile!
8.done

Thanks for
1. @Ticklefish for tool

2. GOOGLE

find more about string: Here

MR.Volkf · Jul 10, 2013 at 10:41 AM

screenshoot:

MR.Volkf · Jul 10, 2013 at 3:27 PM

OP update bro

Sent from my GT-I9003 using xda premium

blacklist3d · Jul 10, 2013 at 3:55 PM

Nice sharing bro

Sent from my GT-I9003 using xda premium

MR.Volkf · Jul 11, 2013 at 1:38 AM

sorry OP update again

Truepeace · Jan 25, 2013 151 10 0

After doing all this I have to recompile the apk and then install it normally like any other apk on my phone?
And is it correct to follow this tutorial for compiling/recompiling? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2251719&highlight=guide+apktool

MR.Volkf · Jan 13, 2014 at 1:55 PM

Truepeace said:
After doing all this I have to recompile the apk and then install it normally like any other apk on my phone?
And is it correct to follow this tutorial for compiling/recompiling? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2251719&highlight=guide+apktool

yeahh you can follow that tutorial

Truepeace · Jan 13, 2014 at 5:07 PM

MR.Volkf said:
yeahh you can follow that tutorial

That's what I did but I am having an error while recompiling

Code:

C:\Users\Fadi\Downloads\Compressed\New folder\Apktool>apktool b SystemUI
I: Using Apktool 2.0.0-Beta7 on SystemUI
I: Checking whether sources has changed...
I: Smaling...
I: Checking whether resources has changed...
I: Building resources...
C:\Users\Fadi\Downloads\Compressed\New folder\Apktool\SystemUI\res\layout\status
_bar.xml:8: error: Error: No resource found that matches the given name (at 'tex
t' with value '@string/hello').
Exception in thread "main" brut.androlib.AndrolibException: brut.androlib.Androl
ibException: brut.common.BrutException: could not exec command: [C:\Users\Fadi\A
ppData\Local\Temp\brut_util_Jar_8473521526562042154.tmp, p, --forced-package-id,
 127, --min-sdk-version, 17, --target-sdk-version, 17, --version-code, 17, --ver
sion-name, 4.2.2-eng.jenkins.20130923.184428, -F, C:\Users\Fadi\AppData\Local\Te
mp\APKTOOL6566898991623935652.tmp, -0, arsc, -I, C:\Users\Fadi\apktool\framework
\1.apk, -S, C:\Users\Fadi\Downloads\Compressed\New folder\Apktool\SystemUI\res,
-M, C:\Users\Fadi\Downloads\Compressed\New folder\Apktool\SystemUI\AndroidManife
st.xml]
        at brut.androlib.Androlib.buildResourcesFull(Androlib.java:434)
        at brut.androlib.Androlib.buildResources(Androlib.java:362)
        at brut.androlib.Androlib.build(Androlib.java:285)
        at brut.androlib.Androlib.build(Androlib.java:258)
        at brut.apktool.Main.cmdBuild(Main.java:233)
        at brut.apktool.Main.main(Main.java:88)
Caused by: brut.androlib.AndrolibException: brut.common.BrutException: could not
 exec command: [C:\Users\Fadi\AppData\Local\Temp\brut_util_Jar_84735215265620421
54.tmp, p, --forced-package-id, 127, --min-sdk-version, 17, --target-sdk-version
, 17, --version-code, 17, --version-name, 4.2.2-eng.jenkins.20130923.184428, -F,
 C:\Users\Fadi\AppData\Local\Temp\APKTOOL6566898991623935652.tmp, -0, arsc, -I,
C:\Users\Fadi\apktool\framework\1.apk, -S, C:\Users\Fadi\Downloads\Compressed\Ne
w folder\Apktool\SystemUI\res, -M, C:\Users\Fadi\Downloads\Compressed\New folder
\Apktool\SystemUI\AndroidManifest.xml]
        at brut.androlib.res.AndrolibResources.aaptPackage(AndrolibResources.jav
a:481)
        at brut.androlib.Androlib.buildResourcesFull(Androlib.java:415)
        ... 5 more
Caused by: brut.common.BrutException: could not exec command: [C:\Users\Fadi\App
Data\Local\Temp\brut_util_Jar_8473521526562042154.tmp, p, --forced-package-id, 1
27, --min-sdk-version, 17, --target-sdk-version, 17, --version-code, 17, --versi
on-name, 4.2.2-eng.jenkins.20130923.184428, -F, C:\Users\Fadi\AppData\Local\Temp
\APKTOOL6566898991623935652.tmp, -0, arsc, -I, C:\Users\Fadi\apktool\framework\1
.apk, -S, C:\Users\Fadi\Downloads\Compressed\New folder\Apktool\SystemUI\res, -M
, C:\Users\Fadi\Downloads\Compressed\New folder\Apktool\SystemUI\AndroidManifest
.xml]
        at brut.util.OS.exec(OS.java:89)
        at brut.androlib.res.AndrolibResources.aaptPackage(AndrolibResources.jav
a:475)
        ... 6 more

MR.Volkf · Jan 14, 2014 at 8:06 AM

Truepeace said:

That's what I did but I am having an error while recompiling

Code:

C:\Users\Fadi\Downloads\Compressed\New folder\Apktool>apktool b SystemUI
I: Using Apktool 2.0.0-Beta7 on SystemUI
I: Checking whether sources has changed...
I: Smaling...
I: Checking whether resources has changed...
I: Building resources...
C:\Users\Fadi\Downloads\Compressed\New folder\Apktool\SystemUI\res\layout\status
_bar.xml:8: error: Error: No resource found that matches the given name (at 'tex
t' with value '@string/hello').
Exception in thread "main" brut.androlib.AndrolibException: brut.androlib.Androl
ibException: brut.common.BrutException: could not exec command: [C:\Users\Fadi\A
ppData\Local\Temp\brut_util_Jar_8473521526562042154.tmp, p, --forced-package-id,
 127, --min-sdk-version, 17, --target-sdk-version, 17, --version-code, 17, --ver
sion-name, 4.2.2-eng.jenkins.20130923.184428, -F, C:\Users\Fadi\AppData\Local\Te
mp\APKTOOL6566898991623935652.tmp, -0, arsc, -I, C:\Users\Fadi\apktool\framework
\1.apk, -S, C:\Users\Fadi\Downloads\Compressed\New folder\Apktool\SystemUI\res,
-M, C:\Users\Fadi\Downloads\Compressed\New folder\Apktool\SystemUI\AndroidManife
st.xml]
        at brut.androlib.Androlib.buildResourcesFull(Androlib.java:434)
        at brut.androlib.Androlib.buildResources(Androlib.java:362)
        at brut.androlib.Androlib.build(Androlib.java:285)
        at brut.androlib.Androlib.build(Androlib.java:258)
        at brut.apktool.Main.cmdBuild(Main.java:233)
        at brut.apktool.Main.main(Main.java:88)
Caused by: brut.androlib.AndrolibException: brut.common.BrutException: could not
 exec command: [C:\Users\Fadi\AppData\Local\Temp\brut_util_Jar_84735215265620421
54.tmp, p, --forced-package-id, 127, --min-sdk-version, 17, --target-sdk-version
, 17, --version-code, 17, --version-name, 4.2.2-eng.jenkins.20130923.184428, -F,
 C:\Users\Fadi\AppData\Local\Temp\APKTOOL6566898991623935652.tmp, -0, arsc, -I,
C:\Users\Fadi\apktool\framework\1.apk, -S, C:\Users\Fadi\Downloads\Compressed\Ne
w folder\Apktool\SystemUI\res, -M, C:\Users\Fadi\Downloads\Compressed\New folder
\Apktool\SystemUI\AndroidManifest.xml]
        at brut.androlib.res.AndrolibResources.aaptPackage(AndrolibResources.jav
a:481)
        at brut.androlib.Androlib.buildResourcesFull(Androlib.java:415)
        ... 5 more
Caused by: brut.common.BrutException: could not exec command: [C:\Users\Fadi\App
Data\Local\Temp\brut_util_Jar_8473521526562042154.tmp, p, --forced-package-id, 1
27, --min-sdk-version, 17, --target-sdk-version, 17, --version-code, 17, --versi
on-name, 4.2.2-eng.jenkins.20130923.184428, -F, C:\Users\Fadi\AppData\Local\Temp
\APKTOOL6566898991623935652.tmp, -0, arsc, -I, C:\Users\Fadi\apktool\framework\1
.apk, -S, C:\Users\Fadi\Downloads\Compressed\New folder\Apktool\SystemUI\res, -M
, C:\Users\Fadi\Downloads\Compressed\New folder\Apktool\SystemUI\AndroidManifest
.xml]
        at brut.util.OS.exec(OS.java:89)
        at brut.androlib.res.AndrolibResources.aaptPackage(AndrolibResources.jav
a:475)
        ... 6 more

recheck you string.xml

there's left in string.xml

hamzahrmalik · Mar 30, 2014 at 3:15 PM

I have made this module for Xposed which does the same thing with many options, check out this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2695692&page=3

fanion · Mar 3, 2015 at 4:48 PM

good man

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