[GUIDE][ICS] Custom Carrier Label for Stock / Stock Based ROM

iiandskater · Jul 21, 2012 at 11:00 AM

I just found the trick to manipulate carrier label on notification bar when I'm exploring decompiled stock based SystemUI.apk few hours ago..

Wanna know how to do that ??
Check this out :

Here I'm using lidroid's modified SystemUI (from RealICS ROM), should work on other stock based SystemUI

First you need to decompile your SystemUI.apk
Open res/layout/status_bar_tracking.xml with any good xml editor (here I'm using NP++)

Find this line:

Code:

        <com.android.systemui.statusbar.phone.CarrierLabel android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.Clock" android:textColor="#ff33b5e5" android:gravity="center" android:layout_gravity="bottom" android:paddingBottom="20.0dip" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

and change to:

Code:

        <textView android:text="@string/carrier_label" android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.Clock" android:textColor="#ff33b5e5" android:gravity="center" android:layout_gravity="bottom" android:paddingBottom="20.0dip" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

Save
Now open res/values/strings.xml

Add this line above </resources> :

Code:

    <string name="carrier_label">ENTER_YOUR_COOLEST_TEXT_HERE</string>

so it'll be looked a like this:

Code:

    <string name="carrier_label">ENTER_YOUR_COOLEST_TEXT_HERE</string>
</resources>

p.s. : change the ENTER_YOUR_COOLEST_TEXT_HERE with your desired label

Now save
Recompile (build) your SystemUI.apk
Push to your phone and you are.......
Done !!

The result will be looked like this :

Mine :

Remember to
ALWAYS MAKE BACKUP !!
before doing anything above..
I don't responsible of any negative things like bootloop, bricked device, burned SD card, you late to go to school, or the third world war caused by the guide above..
You have been warned !!

Good luck..

whalesplaho · Jul 21, 2012 at 11:18 AM

Wow.......... dis is great buddy!!!!

gonna try dis buddy & upload my screenie!

Ryan_Dhika · Jul 21, 2012 at 11:25 AM

@iiandskater : Can you upload your SystemUI.apk please ?
I like your icons very much..

Ticklefish · Jul 21, 2012

This is one of my favourite mods. I had it on my previous phone. If you have the time, you can do all kinds of things with it..

I9103 · Jul 21, 2012

delete

iPusak Gaoq™ · Jul 21, 2012 at 9:26 PM

nice mod but i'm interested in having my carrier label on the top left of status bar (not overlapping of course)....can anyone make it????

Gustavo RD78 · Jul 21, 2012 at 10:01 PM

Pusak Gaoq said:
nice mod but i'm interested in having my carrier label on the top left of status bar (not overlapping of course)....can anyone make it????

that would be cool, also possible to place the desired text :good:

Ticklefish perhaps can help us

Ticklefish · Jul 21, 2012 at 11:52 PM

Gustavo RD78 said:
that would be cool, also possible to place the desired text :good:

Ticklefish perhaps can help us

Yup, easy. Very easy. I've just been experimenting with the date on the left, the carrier label in the center and the clock on the right. It works but it looks really messy!

The carrier label on the left is simple but the tricky bit is working out a good-looking place to put the notification icons. I can do it though.

iiandskater · Jul 22, 2012 at 1:10 AM

Ryan_Dhika said:
@iiandskater : Can you upload your SystemUI.apk please ?
I like your icons very much..

You got it my friend.. :laugh:
My SystemUI.apk

Ticklefish said:
Yup, easy. Very easy. I've just been experimenting with the date on the left, the carrier label in the center and the clock on the right. It works but it looks really messy!

The carrier label on the left is simple but the tricky bit is working out a good-looking place to put the notification icons. I can do it though.

Great Ticklefish !!
Show us your magic..

john9 · Jul 22, 2012 at 2:17 AM

It's fantastic, thanks man.

Gustavo RD78 · Jul 22, 2012 at 5:32 AM

does not work for me
is something wrong with the code?

whalesplaho · Jul 22, 2012 at 6:04 AM

i get dis error when i try to decompile... am using Apk_Manager_5.02_ICS_APKTool!!!

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|qua 11/07/2012 -- 17:48:07,82|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
java version "1.6.0_29"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_29-b11)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.4-b02, mixed mode)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|22/07/2012 -- 5:45:25.67|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
java version "1.6.0"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0-b105)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.6.0-b105, mixed mode, sharing)
Could Not Find C:\Users\LaLa\Downloads\Compressed\Apk_Manager_5.0 .2_ICS_APKTool\place-apk-here-for-modding\../place-apk-here-for-modding/signedSystemUI.apk
Could Not Find C:\Users\LaLa\Downloads\Compressed\Apk_Manager_5.0 .2_ICS_APKTool\place-apk-here-for-modding\../place-apk-here-for-modding/unsignedSystemUI.apk
I: Baksmaling...
I: Loading resource table...
I: Loaded.
I: Loading resource table from file: C:\Users\LaLa\apktool\framework\1.apk
I: Loaded.
W: Could not decode attr value, using undecoded value instead: ns=android, name=label, value=0x01040421
W: Could not decode attr value, using undecoded value instead: ns=android, name=theme, value=0x010302ee
W: Could not decode attr value, using undecoded value instead: ns=android, name=theme, value=0x010302fc
W: Could not decode attr value, using undecoded value instead: ns=android, name=theme, value=0x010302fc
W: Could not decode attr value, using undecoded value instead: ns=android, name=theme, value=0x010302fc
W: Could not decode attr value, using undecoded value instead: ns=android, name=theme, value=0x010302fc
I: Decoding file-resources...
W: Could not decode attr value, using undecoded value instead: ns=android, name=drawable, value=0x010806ff
W: Could not decode attr value, using undecoded value instead: ns=android, name=opacity, value=0xfffffffd
W: Could not decode attr value, using undecoded value instead: ns=android, name=state_activated, value=0xffffffff
W: Could not decode attr value, using undecoded value instead: ns=android, name=animateLayoutChanges, value=0xffffffff
W: Could not decode attr value, using undecoded value instead: ns=android, name=animateLayoutChanges, value=0xffffffff
W: Could not decode attr value, using undecoded value instead: ns=android, name=exitFadeDuration, value=0x010e0001
W: Could not decode attr value, using undecoded value instead: ns=android, name=drawable, value=0x0108073f
W: Could not decode attr value, using undecoded value instead: ns=android, name=background, value=0x0101030e
W: Could not decode attr value, using undecoded value instead: ns=android, name=background, value=0x0101030e
W: Could not decode attr value, using undecoded value instead: ns=android, name=opacity, value=0xfffffffd
W: Could not decode attr value, using undecoded value instead: ns=android, name=exitFadeDuration, value=0x010e0001
W: Could not decode attr value, using undecoded value instead: ns=android, name=textAppearance, value=0x010301ea
W: Could not decode attr value, using undecoded value instead: ns=android, name=interpolator, value=0x010c0008
W: Could not decode attr value, using undecoded value instead: ns=android, name=background, value=0x010102f0
W: Could not decode attr value, using undecoded value instead: ns=android, name=alpha, value=0x3ecccccd
W: Could not decode attr value, using undecoded value instead: ns=android, name=background, value=0x0101030e
W: Could not decode attr value, using undecoded value instead: ns=android, name=background, value=0x0101030e
I: Decoding values*/* XMLs...
Exception in thread "main" brut.androlib.err.UndefinedResObject: resource spec: 0x010301e9
at brut.androlib.res.data.ResPackage.getResSpec(ResPa ckage.java:61)
at brut.androlib.res.data.ResTable.getResSpec(ResTabl e.java:55)
at brut.androlib.res.data.ResTable.getResSpec(ResTabl e.java:51)
at brut.androlib.res.data.value.ResReferenceValue.get Referent(ResReferenceValue.java:59)
at brut.androlib.res.data.value.ResReferenceValue.enc odeAsResXml(ResReferenceValue.java:46)
at brut.androlib.res.data.value.ResScalarValue.encode AsResXmlAttr(ResScalarValue.java:43)
at brut.androlib.res.data.value.ResStyleValue.seriali zeToResValuesXml(ResStyleValue.java:48)
at brut.androlib.res.AndrolibResources.generateValues File(AndrolibResources.java:264)
at brut.androlib.res.AndrolibResources.decode(Androli bResources.java:137)
at brut.androlib.Androlib.decodeResourcesFull(Androli b.java:93)
at brut.androlib.ApkDecoder.decode(ApkDecoder.java:98 )
at brut.apktool.Main.cmdDecode(Main.java:128)
at brut.apktool.Main.main(Main.java:65)

Gustavo RD78 · Jul 22, 2012 at 7:19 AM

you installed the first framework-res?

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whalesplaho · Jul 22, 2012 at 7:41 AM

Gustavo RD78 said:
you installed the first framework-res?

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Didnt install anything buddy... can yhu gimme full details on how to do dat brov? please!

Gustavo RD78 · Jul 22, 2012 at 11:54 AM

whalesplaho said:
Didnt install anything buddy... can yhu gimme full details on how to do dat brov? please!

Here :good:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28751014

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whalesplaho · Jul 22, 2012 at 1:31 PM

Gustavo RD78 said:
Here :good:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28751014

Enviado de meu ST15i usando o Tapatalk 2

Wow... dis really helped me so much!!! Gracias....

i just did it like a magic since i already have tha tool!

---------- Post added at 01:31 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:52 PM ----------

after doing dis, my statusbar disappeared!

Ticklefish · Jul 22, 2012 at 1:53 PM

whalesplaho said:
[/COLOR]after doing dis, my statusbar disappeared!

I'm not surprised. The app this makes won't be signed correctly and will have the wrong compression.

Gustavo RD78 · Jul 22, 2012 at 3:23 PM

Ticklefish said:
I'm not surprised. The app this makes won't be signed correctly and will have the wrong compression.

this also happens to me, what's the problem?

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whalesplaho · Jul 22, 2012 at 3:28 PM

Ticklefish said:
I'm not surprised. The app this makes won't be signed correctly and will have the wrong compression.

after editing i get 20kb & tha initial size was 999kb... what do we have to do now buddy?

Gustavo RD78 · Jul 22, 2012 at 9:16 PM

whalesplaho said:
after editing i get 20kb & tha initial size was 999kb... what do we have to do now buddy?

the Keep folder to delete only the files modified

---------- Post added at 05:16 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:14 PM ----------

Here is my code stock
did not work with this mod

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<com.android.systemui.statusbar.phone.TrackingView android:orientation="vertical" android:paddingLeft="0.0px" android:paddingRight="0.0px" android:paddingBottom="0.0px" android:focusable="true" android:visibility="gone" android:descendantFocusability="afterDescendants"
  xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <FrameLayout android:background="@drawable/notification_tracking_bg" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_weight="1.0">
        <com.android.systemui.statusbar.phone.CarrierLabel android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.Clock" android:gravity="center" android:layout_gravity="bottom" android:paddingBottom="20.0dip" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
    </FrameLayout>
    <com.android.systemui.statusbar.phone.CloseDragHandle android:orientation="vertical" android:id="@id/close" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content">
        <ImageView android:layout_gravity="bottom" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:src="@drawable/status_bar_close_on" android:scaleType="fitXY" />
    </com.android.systemui.statusbar.phone.CloseDragHandle>
</com.android.systemui.statusbar.phone.TrackingView>

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