[GUIDE] ICS Theming Discussion/Guide

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sonnysekhon

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Fellow themers,

I have started putting together this guide for theming ICS. Some stuff I figured out myself and some was done by others so credit to all who figured it out first.

Please post your findings as well and I will add them here.

Happy theming.


GUIDE


Tools:

Update your sdk to 4.0
Latest Apkmanager (5.0.2) (make sure you replace the aapt with the latest one from your 4.0 sdk install/ Apk Multi-Tool
Latest Apktool

Install the framework:

Code:
apktool if framework-res.apk

Framework Compilation Errors:

You will notice that you get a lot of 'plurals.xml line 79' errors when trying to compile the framework.

You have to go the line 79 in each xml that gave an error and add a % in front of the 2nd %d.

For example in values/plurals.xml, change the following:

Code:
<item quantity="other">%d of %d</item>

to:

Code:
<item quantity="other">%d of %%d</item>

It will compile ok after that.

Clock/Carrier/Ticker/Text Highlight colors:

In framework-res/res/values/colors.xml, change the following to your desired hex color code:

Code:
<color name="holo_blue_light"></color>
<color name="holo_blue_dark"></color>
<color name="highlighted_text_holo_dark"></color>
<color name="highlighted_text_holo_light"></color>

Notifications background color:

In SystemUI/res/values/drawables.xml, change the following to your desired hex color code:

Code:
    <item type="drawable" name="notification_item_background_color"></item>
    <item type="drawable" name="notification_item_background_color_pressed"></item>
    <item type="drawable" name="status_bar_notification_row_background_color"></item>
    </item>

Changing the statusbar image:

In SystemUI/res/values/drawables.xml, change this one line and change the corresponding image in drawable-hdpi/xhdpi:

Code:
    <drawable name="status_bar_background">@drawable/status_bar_bg_tile</drawable>
    </item>

Changing the notification pulldown image:

In SystemUI/res/layout/status_bar_tracking.xml, add ---android:background="@drawable/pulldown"--- to the first line and add the corresponding image in drawable-hdpi/xhdpi:

Code:
    <com.android.systemui.statusbar.phone.TrackingView android:orientation="vertical" android:background="@drawable/pulldown" android:paddingLeft="0.0px" android:paddingRight="0.0px" android:paddingBottom="0.0px" android:focusable="true" android:visibility="gone" android:descendantFocusability="afterDescendants"

Removing the tint that Google inexplicably added to all the notifications:

In SystemUI/res/values/dimens.xml, change this value to anything you like:

Code:
    <item type="dimen" name="status_bar_icon_drawing_alpha"></item>
    </item>

Changing it to 100% will get rid of the tint altogether.
 
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Perka

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Im looking at making the dialler transparent, but theres no diallertabactivity.apk, sp where to start?
Running ics on my sgs, probably im getting a Nexus S, when it gets ICS. :-D
 

DaXmax

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Im looking at making the dialler transparent, but theres no diallertabactivity.apk, sp where to start?
Running ics on my sgs, probably im getting a Nexus S, when it gets ICS. :-D

I thought ur on Galaxy Nexus? Stay! Dont go, Galaxy S will also receive cm9 too but i dunno about those htc phones.... Sadly, the Milestone lose support... Anyway, how we gonna theme cm9?

Sent from my GT-I9000 using Tapatalk
 

Perka

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yea I have done some stuff, link in my sig.

Just cant find the pngs for dialler.

Edit: I have a sgs, for now :p

I dont think we will get a real ICS
 

ZduneX25

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Nov 4, 2010
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@MinceMan SystemUI.apk you need CM9, not AOSP ICS

ics xml are more easy than gb ones ;) i do not think tha ics needs own theming thread, cos almost everything you know about gb you can mod in ics + you have some more extra features
 

DROCSID

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Any way to make the statusbar transparant, I see this on ICS / Teamhacksung's bar, WHAT has to be changed for what?

Code:
new-instance v11, Landroid/view/WindowManager$LayoutParams;

    const/4 v12, -0x1

    const/16 v14, 0x7d0

    const v15, 0x800048

    const/16 v16, 0x4

    invoke-direct/range {v11 .. v16}, Landroid/view/WindowManager$LayoutParams;-><init>(IIIII)V
 

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    Fellow themers,

    I have started putting together this guide for theming ICS. Some stuff I figured out myself and some was done by others so credit to all who figured it out first.

    Please post your findings as well and I will add them here.

    Happy theming.


    GUIDE


    Tools:

    Update your sdk to 4.0
    Latest Apkmanager (5.0.2) (make sure you replace the aapt with the latest one from your 4.0 sdk install/ Apk Multi-Tool
    Latest Apktool

    Install the framework:

    Code:
    apktool if framework-res.apk

    Framework Compilation Errors:

    You will notice that you get a lot of 'plurals.xml line 79' errors when trying to compile the framework.

    You have to go the line 79 in each xml that gave an error and add a % in front of the 2nd %d.

    For example in values/plurals.xml, change the following:

    Code:
    <item quantity="other">%d of %d</item>

    to:

    Code:
    <item quantity="other">%d of %%d</item>

    It will compile ok after that.

    Clock/Carrier/Ticker/Text Highlight colors:

    In framework-res/res/values/colors.xml, change the following to your desired hex color code:

    Code:
    <color name="holo_blue_light"></color>
    <color name="holo_blue_dark"></color>
    <color name="highlighted_text_holo_dark"></color>
    <color name="highlighted_text_holo_light"></color>

    Notifications background color:

    In SystemUI/res/values/drawables.xml, change the following to your desired hex color code:

    Code:
        <item type="drawable" name="notification_item_background_color"></item>
        <item type="drawable" name="notification_item_background_color_pressed"></item>
        <item type="drawable" name="status_bar_notification_row_background_color"></item>
        </item>

    Changing the statusbar image:

    In SystemUI/res/values/drawables.xml, change this one line and change the corresponding image in drawable-hdpi/xhdpi:

    Code:
        <drawable name="status_bar_background">@drawable/status_bar_bg_tile</drawable>
        </item>

    Changing the notification pulldown image:

    In SystemUI/res/layout/status_bar_tracking.xml, add ---android:background="@drawable/pulldown"--- to the first line and add the corresponding image in drawable-hdpi/xhdpi:

    Code:
        <com.android.systemui.statusbar.phone.TrackingView android:orientation="vertical" android:background="@drawable/pulldown" android:paddingLeft="0.0px" android:paddingRight="0.0px" android:paddingBottom="0.0px" android:focusable="true" android:visibility="gone" android:descendantFocusability="afterDescendants"

    Removing the tint that Google inexplicably added to all the notifications:

    In SystemUI/res/values/dimens.xml, change this value to anything you like:

    Code:
        <item type="dimen" name="status_bar_icon_drawing_alpha"></item>
        </item>

    Changing it to 100% will get rid of the tint altogether.
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    @AvatarOfFrost you said it's different for other places, but IMO it's global: \framework-res\res\drawable-nodpi\background_holo_dark.png
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    Okay thanks a lot! It's seems I didn't even have to make the edit myself lol. You were correct. After looking through rom control I found a setting for icon transparency.... I changed it to 100% and all is well now. Thanks again! Now off to theme chooser land :)

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    Glad it helped. Just remember that if there are any settings in rom control Any XML settings for that will not work. So just double check first

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