Transparent status bar theme

[tronjojo]

I'm on the quarx 2.16 nightly and was wondering if there's a theme out there that just makes the standard system theme have a transparent status bar (and maybe notification pull down too?)

I tried Orion theme, but don't like the miui style notification area. Is there a way to only use the status bar, but noneof the other mods (like icons, skinned dialer, etc.)?

I kinda like the simple system theme.

Thanks

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[gplock]

Simply put no! Downloading a custom Rom is the only option @ this time.

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[MrNiick]

GoLauncherEx have that option, and it's a very nice launcher.
I don't know if there is a theme that does that, :/

 

[tronjojo]

Quarx added that feature to his nightlies, and the Orion theme and others w/ transparent status bars work. I'm just wondering if there's a theme out there that has the transparency, but not too many other drastic changes to the look and feel.

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[[] AL []]

I'm pretty sure that a quick search on xda would have bring you some answers on this...but anyway..Read the second post of this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1448310

It might look long and complicated but itsn't so; it only takes 3-4 minutes to do after you've done it once...

On the first post there I even gave a transparent theme that I've moded.

Read all: pretty much every themes for cm7 can be made transparent but not every launchers support them and they might also require additional quick settings.


Cheers

 

[[] AL []]

Simply put no! Downloading a custom Rom is the only option @ this time.

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Obviously, I do not agree with this answer.. plz read above...

 

[tronjojo]

I'm pretty sure that a quick search on xda would have bring you some answers on this...but anyway..Read the second post of this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1448310

It might look long and complicated but itsn't so; it only takes 3-4 minutes to do after you've done it once...

On the first post there I even gave a transparent theme that I've moded.

Read all: pretty much every themes for cm7 can be made transparent but not every launchers support them and they might also require additional quick settings.


Cheers

Thanks,

I had read that post, but i didn't make it allthe way to the bottom, where i guess the answer i'm looking for is located. sorry. I guess I stopped reading, becasue i tought it would only work on the nightly you mentioned in the post. I was glad Quarx included the ability to have a transparent status bar, so i wasn't sure if changing all those files would be necessary.

I guess I'll get to work, figuring out which combo makes a good semi-transparent status bar. I wish there was a setting to control that (and notification area also?)

Yet another project making me step deeper into the world of Android. To think that when i got my defy (my first and only smartphone) i had no intention of rooting or anything. I guess that's what happens when the phone doesn't work well to begin w/

 

[[] AL []]

You can have a look here to get an idea on what to expect.

You know that an apk is basically a zip file right? So you could also get the 4 files with modified opacity (transparency) from my theme there and replace them in the SystemUI.apk of the nightly build you are using.

The only 'tricky' part in all this is to replace that SystemUI.apk on the system once those files are changed [and that you've used baksmali/smali to edit that 1 line in the statusbar.service file]. But really not a big deal with Terminal if you follow my instructions.

Lastly, I'd also suggest you to try Maniac103's latest nightly (Feb20th) because he fixed quite a few things lately and [to save you some work] I've already gave a CWM zip patch with transparency for it here - but read on there, I included 1 or 2 additional things in it like a different font... If just you just want transparency; you can pull the SystemUI.apk from the patch and use Terminal again to replace it on your phone.

EDIT: sorry! I just remembered that the patch doesn't contain those 4 modded png; only the one line change. So my theme would have transparency but not CM7 themes or others [without changing png anyway].

Anyhow: such a long answer...but if all that helped you in anyway -which I hope-, you can click that "Thanks" button
Cheers.