[Continuum Themes and Apps] trailblazer101:
I want to share with all you guys the beginning of something great, I hope xD

You know that blue wave that you see when you scroll to the Notification Screen (where all the Icons are at) in the ticker? Well, I made it so that when you get a new text message or email, that wave goes through that screen...

I just made it do the wave for simplicity sake, I can make it do whatever.... I just don't have the graphic skills to make a newly colored wave...

check it out! :) I personally like the effect :) Adds a little bit of spice i think it deserves :P

http://www.mediafire.com/?57hklwwhjeaz99z

***HOW TO:***

I personally figured out how to do this by reading up on the " Pulldown Notification Animation Mod".. I just used this knowledge, and applied it to the ticker basically...

So, let's begin..

WHAT YOU'LL NEED:

apk manager...

text editor...

Basic Idea with this kinda stuff :P

Since we are going to be editing xml's, you have to use apk manager... Hopefully you have some basic knowledge with this "program", it takes a little getting used to..

first, decompile the framework-res.apk (9).. Go to the projects folder, and navigate to "framework-res.apk\res\layout".. This is where, as the name implies, all the layouts for the ticker are placed... they are in xml format, so you can easily use notepad or such...

The XML for this specific mod that we are looking for is "ticker_new_message_view.xml". Open it up in your text editor... Don't be intimidated, i know it looks confusing :P lol.. We are only messing with a little part...

Navigate to the second line down, aka "<FrameLayout android:orientation="vertical" blah blah blah". You should see within that line "android:background="@drawable/tt_noti_bg_01" "... This is saying that the background for the ticker when you get a new message is "tt_noti_bg_01", which is located in the drawable folder.. This is what we are going to change...

By changing this part of the line to, say, "android:background="@anim/new_message_wave" " you are now saying that the background should be "new_message_wave" in the anim folder... Easy Enough, right?

Now, go to the anim folder... This is where the magic happens :P

The original wave is defined in the xml in that folder named "missed_notification_view.xml"... i suggest go taking a peek in the file, and get a feel for how android defines it's objects...

So what I personally did was just copied and renamed that xml to "new_message_wave.xml"

The hard part is done! :)

All we have to do now is recompile the apk, which can be tricky if you don't know what your doing..

P.S if you know how to do this, you are done! :D

To compile in apk manager, just type 11! if you get a compile error, then you did something wrong :P That shouldn't happen though, this is a relatively easy mod :)

Wait a while until you get a "Is this a system apk?" message... type "y".... then type y again for the next message... Now do what it says!

Don't forget to delete the "resources.arsc" file, and the "ticker_new_message_view.xml" file!

now you are done :) Just replace that framework using whatever method you use :)

Whether that be with adb when the phone is in recovery, or making a flashable zip :)