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[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
The text color is tricky and all over the place. The background is listview. It's def a difficult mod
[HTC EVO 3D] vanessaem:
Yikes...I was afraid of that. Heck, then the background is enough for me at this time then...lol. Thanks. :)
[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
If you start it I can help
[HTC EVO 3D] vanessaem:
I have no idea where to start, that's why I'm asking for a tutorial...lol. Where would I find listview?
[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
If it's for the new base then I should be running that on my evo 3d. I just don't use it much anymore. Listveiw would be in values/ colors or values/ drawables. I haven't looked at 3.0 for a bit but I'll check it out. Maybe we can do it and post a tutorial
[HTC EVO 3D] vanessaem:
Here's what I have.
[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
Ok I'll check it out. It's been a while since i did 3.0. To make it trans i had to make modifications in Smali. For inverted we shouldn't have to do that. Can you post your mms?
[HTC EVO 3D] vanessaem:
I'll PM it to you.
[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
Ok I got the 3d fired up.
[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
Ok for your backgrounds go to values/ hdpi-drawables

Then we have to modify values/ hdpi styles

The htc listview is in values/ styles

Change those backgrounds to your desired color

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ok just making some quick changes this is what i have so far van
[HTC EVO 3D] vanessaem:
Are you using the inverted one I sent or the non-inverted one?
[HTC EVO 3D] GrimReaper24:
Looks nice. So far just blacky :D
[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
no i started from scratch. this is so you can learn it. now in the manifest change allow skin change from true to false. this will stop pulling certain images from skins particulary the message boxes which you can see here are now black. you will have to color them.
[HTC EVO 3D] vanessaem:
The message boxes would be in drawable-hdpi and they're called msg_input_select.9.png, msg_input_rest.9.png and msg_input_press.9.png?

Maybe the text box should stay white because now the text will have to be white.
[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
im working on the text color now
[HTC EVO 3D] vanessaem:
How about the stuff in here?
[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
i change those yes. to white. you need to change all the text color in values-hdpi styles and values-styles

also a lot of text changes in layout.

am getting there...
[HTC EVO 3D] vanessaem:
So there are no smali changes?
[HTC EVO 3D] il Duce:
Iirc the hotlinks text color is in frres, steal told me that when I was trying to find in mms, for old base.
[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
i dont believe so. and any text color in framework can be redirected to stand alone mms. just been a long time since ive done this but really im 80% done so it isnt to difficult
[HTC EVO 3D] vanessaem:
Great 'cause smali edits scare me. :eek::p
[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
ok a lot of the basics are done.

still need

quick text color

attachement text color.

the top half of the compose background made black.

here is my last screen. willpick back up tomorrow

here is the mms to this point if anyone wants to decompile and follow along

inverted mms
[HTC EVO 3D] silverxbv2:
...Raises hand... Excuse me professor Sor, why haven't we done this for ics yet? Damnit, I really need to get my pc setup.

Sent from my ADR6425LVW
[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
Well i thought I was done with this kind of work but i just got the bug tonight I guess
[HTC EVO 3D] il Duce:
Yeeeeeaaaahhh son!

Well done vanessaem ;)
[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
Thanks. I'll try to write this up as best i can soon
[HTC EVO 3D] vanessaem:
I did nothing. It's all Professor fern...lol.

Awesome sir. Thanks. :)
[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
My love for pstevep inspires me
[HTC EVO 3D] vanessaem:
We all love pstevep.
[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
Me love him long time
[HTC EVO 3D] aedon:
Hey I've recieved an odd request after posting my clock tutorial

My buddy is wanting to get carrier name on the left side of the task bar

Kinda like the iPhone where they would say AT&T in the corner.

Now.. I'm thinking the way to go about this is to add that as sone kind of icon into whatever XML controlls the taskbar icons that are left justified.

Does anyone know wich XML that might be?

And furthermore how to maybe keep that new icon at the left instead of shifting further right as more things become active on the left side?
[HTC EVO 3D] thesparky007:
you know you miss your windows mobile phone when you call the statusbar "taskbar"...

i think it was il duce that was trying to achieve the same thing but it was on aosp not sense... you might have some luck asking him
[HTC EVO 3D] aedon:
lol... yeaaaah........

statusbar my b :p

I have a good idea of how to do it, but im not sure what im looking for
[HTC EVO 3D] pstevep:
Aww, i love you too fern.

I know a few who don't ;) but love all around.

Are you flirting with me again v?

But not as long as Jeff's mom?
[HTC EVO 3D] pstevep:
Ok guys.

Here is my first "published" article.

http://www.xda-developers.com/android/learn-to-make-a-skin-for-sense-3-0/

About none other than our own knightwolf123, and his how to make a skin guides.

My intentions are to write about this thread, but not directly. Because I am the op of it and I don't want the publicity for myself. I want to try and highlight you guys and all the work you put in here.

So i am going to pull guides out and write about them.

Is that cool with everyone else?
[HTC EVO 3D] il Duce:
PM me your gtalk. I actually DID accomplish that on cm7, and I've been wanting to do it on sense. Just haven't had time. I also wanted to (but never did it) get a custom carrier icon working.
[HTC EVO 3D] vanessaem:
Always. ;)

Terrific. :)
[HTC EVO 3D] metaphysical_calamity:
Great job on the article! :thumbup:
[HTC EVO 3D] knightwolf123:
Awesome job bud. Thanx for the props and congrats on being a great writer. :D
[HTC EVO 3D] silverxbv2:
Good job Steve. I +1'd it.

Sent from my ADR6425LVW
[HTC EVO 3D] steal25:
Great job Steve!
[HTC EVO 3D] GrimReaper24:
Nice knight :D
[HTC EVO 3D] dased14:
Great job pstevep, where's part 2 of the fern and Jeff story

Recognized clASS clown
[HTC EVO 3D] GrimReaper24:
I was wondering that also :rolleyes:
[HTC EVO 3D] aedon:
It's on hiatus
[HTC EVO 3D] pstevep:
No writing for me today. It's a family day. ;)
[HTC EVO 3D] dased14:
tune in next week for xda's

new weekly series

THE THEME OF LIFE

(the jeff and fern story):D
[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
I may just have to visit jeffs mom again
[HTC EVO 3D] dased14:
well the more you visit the more pstevep has to write about

he needs an episode a week for the readers;)
[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
And she is trained in the sensual arts.. boom shaka lacka!
[HTC EVO 3D] dased14:
close your eyes kiddies this may turn into a dirty story at some point;)
[HTC EVO 3D] GrimReaper24:
More like jerryatric porn lmao :rolleyes:
[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
Im in my prime boy
[HTC EVO 3D] GrimReaper24:
Lmao :eek: :)
[HTC EVO 3D] aedon:
So I'm working on getting the carrier id in the statusbar and have pretty much everything perfectly set up.

I mean I have 2 clocks in my status bar right now and all icons and layouts are 100 percent functional.

My issue is that when I edit the status_bar.XML to reference the carrier id in any way it will fc the status bar on boot..

Is there a reason for that? I mean i know the carrier id is referenced in status_bar_extended.XML ...

So I'm calling a reference from a different file. But shouldn't that still work?

If I could post a damn pic I would but tapatalk won't let me and when i post them on my computer they show up blank....
[HTC EVO 3D] jeffsanace:
Yeah, prime of old assness! Lmao
[HTC EVO 3D] tommytomatoe:
First,.download imgur and.use it. Best for on device photo uploading. It also.generates bbcode.

Chances are in smali it doesn't know what to so with carrier id reference. That is my initial guess.

Why not add a static text field? It's for a Sprint device so why not?
[HTC EVO 3D] aedon:
I thought about smali but I'm a smali noob lol. I don't know what to change there

How do I add the text?
[HTC EVO 3D] thesparky007:
Heyy you are from austin!
[HTC EVO 3D] aedon:
Sure am
[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
The easiest way to do that is just make the current line in statusbar expanded invisible and then add a new image and text line. The Iine where carrier.Id is. I did it for my zues systemui port on the rezound for ics. If you want i can post that xml decompiled for a guide .

At least im assuming that's where you want it.
[HTC EVO 3D] aedon:
Yes, I want it in the systemui status_bar.XML

I tried adding in the carrier I.d by coping the same code from status_bar_extended.XML where it is referenced but when i do i have no bar on reboot.

Maybe it is the smali?

Or is there another way?
[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
Sorry i didnt realise you wanted it there. What do you want it to say?
[HTC EVO 3D] aedon:
I'm wanting it to call the Carrie lable.

So just to say sprint in the bow I put the second clock in
[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
Not sure where that is. You should be able to add a text line tho in the xml
[HTC EVO 3D] tommytomatoe:
Yep fern and I are suggesting.the same thing.

And i think he meant to say carrier label lol..not Carrie label.

Just add a text line and you should be good to go. Add it where the status_bar background is being referenced. Just make it say Sprint. You can do it!
[HTC EVO 3D] aedon:
I know I should be able to.

But when i do and then push it my bar dissapears.

If i add the carrier label in place of the clock in the code it make the status bar crash.
[HTC EVO 3D] tommytomatoe:
The clock needs to be there cause the smali expects it.

Don't add the carrier id, just add a text line.

android:text="Hello, I want this to say Sprint"
[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
Haha i am watching Stephen king now on my transformer prime
[HTC EVO 3D] aedon:
I wasn't going to get rid of the original clock.

I going to replace the second clock I added to say Sprint.

So just android:text="Sprint" in at the beginning instead of com.Android blah.blah clock?
[HTC EVO 3D] tommytomatoe:
Right next to.Where it references the status bar background, add the android:text line.
[HTC EVO 3D] il Duce:
ok so aedon and I been gtalking trying to figure this thing. He's not on tweaks but I am.

so here's my Q:

in statusbar expanded there's this line that allows the user to configure the label via tweaks:

<LinearLayout android:gravity="center_vertical" android:orientation="horizontal" android:id="@id/notification_title" android:background="@drawable/status_bar_header_background" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="60.0px">
<TextView android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.Title" android:gravity="center" android:id="@id/custom_statusbar_title" android:background="@drawable/title_bar_portrait" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="60.0px" android:layout_marginTop="0.0px" android:layout_marginBottom="0.0px" android:text="@string/status_bar_system_title" />
<TextView android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.Title" android:layout_gravity="center_vertical" android:id="@id/slide_switch" android:background="@drawable/btn_default_small" android:paddingLeft="10.0dip" android:paddingRight="10.0dip" android:paddingBottom="0.0px" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="35.0px" android:layout_marginTop="3.0px" android:layout_marginBottom="3.0px" android:text="@string/status_bar_recent_apps_title" style="\?android:buttonStyle" />
</LinearLayout>

and calls this from strings:

<string name="status_bar_system_title">LeedroidTweaks</string>

so could I add that to statusbar xml? obviously gravity:center needs changed to something, and the one line can go, but then would it not be configurable and appear in the statbar?
[HTC EVO 3D] aedon:
It worked. I got it to say sprint!

Though it isnt pulling the carrier name per saay...

But it ses sprint anyway lol
[HTC EVO 3D] dased14:
nice, good job
[HTC EVO 3D] tommytomatoe:
Good job! What did.you end up doing?
[HTC EVO 3D] aedon:
heres the first six lines of my status_bar.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<com.android.systemui.statusbar.StatusBarView android:orientation="vertical" android:background="@drawable/statusbar_background" android:focusable="true" android:descendantFocusability="afterDescendants"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<LinearLayout android:orientation="horizontal" android:id="@id/icons" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<TextView android:text="Sprint" android:textAppearance="@android:style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.Icon" android:textSize="16.0sp" android:textColor="#ffdedede" android:gravity="center" android:background="@drawable/statusbar_clock_icon" android:paddingRight="4.0dip" android:paddingLeft="4.0dip" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:singleLine="true" />
<com.android.systemui.statusbar.IconMerger android:gravity="center_vertical" android:orientation="horizontal" android:id="@id/notificationIcons" android:paddingLeft="0.0dip" android:layout_width="0.0dip" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_weight="1.0" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true">

SO, now im trying to change the bg for the date when it gets pulled down

is that in status_bar.xml..

or in the status_bar_extended.xml

cause i see the line that references date in the status_bar but not in extended

and i changed the bg for that one and it doesnt show up when i pull the bar down for the date
[HTC EVO 3D] GrimReaper24:
There really is only one rule, don't be a demanding little DOUCHE. You can ask for help, even ask if someone has already done and might be willing to share, but the first time you come in here with a sense of entitlement we will make your life a living hell and you will receive no help. Everyone in here is helpful, and generally fun to be around. So come in and hang out for a bit, you might just learn something.

Lmao well posted tho my eye only caught Douche :o Lol kinda funny..
[HTC EVO 3D] pstevep:
Douche was meant to catch the eyes. Hopefully it makes people read around it. Make a word pop and people usually read the words around it. Or get offended, either way ;)
[HTC EVO 3D] GrimReaper24:
Not bad tho man just thought of a RED DOUCHE :D .. Always pop in and outta here reading up on things just thought it was well posted . ..

That story you posted awhile back was pretty damn funny.

Thanks for throwing my name up in the OP man :D Just saw that also :D
[HTC EVO 3D] il Duce:
Yeah buddy! Now if we can get that configurable in tweaks.

Waits for responses to earlier post :)
[HTC EVO 3D] pstevep:
You make this for me nao! But with my screen name.
[HTC EVO 3D] il Duce:
I think it'll work but no time to try. Been a **** day. My father in law is in the hospital. It's really ugly.
[HTC EVO 3D] pstevep:
Ok. I'll wait.

Sorry to hear about the father in law. My prayers for your wife and her family.
[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
Sorry bro
[HTC EVO 3D] pstevep:
Check the portal for some fern love
[HTC EVO 3D] GrimReaper24:
Nice page and post :D
[HTC EVO 3D] Gumby63:
Alright guys I have a quick question (hopefully).

I'm themeing ICS. I finally found an apktool that works well so I started decompiling/recompiling framework-res and SystemUI to make my changes. All was going well until the changes I was making stopped taking effect. I would flash the apk's but nothing would change.

So I'm trying to figure out why. The structure of my zip has not changed nor the updater-script. I'm thinking maybe something goes wrong when re-compiling? Hopefully it is something stupid I did or overlooked. :rolleyes: Any ideas?
[HTC EVO 3D] dased14:
good job pstevep
[HTC EVO 3D] vanessaem:
Nice write-up again Steve. :o
[HTC EVO 3D] tommytomatoe:
I know man! Ssd is amazing. Makes my imac a turtle now. I am so happy with my new laptop.

I read that about the g73 and that's part of why I chose not to get it. That and the giant get engines. Lol. Are you using ic diamond paste? That's what I use on mine. Which gpu did you decide to get?

tapatalk signature here. lovely.
[HTC EVO 3D] :
Different versions of warm, but both warm. Not sure who's is newer...

-- Sent from my 3D Shooter --
[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
Ic diamond paste I read was recommended because it's thick and viscous. Im actually cool with my gpu. It performs great. Im just getting the bios shut down because of the heat issue. Have you done a repaste? Im a little nervous to do it myself. Allot to disassemble
[HTC EVO 3D] :
I'll play with it tomorrow.

To fix the bad 9.pngs can I just swap them out with known good ones? Or what can I do? I'd rather not retheme the whole thing. Maybe that would be the best option though...

-- Sent from my 3D Shooter --
[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
You only have a few bad ones swap them

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ranger if you want the extended quick settings i would grap synergys systemui. that would drive me nuts not being able to decompile an app
[HTC EVO 3D] il Duce:
Mine is from r440 which is the newest. Maybe png swap into the one posted earlier tonight in this thread? It should now decompile and you just copy all your pngs over, plus then you'll be up to date with the base, excepting of course FRres.
[HTC EVO 3D] tommytomatoe:
I bought mine with the ic diamond. My gpu is the amd 6990 and it is rumored to have heat issues, so I went ahead I got the upgraded paste.

Taking apart the laptop isn't the hard part for me anyways. It's the actual paste application. YouTube has some good tutorials. The hard stuff is the scraping of the old paste and the addition of the new stuff without over applying and smearing. Whew. Good luck man!

tapatalk signature here. lovely.
[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
i know. the nerd in me wants to do it myself but the part of my brain that operates commen sense is saying have it done by a trained pro

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that card is sick! they have a laptop version? or you have it in a desktop?
[HTC EVO 3D] jeffsanace:
Hate to bring bad news, but I would start over with framework. Is this the framework you have installed in apk tool?
[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
ranger i agree with jeff. i would start over. i know it sucks but the satisfaction of overcoming these issues and getting it all right and gaining the knowledge will be worth it.
[HTC EVO 3D] il Duce:
****. We have literally 8 themes all same issue. FMFL. It's all my fault too.

/crying in the dark :(

@fern I forgot lol, you did the strings xml hack to get this bamf HTC Shooter in my sysUI right ?
[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
Actually it was already enabled. The string reference is in status_bar_expanded. Pretty cool
[HTC EVO 3D] jeffsanace:
We both did, lol It's actually just a text change in values/strings no hack needed. I have his framework fixed gonna post it in a minute. Compiles with no errors, I took stock images and decompiled pulled the ones needed and batch changed the hue with the elf program, replaced the bad ones and re compiled.
[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
The string was added is what Im saying. It was enabled in status bar expanded and added to values strings.
[HTC EVO 3D] jeffsanace:
Here you go Ranger, all .9's fixed. Not tested so let me know, but everything de and recompiles perfect. How did you guys compress? If you get the compression error when trying to open with 7zip its usually the zip not the apk. Try pulling the apk out of the zip and then open with 7zip.
[HTC EVO 3D] jeffsanace:
Oh yea, it was already modded by Myn I'm sure. Thats what I meant.
[HTC EVO 3D] il Duce:
Awesome you guys for real. XDA app ftw with unlimited thankses lol.
[HTC EVO 3D] :
yes and no...I have the unedited version straight from the warm ROM in there.
[HTC EVO 3D] il Duce:
Was it upstream hosed? I'd feel a lot better lol.
[HTC EVO 3D] :
I think so. You not at fault. I have had problems decompiling **** for a long time. Only phone that worked right most of the time was the HeroC. This 3D is lame for apktool and things working properly.

That said, my framework works now :)
[HTC EVO 3D] silverxbv2:
Wow. There's some heavy hitters in One X land. We may be losing Fern soon.:(

Sent from my ADR6425LVW
[HTC EVO 3D] silverxbv2:
That's a bit vague. What have you changed that works? What have you changed that doesn't? I've been theming ICS since the Rezound started getting leaks. A lot of things have moved.

Sent from my ADR6425LVW
[HTC EVO 3D] Ajthescot:
I have seen this a few times with apk manager .

When testing things out I just keep compiling and pushing the same files one edit at a time .then changes just stop .

Deleting the "build" folder that appears in the res folder before compiling seems to correct it for me .

sent from my D3rped out Evo3d
[HTC EVO 3D] Gumby63:
Actually yeah I just tried making the edits in the build folder and it worked. But since it is safe to delete that folder I'll just do that. Thanks guys!

Edit: That only worked for SystemUI. Not framework-res. I'll let you guys know if I figure it out.
[HTC EVO 3D] jeffsanace:
Another home for this thread.

Added this to android software and hacking general so that it can grow. Pstevep has done a wonderful job with this thread and would like to see it be recognized for what it turned out to be. A very nice place to learn, without ego or attitude. He and I encourage the participation on this forum as well as the new one at this link.....http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=24991372#post24991372

Let's try to make it the best thread on XDA that everyone knows about.
[HTC EVO 3D] dased14:
Gonna add it to subscribe list now :D
[HTC EVO 3D] pstevep:
Here's hoping the other one takes off as well.
[HTC EVO 3D] jeffsanace:
Please don't forget to vote for the thread and rate it as well. Thanks to all.
[HTC EVO 3D] silverxbv2:
I can't post to the new one from my phone. What's up with that Steve?

Well, it looks like its working now.

Sent from my ADR6425LVW
[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
Hopefully will start on the mms tutorial soon
[HTC EVO 3D] GrimReaper24:
I was wondering about that lol.
[HTC EVO 3D] il Duce:
i do what I can :/

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=25022350&postcount=22

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=25024788&postcount=24
[HTC EVO 3D] dmeadows013:
Can someone write a tutorial on how to add extended quick settings to Sense 2.1+ devices? (Specifically 3.6)
[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
I ported the zues mod to ics with all of ihtfp classes. No tutorial though. I have a mod for 3.6 tho.
[HTC EVO 3D] vanessaem:
Hi, I'm thinking this image is in m10. Would anyone happen to know the name or dimensions of it? Thanks in advance.
[HTC EVO 3D] jessesse:
Statusbar question..

why is my statusbar background stretched along with the background under it and not the bottom statusbar? I didn't use 9 patch on any of them..

I have never tried to design at statusbar, usually its a solid color.

I'm guessing I just need to draw guides and compile...
[HTC EVO 3D] metaphysical_calamity:
If you don't 9 patch 9.pngs they will stretch out like that. Alot of times the lower one is already sized properly even though its a 9
[HTC EVO 3D] jessesse:
Thanks I figured that was it.. I thought it was all good until it went to landscape..ha

I have noticed some .9' s don't have guide marks when decompiled..

I'm at work and can't wait to fix it.

Another question if you don't mind about popup Windows.. my top round and bottom round don't appear to be the correct size because the list hightlights and dividers don't fill out the width correctly. Do you think its too wide in the .9 itself in Gimp? (Too many pixels wide) or can the guide marks placed incorrectly make it stretch too wide?
[HTC EVO 3D] GrimReaper24:
All the .9 files I edited on 3.0 I have always seen atleast 2 to 3 dots 4 at the most.. Never edited one that didn't have it..
[HTC EVO 3D] aedon:
I've never seen this. Dots where?