[Nexus S Themes and Apps] the1dynasty:
i'm a total newb at editing code... what should i add in exactly? the name of the png is "shade_bg.png" and is located in the "res\drawable-hdpi" folder...

i tried to compare codes with various themes using them with the stock code i have and i see differences... but nothing to indicate what/where they added the background image!!

this is the stock code i have... i see where you mean but not sure what to add in there... i'm assuming you meant where i left the space here?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<com.android.systemui.statusbar.phone.ExpandedView android:orientation="vertical" android:focusable="true" android:descendantFocusability="afterDescendants"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:systemui="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/com.android.systemui">
<LinearLayout android:orientation="vertical" android:background="@drawable/notification_header_bg" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<com.android.systemui.statusbar.powerwidget.PowerWidget android:id="@id/exp_power_stat" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<RelativeLayout android:paddingTop="3.0dip" android:paddingRight="3.0dip" android:paddingBottom="5.0dip" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="52.0dip">

<com.android.systemui.statusbar.policy.DateView android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.Date" android:gravity="left|center" android:id="@id/date" android:paddingLeft="16.0dip" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:singleLine="true" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" />
<ImageView android:id="@id/settings_button" android:paddingLeft="8.0dip" android:paddingRight="8.0dip" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:src="@drawable/ic_notify_quicksettings" android:layout_toRightOf="@id/date" android:contentDescription="@string/accessibility_settings_button" />
<ImageView android:id="@id/clear_all_button" android:paddingLeft="8.0dip" android:paddingRight="8.0dip" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:src="@drawable/ic_notify_clear" android:layout_alignParentRight="true" android:contentDescription="@string/accessibility_clear_all" />
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>
<View android:background="@drawable/status_bar_hr" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="2.0dip" />
<FrameLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_weight="1.0">
<TextView android:textAppearance="@android:style/TextAppearance.Large" android:gravity="left" android:layout_gravity="top" android:id="@id/noNotificationsTitle" android:padding="8.0dip" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="@string/status_bar_no_notifications_title" />
<ScrollView android:id="@id/scroll" android:fadingEdge="none" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:overScrollMode="ifContentScrolls">
<LinearLayout android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<com.android.systemui.statusbar.policy.NotificationRowLayout android:id="@id/latestItems" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" systemui:rowHeight="@dimen/notification_height" />
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
<ImageView android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:src="@drawable/title_bar_shadow" android:scaleType="fitXY" />
</FrameLayout>
</com.android.systemui.statusbar.phone.ExpandedView>

---------- Post added at 03:22 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:09 PM ----------

when i said i can get the image to show, i meant by replacing the png on another theme and using their setup... but i wanted to do this from scratch and i don't know what to add to the xml in order to get the image to show up!