[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] rei901:
Purpose

I like a transparent status bar. I usually use UOT kitchen but of course that doesn't work on the NT. After a bit of a struggle I found a process that worked for me. If you, too, would like to remove the black status bar, try this out (CWM back up first!!!). It looks good!

Base files

Since I use the big Minimalistic Text homescreen clock widget (Neutra Text, font lovers) I used my Clockless as starting point (http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=21669132&postcount=43). I've also included a clocked version.

Clockless and Clock are mods of xecuter’s outstanding left-handed ICSbar systemui.apk (http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=21616265&postcount=35), which is itself built on revcompgeek’s systemui hack (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1415075), which is in turn based on stock. If you're building your own you can use any of these systemui.apk's as base.

Process

First I turned off the wallpaper hack in ADWLauncher, without which the transparent status bar cannot work. No idea how this plays out in other launchers.

I applied Aaron M's method to the systemui.apk (http://www.lazytrap.com/?p=314):

--.png edits to statusbar_background.png and status_bar_background.png, among others

--"const/4 v5, -0x3" edits to SystemUI.apk\smali\com\android\systemui\statusbar\statusbarservice.smali.

This method alone did not work for me. I also made .png edits to statusbar_background.png and status_bar_background.png in the framework-res with no luck.

Finally I achieved success by changing the two android:background references in SystemUI.apk\res\layout\status_bar from "@drawable/statusbar_background" to "#00000000". This forced the xml to draw a transparent color instead of pointing to a .png drawable.

The resulting status bar was transparent but the icons were still in black boxes. The navigation icons were in systemui.apk and the others were in framework-res.apk. You know the drill (and if you don't google "android theming'). I've attached my icons should you want to use them.

I've attached a .zip of my framework-res and systemui-apk for your reference. If you wish to install these files, be aware a LOT of miscellaneous mods are contained within, such as:

--Snowball Mod by cfoesch

--many dividers are transparent

--string edits to remove NOOK(c) references, replacing with the word "device"

--blah blah blah blah blah. Can't remember everything.

Only use these files if you've got your current setup backed up in CWM. I take no responsibility for any damage you might do to your device by installing these mods.

For newbies

Get rooted; get Root Explorer; download the .zip of your choice to the device's SD card; navigate there in Root Explorer; long press to extract; say yes to go to /sdcard/speedsoftware/extracted; long press systemui.apk and select move; navigate to /system; mount RW; paste; long press and change permission to rw-r-r; long press to change owner and group to root; long press to move; navigate to /system/app; paste; accept the warning; reboot. Do the same with framework-res.apk except place in /system/framework instead of /system/app. Reboot. If you get a boot loop or other major problem restore using CWM.

Happy transparency,

R