[XPERIA X8 General] ScatteredHell:
Hi guys, I didn't see a thread for this, though this is not mine

I'm only sharing this with you guys

Credit: http://dadroidrd.blogspot.com

I just copied and pasted for your ease. :)

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Welcome back ..This time I'll make a tutorial about "how to make your statusbar transparent", there may be some of you already using it but whether you know how to make it? In this edition I will peel out heee ..

This tutorial can be used for any type of android version except for version 4.0.xx "icecreamsandwich"

Step 1

To practice his or her course we have the materials and ingredients that are SystemUI.apk that is in the rom you are using where is it?? Find in / system / app / SystemUI.apk using root explorer or ADB pull

Step 2

Put in place to modify SystemUI.apk APK read the tutorial "how to use apkmanager for beginners" to apkmanager us to understand when it's the next step

Step 3

- Select the apk antecedent modif SystemUI.apk

- Press 19 input numbers 1

- Press 20 input numbers 512

- Decompile apk

- Now go into the project folder here we will begin its tutorial

Step 4

Go to the project folder / SystemUI.apk / smali / com / android / systemui / statusbar / StatusBarService.smali

For more easy in its use was editing application "Notepad + +" (download your own)

StatusBarService.smali is now open with "Notepad + +" then look for this string

” const/4 v5, 0x2

invoke-direct/range {v0 .. v5}, Landroid/view/WindowManager$LayoutParams;->(IIIII)V”

Chose with

” const/4 v5, -0x3

invoke-direct/range {v0 .. v5}, Landroid/view/WindowManager$LayoutParams;->(IIIII)V”

like this picture

Step 5

find file Status_bar.xml in

projects / SysyemUI.apk / res / layout/Status_bar.xml open with “notepad++”

And find this string

<com.android.systemui.statusbar.DateView android:textAppearance="@android:style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.Icon" android:gravity="left|center" android:id="@id/date" android:background="@drawable/statusbar_background" android:paddingLeft="6.0px" android:paddingRight="6.0px" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:singleLine="true" />

Then Chose with this new strings

<com.android.systemui.statusbar.DateView android:textAppearance="@android:style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.Icon" android:gravity="center" android:id="@id/date" android:background="@drawable/statusbar_background2" android:paddingLeft="6.0px" android:paddingRight="6.0px" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:singleLine="true" />

Step 6

Then rename "statusbar_background.9.png" in projects/SytemUI.apk/drawable- (ldpi / mdpi / hdpi /) / statusbar_background.9.png be "statusbar_background2.9.png"

Then create a transparent icon with the same size as "statusbar_background2.9.png" then rename the icon that you have created such a "statusbar_background.9.png"

To more easily look this picture

then Compile apk (if you do not understand read the tutorial "how to use apkmanager for beginners")

go to folder keep deleted files (resources.arsc, clases.dex, statusbar.xml, and statusbar_background.9.png) then press enter on the CMD apkmanager.

***** If an error when compiling apk do it this way: look back to projects/SytemUI.apk/drawable- (ldpi / mdpi / hdpi /) / and then rename the "statusbar_background.9.png" to "statusbar_background.png" and rename " statusbar_background2.9.png "to" statusbar_background2.png "then compile again *****

Step 8

Take SystemUI.apk who have completed our last edit in the folder "place-apk-here-for-modding" on apkmanager with unsignedsystemui.apk name, then rename it to SystemUI.apk and it can be used to gadgets you.

Tips: how well it's good to use SystemUI.apk made into update.zip and flash through the recovery / CWMrecovery. But if you can not make update.zip please push SystemUI.apk it into / system / app / using root explorer, but this way is likely to lead to error

This tutorial is already proven and successful, but if something goes wrong then it is not the fault of this tutorial because this tutorial has been made with the best