[Galaxy Note II Android Development] grgsiocl:
After making few ROMS & mods On NOTE I , i thought let me share the few mods as well on NOTE II...so here we go!

Must Have

1. Apktool

2. Some knowledge about compiling and decompiling

3. 7zip

4. notepad++

5. backsmali

6. If my code are showing -- then remove those lines in the code and if it shows ++ then add those codes!

How to

Decompile both SystemUI and framework-res,apk using apktool

framework-res.apk

- /res/values/dimens.xml : change thumbnail size to..

<dimen name="thumbnail_height">267.0dip</dimen>
<dimen name="thumbnail_width">168.0dip</dimen>

Change the dip values the way you want, but for galaxy Note II the above dip's fits correctly.

After this compile back and this is the only change needs to be done in framework-res.apk

* SystemUI.apk

Go to /res/values/bools.xml and make the changes as below:

<bool name="config_recents_thumbnail_image_fits_to_xy">true</bool>

- go to /res/values/drawables.xml and make the following changes

<item type="drawable" name="status_bar_recents_background_solid">#00000000</item>

Now you can change any background you want, by modifying the values of#00000000

go to - res/layout/tw_system_bar_no_recent_apps.xml and make the following changes

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<FrameLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
- <TextView android:textSize="24.0dip" android:textColor="#ffd7d7d7" android:gravity="left" android:layout_gravity="bottom|left|center" android:id="@id/recents_no_apps_string" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_marginBottom="70.0dip" android:text="@string/status_bar_no_recent_apps" />
+ <Button android:textSize="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_label_text_size" android:layout_gravity="center" android:id="@id/no_recent_apps_launch_button" android:visibility="invisible" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_marginTop="55.0dip" android:text="@string/status_bar_recent_launch_task_manager_title" />
+ <TextView android:textSize="20.0dip" android:textColor="@android:color/holo_blue_light" android:gravity="center_horizontal" android:layout_gravity="center" android:visibility="gone" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="@string/status_bar_no_recent_apps" />
</FrameLayout>

go to /res/layout-port/tw_status_bar_recent_panel.xml and make the following changes in the code!

xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:systemui="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/com.android.systemui">
<View android:id="@id/recents_transition_background" android:visibility="invisible" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" />
- <FrameLayout android:id="@id/recents_bg_protect" android:background="@drawable/status_bar_recents_background" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_alignParentBottom="true">
- <ImageView android:id="@id/recents_transition_placeholder_icon" android:visibility="invisible" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
- <com.android.systemui.recent.RecentsVerticalScrollView android:layout_gravity="bottom|left|center" android:id="@id/recents_container" android:scrollbars="none" android:fadingEdge="vertical" android:fadingEdgeLength="@dimen/status_bar_recents_scroll_fading_edge_length" android:clipChildren="false" android:clipToPadding="false" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_marginRight="0.0dip" android:stackFromBottom="true" android:divider="@null">
- <LinearLayout android:orientation="vertical" android:id="@id/recents_linear_layout" android:clipChildren="false" android:clipToPadding="false" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
- </com.android.systemui.recent.RecentsVerticalScrollView>
+ <FrameLayout android:id="@id/recents_bg_protect" android:background="@drawable/status_bar_recents_background" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_centerVertical="true">
+ <ImageView android:gravity="center" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_marginTop="0.0dip" android:src="@drawable/status_bar_recents_background" />
+ <com.android.systemui.recent.RecentsHorizontalScrollView android:layout_gravity="bottom|left|center" android:id="@id/recents_container" android:scrollbars="none" android:fadingEdge="none" android:fadingEdgeLength="0.0dip" android:clipChildren="false" android:clipToPadding="false" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_marginRight="0.0dip" android:stackFromBottom="true" android:divider="@null">
+ <LinearLayout android:orientation="horizontal" android:id="@id/recents_linear_layout" android:clipChildren="false" android:clipToPadding="false" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
+ </com.android.systemui.recent.RecentsHorizontalScrollView>
<LinearLayout android:layout_gravity="bottom|center" android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<ImageView android:layout_gravity="center" android:id="@id/shortcut_line" android:visibility="gone" android:layout_width="300.0dip" android:layout_height="1.0dip" android:src="@drawable/shortcut_head_line" android:scaleType="center" />
<LinearLayout android:gravity="center" android:orientation="horizontal" android:id="@id/application_shortcut_layout" android:visibility="gone" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_marginTop="7.0dip">

go to res/layout-port/status_bar_recent_item.xml and make the following changes

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<FrameLayout android:paddingTop="@dimen/status_bar_recents_item_padding" android:paddingBottom="@dimen/status_bar_recents_item_padding" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+<FrameLayout android:paddingLeft="@dimen/status_bar_recents_item_padding" android:paddingRight="@dimen/status_bar_recents_item_padding" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="fill_parent"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
- <RelativeLayout android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal" android:id="@id/recent_item" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content">
- <TextView android:textSize="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_label_text_size" android:textColor="@color/status_bar_recents_app_label_color" android:ellipsize="marquee" android:id="@id/app_label" android:paddingTop="2.0dip" android:fadingEdge="horizontal" android:fadingEdgeLength="@dimen/status_bar_recents_text_fading_edge_length" android:layout_width="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_label_width" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_marginLeft="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_label_left_margin" android:scrollHorizontally="true" android:singleLine="true" android:layout_alignTop="@id/app_icon" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" />
- <FrameLayout android:id="@id/app_thumbnail" android:background="@drawable/recents_thumbnail_bg" android:visibility="invisible" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_marginLeft="@dimen/status_bar_recents_thumbnail_left_margin" android:foreground="@drawable/recents_thumbnail_fg" android:layout_toRightOf="@id/app_label" android:layout_alignParentTop="true">
- <ImageView android:id="@id/app_thumbnail_image" android:layout_width="@dimen/status_bar_recents_thumbnail_width" android:layout_height="@dimen/status_bar_recents_thumbnail_height" />
+ <RelativeLayout android:layout_gravity="center_vertical" android:id="@id/recent_item" android:paddingTop="@android:dimen/status_bar_height" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_centerInParent="true">
+ <FrameLayout android:id="@id/app_thumbnail" android:background="#00000000" android:visibility="invisible" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:foreground="#00000000" android:layout_centerInParent="true">
+ <ImageView android:id="@id/app_thumbnail_image" android:paddingTop="60.0dip" android:layout_width="212.0dip" android:layout_height="455.0dip" android:layout_marginTop="30.0dip" android:scaleType="centerInside" />
</FrameLayout>
- <View android:id="@id/recents_callout_line" android:background="@drawable/recents_callout_line" android:layout_width="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_label_width" android:layout_height="1.0dip" android:layout_marginLeft="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_label_left_margin" android:layout_marginTop="3.0dip" android:layout_marginRight="3.0dip" android:layout_toLeftOf="@id/app_thumbnail" android:layout_below="@id/app_label" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" />
- <ImageView android:id="@id/app_icon" android:visibility="invisible" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_marginLeft="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_icon_left_margin" android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_icon_top_margin" android:scaleType="centerInside" android:adjustViewBounds="true" android:maxWidth="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_icon_max_width" android:maxHeight="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_icon_max_height" android:layout_toRightOf="@id/app_label" />
- <TextView android:textSize="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_description_text_size" android:ellipsize="marquee" android:id="@id/app_description" android:fadingEdge="horizontal" android:fadingEdgeLength="@dimen/status_bar_recents_text_fading_edge_length" android:layout_width="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_label_width" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_marginLeft="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_label_left_margin" android:layout_marginTop="3.0dip" android:scrollHorizontally="true" android:singleLine="true" android:layout_below="@id/recents_callout_line" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" />
+ <ImageView android:gravity="center_horizontal" android:id="@id/app_icon" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_marginTop="405.0dip" android:scaleType="centerInside" android:adjustViewBounds="true" android:maxWidth="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_icon_max_width" android:maxHeight="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_icon_max_height" />
+ <TextView android:textSize="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_label_text_size" android:textColor="@color/status_bar_recents_app_label_color" android:ellipsize="marquee" android:gravity="center_horizontal" android:id="@id/app_label" android:paddingTop="0.0dip" android:fadingEdge="none" android:fadingEdgeLength="0.0dip" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_marginTop="3.0dip" android:scrollHorizontally="true" android:singleLine="true" android:layout_below="@id/app_icon" android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" />
+ <TextView android:textSize="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_description_text_size" android:ellipsize="marquee" android:id="@id/app_description" android:fadingEdge="horizontal" android:fadingEdgeLength="@dimen/status_bar_recents_text_fading_edge_length" android:layout_width="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_label_width" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_marginLeft="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_label_left_margin" android:layout_marginTop="40.0dip" android:scrollHorizontally="true" android:singleLine="true" android:layout_below="@id/app_label" android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" />
</RelativeLayout>
</FrameLayout>

Go to res/layout-land/status_bar_recent_item.xml and make the following changes

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<FrameLayout android:paddingLeft="@dimen/status_bar_recents_item_padding" android:paddingRight="@dimen/status_bar_recents_item_padding" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="fill_parent"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
- <RelativeLayout android:layout_gravity="center_vertical" android:id="@id/recent_item" android:paddingTop="@android:dimen/status_bar_height" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content">
- <FrameLayout android:id="@id/app_thumbnail" android:background="@drawable/recents_thumbnail_bg" android:visibility="invisible" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_marginLeft="@dimen/status_bar_recents_thumbnail_left_margin" android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/status_bar_recents_thumbnail_top_margin" android:foreground="@drawable/recents_thumbnail_fg" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" android:layout_alignParentTop="true">
- <ImageView android:id="@id/app_thumbnail_image" android:layout_width="@dimen/status_bar_recents_thumbnail_width" android:layout_height="@dimen/status_bar_recents_thumbnail_height" />
+ <RelativeLayout android:layout_gravity="center_vertical" android:id="@id/recent_item" android:paddingTop="@android:dimen/status_bar_height" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_centerInParent="true">
+ <FrameLayout android:id="@id/app_thumbnail" android:background="#00000000" android:visibility="invisible" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:foreground="#00000000" android:layout_centerInParent="true">
+ <ImageView android:id="@id/app_thumbnail_image" android:layout_width="120.0dip" android:layout_height="320.0dip" android:scaleType="centerInside" />
</FrameLayout>
- <ImageView android:id="@id/app_icon" android:visibility="invisible" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_marginLeft="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_icon_left_margin" android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_icon_top_margin" android:scaleType="centerInside" android:adjustViewBounds="true" android:maxWidth="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_icon_max_width" android:maxHeight="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_icon_max_height" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" android:layout_alignParentTop="true" />
- <TextView android:textSize="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_label_text_size" android:textColor="@color/status_bar_recents_app_label_color" android:ellipsize="marquee" android:id="@id/app_label" android:fadingEdge="horizontal" android:fadingEdgeLength="@dimen/status_bar_recents_text_fading_edge_length" android:layout_width="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_label_width" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_marginLeft="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_label_left_margin" android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/status_bar_recents_text_description_padding" android:scrollHorizontally="true" android:singleLine="true" android:layout_below="@id/app_thumbnail" android:layout_alignLeft="@id/app_thumbnail" />
- <TextView android:textSize="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_description_text_size" android:ellipsize="marquee" android:id="@id/app_description" android:fadingEdge="horizontal" android:fadingEdgeLength="@dimen/status_bar_recents_text_fading_edge_length" android:layout_width="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_label_width" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/status_bar_recents_text_description_padding" android:scrollHorizontally="true" android:singleLine="true" android:layout_below="@id/app_label" android:layout_alignLeft="@id/app_thumbnail" />
+ <ImageView android:gravity="center_horizontal" android:id="@id/app_icon" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_marginTop="225.0dip" android:scaleType="centerInside" android:adjustViewBounds="true" android:maxWidth="20.0dip" android:maxHeight="20.0dip" />
+ <TextView android:textSize="20.0dip" android:textColor="@color/status_bar_recents_app_label_color" android:ellipsize="marquee" android:gravity="center_horizontal" android:id="@id/app_label" android:paddingTop="0.0dip" android:fadingEdge="none" android:fadingEdgeLength="0.0dip" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_marginTop="0.0dip" android:scrollHorizontally="true" android:singleLine="true" android:layout_below="@id/app_icon" android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" />
+ <TextView android:textSize="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_description_text_size" android:ellipsize="marquee" android:id="@id/app_description" android:fadingEdge="none" android:fadingEdgeLength="0.0dip" android:layout_width="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_label_width" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_marginLeft="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_label_left_margin" android:layout_marginTop="3.0dip" android:scrollHorizontally="true" android:singleLine="true" android:layout_below="@id/app_label" android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" />
</RelativeLayout>
</FrameLayout>

go to /res/layout-land/tw_status_bar_recent_panel.xml and make the following changes

xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:systemui="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/com.android.systemui">
<View android:id="@id/recents_transition_background" android:visibility="invisible" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" />
- <FrameLayout android:id="@id/recents_bg_protect" android:background="@drawable/status_bar_recents_background" android:clipChildren="false" android:clipToPadding="false" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_alignParentBottom="true">
- <ImageView android:id="@id/recents_transition_placeholder_icon" android:visibility="invisible" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
- <com.android.systemui.recent.RecentsHorizontalScrollView android:layout_gravity="bottom|right|center" android:orientation="horizontal" android:id="@id/recents_container" android:scrollbars="none" android:fadingEdge="horizontal" android:fadingEdgeLength="@dimen/status_bar_recents_scroll_fading_edge_length" android:clipChildren="false" android:clipToPadding="false" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_marginRight="@dimen/status_bar_recents_right_glow_margin" android:stackFromBottom="true" android:divider="@null">
- <LinearLayout android:orientation="horizontal" android:id="@id/recents_linear_layout" android:clipChildren="false" android:clipToPadding="false" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="fill_parent" />
+ <FrameLayout android:id="@id/recents_bg_protect" android:background="@drawable/status_bar_recents_background" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_centerVertical="true">
+ <ImageView android:gravity="center" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_marginTop="0.0dip" android:src="@drawable/status_bar_recents_background" />
+ <com.android.systemui.recent.RecentsHorizontalScrollView android:layout_gravity="bottom|left|center" android:id="@id/recents_container" android:scrollbars="none" android:fadingEdge="none" android:fadingEdgeLength="0.0dip" android:clipChildren="false" android:clipToPadding="false" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_marginRight="0.0dip" android:stackFromBottom="true" android:divider="@null">
+ <LinearLayout android:orientation="horizontal" android:id="@id/recents_linear_layout" android:clipChildren="false" android:clipToPadding="false" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</com.android.systemui.recent.RecentsHorizontalScrollView>
<LinearLayout android:layout_gravity="bottom|center" android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<ImageView android:layout_gravity="center" android:id="@id/shortcut_line" android:visibility="gone" android:layout_width="450.0dip" android:layout_height="1.0dip" android:layout_marginTop="2.0dip" android:src="@drawable/shortcut_head_line" android:scaleType="center" />

Now open res/values/id.xml and add this one at the end of the file and make the following changes!

<item type="id" name="no_recent_apps_launch_button">false</item>

go to smali/com/android/systemui/recent/RecentsPanelView.smali and make the following changes!

Since XDA doesn't allow to add more than 30000 characters , I have attached the difference code for RecentsPanelView.smali. Download it and make the following changes!

Download the code for recentspanelview.smali from here

now re-compile the systemui and framework and then flash the mod!

View attachment 1593272

Credits

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1. Evilasato, Legend (SF)