Hi,
first of all sorry if my questions are too noobish and if my english is not very clear
I have read various threads on modding, theming and compiling/decompiling
I have a tablet running Android 4.0.4. It is rooted.
I am trying to customize the system (combined, if you prefer) bar, initially removing the Clock. More icons will follow.
I followed the steps:
a. pull /system/app/SystemUI.apk
b. install framework
c. decompile
d. edit
e. recompile
f. open original and edited apk's and copy the changed files to the original
g. signed and aligned
h. pushed SystemUI.apk back to /system/app
Initially I removed the Clock reference from status_bar.xml. Once I reinstalled and rebooted the notification bar remained the same. I pulled SystemUI.apk again to verify it was the one I installed and indeed it was.
Afterwards, I 'greped' Clock for all references of Clock and commented them all out. Same thing, no changes
So, my question is what am I doing wrong?
Even better, are there any links docs that describe the architecture/process of generating the UI?
I've found guides saying to edit .smali files or this.xml & that.xml but I am really in the dark, how all this comes together.
Also, what's the role of framework-res.apk?
Sorry for the length, looking forward for your feedback
first of all sorry if my questions are too noobish and if my english is not very clear
I have read various threads on modding, theming and compiling/decompiling
I have a tablet running Android 4.0.4. It is rooted.
I am trying to customize the system (combined, if you prefer) bar, initially removing the Clock. More icons will follow.
I followed the steps:
a. pull /system/app/SystemUI.apk
b. install framework
c. decompile
d. edit
e. recompile
f. open original and edited apk's and copy the changed files to the original
g. signed and aligned
h. pushed SystemUI.apk back to /system/app
Initially I removed the Clock reference from status_bar.xml. Once I reinstalled and rebooted the notification bar remained the same. I pulled SystemUI.apk again to verify it was the one I installed and indeed it was.
Afterwards, I 'greped' Clock for all references of Clock and commented them all out. Same thing, no changes
So, my question is what am I doing wrong?
Even better, are there any links docs that describe the architecture/process of generating the UI?
I've found guides saying to edit .smali files or this.xml & that.xml but I am really in the dark, how all this comes together.
Also, what's the role of framework-res.apk?
Sorry for the length, looking forward for your feedback