Hey Guys,
i ran into some problems when i wanted to remove the navigation bar of my Nexus 10. So i decided to write this little Howto.
You might ask why anyone would want to do that. I think the Phablet UI eats up way too much screen space and after i installed GMD Gesture Control i didnt even need any of those buttons anymore.
I did some research and stumbled upon this article:
http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-ena...-rom-tutorial/
Basically its very easy. You have to get the your framework-res.apk and extract the bools.xml file using the APK Tool.
Then you simply change config_showNavigationBar to false and recompile it using the APK Tool. After doing that you have to extract the resources.arsc file from your new framework-res.apk and use Winrar to replace that file in the old framework-res.apk. (Use STORE method!)
(Howto use APK Tool: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1466100)
I ran into some problems however and couldnt successfully decompile the framework-res.apk. Thats because the current version (as of now) of APK Tool doesnt support JB 4.2.1. I did some further research and was able to complete the task with the Prerelease 3 of the APK Tool. I will attach the Prerelease of that version to this Thread. Please thank the developer of APK Tool here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1755243
When you have recompiled the framework you simply have to replace the old one on your device with adb. MAKE SURE TO MAKE A NANDROID BACKUP BEFORE! because in case you make a mistake it might result in a boot loop!
You apply these changes at your own risk dont make me responsible for any bricks!
This is my first tutorial so the didactics are probably not perfect.
Thanks for reading and Good Luck!
Schnip
i ran into some problems when i wanted to remove the navigation bar of my Nexus 10. So i decided to write this little Howto.
You might ask why anyone would want to do that. I think the Phablet UI eats up way too much screen space and after i installed GMD Gesture Control i didnt even need any of those buttons anymore.
I did some research and stumbled upon this article:
http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-ena...-rom-tutorial/
Basically its very easy. You have to get the your framework-res.apk and extract the bools.xml file using the APK Tool.
Then you simply change config_showNavigationBar to false and recompile it using the APK Tool. After doing that you have to extract the resources.arsc file from your new framework-res.apk and use Winrar to replace that file in the old framework-res.apk. (Use STORE method!)
(Howto use APK Tool: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1466100)
I ran into some problems however and couldnt successfully decompile the framework-res.apk. Thats because the current version (as of now) of APK Tool doesnt support JB 4.2.1. I did some further research and was able to complete the task with the Prerelease 3 of the APK Tool. I will attach the Prerelease of that version to this Thread. Please thank the developer of APK Tool here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1755243
When you have recompiled the framework you simply have to replace the old one on your device with adb. MAKE SURE TO MAKE A NANDROID BACKUP BEFORE! because in case you make a mistake it might result in a boot loop!
You apply these changes at your own risk dont make me responsible for any bricks!
This is my first tutorial so the didactics are probably not perfect.
Thanks for reading and Good Luck!
Schnip
