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Changing Statbar icon HELP!

Okay,i have gone through almost every miui theme available and most put their own system notifications in and.... i for the life of me can not find a custom sms icon to add to my theme! every theme has the bubble with the 3 black dots in it. Can someone explain why? or tell me what the name should be in the framework so i can change this to my own Ex.(stat_notify_???) sms i guessing...... IDK
 
I saw a theme the other day that actually changed this notification in the status bar, but if I'm not mistaken, in the framework, the .png is called stat_notify_chat
 
I saw a theme the other day that actually changed this notification in the status bar, but if I'm not mistaken, in the framework, the .png is called stat_notify_chat

Thanks, Shusuke but... the (chat) one is not text messaging i had found that one also an put it in but, no luck i think thats for google talk
 
I changed mine by going to system\app\Mms.apk\res\drawable-hdpi\stat_notify_mms.png. I tried the _sms.png first, but it didnt change it. Hope this helps.
 
I changed mine by going to system\app\Mms.apk\res\drawable-hdpi\stat_notify_mms.png. I tried the _sms.png first, but it didnt change it. Hope this helps.


No, didnt work for me put one in a miui theme framework file named it what u said didnt take applying the miui theme but if i go in root explorer where you said i can see them. how do you replace them with Root Explorer cant get those files on my computer???
 
put one in a miui theme framework file named it what u said didnt take applying
I went to system\app\Mms.apk . I tried the system\framework-res.apk and that didnt work. I had the same problems changing the contact icons. I had to go the the phone.apk to change them. Those icons are usually in the app that uses them.

how do you replace them with Root Explorer cant get those files on my computer???
I dont believe you can. When you do this, all you can do is extract the files from an .apk. You need something on your phone that will compile the files back. Ninja Morph does this. I've had mixed results with it, though. Theres a how to video on you-tube on Ninja Morph.
Let me know how it goes.
 
put one in a miui theme framework file named it what u said didnt take applying
I went to system\app\Mms.apk . I tried the system\framework-res.apk and that didnt work. I had the same problems changing the contact icons. I had to go the the phone.apk to change them. Those icons are usually in the app that uses them.

how do you replace them with Root Explorer cant get those files on my computer???
I dont believe you can. When you do this, all you can do is extract the files from an .apk. You need something on your phone that will compile the files back. Ninja Morph does this. I've had mixed results with it, though. Theres a how to video on you-tube on Ninja Morph.
Let me know how it goes.

the only reason i thought putting it in the framework drawable file would work is cause mostly all the other statbar icons are in there and work so IDK i need someone who has the knowledge on getting to the files in system/apps where u said on the computer and being able to swap those out Thanks Though!
 
Okay,i have gone through almost every miui theme available and most put their own system notifications in and.... i for the life of me can not find a custom sms icon to add to my theme! every theme has the bubble with the 3 black dots in it. Can someone explain why? or tell me what the name should be in the framework so i can change this to my own Ex.(stat_notify_???) sms i guessing...... IDK

Ok I have changed my SMS notification icon and here is what I did.

In a MIUI theme you need to have a folder named "com.android.mms" (if you dont just create one).
In that folder you need the folders "res" and "drawable-hdpi"
In the "drawable-hdpi" folder are the .png files that can alter the mms application, so just copy the .png file of your choice to the "drable-hdpi" folder TWICE and name one stat_notify_mms and the other stat_notify_sms. It is the same icon for both but with different names. That may not be necessary but it works for me the new icon shows up in my status bar for new text messages.

Just to recap you need to have your .png files in com.android.mms/res/drawable-hdpi

Then just zip the theme folders such as description, framework, preview, com.android.launcher and of course com.android.mms into one .zip file and add it to your theme folder on sd card then apply through the theme manager.

That does it for me, but if anyone knows how to change the Gmail notification icon...I know it is named stat_notify_gmail but can't quite figure out where it should go.
 
The Gmail icon goes in the Gmail folder in your theme. I have one in murdered out. Download it and open it up to get the folder structure.

Sent from the Heart of Dixie
 
The Gmail icon goes in the Gmail folder in your theme. I have one in murdered out. Download it and open it up to get the folder structure.

Sent from the Heart of Dixie

Thanks, worked great. Been trying to figure that one out for a few days.
 
Okay,i have gone through almost every miui theme available and most put their own system notifications in and.... i for the life of me can not find a custom sms icon to add to my theme! every theme has the bubble with the 3 black dots in it. Can someone explain why? or tell me what the name should be in the framework so i can change this to my own Ex.(stat_notify_???) sms i guessing...... IDK

Ok I have changed my SMS notification icon and here is what I did.

In a MIUI theme you need to have a folder named "com.android.mms" (if you dont just create one).
In that folder you need the folders "res" and "drawable-hdpi"
In the "drawable-hdpi" folder are the .png files that can alter the mms application, so just copy the .png file of your choice to the "drable-hdpi" folder TWICE and name one stat_notify_mms and the other stat_notify_sms. It is the same icon for both but with different names. That may not be necessary but it works for me the new icon shows up in my status bar for new text messages.

Just to recap you need to have your .png files in com.android.mms/res/drawable-hdpi

Then just zip the theme folders such as description, framework, preview, com.android.launcher and of course com.android.mms into one .zip file and add it to your theme folder on sd card then apply through the theme manager.

That does it for me, but if anyone knows how to change the Gmail notification icon...I know it is named stat_notify_gmail but can't quite figure out where it should go.

Thanks i have figured this out prior to reading this how to do it, but i changed it in the rom itself (yea went DEEP) but i am also lookin for the gmail icon if you figure this out please give me a SHOUT
 
The Gmail icon goes in the Gmail folder in your theme. I have one in murdered out. Download it and open it up to get the folder structure.

Sent from the Heart of Dixie

\system\app\Gmail.apk\res\drawable-hdpi\ic_launcher_mail.png . You'll notice, most of this stuff is in a res\drawable-hdpi\ folder.
 
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