Is there a way to replace the software controls with custom ones? I'd like it to be glossy like Blur but add my own buttons such as menu and search, is that possible?
Using the Paranoid Android ROM you can modify the colors of the bar and also add your own buttons such as menu, etc.
It should be possible on quite a number of ROMS. I believe Cyanogenmod, Carbon, AOKP, ParanoidAndroid all have features to move around/customize which ever soft keys you would like. However, I am not sure whether the color feature is still around, I know Cyanogenmod doesn't have it yet, but it was in earlier versions. ParanoidAndroid has that feature. AOKP did in 4.1, but not sure about 4.2 would have to check, but that should give you a relatively good idea.
The moral-just rearranging icons almost all Roms should have it. Color that will only be on very specific ROMs, most famously ParanoidAndroid.
Hi,
Take a look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34452548 .
There is some custome icons and an how to .
hhairplane said:
It should be possible on quite a number of ROMS. I believe Cyanogenmod, Carbon, AOKP, ParanoidAndroid all have features to move around/customize which ever soft keys you would like. However, I am not sure whether the color feature is still around, I know Cyanogenmod doesn't have it yet, but it was in earlier versions. ParanoidAndroid has that feature. AOKP did in 4.1, but not sure about 4.2 would have to check, but that should give you a relatively good idea.
The moral-just rearranging icons almost all Roms should have it. Color that will only be on very specific ROMs, most famously ParanoidAndroid.
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Can confirm that AOKP has color control on 4.2+ builds
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I just flash all of these roms today to verify, and I'm sure everyone has noticed but why does PA/PACman missing sooooo many options than Rootbox/Revolt?
-Alternate toggles setup which is missing the "favorite user" option and is not user friendly
-Lacking customization for pie options
-No option for Navbar/status bar transparency
Its really confusing because RootBox and Revolt roms have all the options that every rom on this thread have accept one thing.....PA. Which means there is no options to use hybrid options/colorPAoptions/PAdpi Settings, etc.
Its really confusing why there are two very distinct bases that Devs are using for roms,is there a reason why these differences can't be combined? Does anyone know if there will every be a rom that runs that same base as Rootbox/Revolt but have PA?
Yes, I usually avoid these types of post, but gosh does this not bother anyone else?
well theres toggle customization, thanks to cm,
theres customization for pie,
and theres options for bar colors including alpha that naturally go beyond anything else because of hybrid
but still - we're trying to keep things simple and minimal. thats our direction. if rootbox or revolt wants to go another way thats their choice.
i just personally do not enjoy roms that are heavy with options, i dont think thats a good thing and it conflicts with android which is still whats making 99% of the whole.
as for pie, i want something thats quick and easy to navigate. i dont want quick access everywhere i lay my finger on you know? like ... you switch on phone, theres shortcut options, shortcuts in your navbar, shortcuts on your google now circle, shortcuts in your notificationpanel, shortcuts in your togglepanel, shortcuts clenched on poor pie-in the worst case via multirow, shortcuts here shortcuts there. who'd like such a frankenstein of a rom? i sure dont. and if theres roms that truly cater to those needs - well more power to them and by all means, go that route.
most people on xda, and i am very happy about that, still value coherency. and they'd rather see new features getting made piece by piece. its the same with music. i like albums and bands. but there's some people that prefer ready-made collections and top10-samplers or whatever. i dont judge that, its a simple matter of preference.
molesarecoming said:
well theres toggle customization, thanks to cm,
theres customization for pie,
and theres options for bar colors including alpha that naturally go beyond anything else because of hybrid
but still - we're trying to keep things simple and minimal. thats our direction. if rootbox or revolt wants to go another way thats their choice.
i just personally do not enjoy roms that are heavy with options, i dont think thats a good thing and it conflicts with android which is still whats making 99% of the whole.
as for pie, i want something thats quick and easy to navigate. i dont want quick access everywhere i lay my finger on you know? like ... you switch on phone, theres shortcut options, shortcuts in your navbar, shortcuts on your google now circle, shortcuts in your notificationpanel, shortcuts in your togglepanel, shortcuts clenched on poor pie-in the worst case via multirow, shortcuts here shortcuts there. who'd like such a frankenstein of a rom? i sure dont. and if theres roms that truly cater to those needs - well more power to them and by all means, go that route.
most people on xda, and i am very happy about that, still value coherency. and they'd rather see new features getting made piece by piece. its the same with music. i like albums and bands. but there's some people that prefer ready-made collections and top10-samplers or whatever. i dont judge that, its a simple matter of preference.
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Thank you for the valuable response. I was kind of expecting a lot of bashing from normal users. So I guess I have to how they combine these features.
Haven't tried Revolt, but I like the Pacman rom and Rootbox is good too
There's this little bug that's been really pissing me off lately, and has forced me off any ROM based on AOKP.
When you click the recent apps button, the animation shows a screenshot of a different app, usually the one you opened first (For example, when you first open up settings, the animation shows a screenshot of the settings app contracting, then when you open up GPlay, the contraction animation still shows the same screenshot from the settings app)
I know it's not from either CM or PA because neither ROM has it. For some reason, PACMan is also free from this bug. Literally every other ROM that's based off AOKP or is AOKP has it though.
What I'm wondering is, is there a quick fix for this (I know the PIE screen sticking bug was fixed by enabling HW overlays, I'm looking for something of that sort)? AOKP has, by far, the most options out of any ROM for statusbar and navbar customization and I want to be able to use the vast majority of the ROMs on Original Dev and Android Dev.
And yes, I am autismal about this stuff, check your cis privilege, scum.
Hi all,
I recently switched from PAC rom to PA due to stability issues. I'm enjoying the stability of PA, but one thing I really miss is the LED control that is built into AOKP. So my question(s) are these:
Is there a kernel modder/tweaker out there that will give me per-app LED mods like AOKP, or
Is there a ROM out there that kanged PA and AOKP (trying to avoid the mess with CM10.2 overlay issues) - I looked in the Android development threads (not original) and couldn't find one.
As of now, Trickster Mod only allows LED control for just a handful of colors, and it's extremely limited.
Have you tried Light Flow, from the Market ?
Hello all,
Can anyone point me in the right direction for a very stable rom either 4.2 or 4.3, that comes with Halo floating notification features and also the other usual usual goodies such as customising the status/nav bar, theme choose etc.
AOKP would be perfect, however that does not come with the Halo notification features.
I would prefer avoiding PA/aospa as that is a bit too feature packed for me.
I am currently using the Mahdi 4.4.2 rom which has the features I am looking for for, including the floating notifications but I can't seem to settle with KitKat for some reason.
Thanks.
Just to preface, I'm not a developer but I'm trying to learn more about how developing ROMs works.
Back in the day, mostly on my other phones (e.g. LG G2 and older ones) with some of the crazier custom ROMs like Resurrection Remix and DirtyUnicorns, they'd be chock full of weird features that I imagine the majority of people never used but I loved them. Most notably Pie Controls and navigation bar tweaks where you could set 3 to 5 targets in a ring that you swipe up from the home button to jump to apps or actions, from any screen. Probably the single most useful tweak in any ROM I can remember.
I know Oreo roms are still in their infancy, but how does adding features to a ROM like Pie controls and expanded desktop etc work? Is there any way at all I could compile a flashable zip to add those myself, or or those things that have to be baked into the source of a custom ROM? Just haven't seen them in any new roms in the past couple years.
jDally987 said:
Just to preface, I'm not a developer but I'm trying to learn more about how developing ROMs works.
Back in the day, mostly on my other phones (e.g. LG G2 and older ones) with some of the crazier custom ROMs like Resurrection Remix and DirtyUnicorns, they'd be chock full of weird features that I imagine the majority of people never used but I loved them. Most notably Pie Controls and navigation bar tweaks where you could set 3 to 5 targets in a ring that you swipe up from the home button to jump to apps or actions, from any screen. Probably the single most useful tweak in any ROM I can remember.
I know Oreo roms are still in their infancy, but how does adding features to a ROM like Pie controls and expanded desktop etc work? Is there any way at all I could compile a flashable zip to add those myself, or or those things that have to be baked into the source of a custom ROM? Just haven't seen them in any new roms in the past couple years.
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Rr nougat has dui and pie controls
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Rr nougat has dui and pie controls
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Well ok Nougat, but what about any Oreo ROMs?
I'm really wondering if there's a way to modularly add entire feature blobs like that to any given ROM. Kinda Xposed-style.
jDally987 said:
Well ok Nougat, but what about any Oreo ROMs?
I'm really wondering if there's a way to modularly add entire feature blobs like that to any given ROM. Kinda Xposed-style.
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No
LMT launcher is great for pie controls. Doesn't display all icons correctly in Oreo, but still functions otherwise, and developer says an update is coming soon.