Why transparent taskbar only with stock wallpaper on Galaxy S4 - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I noticed that we get a black taskbar everytime we use non-stock wallpaper. Why is this so? It it possible to have a transparent taskbar even on custom wallpapers?

JoJo2211 said:
I noticed that we get a black taskbar everytime we use non-stock wallpaper. Why is this so? It it possible to have a transparent taskbar even on custom wallpapers?
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That was no accident. It was by design. Now, do you need me to elaborate... or can we just crack on?

fade2green514 said:
That was no accident. It was by design. Now, do you need me to elaborate... or can we just crack on?
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Why are you getting so worked up? It was just a question. Jeez.

I'm using Apex launcher, which allows a transparent taskbar with any wallpaper. And it's smooth as butter.

Nova also allows transparency with any wallpaper (gotta select the option)
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And there's a mod in the Themes & Apps section.

Samsung mentions this somewhere.
They've designed a few wallpapers to have a transparent background but anything selected by the user goes back to black because otherwise the taskbar would be difficult to read.

GR13V3R said:
Nova also allows transparency with any wallpaper (gotta select the option)
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Where's that option? I only see the option to hide the notification bar.

JoJo2211 said:
Why are you getting so worked up? It was just a question. Jeez.
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It was just a quote from Sherlock Holmes lol

GTRagnarok said:
Where's that option? I only see the option to hide the notification bar.
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Look and feel (nova prime version 2.1)
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GR13V3R said:
Look and feel (nova prime version 2.1)
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Oh, no wonder. I needed to update Nova Prime. Thanks.

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[MOD] Transparent WorldClock Widget

This is my Desire port of modified WorldClock.apk included in New Minimalistic theme by Konikub for HTC EVO 4G.
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It should work on rooted 2.2 Sense ROM's. Tested to be working on LeeDroid 1.8b.
You can install it by flashing it in recovery or pushing the apk file inside the zip to your /system/app folder with adb.
Alternative download
Which clock does this replace? I'd like a zip please
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GANJDROID said:
Which clock does this replace? I'd like a zip please
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It's the Analog Clock widget, and the widget only. It doesn't change the clock application anyhow. If you have two Analog Clock widgets this will replace the brown one, not the grey one with green arrows. I'll make a zip for you tomorrow.
Jiia said:
It's the Analog Clock widget, and the widget only. It doesn't change the clock application anyhow. If you have two Analog Clock widgets this will replace the brown one, not the grey one with green arrows. I'll make a zip for you tomorrow.
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Oh, so the stock, ugly Android one? That's fantastic! And thank you very much
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GANJDROID said:
Oh, so the stock, ugly Android one? That's fantastic! And thank you very much
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Yup, and I felt energetic and made the zip already, it's in the first post
Jiia said:
Yup, and I felt energetic and made the zip already, it's in the first post
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Haha, that ,as quick Thank you!
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Really nice clock. Im soo lucky coz i have LeeDroid rom too.
I will install it.
Thanks soo much.

What do your Homescreens Look Like?

Well guys I know there is a thread with 8000+ replys about this already, however, I want a thread just for the LG GT540. I think it will make things a bit more personal to us. We now have our own section of the forum so we must now have our own section of everything lol!
So, heres mine...
1)
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how did you get it to look like that? thats quite a cool ui
skribbler86 said:
So, heres mine...
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Wow, That looks well good.
What is the theme called?
Hmm, I guess we have some shy GT540 owners
To answer your questions....
No, it is not a theme.
To make your homescreens have this look and feel you will need launcherpro (for a custom dock and dock icons) and desktop visualizer for everything else. Desktop visualizer allows you to place shortcuts on your homescreen and also allows you to give the shortcuts any kind of icons you want, like jpg and png files. So basically you would be able to use a picture as an icon. You can find threads about this all over the forum, specifically the android theme section.
where did you get that clock with photo of a girl? thanks
Heres mine atm
OMG?
Angry Birds works for you?
flyboyovyick said:
OMG?
Angry Birds works for you?
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Yea, it's awesome!
verrox said:
Heres mine atm
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Nice screens!
I cant get angry birds installed onto my phone... just dont work

			
				
bluepower said:
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Nice and simple!!!
Thanks
to install angry birds just download it from the market (its free) and when its launching don't click the screen to skip the logos let it run
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OMG... what clock are you using? been looking everywhere for this.
collinsc2 said:
OMG... what clock are you using? been looking everywhere for this.
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DigiClock Widget
All my screens
my plain n simple screen, not much in this one but i'll b back, with better screens.
bluepower said:
All my screens
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Hey whats that logo is the far left of the status bar?
My simple Home Menu
Like this.
flyboyovyick said:
Hey whats that logo is the far left of the status bar?
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It´s the app Lookout

What size icons do are 10.1 tabs use? Free Suave\Iphone icons over 8000 xda link

I have searched and stumbled across 8000 or more suave icons but when using adw the icons go smaller then normal on dockbar I included a pic on what I'm trying to accomplish. Thanks I didn't know where to post so I figured in themes cuz its bout themes
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=796495
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[App] Tapatalk
Daily Device / Driver
[Device] Acer A500 10.1
[Rom] Thor 14.2
[Kernel] Thor O.C. 1.6Ghz
"In the quiet words of the Virgin Mary...Come again?"
Joking aside, the pic is what you're trying to accomplish you say... so do you have a pic of what is actually happening?
Lol that is my desktop
See the Cam icon on the right? That is the iphoneish icon. I'm trying to find out what size stock adw icon are on our tablet so I can make all those iphoneish icons look bigger.
Sorry Im having trouble trying to say what I want to ask...B-)
[App] Tapatalk
Daily Device / Driver
[Device] Acer A500 10.1
[Rom] Thor 14.2
[Kernel] Thor O.C. 1.6Ghz
I am not familiar yet with ADW on our tablets (I use it on my phone), but that bottom dock looks liek an ADW thing and not a HC thing, so it may be better to try and ask the ADW devs...? I really don't know though and am totally guessing.
dincdoes.me said:
I have searched and stumbled across 8000 or more suave icons but when using adw the icons go smaller then normal on dockbar I included a pic on what I'm trying to accomplish. Thanks I didn't know where to post so I figured in themes cuz its bout themes
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=796495
You can adjust dock icon size here......
In ADW Settings/UI Settings/MainDock/Advanced settings/Dock icons scale.....move slider to adjust size of icon
If you have an icon that is smaller than the rest then it may have a transparent background and you will have to crop it and resize.
72 x 72 seems to fit nicely
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Thanks man ill check it out forsure
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Lock screen weather - how?

Hi all
I'm trying to find the way to set up weather on my lockscreen
I'm on rooted OTA 4.1.2, not willing to install any custom ROMs
Thanks ahead
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LOL that is the only way is to install a custom rom that has it.
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Thanks
I hoped there's an easier way to do so
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Or use fancy widgets with a live wallpaper like this
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zolaisugly said:
Or use fancy widgets with a live wallpaper like this
From the darkest reaches of my mind...... Somebody turn on the light
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i have Fancy Widgets full version
Will look thru it, thanks
UPD
Couldn't find it in the Fancy Weather settings
Try using true weather live wallpaper with it, I think it is the wallpaper that gives it the animation. There is paid and free on play store
From the darkest reaches of my mind...... Somebody turn on the light
Try Beautiful Widgets, withthe Beautiful Widgets Animation package.
You guys.. that is NOT what he is talking about.. he is talking about having a weather widget DISPLAY on the lockscreen. Like this
Use Widget Locker & your favorite weather widget.
strongergravity said:
Use Widget Locker & your favorite weather widget.
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This is what i was going to suggest but it eats resources (RAM) and doesnt work very well in my experience. But is a good alternative.
My understanding is that you will be able to do it when we get 4.2
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perthtrev said:
My understanding is that you will be able to do it when we get 4.2
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Sort of.. it'll be on a separate page instead of the same which is kind of stupid TBH Google should have taken a page out of Cm' development page and had it on the same page at least for weather.
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Anyone willing to do something like this for 4.3?

I was just curious if any of our awesome themers here would be willing to be able to do something like this for the 4.3 dialer, sms/mms, and contacts (specifically sacs 4.3 rom). I really like the look of this. I have no skills at themeing or I would try.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43673053
Thank you so much in advance!
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http://www.mediafire.com/download/3oae98u8zaendzs/Dialer-Mod-Dark-Icons-4.3-APKS.zip
I just made this one.
jackrabbit72380 said:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/3oae98u8zaendzs/Dialer-Mod-Dark-Icons-4.3-APKS.zip
I just made this one.
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Awesome. Been looking for this for a while. Thanks man. Do you have one for calendar and play store also? (Or any other apps?)
Sprint S4 on Pageplus: Sacs 4.3 v5.4: KT Kernel: Comadose: Killjoy: Philz
I flashed this and it's exactly what I was looking for. One thing, does your voicemail key look right? Mine looks squished. Also the bottom row background seems to be a different color.
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another black dialer
@BB said:
I flashed this and it's exactly what I was looking for. One thing, does your voicemail key look right? Mine looks squished. Also the bottom row background seems to be a different color.
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just another option for you guys.. its dialer in my screenshot minus the red i added (blacked out with white digits).
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6V1CnQhigrALTBya3kyNzdCN3M/edit?usp=sharing
cjohnsonthe2nd said:
just another option for you guys.. its dialer in my screenshot minus the red i added (blacked out with white digits).
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6V1CnQhigrALTBya3kyNzdCN3M/edit?usp=sharing
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This is badass! Can you make other colors like ICS blue or green? I'm flashing this now! Thanks!
cjohnsonthe2nd said:
just another option for you guys.. its dialer in my screenshot minus the red i added (blacked out with white digits).
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Love it, simple and b&w. Thanks so much for making that available to us.
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@BB said:
This is badass! Can you make other colors like ICS blue or green? I'm flashing this now! Thanks!
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boom!!! here ya go! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2620454
cjohnsonthe2nd said:
boom!!! here ya go! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2620454
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You sir, are the MAN!

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