I'm not sure why this happens, and therefore I'm posting this here.
http://i.imgur.com/AkRNnap.jpeg
So, notification bar and navigation bar get transparent when using home screen, for some reason. I'm not sure does Nova Launcher or some setting on AOKP do this. They revert back to black when using any app. It looks nice on lock screen, but not so nice on the home screen, as you can see from the screenshot.
I did search for this, but didn't find anything, so I thought that someone here could help me to disable it. :highfive:
I'm using AOKP, Nova Launcher and Franco Kernel.
I dont know how to turn it off, but for the ugliness on the homescreen, turn of shadows in apex settings>Homescreen
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MaartenXDA said:
I dont know how to turn it off, but for the ugliness on the homescreen, turn of shadows in apex settings>Homescreen
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Thanks for this, but it really doesn't take away the problem :/ I would just wanna get solid theme.
I also noticed that if I put transparency to my application menu, it will show transparent bars too.
naftis said:
Thanks for this, but it really doesn't take away the problem :/ I would just wanna get solid theme.
I also noticed that if I put transparency to my application menu, it will show transparent bars too.
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I'm sorry, then I can't help anymore. I don't own this device so I don't have enough experience. :/
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The transparency is set by the rom. To change it just change the opacity in ROM Control for both the navigation and notification bars.
The transparency only really works in the launcher (home pages, lock screen and app drawer). Apps don't draw behind the navigation or notification bars (there's no background behind the bars) hence they only show as black. At least that's my understanding of how it works.
Edit: To disable transparency set the opacity to 100%.
jr67 said:
The transparency is set by the rom. To change it just change the opacity in ROM Control for both the navigation and notification bars.
The transparency only really works in the launcher (home pages, lock screen and app drawer). Apps don't draw behind the navigation or notification bars (there's no background behind the bars) hence they only show as black. At least that's my understanding of how it works.
Edit: To disable transparency set the opacity to 100%.
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Hmm, I couldn't find the right toggles from the settings, could you write the route to the right one? I tried multiple toggles but none seemed to work.. maybe they were just the wrong ones.
I noticed this when I went to aokp build 4. I found that setting the transparency setting to 50% matched the homescreen
Rom control -> General UI -> Transparency Settings
give that a go and see if it works
bryanlim05 said:
I noticed this when I went to aokp build 4. I found that setting the transparency setting to 50% matched the homescreen
Rom control -> General UI -> Transparency Settings
give that a go and see if it works
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Thanks for this! Seems weird that 0 alpha means full transparency, and 255 alpha means no transparency at all. Normally in colours 255 is the lightest and 0 darkest. Anyhow, the problem is now solved :victory:
jr67 said:
The transparency is set by the rom. To change it just change the opacity in ROM Control for both the navigation and notification bars.
The transparency only really works in the launcher (home pages, lock screen and app drawer). Apps don't draw behind the navigation or notification bars (there's no background behind the bars) hence they only show as black. At least that's my understanding of how it works.
Edit: To disable transparency set the opacity to 100%.
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I had this problem too. Thank you for your tip! It helped me
Hey folks
I installed Nova Launcher and noticed the notification bar looked a bit strange. Figure that it was that the background was black, so I set it to be transparent. This was fine on the homescreen, however then I could see my wallpaper when in menus etc on the notification bar.
Does anyone know of a launcher that functions like TW? Specifically transparent only when at the homescreen?
Anyone know or can point me in the right direction? I would like a transparent status bar at all times or Black, not just on the home screen. Thanks in advance.
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I think that could not happen since LG system UI does that thing. Only rooted and custom ROM might be able to override system status bar to be transparent or black at all times. Now, LG only offer a transparent status bar on its home screen ( Not Custom Home Launcher ) and black status bar in application.
I use Tinted Status Bar on my phone and I love it, and I'd like to use it on my Nexus 7 too, but I don't like that it makes the navigation bar opaque.
Can I use it and still have a transparent navbar? I've turned it off in Android System and Nova Launcher but it's the same.
I have the AMZ version of the G4, which its not bootloader unlockable so is there a way to change the color of the notification bar from white to a different color? and how can you change the status bar icons?
Not unless you use another launcher or root.
Edit: You can use the accessibility settings to invert colors, but this changes the way the entire phone looks.
andrew129260 said:
Not unless you use another launcher or root.
Edit: You can use the accessibility settings to invert colors, but this changes the way the entire phone looks.
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And it makes the ui kinda UGLY
Indianvixen9 said:
I have the AMZ version of the G4, which its not bootloader unlockable so is there a way to change the color of the notification bar from white to a different color? and how can you change the status bar icons?
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There's only one launcher that I know of that allows editing of the status bar and that's CleanUI, a IOS look alike. It was formally called Espier and isn't actually that bad, but when I tried it, I noticed more battery drain than Nova.