[GUIDE] How to make your Notification panel looks like Android Lollipop or Marshmallow

Notes:

• This is the guide for transforming your old look Panel to Lollipop like panel.
• You need to be "very patient" and have a lot of time as this is a time consuming tutorial.
• Read everything.

Things you need:

1. Working Brain
2. Patience
3. Apktool (version 1.5.2) Download here
4. Rootexplorer Download here
5. Text editor
6. LollipopFiles.zip Download here
7. Your phone stock Systemui.apk

Let's begin.

 

Part A.

1. Decompile SystemUI.apk

2. Extract SystemUIFiles folder and merge the files of the LollipopFiles.zip to your SystemUI

3. Open ids.xml in /res/values

Add this code before </resources>

<item type="id" name="recents_clear">false</item>
<item type="id" name="LayE2">false</item>
<item type="id" name="owner">false</item>
<item type="id" name="photo_picker_cover">false</item>
<item type="id" name="owner_cover">false</item>
<item type="id" name="name_field_cover">false</item>
<item type="id" name="name_edit_cover">false</item>
<item type="id" name="image_cover">false</item>
<item type="id" name="photo_picker">false</item>
<item type="id" name="name_field">false</item>
<item type="id" name="name_edit">false</item>
<item type="id" name="colored_bar">false</item>
<item type="id" name="thumbnail_border">false</item>

 

6. Open dimens.xml in /res/values

find this

<dimen name="quick_settings_cell_height">

replace the value with 90.0dip

also find this

<dimen name="quick_settings_cell_gap">

replace the value with 0.0dip then save

7. Open Styles.xml in /res/values

Find this:

<style name="TextAppearance.StatusBar.Expanded.Clock" parent="@style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.Expanded">

Change it to become like this

<style name="TextAppearance.StatusBar.Expanded.Clock" parent="@style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.Expanded">
<item name="android:textSize">14.0sp</item>
<item name="android:textStyle">normal</item>
<item name="android:textColor">#ffffffff</item>
<item name="android:fontFamily">sans-serif-medium</item>
</style>

also find this

<style name="TextAppearance.StatusBar.Expanded.Date" parent="@style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.Expanded">

Change it to become like this

<style name="TextAppearance.StatusBar.Expanded.Date" parent="@style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.Expanded">
<item name="android:textSize">14.0sp</item>
<item name="android:textStyle">normal</item>
<item name="android:textColor">#b2ffffff</item>
</style>

And add this at the bottom before </resources>

<style name="TextAppearance.QuickSettings.Toggle" parent="@style/TextAppearance.QuickSettings">
<item name="android:textSize">12.0sp</item>
<item name="android:textStyle">normal</item>
<item name="android:textColor">#b3ffffff</item>
<item name="android:fontFamily">sans-serif-regular-systemui</item>
</style>
<style name="Theme.Lalalee" parent="@*android:style/Theme.Holo.Light.Dialog">
<item name="android:windowBackground">@*android:color/transparent</item>
<item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>
</style>

8. Open arrays.xml in /res/values/  then add this at the bottom before </resources>

<integer-array name="batterymeter_color_levels">
<item>4</item>
<item>15</item>
<item>100</item>
</integer-array>
<array name="batterymeter_color_values">
<item>#ffff3300</item>
<item>#ffff3300</item>
<item>#ffffffff</item>
</array>
<integer-array name="batterymeter_bolt_points">
<item>73</item>
<item>0</item>
<item>392</item>
<item>0</item>
<item>201</item>
<item>259</item>
<item>442</item>
<item>259</item>
<item>4</item>
<item>703</item>
<item>157</item>
<item>334</item>
<item>0</item>
<item>334</item>
</integer-array>

9 Open colors.xml in /res/values/  and add this at the bottom before </resources>

<color name="qset_text_color_off">#b3ffffff</color>
<color name="qset_text_color_on">#b3ffffff</color>
<color name="qs_tile_normal">#ff263238</color>
<color name="batterymeter_charge_color">@android:color/white</color>
<color name="batterymeter_bolt_color">#b2000000</color>

10. Open strings.xml in /res/values and add this at the bottom before </resources>

<string name="battery_meter_very_low_overlay_symbol">!</string>

11. Open AndroidManifest.xml and add this at the bottom before </application>

<activity android:theme="@style/Theme.Lalalee" android:name="com.android.settings.Profile">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>

12. Open SystemUIService.smali in /smali/com/android/systemui

Find:
# virtual methods

Add this at the bottom "remember to add 1 gap after the .end method

.method public FMDProfPic(Landroid/view/View;)V
.locals 3
.parameter "v"

.prologue
.line 2431
new-instance v0, Landroid/content/Intent;

invoke-direct {v0}, Landroid/content/Intent;-><init>()V

.line 2432
const-string v1, "com.android.systemui"

const-string v2, "com.android.settings.Profile"

invoke-virtual {v0, v1, v2}, Landroid/content/Intent;->setClassName(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)Landroid/content/Intent;

const/high16 v2, 0x1000

invoke-virtual {v0, v2}, Landroid/content/Intent;->setFlags(I)Landroid/content/Intent;

move-result-object v0

.line 2433
invoke-virtual {p0, v0}, Landroid/content/Context;->startActivity(Landroid/content/Intent;)V

const-string v1, "statusbar"

invoke-virtual {p0, v1}, Landroid/content/Context;->getSystemService(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/Object;

move-result-object v0

check-cast v0, Landroid/app/StatusBarManager;

invoke-virtual {v0}, Landroid/app/StatusBarManager;->collapsePanels()V

.line 1720
return-void
.end method

13. Recompile your systemui

14. and Decompile your newly compiled systemui

15. Open LBatteryBar$1.smali in /smali/com/fmd/btn

Search
0x7f020145
->replace with the value of
<public type="drawable" name="stat_sys_battery_charge" from your public.xml

Search
0x7f02013c
->replace with the value of
<public type="drawable" name="stat_sys_battery" from your public.xml

16. Open SlideBrightness.smali in /smali/in/jmkl/dcsms/statusbargreper

Search
0x7f020263
->replace with the value of
<public type="drawable" name="progress_horizontal" from your public.xml

Search
0x7f020270
->replace with the value of
<public type="drawable" name="thumb" from your public.xml

17. Open Profile.smali in /smali/com/android/settings

search code and replace with your public.xml

0x7f04004d = <public type="layout" name="profile_cover"

0x7f08012b = <public type="id" name="photo_picker_cover"

0x7f08012c = <public type="id" name="owner_cover"

0x7f08012d = <public type="id" name="name_field_cover"

0x7f08012e = <public type="id" name="name_edit_cover"

0x7f08012f = <public type="id" name="image_cover"

0x7f020264 = <public type="drawable" name="fmd_me"

18. Open ProfilePicture$1.smali in /smali/com/android/settings

search code and replace with your public.xml

0x7f020264 = <public type="drawable" name="fmd_me"

19. Open ProfilePicture.smali

Search code and replace with your public.xml

0x7f08000b = <public type="id" name="image"

0x7f020264 = <public type="drawable" name="fmd_me"

20. Recompile your Systemui then sign it using apktool and put it back to your phone.