[MOD] [Tutorial] [30.01.2014] :- Customizations for Xperia Home JB 4.1/ 4.2/ 4.3 topic

Hello Friends

Here I Am Again With Another Simple Tutorial. Modifying Xpria Home App Drawer and Dock Bars. With This Tutorial You Can Create Various Home Mods..

Note: I Know that there are some good Xposed Modules available for making this things more easy. But i always like old school methods.. So Please do not comment about any Xposed Modules Here.. Thanks..

Things Needed
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PC
Knwoldge of De Compiling and Other Blah Blah
A Deodexed ROM
Little Mathematics Brain

Here I Am Going To Explain About Two Mods. One Is Home App Drawer and Another One Is Dock Bar.

MAKING 7 DOCK BAR ICONS
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The Default Dock Bar icons will b 5. Right ? Now you can make 7 Icons In Dock Bar With This Tutorial

(1) Decompile Your Home.apk ( Must Be Deodexed )

(2) Go To Res/Values/dimens.xml ( Open It Using Notepad ++ )

(a) You Will Find This Line
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<dimen name="icon_image_width">48.0dip</dimen>
<dimen name="icon_image_height">48.0dip</dimen>
<dimen name="icon_label_text_size">13.0sp</dimen>

Change It To This
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<dimen name="icon_image_width">44.0dip</dimen>
<dimen name="icon_image_height">44.0dip</dimen>
<dimen name="icon_label_text_size">11.0sp</dimen>

Note:- You Can Give Any Size. This is meant for the Icon Size. If U Put the Size above 50 Means It will b huge size. Pls make both icon size same. Changing this

size will change the Both Dock and App Drawer Icon Size..

(b) You Will Find This Line
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<dimen name="stage_cell_width">64.0dip</dimen>
<dimen name="stage_cell_height">82.0dip</dimen>
<dimen name="stage_breadth">75.0dip</dimen>

Note:- The Size may differ from urs, so dont confuse..

Change It To This
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<dimen name="stage_cell_width">52.0dip</dimen>
<dimen name="stage_cell_height">55.0dip</dimen>
<dimen name="stage_breadth">60.0dip</dimen>

Note:- This is a perfect size. If u want u can try to change the sizes and see..

Thats It. Save the dimes.xml and Close It..

(3) Go To Res/Values/Integers.xml ( Open It Using Notepad ++ )

(a) You Will Find This Line
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<integer name="stage_grid_columns">5</integer>
<integer name="stage_grid_rows">1</integer>
<integer name="max_stage_items">4</integer>

Change It To This
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<integer name="stage_grid_columns">7</integer>
<integer name="stage_grid_rows">1</integer>
<integer name="max_stage_items">6</integer>

Thats It. Save the Integers.xml and Close it..

(4) Go To Res/values-sw360dp/dimens.xml f( Open It Using Notepad ++ )

(a) You Will Find This Line
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<dimen name="stage_cell_width">72.0dip</dimen>
<dimen name="stage_cell_height">87.0dip</dimen>

Note:- The Size may differ from urs, so dont confuse..

Change It To This
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<dimen name="stage_cell_width">52.0dip</dimen>
<dimen name="stage_cell_height">58.0dip</dimen>

Thats It. Save the Integers.xml and Close it..

Done. Now you can Re Compile and Sign The Home.apk and use. You have now 7 Dock Bars As Shown Below.


MAKING 5x5 APP DRAWER ICONS
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The Default App Drawer Will Have 5 x 4 Icons Grid.. Right ? Now you can make 5x5 App Drawer Grid With This Tutorial

(1) Decompile Your Home.apk ( Must Be Deodexed )

(2) Go To Res/Values/dimens.xml ( Open It Using Notepad ++ )

(a) You Will Find This Line
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<dimen name="apptray_cell_width">84.0dip</dimen>
<dimen name="apptray_cell_height">96.0dip</dimen>
<dimen name="apptray_grid_height">500.0dip</dimen>

Note:- The Size may differ from urs, so dont confuse..

Change It To This
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<dimen name="apptray_cell_width">69.0dip</dimen>
<dimen name="apptray_cell_height">96.0dip</dimen>
<dimen name="apptray_grid_height">520.0dip</dimen>

Thats It. Save the Integers.xml and Close it..

(3) Go To Res/Values/integers.xml ( Open It Using Notepad ++ )

(a) You Will Find This Line
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<integer name="apptray_grid_columns">4</integer>
<integer name="apptray_grid_rows">5</integer>

Change It To This
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<integer name="apptray_grid_columns">5</integer>
<integer name="apptray_grid_rows">5</integer>

Note:- This will help you to have 5x5 App Drawer Grid

Thats It. Save the Integers.xml and Close it..

Done. Now you can Re Compile and Sign The Home.apk and use. You have now 5x5 App Drawer Grid As Shown Below.

So If You want to make the 7 Dock and 5x5 App Drawer Together Means Just Compine Both Tutorial. U will have Both Mods.

There Are another App Tray Grids Available Like 6x5, 6x4 , 7x5 , 7x6 Etc Etc. You Just have to Calculate the values and then apply..


Anyway here i am giving you some App Drawer Values. So You can use it without any Problems...

(a) 6x5 App Drawer
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<dimen name="apptray_cell_width">67.0dip</dimen>
<dimen name="apptray_cell_height">90.0dip</dimen>
<dimen name="apptray_grid_height">550.0dip</dimen>


(b) 6x4 App Drawer
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<dimen name="apptray_cell_width">84.0dip</dimen>
<dimen name="apptray_cell_height">90.0dip</dimen>
<dimen name="apptray_grid_height">550.0dip</dimen>


Thats It.. Enjoy Modding... Press The Thanks Button For Me If You Like It...