has anyone goten rid of the nav bar completely on purpose? - Samsung Galaxy Nexus

i know on the Gtab there was a mod to add on screen nav buttons. i was wondering if anyone has gotten rid of the nav bar and used this mod (its an app) to have all the time full screen? the way it would work is there would just be a little icon that you push to show the home, back, menu, etc buttons instead of the full black bar...?

yamaha83 said:
i know on the Gtab there was a mod to add on screen nav buttons. i was wondering if anyone has gotten rid of the nav bar and used this mod (its an app) to have all the time full screen? the way it would work is there would just be a little icon that you push to show the home, back, menu, etc buttons instead of the full black bar...?
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If you set the LCD Density to less than 240 the UI crashes and gets rid of the status bar and soft keys. A little button appears in the top right to open the app list though, which is odd. Also the camera UI is MUCH better at that density.
Probably not what you were after as you lose the status bar too

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How do you make a request/suggestion?

So I'd like to submit a feature request for a mod of sorts, not really sure how to describe it...
Kinda like in windows you can make the task bar auto hide when not in focus, is it possible to make the navigation buttons auto-hide, fade to opaque, or have a bold outline with opaque background... to make better use of the screen when in things like browser/reading...
XFreeRollerX said:
So I'd like to submit a feature request for a mod of sorts, not really sure how to describe it...
Kinda like in windows you can make the task bar auto hide when not in focus, is it possible to make the navigation buttons auto-hide, fade to opaque, or have a bold outline with opaque background... to make better use of the screen when in things like browser/reading...
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This feature is already implemented in AOKP, GummyNex and Axi0m (hold down power button, toggle nav bar on/off).
anton2009 said:
This feature is already implemented in AOKP, GummyNex and Axi0m (hold down power button, toggle nav bar on/off).
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This is very close to what I want, but I wanna get something a bit more
is it possible to make the black background of the nav soft key transpartent or opaque so that I can read what is behind the buttons?
Or make it auto hide unless I touch near the bottom... is something like this doable?
for what its worth, Im using gummynex now and its very nice but the nav bar transparency makes the drawing of the icon go away, not make the nav bar background clear/transparent

Notification bar on fullscreen mode

Hey,
Does anybody knows if it's possible showing android's notification bar while using fullscreen mode?
I found this cool app called full!screen.
It allows you to use fullscreen mode and gives you 2 buttons on the bottom corners with adjustable size and transparency, one of them is HOME and the other is BACK, you can slide them and get more options like RECENT APPS or canceling the fullscreen mode...
The only thing that missing here is the notification bar, its a deal breaker for me and I really want to use this fullscreen feature.
If there are any ideas please feel free to shoot
Thanks
erank24 said:
Hey,
Does anybody knows if it's possible showing android's notification bar while using fullscreen mode?
I found this cool app called full!screen.
It allows you to use fullscreen mode and gives you 2 buttons on the bottom corners with adjustable size and transparency, one of them is HOME and the other is BACK, you can slide them and get more options like RECENT APPS or canceling the fullscreen mode...
The only thing that missing here is the notification bar, its a deal breaker for me and I really want to use this fullscreen feature.
If there are any ideas please feel free to shoot
Thanks
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I've tested several things with stock and Nova, but no luck. I was surprised the nova action for expand notifications wouldn't work. This isn't with the app you mentioned, though, it is with AOSPA and JDX, both of which have full screen options built in. The custom ROMs that have this feature built in typically allow you to show the notification bar. You could combine a custom ROM that allows removal of nav keys without removing status bar, then use a launcher like Nova to hide the status bar on the home page.
Paddington said:
I've tested several things with stock and Nova, but no luck. I was surprised the nova action for expand notifications wouldn't work. This isn't with the app you mentioned, though, it is with AOSPA and JDX, both of which have full screen options built in. The custom ROMs that have this feature built in typically allow you to show the notification bar. You could combine a custom ROM that allows removal of nav keys without removing status bar, then use a launcher like Nova to hide the status bar on the home page.
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Thanks it sounds like a great idea, I'll try it :good:
p.s. why hiding the status bar on the home page?
Not sure if this is what you want but Smart Statusbar let's you access the notification bar from full screen apps.
Edit: just downloaded full!screen to try it out and it doesn't seem to work with that app.
full screen and keeps status bar
pie navigator
make sure to set up 'pie' controls before setting full screen and rebooting, or you'll be stuck with no way to navigate
erank24 said:
Thanks it sounds like a great idea, I'll try it :good:
p.s. why hiding the status bar on the home page?
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I only mentioned that because I wasn't sure if you wanted the status bar or just wanted access to the notifications. I prefer having the status bar so I can easily see the time, battery, notifications, etc., but many prefer to hide the status bar for aesthetic reasons. With Nova, you can hide the status bar but still swipe down to expand notifications.
Use PA. Then go to hybrid properties, and set the Navigation Bar to 0%. This would make the nav bar disappear and trigger pie but with the status bar still at the top
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I only mentioned that because I wasn't sure if you wanted the status bar or just wanted access to the notifications. I prefer having the status bar so I can easily see the time, battery, notifications, etc., but many prefer to hide the status bar for aesthetic reasons. With Nova, you can hide the status bar but still swipe down to expand notifications.
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Finally I used "button savior" app and than removed the softkeys by editing BuildProp file using "BuildProp Editor" adding the line: "qemu.hw.mainkeys=1", Reboot and that does it, no softkeys. Thanks for the advice for removing the softkeys :good:
I also prefer the status bar on... when I hide the status bar (using nova) there's no option pulling it back

[XS][JB] Camera buttons hidden behind navigation bar

Hey guys,
I've enabled the navigation bar on my Xperia S' official Jelly Bean rom because I hate those stupid touch buttons at the bottom. Everything works fine so far with the stock navigation bar and all apps are resized correctly to fit the smaller screen (due to the bar). Except the camera app, which still thinks that there is more space than there really is. So the record, take photo and gallery shortcut buttons are partly hidden behind the navigation bar.
Is there any solution for this? I had always enabled the navigation bar and in ICS everything was fine..
Regards
mister-g1 said:
Hey guys,
I've enabled the navigation bar on my Xperia S' official Jelly Bean rom because I hate those stupid touch buttons at the bottom. Everything works fine so far with the stock navigation bar and all apps are resized correctly to fit the smaller screen (due to the bar). Except the camera app, which still thinks that there is more space than there really is. So the record, take photo and gallery shortcut buttons are partly hidden behind the navigation bar.
Is there any solution for this? I had always enabled the navigation bar and in ICS everything was fine..
Regards
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you mean the navigation bar will hide when in Camera?
No the camera buttons are hidden by the navigation... Here's a screenshot..

[Q] Any way to get transparent status/navigation bar?

Recently got ARHD 20.3 and really don't like the navigation bar taking up so much space on the screen. Anyone I can make it transparent? Status bar would also be nice.
If not, is there any app/tweak that hides the navigation bar and comes back when I swipe upwards from the bottom of the screen (or anything similar).
Thanks
This thread has a number of mods. The transparent nav and status bar work great on Insertcoin 5.0.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/themes-apps/mod-school-mods-t2839845

Status bar / punch hole screen area poorly utilized.

The way the phone ui manages the punch hole space leaves a lot to be desired.
It would be so much better if the status bar just remained black instead of trying to full screen apps by just extending the top color of the apps.
Even the pull down quick menu doesn't even use the extra screen real estate. Makes no sense and looks odd.
I have full screen mode enabled via systemui tuner per app as a work around for now but it simply cuts off the status bar instead of using the space.
The hide the punch hole option should include an option to simply blackout the status bar in portrait mode but keep notifications, clock and icons. It would look better and still utilize the area.
Is there a way to make the status bar consistently black?

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