Disable Soft Keys? - Nexus 4 Themes and Apps

Hi there
How do I disable the soft on screen keys?
They get in the way and take up space when gaming or sometimes watching films I want to be able to swipe down when I dont need them or for them to disappear automatically.
Im on stock, unrooted.
Thanks

Flash a rom like cm that includes support for extended desktop. That's exactly what you're looking for

Yeah Just use Cm.
Just hold the power button and press disable keys.
Works perfect! Gaming is 2x better with it gone now!
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Hide Bottom Bar
Alternatively, use this.
Grr, sorry, mainly a lurker, and XDA won't let me post a link. Search for 'Hide Bottom Bar' in the play store.
Requires root, works well for me for gaming and ebooks.

Are the cm roms stable?

Yeah, they're pretty stable, even the nightlies.
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Cool thanks think I'll wait for the stable though skip the nightlies

tom619 said:
Cool thanks think I'll wait for the stable though skip the nightlies
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Add this line to your build.prop.
qemu.hw.mainkeys=1
It makes the phone think it has capacitive buttons and disables the nav bar.
then just use LMT Launcher to navigate though the phone.
LMT Launcher-http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330150

I use the app full screen toggle then I use button savior to take place of the soft keys the top pic is with my soft keys still hidden look at the lower right to see an grey arrow by my l key. The second pic the soft keys are now out. Notice I still have my my status bar which u don't get with using full screen mode on roms like cm.
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Here is a link to show how I did this if u need help just ask and I'll explain more.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1497558
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[Q] Remove bar, dock, icons and all?

Ok first view my screenshot at the bottom of this post.
My current setup:
LauncherPRO, status bar toggled hidden, black background, and custom dock icon images, black (so they appear hidden)
What I want:
Ideally, I want NO dock icons.
I use google gesture search for everything. There is an extra app that makes google gesture pop up when I long-press the search button, so i'd like to remove that icon as well.
Please help with any ideas!
Also I am liking the idea of invisible widgets.
I want to have secret ones, where I scroll left-side to open x app, or pinch and zoom one area of the screen to toggle wifi, etc.
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Bump.
Essentially I want no homescreen.
Using the search button long-press shortcut to gesture search is all I need.
I might throw a hidden lock on there as well.
I want it to appear that my device is powered down to the average user.
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I use Go launcher and Swipe pad. Nothing else on my homescreen. Toggling statusbar (swipe up or down) and no icons in my on my taskbar. I double tap to get to my app drawer. I use swipe pad for quick access to what I use most. I like it no one can figure out my phone.
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Relauncher
mcadamry said:
Bump.
Essentially I want no homescreen.
Using the search button long-press shortcut to gesture search is all I need.
I might throw a hidden lock on there as well.
I want it to appear that my device is powered down to the average user.
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The app Relauncher sounds EXACTLY what you want check it out here
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fiveprimes.relaunch

anyone else having issues with poweramp?

I'm on latest omega, 24 I think it is.
my poweramp has a really weird issue, my 'Song's list option is hiding under the 'Folders/Library' banner at the top. its only when I put it into landscape mode that I can even see a little bit of the bottom of Songs. check out the pic
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the second issue I'm having is when I longpress the call button on stock samsung headphones it doesn't skip tracks anymore, I have to use the 'use double/triple press instead of long press' advanced menu option, I'd prefer to use long press.
I had this issue on omega 23.3 as well. can anyone else tell me if this is a common problem?
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Yea i have the same issue with the menu. Untick settings>look and feel>menus>bottom action bar and it should go back to normal.
Dont know about your second issue sorry.
Same problem here, I just unticked "Action Bar" in Look and Feel > Menus as a quick workaround.
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Thanks guys, you should see the responses poweramp support team gave me.. felt like I was talking to a bunch of monkeys.. lol
saying things like 'try scrolling down derp derp'
after I sent them pictures and then a side by side comparison of how it works on one phone vs mine.. then they said 'clear my cache'... lmao
should have went to xda first. I think I might just install a working version of poweramp from before they messed it up. anyone know the last fully functional version?
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Hi, I think you're using Omega v34 (latest build) and I've been using poweramp since I was still using SGS 2. Long press to skip track is no longer working in JB 4.1.1 and up because by default it's suppose to bring up Google Now. In other ROM without Google Now implemented it should work just fine. About the issue on lanscape/horizontal mode, I don't have it. I'm using poweramp build 2.05 488.
Edit: Like those fellow xda members said, removing the action bar should fix your problem with landscape mode
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[REQ] Scrollable NavBar for Galaxy Nexus (Concept)

First of all, sorry for my bad english .I'm not a developer but just a galaxy nexus owner that want a little more from his phone. :good:
So, i'm here to show you an idea that i think could be useful for us. Since i got my galaxy nexus GSM, i always wanted to profit about the large screen our phones has, and the bars are a little invasive. The statusbar and the navbar are very useful and i don't like to replace them with LMT launcher or somethin similar.
Last night i got an "illumination" (LOL) and so that's it:
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"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
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"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
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A scrollable navbar that includes the statusbar with notifications. When you click on the clock it should show the expanded notifications.
I repeat that its only an idea. If it will be interesting , we could contact some developers and maybe a day we can have it ! :good:
I think it's a great idea! :good:
Great! I would like to know if someone can do this. I can help you
I love this idea~!!
amazing idea
If i get some free time I will look into it a bit more
thank you for your replies!
xDARKFiRE if you will work on this , advise here!
This is a beautiful idea to give more space.
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I would love to see this
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This is amazing! Hopefully someone can make it come true.
is there someone that can make it?
check out JBSourcery rom, there have a new option call Hidden Navbar (there is a small little blue tab at the bottom just pull out Navbar when u need it), it work perfect together with LMT Pie on the right.
d_dee said:
check out JBSourcery rom, there have a new option call Hidden Navbar (there is a small little blue tab at the bottom just pull out Navbar when u need it), it work perfect together with LMT Pie on the right.
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Xylon had it too. I like it. It's useful
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Keyboard resizing issue when turning Power Saving mode off.

I am using SwiftKey on the Note 7 and each time I change the Power Savings the keyboard resizes it gets really big or small. Rebooting helps but I wish I didnt have to. Does anyone know what is the Issue and what can be done? - - thanks in advance!
Is it because the power saving mode also changes the resolution and SwiftKey hasn't compensated for the change?
Notethiseven said:
I am using SwiftKey on the Note 7 and each time I change the Power Savings the keyboard resizes it gets really big or small. Rebooting helps but I wish I didnt have to. Does anyone know what is the Issue and what can be done? - - thanks in advance!
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Does it enlarge the entire screen or just the keyboard?
Allen_Jolynn0 said:
Does it enlarge the entire screen or just the keyboard?
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Hi, good point. When I have Power Saving (MID) Mode on, the font content in chrome looks larger and the keyboard looks fine. When I turn off Power Savings., the font content looks normal but the keyboard shrinks. However I have also sent the keyboard enlarge so as you can't see all the keys.
Don't need to reboot. I just switch keyboards in the notification pull down then switch back to SwiftKey and it fixes it. Not a fix but faster then a reboot
Novarider said:
Don't need to reboot. I just switch keyboards in the notification pull down then switch back to SwiftKey and it fixes it. Not a fix but faster then a reboot
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thansk to share this short tip :good:
Novarider said:
Don't need to reboot. I just switch keyboards in the notification pull down then switch back to SwiftKey and it fixes it. Not a fix but faster then a reboot
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I don't see option to switch keyboard in notification pull down.
Should look like this. Click on "select keyboard" and choose a different keyboard. Then do it again and click SwiftKey.
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Notification only appears when keyboard is up, just a heads up
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Split screen the multitasking button is dead??

I think I have identified a bug. Once I am in split screen the multitasking button seems to not work at all. Anyone else can confirm this? Can go home and bring up next app...but multitask just doesn't respond to a press.
jasaero said:
I think I have identified a bug. Once I am in split screen the multitasking button seems to not work at all. Anyone else can confirm this? Can go home and bring up next app...but multitask just doesn't respond to a press.
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I think that's because you are in split screen that's the nature of it
stestesteste said:
I think that's because you are in split screen that's the nature of it
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No... normally it will let you multitask to next app in the active one. Also, seems it works in gesture mode.
Here is what it looks like working in gesture mode. The button only works to disable split screen with a long press while using the nav buttons.
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"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
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"lightbox_download": "Download",
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Works in gesture mode, but gesture mode has various issues. It's not compatible with like Nova launcher and also isn't compatible with the YouTube, Maps, and other pop up windows. Basically multitask buttons seem to be properly compatible with standard Android 9 stuff and gestures aren't always...but seems maybe the split screen is still some EMUI rather than Android version or something? Basically though some bugs here that I didn't have on Mate 9 with EMUI 8.
Ok... original issue is related to some silly nonstandard multitasking when in split window and need for the stock launcher to be default. Multitasking doesn't bring up active apps, but an app list ran by stock launcher...dumb. home doesn't disable split screen either so does almost same thing as multitasking button. Why was this all setup correct on EMUI 8 and now all jacked up on 9 with the gesture nonsense option.
Please fix this Huawei!

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