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Are there any app that allows us to swipe the bottom to show/hide the navbar like...

Are there any app that allows us to swipe the bottom to show/hide the navbar like Smart Statusbar?

11768 said:
Are there any app that allows us to swipe the bottom to show/hide the navbar like Smart Statusbar?
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I use Nova Launcher and it gives you an option to show/hide the status bar and dock. You can then assign a gesture to show/hide them if you like.

I think he's talking about the actual navigation bar, not about statusbar or dock. I'd be very interested too, but I doubt it unless it is cooked into a ROM.

flash paranoidandroid and be fully happy

qwer23 said:
I think he's talking about the actual navigation bar, not about statusbar or dock. I'd be very interested too, but I doubt it unless it is cooked into a ROM.
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Oh sorry, my bad. I though the OP was talking about the status bar since the app he referred to has screenshots of the status bar being hidden.
But ya not sure if there is an app to hide the nav bar (back, home button...) unless on a custom ROM.

What can it do?
Thanks guys for the replies.
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I think he means swipe up on the screen to open the launcher menu.

Here's what I'm doing at the moment:
1) ROM: ParanoidAndroid 2.14 (about to flash 2.16 which is reported to have transparent navbar)
2) Alt. Nav: LMT 1.5
3) Launcher: Apex
Using PA 2.14, I went to settings to hide the navbar completely (it never comes back up unless I turn it back on). I then use LMT 1.5 to navigate (typically through "pie" buttons at the edge of the screen, but gestures are also supported). I also hid my status bar via Apex Launcher and toggle it on and off.
Note: Apex Launcher only hides my status bar at the home screen. When I am on any other page aside from home, the status bar comes back automatically. You can completely disable navbar and status bar in PA using the "expanded desktop" feature.
Took me a few days to come up with this set up, but it works great :good:
edit: as far as swiping up to access navbar, try apex's gesture settings

rice923 said:
Here's what I'm doing at the moment:
1) ROM: ParanoidAndroid 2.14 (about to flash 2.16 which is reported to have transparent navbar)
2) Alt. Nav: LMT 1.5
3) Launcher: Apex
Using PA 2.14, I went to settings to hide the navbar completely (it never comes back up unless I turn it back on). I then use LMT 1.5 to navigate (typically through "pie" buttons at the edge of the screen, but gestures are also supported). I also hid my status bar via Apex Launcher and toggle it on and off.
Note: Apex Launcher only hides my status bar at the home screen. When I am on any other page aside from home, the status bar comes back automatically. You can completely disable navbar and status bar in PA using the "expanded desktop" feature.
Took me a few days to come up with this set up, but it works great :good:
edit: as far as swiping up to access navbar, try apex's gesture settings
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Thanks. Tried LMT and it work great. Will stick to this for now.

Can someone post a screenshot of the transparent nav bar on PA? Thanks! :good:

Navbar removal is now an option in CNA ROM as well.

tgyberg said:
Can someone post a screenshot of the transparent nav bar on PA? Thanks! :good:
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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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Paddington said:
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

[APP REQUEST]Hide Both Navigation Bar and Notification Bar

is there any app/mod to hide both nav bar and status bar just like CM10 / PA [Expanding Desktop]
i just found [auto hide soft keys] app by GMD but it's kinda slow and takes time to hide and it just HIDES nav bar i'm looking for CM10 like JUST ! CLICK expanding desktop solution!
it's one of the few reasons that i prefer Custom roms to stock ones and if i find an app or even a mod i would totally migrate back to stock (4.3)!
THANKS!

Apex launcher can hide status bar (several other launchers can to I think) and universal dynamic navbar uses a build prop edit to hide the navbar (only on rooted devices)

There is an app called Full Screen that does that.
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[Q] bar

What's the difference between status and notification bar and How can I make the bar in the top of screen transparent ?

Eng. Mido said:
What's the difference between status and notification bar and How can I make the bar in the top of screen transparent ?
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Both are same..
If u are rooted... use xposed framwork and it's module.. (If on stock.. Then use wanam exposed)..visit there page.. Google.. And u ll get what i m saying!!!
Hope i helped..
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I have this problem now ( photo attached )

I donno what to say :|
Wait.. Is that a custom launcher of kk or something?. (Could be problem with that).. No idea much as i dont use stock rom..i gave general advice...still i ll try to solve ur problem.
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Eng. Mido said:
What's the difference between status and notification bar and How can I make the bar in the top of screen transparent ?
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As raghavsharmaxda correctly said, status bar and notification bar are the same, but Notification drawer is different
If you are on stock, then the status bar is already transparent by default in TouchWiz launcher in recent 4.2.2 but only for the lockscreen and launcher.
Although if you are on a custom launcher like KitKat then the launcher might have an option to toggle transparent status bar on/off.
If you use modules to manually select the color of the statusbar to 100% transparent there's a good chance that it'll appear white or some other color on it's own depending on the app you are using.
You see apps don't have the color of the status bar defined, they assume your system will do it on it's own.
Advice : if you are using modules to make it transparent, then expect it to be transparent all the time. If you don't want that then simply use the default Touchwiz launcher or a launcher that supports and/or has an option for toggling transparent status bar.

raghavsharmaxda said:
I donno what to say :|
Wait.. Is that a custom launcher of kk or something?. (Could be problem with that).. No idea much as i dont use stock rom..i gave general advice...still i ll try to solve ur problem.
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Yes, i use kitkat launcher
& when i reboot it gets weird like this attached photo
I hope so ThanQ

iceyhotguy said:
As raghavsharmaxda correctly said, status bar and notification bar are the same, but Notification drawer is different
If you are on stock, then the status bar is already transparent by default in TouchWiz launcher in recent 4.2.2 but only for the lockscreen and launcher.
Although if you are on a custom launcher like KitKat then the launcher might have an option to toggle transparent status bar on/off.
If you use modules to manually select the color of the statusbar to 100% transparent there's a good chance that it'll appear white or some other color on it's own depending on the app you are using.
You see apps don't have the color of the status bar defined, they assume your system will do it on it's own.
Advice : if you are using modules to make it transparent, then expect it to be transparent all the time. If you don't want that then simply use the default Touchwiz launcher or a launcher that supports and/or has an option for toggling transparent status bar.
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Yes, im on stock and i use kitkat launcher and i make my status bar transparent by Tweakbox ( Xposed ) so it looks so bad when i open apps and i like it when im in home screen so how can i replace the transparent bar in apps launcher and keeping it on home screen ? and do u know another kitkat launcher that supports and/or has an option for toggling transparent status bar ?

Eng. Mido said:
Yes, im on stock and i use kitkat launcher and i make my status bar transparent by Tweakbox ( Xposed ) so it looks so bad when i open apps and i like it when im in home screen so how can i replace the transparent bar in apps launcher and keeping it on home screen ? and do u know another kitkat launcher that supports and/or has an option for toggling transparent status bar ?
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Yes like I said in my last post, using xposed modules will make your status bar transparent for all apps too.
And sorry I don't use any kitkat launchers or intend to. You'll have to try around and experiment with different ones.
I can recommend you Next Launcher, it has option to toggle transparent status bar but it's not even close a kitkat launcher.

AFAIK transparent status bar option on all launchers will only work fine on Kitkat. On JB it will always appear solid (transparent or not) , no transparent gradient.

@iceyhotguy @naufalhadyan Thanks Guyz

Transparent notifications & launchers

Hiya.
I wanted to ask whether there is an option in the Settings or an update of Nexus 7 that makes the notifications bar on top and the three buttons on the bottom of the screen transparent? Or the ability to "autohide" the buttons underneath similar to the G2 and the Xperia phones?
What good launcher can you guys recommend for the Nexus 7 so as when in landscape i can make full "use" of the 7-inch screen? (especially when watching movies of playing games?
Please advice. Thank you.

Auto hide of the Navigation bar and status bar is not a new thing in android, any decent player like BSPlayer has an auto hide option for this bars , also as far as gaming there is immersion mode in Kitkat that apps and games can use if the developers enables so .. and transparent nav bar and status bar are part of the Now launcher, and i think Nova and Apex should support it also.

iamezio said:
Auto hide of the Navigation bar and status bar is not a new thing in android, any decent player like BSPlayer has an auto hide option for this bars , also as far as gaming there is immersion mode in Kitkat that apps and games can use if the developers enables so .. and transparent nav bar and status bar are part of the Now launcher, and i think Nova and Apex should support it also.
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I did not know the autohide feature for Android has been around for a while. I was only aware of the current 4.4.2 OS of my Xperia Z1 (and i believe the LG G2 as well) that enables autohide of the nav bars on the bottom and notifications on top but not that of the Nexus 7. All the videos i have seen on Youtube all shows the black bars still there.
As regards the launchers you mentioned will it be a matter of swiping it from above and at the bottom to access the buttons is that correct?

Some apps have built in immersive mode and then they can hide navigation bar with/without status bar. Or you can turn on immersive mode manually whenever you want with this app (no root required):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=53759220