Hi guys,
Sorry I don't know such of the problem can be posted to somewhere.
I bought a nexus 7 2013 in this week. When I use it with landscape mode, touching the soft keys are a little inconvenient, since they are in centered position of the bar. Thus I want to know are there some solution I can adjust the soft keys to the left side of the bar, to become more easier to press them.
Thank you.
If you are rooted, Auto Hide Softkey works pretty well...
You can download a new Rom such as AOKP that supports tablet mode, where it combines the status and navigation into one bar. Nav keys on the left and clock/icons on the right.
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Good day fellas,
Wanted to know if anyone knows of an app compatible with JB on Nexus 7 that will hide the Nav bar with the soft buttons off the screen.
I'm looking for something simple along the lines of 2 finger swipe from the bottom of the screen will show it, whereas 2 finger swipe off the screen on the bottom will hide it.
Thank you,
Khar00f
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Khar00f said:
Good day fellas,
Wanted to know if anyone knows of an app compatible with JB on Nexus 7 that will hide the Nav bar with the soft buttons off the screen.
I'm looking for something simple along the lines of 2 finger swipe from the bottom of the screen will show it, whereas 2 finger swipe off the screen on the bottom will hide it.
Thank you,
Khar00f
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I'd also love to find something similar. I was watching a show on MX video player last night and couldn't get the bar to go away.
dezixn said:
I'd also love to find something similar. I was watching a show on MX video player last night and couldn't get the bar to go away.
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Was just thinking the same thing. Anyone figured it out?
Gmd gesture in play store. Requires root though.
the apk in this thread works with the Nexus 7. just remember you have to reboot for it to take effect. this will permanently remove the nav buttons but you can just use the apk to get them back. make sure to have LMT or some other nav buttons app before using this apk. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1497558
here's the LMT thread, i find it useful even with the soft buttons.
I have to say it does drive me insane in some games. I have one game that I just keep pressing and dragging up (because that is how the game is played), and get that idiotic Now screen. It makes me spit! I know it should be disabled by the app, but it should be removable.
FullScreenToggleV2
just installed FullScreenToggleV2.apk and Button Savior from google play and it works like a dream no my nexus 7 stock room /rooted, really love it not to have the stupid thick navigation bar there, Button Savior is just tiny dot with pop up navigation menu that can be placed anywhere around.
SGT7 and Glazed Rom both have hide nav bar obtions through swipe or power options.
Not my work thank thr devs of these great programs. [PHP[/PHP]I'm on cm10.1 and have been searching for days how to keep my notification bar but lose the nav keys. Using double x full screen from gnex forum I was finally able to do this. Install the apk 4.1 xda version then press disable. For me it didn't do anything at first so I enabled expanded desktop from the power menu (not sure if that's necessary) but when it rebooted have keys gone status bar still there. Make sure you have another soft button app or gestures installed. Buttons come back after reboot though. But just do the same process over.
Double X
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1497558
Lmk
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330150
This has been posted here already -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1997853&page=2
but thanks!
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Is there a way to make the navigation bar stay on the right side of the screen when in landscape mode like the Nexus phones (see attachments)? The screen is already quite narrow to begin with; it seems like such a waste of space for the software buttons to be on the bottom. I already searched around but the best I've found so far is GMD Auto Hide Soft Keys. It helps but I'd rather move the navigation bar to the side instead of hiding it. Stock ROM, rooted.
Yeah I want this as well.
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Aokp had this feature although it got messed up in later nightlies.
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Gonna have to wait for custom Roms but I don't think any of the developers have this thing yet? I'm probably wrong though
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Its not only a waste of valuable screen space in landscape, it puts the home key in the least convenient place possible: in the middle as far as possible from both thumbs. What a horrible design decision.
Only reason I'm getting custom rom is this.
Apex launcher will do this. Not sure why you would want to tho.
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Apex launcher will do this. Not sure why you would want to tho.
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where in APEX?
If you have root GMD Auto Hide Soft Keys allows to hide stock navigation bar and adds Quick Bar (autohide navigation bar) instead. Latest beta added option to move Quick Bar to side in landscape.
I had it on PA3.93, by default. But then I played around with UIs & updating PA... then I couldn't see it anymore.
I think it's pretty neat. I'm on a different ROM (Slim) now.
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If you have root GMD Auto Hide Soft Keys allows to hide stock navigation bar and adds Quick Bar (autohide navigation bar) instead. Latest beta added option to move Quick Bar to side in landscape.
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Ohhhhh good to know about the option to move to the side. Thanks.
What I didn't love about autohide was that there was stuff under the bar when it wasn't hidden. That means you don't just hide it when you want more real estate, but also when its blocking things. Just leaving it on the side would have been better.
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Its not only a waste of valuable screen space in landscape, it puts the home key in the least convenient place possible: in the middle as far as possible from both thumbs. What a horrible design decision.
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The whole in screen nav bar in general was a horrible design decision. Google should fire whoever came up with that idea. My biggest gripe with Android is that stupid nav bar. All Android devices should have 3 capacitive buttons.
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The whole in screen nav bar in general was a horrible design decision. Google should fire whoever came up with that idea. My biggest gripe with Android is that stupid nav bar. All Android devices should have 3 capacitive buttons.
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I agree with you 100 percent. But surprisingly a lot of folks seem to love them. It baffles me to waste some of the most valuable screen real estate (near your thumbs) but to each his own.
My solution is to return the nexus 7 and buyb Samsung devices. I have an s3 phone, Note 8, and Tab 3 8. One of the two tablets will go but I cant ddecide which. Both are quite nice.
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Is there a way to make the navigation bar stay on the right side of the screen when in landscape mode like the Nexus phones (see attachments)? The screen is already quite narrow to begin with; it seems like such a waste of space for the software buttons to be on the bottom. I already searched around but the best I've found so far is GMD Auto Hide Soft Keys. It helps but I'd rather move the navigation bar to the side instead of hiding it. Stock ROM, rooted.
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It's not what you are looking for but checkout my thread on how to reduce the size of the navigation bar. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2412699
+1 would also like to see it on the side like on my galaxy nexus. if anyone could make a flashable zip would be great. don´t want to use a thirdapplication for something "simple" like that. but gonna give the app a try.
GMD Auto Hide Softkeys + GMD Gesture Control (to replace the Back, Home and Recent buttons with gestures - use 1-step gestures with 3 fingers to make it fastest and most convenient).
In GMD Auto Hide, set it so that the navigation bar comes up by swiping, not by tapping. And set "Trigger sensitivity" to 1 so that taps in the lowest area are not interpreted as trigger attempts (important when using keyboard).
Best Solution, hands down. Try it.
I actually wanted the opposite; nav-bar on bottom.
I finally got it on the bottom by messing around in the PA hybrid properties. Changed my interface to Phablet mode with a DPI of 320, nav-bar height set to 50% for more screen real-estate (plus, I like the smaller button icons). I know you probably want a solution other than "Flash x custom ROM and mess with these settings" but if nothing else, maybe the DPI and nav-bar settings will point you in the right direction. Plus, you might actually decide to flash PA and edit those settings.
Wished nav bar would relocate to the top when playing games since I always hit them by accident ruining the experience. Prefer hardware buttons because of this.
GMD Auto Hide Soft Keys can also completely disable navbar.
You also can use Xposed Framework with module "Gravity Box" and set to "Expanded Desktop".
Hey guys Ive never used this Nexus interface and the on-screen buttons for home, back and other apps seems to be wasting too much screen space for me.... Is there a way to customize these buttons??? that would be awesome.
I use pie controls from cm 10.2 on mine
Get a cusom ROM. Then modify it's framework-res.apk to match your requirements.
Custom ROMs have tons of flexibility over these. Change the size, icons, transparency, color, shape, location, hide, auto-hide, etc.
I'm using CM10.2 Kanged. It has the options you want.
For example you can hide the bar and setup swipe gustures. Like swipe left for Back, swipe up for recents, swipe down for home.
Or use PIE Controls.
Or some other app.
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Karbooo said:
Hey guys Ive never used this Nexus interface and the on-screen buttons for home, back and other apps seems to be wasting too much screen space for me.... Is there a way to customize these buttons??? that would be awesome.
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This can be achieved in multiple ways, my recommendations as follows:
Using Stock ROM
First, you need to have root access. Search the forums on how to root your nexus 7. (Its quite easy)
Then, install the Gesture Control app from play store - it allows you to use configurable gestures to perform back/home/menu etc actions.
Finally, using ES File Explorer or some other root explorer, you can modify the build.prop file in the system partition to hide the bottom navigation bar:
Code:
qemu.hw.mainkeys=1
Then you'd be able to enjoy your nexus 7 in fullscreen.
Using Cynaogenmod
Alternatively, you can use Cyanogenmod 10.2 ROM, which allows you to switch to fullscreen mode by holding the power button and selecting "Expanded Desktop". Cyanogenmod also includes a Pie Control app, which allows you to swipe your finger from the edge to reveal a navigation control. All this can be configured under Settings > System.
This is how I am using my nexus at the moment. Highly recommend.
pie stable?
I liked using pie on my n4, but I found it to be temperamental. Has the stability been improved now? I'm not a massive fan of the on screen nav buttons.
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I liked using pie on my n4, but I found it to be temperamental. Has the stability been improved now? I'm not a massive fan of the on screen nav buttons.
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Not in my experience. I'm still waiting for someone to port tablet ui to cm 10.2
The real estate you are getting with the buttons still there is 1080p. Do you need more than that? Full sreening movies will distort the image to fit your space. Like everyone said, a custom rom will do you well. My only issue is that I like having the menu button down there.
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Thanks for the replies everyone I went with the clean rom and a beta kernel that allows for tap-to-wake which is great and I've been using GMD gestures to navigate throughout my tablet it's very very good our also works to hide the status bar with a single swipe.
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If you have root, my app can hide/show navigation bar without reboot - GMD Auto Hide Soft Keys
hey dude thanks for this tip it did exactly what i wanted!!!...I'm running CleanROM which i didnt want to change so i modified the build.prop file and it worked like a charm.
As for replacement for the soft keys I'm using the customizable pie keys from LMT launcher by a dude from tha XDA community: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330150 SICK app.
and Stupididea nice to meet you dude I bought your gestures app and i use it for my Galaxy S4 and the Nexus 7 it's amazing! especially with the side launchers...Is there any way to back up the custom gestures? i gotta do em everytime i flash :\.
Hi,
Just recently got a M8. Enjoying Sense so far but one thing is bothering me a little.
The most ideal solution to know is if it is possible to get some quicksettings into the swipe down notification panel? I only need a few of them (wifi, auto rotate, bluetooth)
Or is there any way of doing Google's way of swiping more to the right side of the status bar it'll bring down the quick settings and if you swipe from more over to the left hand side it'll bring the notifications down?
Or failing that.. is it possible to set the quick settings panel to be default as you swipe down? I know you can do it with a two finger swipe but this causes problems when trying to use the phone one handed.
I've got hold of Sense Toolbox but can't find anything in there to do it?
TIA
Used this on my old HTC one s, loved it
Search for Notification Toggle by
J4velin In Google play
(Can't post links yet )
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