I want to find a method or way to disbale/hide the gps icon from status bar/notification while its On.
I'm using life 360 app to keep eye on my kid activity and location with her phone but don't want the gps icon to show in status bar while the program is running.
Gps needs to be on to get a corrext location.. but the icon is a dead give away.
I know you can disable notifications with downloaded apps but not system apps.Is there any trick or app or even a way in root explorer I can hide the gps symbol yet keeping it active.
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Typically you'd need to de-compile System framework files to make it transparant. I know that's not what you wish. So try Full Screen (or similar apps) to make the Status Bar go away all together. You can also search for some theme here on xda to make the icon black. If you use a mod to center the clock then these system icons can be crowded out of the status bar.
If you want very simple trick to keep it on, then teach the kid benefits of Google Now. As anyone addicted to it will tell you It wants your location (Precise location at that !) so badly that once addicted they'd have no choice but to keep it on.
You do realize, you can use a Family Oriented Launcher such as Kids Place ?
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I just stumbled across how to modify the order of the status bar icons on the top right corner (clock, wifi, cdma, gps, etc). This is something that has eluded me for a while, and I was curious to figure it out. Not sure if anyone else has done this yet or not.
Is there any value in pursuing this further, in order to figure out a way to automate the process, so that the user can choose their order, perhaps via an app?
Worse case scenario, it can already be done manually, but it is not very custom / repeatable, w/o modding each users desired order one at a time, which isn't incredibly interesting to me .
hasn't ever crossed my mind as something i'd like to be able to do.
Yeah, that's why I wanted to check. To get a gauge whether this is something worth pursuing. I know I've been asked about this back in the Hero days, but other than just being able to do it, not sure the practical application / value...
You know -- I'm not sure if it's within the same realm, but an application that could turn them off and on would be nice. I know certain ones can be turned off in AOSP/CM.
A real world situation: I'm using a Sense ROM, which has the signal (not differentiating between 1x and 3G), time, battery, etc. in the status bar. If I use a clock widget with battery, I no longer need the battery indicator or the time for that matter. I actually use Real Signal to check my data signal strength and whether or not I have an EVDO connection. Both the clock widget and Real Signal eliminate my need for the same icons on the status bar. What's the sense of having widgets or other notifications just to show information that's already in the status bar?
My 2 cents, at least. I also appreciate all of the mods and development you've done for us EVO users, by the way!
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You know -- I'm not sure if it's within the same realm, but an application that could turn them off and on would be nice. I know certain ones can be turned off in AOSP/CM.
A real world situation: I'm using a Sense ROM, which has the signal (not differentiating between 1x and 3G), time, battery, etc. in the status bar. If I use a clock widget with battery, I no longer need the battery indicator or the time for that matter. I actually use Real Signal to check my data signal strength and whether or not I have an EVDO connection. Both the clock widget and Real Signal eliminate my need for the same icons on the status bar. What's the sense of having widgets or other notifications just to show information that's already in the status bar?
My 2 cents, at least. I also appreciate all of the mods and development you've done for us EVO users, by the way!
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I was thinking this same thought. Such an app would be great in instances where the user would use clock and battery widgets and not need it on the bar. On the other side, if a user decides to get rid of their widgets it would be great to be able to get the battery and clock back on the bar through an app rather than hardcoding the smali files.
I think this idea has potentials. Jschisurf I vote yay on this.
If you could arrange and toggle yes but it doesn't make sense to have you do all that work just to be able to swap them around
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If you could arrange and toggle yes but it doesn't make sense to have you do all that work just to be able to swap them around
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This is unrelated to toggle, rather, status bar only.
In terms of turning various icons on/off in the status bar, that is a bit more of a challenge, as each icon is controlled for display in very different places throughout the services.jar file.
Oh well, this will be another one of those mods I keep to myself for fun
I would rock it myself because I dig your work, but I am selfish like that haha
I have the non-developer edition RAZR M, but I have root. I am looking to remove the navigation bar from the bottom of the screen, to ultimately increase screen size. I have done some searching around other forums and other devices where this has been done, and it seems the files to change might be located in the SystemUI.apk. Can anyone confirm this? Also, without having a custom recovery, will it be able to make these changes by simply replacing the files through either root explorer, or adb, rather than needing to create a flashable zip? Any guidance on this mod would be appreciated, and I would love to share something like this with the wonderful XDA community.
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I have the non-developer edition RAZR M, but I have root. I am looking to remove the navigation bar from the bottom of the screen, to ultimately increase screen size. I have done some searching around other forums and other devices where this has been done, and it seems the files to change might be located in the SystemUI.apk. Can anyone confirm this? Also, without having a custom recovery, will it be able to make these changes by simply replacing the files through either root explorer, or adb, rather than needing to create a flashable zip? Any guidance on this mod would be appreciated, and I would love to share something like this with the wonderful XDA community.
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Since the Razr M doesn't have hardware buttons for home, multitask, etc how would you navigate? I've seen some apps that temporarily hide the navigation bar when playing fullscreen movies, etc.
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Since the Razr M doesn't have hardware buttons for home, multitask, etc how would you navigate? I've seen some apps that temporarily hide the navigation bar when playing fullscreen movies, etc.
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There is a navigation bar launcher called LMT. It's extremely customizable and even allows for changing long press options. Check it out here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330150
I use GMD Gesture Control:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.goodmooddroid.gesturecontrol&hl=en
Not only can you have gestures to go back / home etc, but you can have a gesture to hide & show the navigation bar and have access to the full screen. The only downside I've seen is when the navigation bar is hidden, incoming calls don't display properly, and you need to show the navigation bar before accepting the call. Make sure you have the navigation bar enable itself when turning off the screen so call notifications will work properly.
Uh;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2098723
full!screen
This is a root app that is super stable and though it says "for tablets" it works fine on our phone.
It allows you to hide the status and nav bars through a super customizable corner pie.
The paid versions adds the ability to enable/disable the bars automatically on a per app basis.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...251bGwsMSwxLDMsImRlLnRzb3JuLkZ1bGxTY3JlZW4iXQ.
is there a app that will alow you to add your own navigation icon like in energy rom and add icons like menu to navigation bar
Jokerslight said:
is there a app that will alow you to add your own navigation icon like in energy rom and add icons like menu to navigation bar
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Ninjamorph for the first one... Second is done in the systemui.apk.
I want to use the option to hide my notification bar at the top which will hide my mobile/bluetooth/wifi status.
I was hoping to find a way to add them back to the home screen in the form of a customizable widget.
I tried using UCCW widgets but they don't offer anything other than dates/time/weather etc.
thanks in advance
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I want to use the option to hide my notification bar at the top which will hide my mobile/bluetooth/wifi status.
I was hoping to find a way to add them back to the home screen in the form of a customizable widget.
I tried using UCCW widgets but they don't offer anything other than dates/time/weather etc.
thanks in advance
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Check out Dashclock and the dashnet extension on Playstore. The Dashnet extension doesn't show Bluetooth status but there may be anouther extension that does.
I think it's silly that LG has given us this big beautiful screen and diminishes it's full glory by not easily allowing you to hide the top status bar. I am pleasntly supprised about the fact that they let you hide the home navigation bar on the bottom. Love that.
So getting to work, how do we hide the top status bar in the same way as the bottom bar with a swipe to activate on demand?
So far on my quest I have done the following:
Placed the phone in developer mode and allowed USB debuging. Described here in the a PurpleDrake how to guide that I used: http://www.droidviews.com/root-and-install-twrp-recovery-on-t-mobile-lg-g3-d851/
PurpleDrake: Rooted, Installed TWRP, Disable LG Security. http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-lg-g3/development/root-twrp-root-twrp-tmo-lg-g3-t2821005
Installed Xposed Framework http://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/xposed-installer-versions-changelog-t2714053
Installed G3 TweaksBox and activated the module in the Xposed Framework https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.ptoti.g3_tweaksbox&hl=en
I have searched and searched google, xda and all the phone settings looking for an easy way to hide the status bar. What am I missing? Can someone please help? I hope this will benefit a lot of people. Thanks :good:
If you download gravity box module for xposed you can put the phone in expanded desktop mode which will hide the status bar
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If you download gravity box module for xposed you can put the phone in expanded desktop mode which will hide the status bar
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Is that just for the homescreen view or all the time? I'm looking to hide it while in applications. The same way the home nav bar at the bottom hides. Thanks
I use ADB launcher to get the job done.
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Is that just for the homescreen view or all the time? I'm looking to hide it while in applications. The same way the home nav bar at the bottom hides. Thanks
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ADB Launcher allows you to hide the notification bar and create a bottom drawer where you can use folder editor to put in category Icons that when pressed open up a slideable selection bar to select programs stored under that icon. Everything is neat and tidy on mine. No wasted screen space.
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ADB Launcher allows you to hide the notification bar and create a bottom drawer where you can use folder editor to put in category Icons that when pressed open up a slideable selection bar to select programs stored under that icon. Everything is neat and tidy on mine. No wasted screen space.
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Thanks. More that I play with the phone, the more I realize that I actually just want the web browser to go full screen. Just need the status bar to hide when browsing. Don't really want to install an aftermarket launcher.
For other people's benefit, in case anyone else finds this thread that wants to use their phone's full screen. I found a solution that seems to fit the bill. I'm using an app called full!screen that says it's for tablets but seems to work almost perfectly https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.tsorn.FullScreen&hl=en
It has a pie menu included so you don't even need the pie app.
Hide icons of running apps on the status bar? Is it possible to do this without rooting? I hate having to look at the spotify icon / whatsapp desktop and other apps icons on my status bar all the time, it looks so cluttered , I KNOW spotify it's running since the music is playing google, I'm not that stupid to know it's running in the background , if I want to look at my notifications, let's say I get an email, I'll slide down the notification bar , I don't need notifications being thrown at me all the time...
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Hide icons of running apps on the status bar? Is it possible to do this without rooting? I hate having to look at the spotify icon / whatsapp desktop and other apps icons on my status bar all the time, it looks so cluttered , I KNOW spotify it's running since the music is playing google, I'm not that stupid to know it's running in the background , if I want to look at my notifications, let's say I get an email, I'll slide down the notification bar , I don't need notifications being thrown at me all the time...
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Does long pressing the notification in question not allow you to shut it off? Or am I misunderstanding your interpretation?
Press and hold the Settings icon Quick Settings for a while. You'll see a new section System UI Tuner, from. There you can turn on or off icon in the status bar area. You'll also now notice a wrench next to your settings icon in your quick setting area.
I hope this is what you're referring to.
You can also swipe right slowly and it will reveal a settings icon, tap there and turn off notification from just that app
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Does long pressing the notification in question not allow you to shut it off? Or am I misunderstanding your interpretation?
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If you do that you then silence all the notifications for that app , don't get me wrong I don't want to eliminate the notifications , I just want to eliminate the icons on the status bar .
Take a look at the picture I uploaded , see how the bar gets crowded with all those app icons from Spotify , the new York times apps etc ?
For what you're wanting, you'll need root.