On 4.4 KitKat, when you play a game, does the navigation bar disappear? so that the whole screen is utilized? Like when I play Clash of Clans ( childish game I know) the navigation bar takes up space, where as if I played on my Nexus 5, it disappeared and when I pulled from the top, the navigation bar and status bar would reappear. Is that the case on 4.4 KitKat? Thanks!
I believe this a standart update for any KitKat phone (Can't confirm on Z1C... Still waiting to be delivered.)
choboii said:
On 4.4 KitKat, when you play a game, does the navigation bar disappear? so that the whole screen is utilized? Like when I play Clash of Clans ( childish game I know) the navigation bar takes up space, where as if I played on my Nexus 5, it disappeared and when I pulled from the top, the navigation bar and status bar would reappear. Is that the case on 4.4 KitKat? Thanks!
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Yes, is for KK but is better. You can play a game in full screen with this improvement and if you need close the game, only touch the screen at the top and slide to the end and the navigation bar will appear with the notification bar
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hey guys, i know this is an outdated question but please bear with me here. is there a mod that hides the status bar? i mean like having the homescreen at a fullscreen capacity. For notifications like that i already have iphone notifications (but id really still be able to pull down the notif centre and made my nav bar dissapear and using button saviour instead. so voila fullscreen beauty is the gnex
manbro said:
hey guys, i know this is an outdated question but please bear with me here. is there a mod that hides the status bar? i mean like having the homescreen at a fullscreen capacity. For notifications like that i already have iphone notifications (but id really still be able to pull down the notif centre and made my nav bar dissapear and using button saviour instead. so voila fullscreen beauty is the gnex
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i use nova launcher. i have it set to always hide the status bar by default, but when i swipe down itll show/hide it.
if the rom you are using has the expanded desktop feature, you can enable it to disable both status bar and nav bar thus making your gnex full screen
username8611 said:
i use nova launcher. i have it set to always hide the status bar by default, but when i swipe down itll show/hide it.
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does that apply to apex launcher as well? because im using a minimal miui apex theme. but thanks for the suggestion! will download nova now
k786 said:
if the rom you are using has the expanded desktop feature, you can enable it to disable both status bar and nav bar thus making your gnex full screen
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im using bigxie's stock 4.2 right now, i tried using cm 10.1, but after a factory reset i flashed it and my phone just went crazy so i went back to stock roms again :/
GoLauncher gives you that option for only when using launcher...to hide status bar: preferences/appearance settings/uncheck show status bar OR GET THIS APP
GMD Hide Bar (must be rooted) https://play.google.com/store/apps/...t#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5nbWQuaGlkZWJhciJd I tried this app...works good on ICS
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.
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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.
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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
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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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..
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.
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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
Am running Android 11 .
The Navigation bar and status bar seems to pop up on to the screen on landscape mode apps. Especially games.. This cannot be fixed until we restart the game.
This is seriously annoying.
Pinning the app also isn't fixing this
Any solution plz