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Hide soft keys like Huawei Ascend Mate

I have cm10 with expanded desktop but I'm wondering if anyone has done a mod where a gesture will toggle the visibility of the soft keys. It's exactly what I, along with a ton of other people, are looking for. Hell, I'll pay someone to do it for us!!
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What I think would be nice is if we could just get rid of the navbar and replace it with a gesture from the bottom edge to reveal the ring in my screenshot, except the nav controls will be on that ring

AFAIK GMD gesture control supports this. Not quite sure. Just try the lite version first.
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Few options are out there already.
GMD - You can set various swipes such as 45* up/left for back, up for home, etc, activated at the bottom.
App that I forget the name of but enables pie control in any app. You can set multiple layers as well as an inner and outer pie ring, but this can get a bit clustered. Realistically you can probably set all of your most used apps into the pie on various layers though and get rid of every shortcut.
Latest PA has a more feature rich but less customized pie. Battery bar, time, notifications, access notification panel, per-app color of pie, and more. However, unlike the app above you cannot add additional items into the pie, at least not yet.

lnfound said:
Few options are out there already.
GMD - You can set various swipes such as 45* up/left for back, up for home, etc, activated at the bottom.
App that I forget the name of but enables pie control in any app. You can set multiple layers as well as an inner and outer pie ring, but this can get a bit clustered. Realistically you can probably set all of your most used apps into the pie on various layers though and get rid of every shortcut.
Latest PA has a more feature rich but less customized pie. Battery bar, time, notifications, access notification panel, per-app color of pie, and more. However, unlike the app above you cannot add additional items into the pie, at least not yet.
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LMT with PIE Control is IMHO the Name of the app. In the last version it includes also the swipe from the bottom like in Para...Rom (don't know the name of the rom right now). But it's not the same. A simple swipe from the bottom and it should show the orig. softkeys. That would be soooooo cool! I would never ever switch back and set the expanded desktop active

I have GMD installed and I was not able to hide only the soft keys.
The only option I found hides the soft keys AND the notification bar on the top of the phone, so valuable info like battery, signal strength etc are also hidden.
Any ideas to hide only the soft keys?

g5abiera said:
What I think would be nice is if we could just get rid of the navbar and replace it with a gesture from the bottom edge to reveal the ring in my screenshot, except the nav controls will be on that ring
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Not totally gesture but u must take a look at paranoid android PIE control. It's still in beta but it has a lot of potential.
I think u would like it.... Here are some examples...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYqYUJ-5vR0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFjm3CoKj7g&feature=youtube_gdata_player
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihzcN5J3pg0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Exactly what I was looking for
But how stable is paranoid android compared to CM10

My main issue is I haven't found a good way of hiding the softkeys. GMD closes the whole SystemUI so lose the top bar and app switcher, and the Fullscreen Toggle that a lot of people use removes the in-app menu button which is not ideal as I don't really want to have a gesture just to access the basic menu.
Is there a good way of doing this that I've missed?

g5abiera said:
Exactly what I was looking for
But how stable is paranoid android compared to CM10
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I'm running it from day 1 (got my N4 since half December) and it's perfectly stable. I always wait a little while before updating and follow the tread to be sure there are no great bugs. If everything's ok then I'll update to a newer version. The PIE option is really Beta so there will be some bugs.
I think u just must try it, paranoid android is really a original and renewing ROM. Not just because the pie, but also the hybrid, per app color and dpi option.
It's just as stable, if not more stable then cm10.1 The rom is based on AOSP so should be as stable as the original one.
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gohan040 said:
I'm running it from day 1 (got my N4 since half December) and it's perfectly stable. I always wait a little while before updating and follow the tread to be sure there are no great bugs. If everything's ok then I'll update to a newer version. The PIE option is really Beta so there will be some bugs.
I think u just must try it, paranoid android is really a original and renewing ROM. Not just because the pie, but also the hybrid, per app color and dpi option.
It's just as stable, if not more stable then cm10.1 The rom is based on AOSP so should be as stable as the original one.
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The only annoying thing is that they took out the notification bar to use PIE.

Bar81 said:
The only annoying thing is that they took out the notification bar to use PIE.
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That's because it's trigged by the expanded desktop.....
Remember it's a beta. Development is going very fast and I'm sure they will find a great solution for that.
Check his latest YouTube update and see the difference with earlier releases.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1J8LDLWuxg&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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gohan040 said:
That's because it's trigged by the expanded desktop.....
Remember it's a beta. Development is going very fast and I'm sure they will find a great solution for that.
Check his latest YouTube update and see the difference with earlier releases.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1J8LDLWuxg&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Holy ****, that looks awesome.

AW: Hide soft keys like Huawei Ascend Mate
With AOKP you can enable this in the Power Menu.
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hide nav bar only
g47 said:
I have GMD installed and I was not able to hide only the soft keys.
The only option I found hides the soft keys AND the notification bar on the top of the phone, so valuable info like battery, signal strength etc are also hidden.
Any ideas to hide only the soft keys?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2041700
Simple to do. Best way I've found. Works on any ROM just reboot after running app

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drew_grant said:
I have cm10 with expanded desktop but I'm wondering if anyone has done a mod where a gesture will toggle the visibility of the soft keys. It's exactly what I, along with a ton of other people, are looking for. Hell, I'll pay someone to do it for us!!
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Paranoid Android ROM has a new mod called "pie". Its exactly what you're looking for. You can use an app called Smart statusbar and it works beautifully with PIE.
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Brendan12695 said:
Paranoid Android ROM has a new mod called "pie". Its exactly what you're looking for. You can use an app called Smart statusbar and it works beautifully with PIE.
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smart statusbar wont be needed pal
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Brendan12695 said:
Paranoid Android ROM has a new mod called "pie". Its exactly what you're looking for. You can use an app called Smart statusbar and it works beautifully with PIE.
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Thanks for the suggestions folks. I downloaded GMD pro and so far it's pretty cool. That PIE mod looks amazing. Any way someone can rip it and make it work with any ROM? If not, I might have to bite the bullet and just flash the ROM.
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another option might be the Hide Bottom Bar app from the play store.

[Q] Globaly force the in-app menu button when the nav bar is hidden?

So I have FINALLY created a account on xda because after searching and searching I could not find a way to GLOBALLY force the UI menu button in apps when the navigation bar is hidden.
I have been using a setup with GMD Gesture Control while hiding the nav bar, and it really does give me a lot of new screen real estate.
(BTW I am running a GSM Galaxy Nexus with JBSourcery (android 4.1.2))
Here are some pictures for example:
Play Music:
With the nav bar:
i.imgur DOT com/BbfUJwF.png
Without the nav bar:
i.imgur DOT com/sxZm548.png
Email app:
With the nav bar:
i.imgur DOT com/huAyZbc.png
Without the nav bar:
i.imgur DOT com/BalF7Ui.png
Here is my about phone page if needed:
i.imgur DOT com/pgVTTx5.png

I am not entirely sure if your build has this, but there is an option in some ROMs that allows for this. Menu UI Overflow is generally what I have seen it called.
It looks like it should be in their newest offerings ( https://github.com/TeamSourcery/frameworks_base/commit/1477d1acc1303174aa1c23d28d64fb36d4268742 )

cupfulloflol said:
I am not entirely sure if your build has this, but there is an option in some ROMs that allows for this. Menu UI Overflow is generally what I have seen it called.
It looks like it should be in their newest offerings
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Does this mean I must update it to their 4.2.1 version?
I have used 4.2.1 in the past and Bluetooth was extremely screwed up, like with sixaxis controller. that is the only reason I downgraded.

This was available in some 4.1 ROMs too, AOKP had it for sure ( http://gerrit.sudoservers.com/#/c/3746/ ), so I would imagine Sourcery would have it too since they use quite a bit of AOKP in their builds. I would recommend looking through your options again.

cupfulloflol said:
This was available in some 4.1 ROMs too, AOKP had it for sure , so I would imagine Sourcery would have it too since they use quite a bit of AOKP in their builds. I would recommend looking through your options again.
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Wait, no. that wasn't it :/

argran said:
Wait, no. that wasn't it :/
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The option should be there if you are on a build that included it. I looked through Sourcery's Github and found the commit on October 6th ( https://github.com/TeamSourcery/MagicControl/commit/468a14e024811db51c2d8f75b79685a3e53bb158 )
From that it looks like it will be in the misc menu of Magic Control between statusbar notification count and volume settings . I could be reading it wrong though.

Tablet UI

Yes, I know it's been brought up quite a bit...
This is really bugging me. I had the original Kindle Fire and put ICS on it and loved it. The Honeycomb-style user interface rocks. I bought a Nexus 7 thinking that I'd be able to put it into that mode with KitKat (the point of owning the Nexus # is to have the latest and greatest, right?), but have found myself unable to do so.
Is there any way possible to enable this on 4.4? I'm running into a gap on this discussion; most stopped talking about it about a month ago it seems. AOKP? Do I have to copy and paste the tablet UI code from 4.2 into 4.4?
This is Android. ANYTHING is possible. I know it has the potential to be done.

watsonism said:
Yes, I know it's been brought up quite a bit...
This is really bugging me. I had the original Kindle Fire and put ICS on it and loved it. The Honeycomb-style user interface rocks. I bought a Nexus 7 thinking that I'd be able to put it into that mode with KitKat (the point of owning the Nexus # is to have the latest and greatest, right?), but have found myself unable to do so.
Is there any way possible to enable this on 4.4? I'm running into a gap on this discussion; most stopped talking about it about a month ago it seems. AOKP? Do I have to copy and paste the tablet UI code from 4.2 into 4.4?
This is Android. ANYTHING is possible. I know it has the potential to be done.
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I was under the impression that google removed the tablet UI from kitkat altogether.
I thought I wasn't going to like the phablet UI but I got used to it, and now it just makes sense to me on a tablet this size. I say give it a chance, you might grow to like it.

I hate it, i'm forever catching the navbar when typing in landscape or passing the device to a friend because of thin bezel, it'd better located on it's side in the same portrait position next to the shortcuts & apps drawer button.

Q8-V08 said:
I hate it, i'm forever catching the navbar when typing in landscape or passing the device to a friend because of thin bezel, it'd better located on it's side in the same portrait position next to the shortcuts & apps drawer button.
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I do agree with this. When in landscape it is in the most inconvenient place possible. I would love a way to force it to remain on the right side but I haven't been able to find a solution other than setting the whole tablet into phone UI mode which then messes with the notifications shade.

If you're only problem is the nav bar, try GMD auto hide soft keys. It works great.

purple lady said:
If you're only problem is the nav bar, try GMD auto hide soft keys. It works great.
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I tried that, not really what I'm looking for. I don't want something that overlays the navbar and hides it when not in use, I want a permanent navbar that just stays on the right side of the screen. With GMD even if I turn auto hide off, it will still hide it when I rotate the screen, and when I swipe to bring it up it always covers part of my dock icons.

Have you tried gravity box xposed module? It gives you the ability to run pie. Or if that's not your thing in navigation bar tweaks it has an always on the bottom feature. It shouldn't be too difficult to make it always on the "short side".Why not ask the Developer in his thread ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2554049

doop said:
Have you tried gravity box xposed module? It gives you the ability to run pie. Or if that's not your thing in navigation bar tweaks it has an always on the bottom feature. It shouldn't be too difficult to make it always on the "short side".Why not ask the Developer in his thread ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2554049
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I've used the pie before on my gnex and it was OK. I might give it a shot. Android is starting to feel quite dumbed down lately...

doop said:
Have you tried gravity box xposed module? It gives you the ability to run pie. Or if that's not your thing in navigation bar tweaks it has an always on the bottom feature. It shouldn't be too difficult to make it always on the "short side".Why not ask the Developer in his thread ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2554049
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Yep, I use GB on all my devices. I use PIE + expanded desktop when I want to game in full screen. The always on bottom tweak isn't what I'm looking for either. I want it to remain on the right in landscape. I appreciate the input though.

_MetalHead_ said:
Yep, I use GB on all my devices. I use PIE + expanded desktop when I want to game in full screen. The always on bottom tweak isn't what I'm looking for either. I want it to remain on the right in landscape. I appreciate the input though.
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No probs. The part about keeping the navigation on the "short side". I meant on the right (Short Side). It`s worth asking the developer surely

CM10+ and PA had the tablet UI I though and you could pit it on the right hand side. I'm not sure if this applies with the newest KitKat builds though.
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[Q] Bringing in PA and AOKP features into Musta's CM11 (KitKat)

Well hello Lads and Gents,
I've been using the PACman ROM, which unfortunately hasn't been updated for a year, for a long time and I was amazed by the variety of functions available in this All-in-One ROM! But a weird bug in the ParanoidAndroid options (will talk about it later) annoyed me, so Mustaavalkosta's CM11 release got my attention.
I have to say that KitKat is pretty cool! But for some odd reason, my Google Calendar isn't syncing at all, the extended desktop feature doesn't change a thing, Trebuchet went full retard so I had to delete and replace it with a version designed for non-rooted phones, random freezes, etc. (will add more when I find more)
Nevertheless CM11 features nice data protection options and other little things that I didn't have in the PACman ROM (as it's JellyBean), while PACman ROM had nice features I don't have in CM11...
So my core question is: Is there a way to install AOKP and PA features in CM11? I really loved Pie and the notification bar customization (PA) was really cool too, even though it didn't work for me. I'd appreciate any hints on how to add new features (from other ROMs) on my phone without f*cking it up.
Also, is over the air updating possible for the nightlies?
And about that weird ParanoidAndroid notification bar customization bug: The problem was that the scaling of the settings were wrong. To be able to access the field where the color is set, I had to turn my phone to landscape mode. But when I did that the color palette which opened had its save button outside of the screen, no way to scroll. If I turned it back into portrait mode, the dialogue simply disappeared! I tried everything to fix it but I had no chance. So I've been unable to change any of the notification bar settings for ANY app.
Thanks in advance!
~GasLoop

You could either build your own ROM with the features you want, or find replacement apps. There's not really a drag-and-drop method for adding new features.

bananagranola said:
You could either build your own ROM with the features you want, or find replacement apps. There's not really a drag-and-drop method for adding new features.
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So that means I have to learn ROM coding? Oh lord... I thought there might be an easier way to bypass just this solution.

GasLoop said:
So that means I have to learn ROM coding?
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Yes.

Anyway to add SmartBar navigation to a stock rooted ROM?

I just got the pixel 2 xl and rooted it and installed nitrogenos and spent four hours setting it up only to find out that custom ROMs don't suppport the active edge feature
One of the biggest things I love about custom ROMs is the SmartBar navigation. Just being able to customize the nav buttons is really helpful so I don't want to give that up yet.
Is there a way to add it to a stock rooted ROM?

tracerit said:
I just got the pixel 2 xl and rooted it and installed nitrogenos and spent four hours setting it up only to find out that custom ROMs don't suppport the active edge feature
One of the biggest things I love about custom ROMs is the SmartBar navigation. Just being able to customize the nav buttons is really helpful so I don't want to give that up yet.
Is there a way to add it to a stock rooted ROM?
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Try
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xda.nobar
I use that to disable my navigation bar and then use this
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.suphi.swipenavigation
For controls

This works great! Thanks! @hatdrc

tracerit said:
I just got the pixel 2 xl and rooted it and installed nitrogenos and spent four hours setting it up only to find out that custom ROMs don't suppport the active edge feature
One of the biggest things I love about custom ROMs is the SmartBar navigation. Just being able to customize the nav buttons is really helpful so I don't want to give that up yet.
Is there a way to add it to a stock rooted ROM?
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You can hardly find any reference to someone using smartbar on Google. Hardly 1 video on youtube. I was wondering did you find a way out to use it maybe as a separate app?Google has already moved on to gesture based navbar. I still believe smartbar is the best navbar for we can set upto 21 actions without leaving the active app.

lostintransition said:
You can hardly find any reference to someone using smartbar on Google. Hardly 1 video on youtube. I was wondering did you find a way out to use it maybe as a separate app?Google has already moved on to gesture based navbar. I still believe smartbar is the best navbar for we can set upto 21 actions without leaving the active app.
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Some way to install smart on any rom would be great.
I wont use a rom without it... it is what Android should ship with.
Anyone who used smartbar probably loves it.
Why billion $ companies wont do this... ? Are they evul jerks?
The alternatives, don't keep their own space, they popup-over the bottom edge.
A proper navigation bar keeps it's own area without covering other apps.

Clues said:
Some way to install smart on any rom would be great.
I wont use a rom without it... it is what Android should ship with.
Anyone who used smartbar probably loves it.
Why billion $ companies wont do this... ? Are they evul jerks?
The alternatives, don't keep their own space, they popup-over the bottom edge.
A proper navigation bar keeps it's own area without covering other apps.
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To be honest, if stock had this I would probably not even look at custom roms at this point...

CyberpodS2 said:
To be honest, if stock had this I would probably not even look at custom roms at this point...
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I was looking at this but .... every pic they have shows simple custom buttons.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-custom-navigation-bar-customize-t3590967
If it does allow SmartBar level customization, well, I wouldn't know by looking there.
And it probably uses overlay mode.

This is the one https://www.xda-developers.com/dui-oreo-roms/
https://suitsandtech.co/2016/03/07/dirty-unicorns-releases-source-code-fling-pulse-smartbar/
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This. https://youtu.be/LufjYa_z6Mk?t=25s

Clues said:
Some way to install smart on any rom would be great.
I wont use a rom without it... it is what Android should ship with.
Anyone who used smartbar probably loves it.
Why billion $ companies wont do this... ? Are they evul jerks?
The alternatives, don't keep their own space, they popup-over the bottom edge.
A proper navigation bar keeps it's own area without covering other apps.
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"A proper navigation bar keeps it's own area without covering other apps"
Exactly my point. As per my screenshot, i have 4 apps that i need to toggle everytime without leaving the 1st. If only Google thot about it

lostintransition said:
You can hardly find any reference to someone using smartbar on Google. Hardly 1 video on youtube. I was wondering did you find a way out to use it maybe as a separate app?Google has already moved on to gesture based navbar. I still believe smartbar is the best navbar for we can set upto 21 actions without leaving the active app.
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How do you make a navbar like this? Ask for the application link or custom rom name. Thanks

elramuza said:
How do you make a navbar like this? Ask for the application link or custom rom name. Thanks
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O this? This is called smartbar. It is part of many custom roms (i believe upto oreo only). Like havoc os, Resurrection remix, etc. Extremely disappointed that no one brought it as a separate app. Arc lighting
Navigationbar is the closest it can get. Unfortunately development is extremely slow and developer does not seem to be interested in implementing smartbar features into it.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.symetium.arclightingnavigationbar

I searched the same issue but couldn't find a solution. Smartbar is great...I am using android 9 for smartbar only