I'm talking with an app developer about adding the feature of hiding the Notification Bar while in his app. Specifically, to allow it to display only when the center of the tablet is pressed a la the Gallery app. He told me that this was not possible because Google disallows it, but I swear I've seen it done in other apps. Go Launcher and Cyanogenmod both include a similar option to show/hide the NB by swiping up/down thus extending the range of the desktop to the whole screen. It must be possible then, right? Does it just require root access?
Edit: I've also seen the Cyanogenmod team add the same swipe-hide feature to the stock browser.
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I am running my application on a Viewsonic G Tablet. The application is marked to run full screen in the manifest, and it does so. However the notification bar is still displayed and overlayed on my view (this is not the standard Android behavior). Unfortunately, if I have any controls that are underneath the controls on the notification bar, the user is not able to access them. How do I turn the bar off. I notice that some apps (e.g. Angry Birds) display full screen without the bar.
Thanks.
I've been able to do it using the Zeam Launcher. Under action bindings set double tap to toggle the fullscreen.
Pretty much every non-stock browser has the option to hide the status bar. I recommend VTL launcher for tablets and zeam for phones.
irishrally said:
Pretty much every non-stock browser has the option to hide the status bar. I recommend VTL launcher for tablets and zeam for phones.
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I guess I am a little confused. You both talk about launchers, but I am not sure what you are referring to. Is this something the user can do to remove the status bar by using a particular launcher? If so, that is not what I am asking. I am the developer of the app in question, and I want to set it up so that it automatically runs full screen without a status bar. This seems to be possible, because there are apps which do that (e.g. Angry Birds).
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Ah, I see. Maybe another app developer could chime in because this is way above my knowledge.
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I am running my application on a Viewsonic G Tablet. The application is marked to run full screen in the manifest, and it does so. However the notification bar is still displayed and overlayed on my view (this is not the standard Android behavior). Unfortunately, if I have any controls that are underneath the controls on the notification bar, the user is not able to access them. How do I turn the bar off. I notice that some apps (e.g. Angry Birds) display full screen without the bar.
Thanks.
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John Gaby said:
I guess I am a little confused. You both talk about launchers, but I am not sure what you are referring to. Is this something the user can do to remove the status bar by using a particular launcher? If so, that is not what I am asking. I am the developer of the app in question, and I want to set it up so that it automatically runs full screen without a status bar. This seems to be possible, because there are apps which do that (e.g. Angry Birds).
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Are you by chance running CM7 or Vegan Ginger?
These have an option (part of the Mad-Murdock Tablet Tweaks) to override the 'full screen' request by apps and keep the status bar available. This is due to some tablets not having hardware buttons (and on the G-tab, they are hard to see in the dark, etc).
If this is the case, you will not be able to over-ride that. It's specifically a user-option.
If you are not on one of those ROMs, then I can't help
So I've been running AOKP, and one of the features I love on it is the navbar widgets. I use them all the time to control my music, even with across different apps. All I need to do is add the widget for the relevant app, and I have controls which I can access from any screen, and the widget won't disappear which can sometimes happen to the notification shade controls. This video shows how I use them:
However I'm looking to change ROMs because AOKP are simply too slow development-wise, but I'm wondering what options I have which will give me similar functionality to this? Preferably something as streamlined as possible. I know you can now swipe down on any app to show the status bar and pull down the notification shade, but like I said earlier, sometimes the player controls in the shade can disappear if the app has been killed or inactive, and it just takes up space there anyway.
TLR, looking for something that hides apps or a browser etc that's not a mainstream app (Everyone knows about all the hide it pro apps and photo lockers and "hide application from drawer" type stuff, you can easily access it from settings). All that stuff is online. I'm looking for something that can maybe hide the app from drawer/settings and maybe have a "blank" app icon or blank settings menu space that activates it.
It still has to be easy enough to access frequently but be able to exit really fast and leave no traces in case someone barges in.
This is honestly to stop snooping of family/parents/friends. I'm of age to have my own privacy to have things on my phone that I want, but due to living with parents, in essence it's their rules and they can do as they please or I get kicked out. I simply want to keep things private like conversations and apps but normal hiding techniques are hardly adequate.
Do any of you know of an Xposed module or ROM with abilities like this? My dream thing would be to hide a messaging app and
-HIde app from drawer AND app manager in settings
-Close on home button press
-Discrete notification to inform of messages
-Password locked
-Quick to open
-Hidden opener(ie invisible button on homescreen/settings menu/widget)
I'd create it if I had the know how. Audio Manager does stuff well but it's well known that it's a hiding app and rents probably already know if it. Plus to hide an app with it, it takes a long time to "unhide" the app and open it and then close it. Plus there's no notifications. All the other hiding apps are cheesy like the calculator one (obvious to just google) etc.
Please refrain from making "judgemental" statements, this is a serious question and you don't need to go off topic and talk about morals, it's nothing illegal/bad/worth hiding tbh but some parents are psychotic (literal sense there's official medical statements)
Thanks. :fingers-crossed:
I've been using AOSP roms on various phones for quite some time and have gotten hooked on using my phone in full screen while using PIE to navigate. Especially on a large phone i find this so so so much easier. Here are some tips i found out through trial and error to what i've found is an awesome experience. I'm using a rooted NF50F which makes doing this easier, though it still can be accomplished unrooted
1. To navigate around your phone use the best Pie application out there imo which is supported on these forums as well LMT
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330150
this app is so great because of how you can customize it. there are other non root alternatives in the play store but this is the best imo if you have root.
2. fully hide the navigation bar so it never pops up - this is the only way you can use LMT on the bottom of your phone which is excellent for one handed browsing. to do this you need to add the following line to the build.prop and the nav bar is gone forever even after reboots
qemu.hw.mainkeys=1
add this line to the bottom of your build prop and save. if you ever want the keys back change the number to 0.
3. use the app SystemUI Tuner to hide the status bar. go under the immersive mode tab and select status bar. Note - you can also hide the nav bar with this app, but it is not fully hidden as it still appears with any upward swipe.
4. I turn edge lighting on so i see notifications when my phone is on. i don't want the entire message shown on my screen so edge lighting works great for me and is a great feature of this phone. you can even get edge lighting working with gmail. i also use textra pro for texting.
there are different ways to make your phone truly immersive including Xposed but if you don't want to used Xposed this is the best solution IMO.
other recommended apps:
Light Flow - to customize your led notification light
bx actions - https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...-bxactions-remap-bixby-button-double-t3673372
material notification shade - can auto expand all notifications and get dark notifications
autonotifications - you can add more buttons to gmail like mark as read, spam, etc
Coming from a V20, I'm familiar with the content that was accessible via the 2nd screen. (I had BoredSigns installed as well, but I don't expect that additional functionality on the V30... yet)
I was surprised to see that you can't have the same shortcuts (like the flashlight, for instance) on the floating bar. Or any shortcuts, for that matter, other than the few they recommend like "take a selfie" and "new memo." You can't even have the same app shortcuts that you get from long-pressing on certain items. They're all just literally shortcuts to open an app that you might as well have on a homescreen anyway. Am I wrong?
Is there any development planned on the floating bar? I understand the floating bar has been ported to an app so any phone can use it... so my next logical question is if there are any BETTER 3rd party apps that I might as well install and use instead of the stock V30 floating bar app.
The same shortcuts from the 2nd screen are on the always-on display shortcuts... but the problem with that is that you can't get to them when the phone is on, as well as the fact that while I have to AOD disabled during the nighttime hours... that's often when I need a flashlight (logical, right?).
Any help? Thanks
Hi, +1
guess you didnt get any further with this as no replies
Now that most on here have root, does anyone have any clues for customisation?
I have use button saviour before an would like to get similar functonality.