Auto Hide Nav Bar and Hold Back to Kill Foreground App? - Sony Xperia Z Ultra

Hey guys, I'm running Dogg Rom at the moment, but I have the Xposed Framework set up, and of course root, so I'm open to just about any solution possible.
Anyway, I'm looking for 3 things to make me feel right at home: Hiding the Navbar and making it show up with a swipe from where it would be, and "Hold back to kill" the current app.
Here's what I've tried so far:
GMD Autohide: This gives me the hide Navbar and swipe abilities, but I can't enable hold back to kill with GravityBox; My guess is that it actually just turns off the native nav bar and replaces it with a new one that has the functionality.
GravityBox: With this, I can enable expanded Desktop, and I can enable hold back to kill, however, I can't get get the Navbar to show back up without turning off Expanded desktop; I can't even get PIE Controls to work.
If anyone knows, I'd appreciate it.

Shadow of Chaos said:
Hey guys, I'm running Dogg Rom at the moment, but I have the Xposed Framework set up, and of course root, so I'm open to just about any solution possible.
Anyway, I'm looking for 3 things to make me feel right at home: Hiding the Navbar and making it show up with a swipe from where it would be, and "Hold back to kill" the current app.
Here's what I've tried so far:
GMD Autohide: This gives me the hide Navbar and swipe abilities, but I can't enable hold back to kill with GravityBox; My guess is that it actually just turns off the native nav bar and replaces it with a new one that has the functionality.
GravityBox: With this, I can enable expanded Desktop, and I can enable hold back to kill, however, I can't get get the Navbar to show back up without turning off Expanded desktop; I can't even get PIE Controls to work.
If anyone knows, I'd appreciate it.
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To hide and show up.. I cant remember.. But I have seen it somewhere.. And to kill by back button.. Try xblast.. It works well. I just make my nav bar transparent.. Lol

rayarny said:
To hide and show up.. I cant remember.. But I have seen it somewhere.. And to kill by back button.. Try xblast.. It works well. I just make my nav bar transparent.. Lol
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Hrm. XBlast looks good, I'll give it a shot as soon as my restore happens.

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lg g2 on screen bottom buttons replace for back

ok is there any mod out there to make use of the full screen and make the home - back - menu buttons which are on the bottome of the screen to make them the buttons on the back of the phone. ??
that would be really cool . and just control the volume through the phone etc.....
sorry if im using wrong thread to post this .....
No they arent any. And that would be a huge pain in the butt.
I haven't tried it myself but [APP] ButtomRemapper - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=850464
This advertises exactly what you asked for. I've also wanted to figure out a way to save screen space so I tested out a few options, check them out if you're interested.
1) pick a method to replace your navigation buttons:
[XPOSED] GravityBox (tested, working) - has the ability to add CyanogenMod PIE navigation menu to the stock rom.
LMT Launcher (tested, working) - had the ability to add a customizable PIE like navigation menu to the stock rom.
[XPOSED/APP] Ultimate Dynamic Navbar (tested, working) - what I'm currently using, customizable nav bar (lets you adjust height, change the icons, change the nav items / order, color, transparency etc.), best of all it has options to automatically hide the nav bar while it isn't needed, it shows the bar when you swipe up from the bottom of the screen and disappears again if it's not being used.
2) remove the default navigation bar after (warning: MAKE SURE one of the replacements works before doing this!)
edit your build.prop and add this line to the bottom of the file, or use Build Prop Editor (market).
Code:
qemu.hw.mainkeys=1
Thanks sockets api ,
ill give it a go
Knock knock knock
It would be great if the phone would utilize the knock knock gesture for something like this.
* Knock Knock Knock - phone on/off
* Knock Knock - Hide/reveal buttons
With UDN app (lite version on Google Play, full version here on XDA) you can customize and make navigation bar transparent, easily toggle it on and off. It's not quite what you requested, but it works really nice. Requires root.
Search for LMT and auto hide soft keys... Both great apps that will solve your problem.
LG G2
nacker044 said:
It would be great if the phone would utilize the knock knock gesture for something like this.
* Knock Knock Knock - phone on/off
* Knock Knock - Hide/reveal buttons
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There's no way to make knock-on work too power the phone on. The touch screen can't sense a knock if the phone is off.
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imhowie said:
There's no way to make knock-on work too power the phone on. The touch screen can't sense a knock if the phone is off.
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Right.
I meant screen off/on

Remapping screen back/home buttons to the HW buttons

The only reason I want to upgrade from an S3 right now, to either the S4 or the G2, is due to the larger screen size. The N3 is a little big so it seems these two are the only logical options.
I upgraded from the Galaxy nexus to the S3 purely due to the fact that it did not WASTE screen real-estate on black and white static icons. Frankly that is the absolute stupidest use of the screen there is. Samsung has it right by continuing to keep the buttons off screen.
So, the only way the G2 fits the bill (for probably many people) is if one of the following two solutions can exist:
1. The nav bar is totally transparent. The buttons still register when you tap there, but when browsing or watching video, the frame or text completely spills behind the buttons as if they don't actually take up space. Still not ideal.
2. The buttons are taken off screen fully and remapped to the rear HW keys. One volume key can be the back button, and the other can be the home button, etc. To change the volume, you gotta drag the software slider. Not a problem. I believe there are many button remapping apps in the market. Anyone tried this?
Is there an app to do these things? Can this feature be built into a ROM? For solution number 1, the nav bar can be hidden using a feature like PA has, and an app can just have a virtual transparent button floating where the original ones were. This app might also just exist in the android market.
Can we work on getting the entire screen area useful on this large phone?
k00zk0 said:
The only reason I want to upgrade from an S3 right now, to either the S4 or the G2, is due to the larger screen size. The N3 is a little big so it seems these two are the only logical options.
I upgraded from the Galaxy nexus to the S3 purely due to the fact that it did not WASTE screen real-estate on black and white static icons. Frankly that is the absolute stupidest use of the screen there is. Samsung has it right by continuing to keep the buttons off screen.
So, the only way the G2 fits the bill (for probably many people) is if one of the following two solutions can exist:
1. The nav bar is totally transparent. The buttons still register when you tap there, but when browsing or watching video, the frame or text completely spills behind the buttons as if they don't actually take up space. Still not ideal.
2. The buttons are taken off screen fully and remapped to the rear HW keys. One volume key can be the back button, and the other can be the home button, etc. To change the volume, you gotta drag the software slider. Not a problem. I believe there are many button remapping apps in the market. Anyone tried this?
Is there an app to do these things? Can this feature be built into a ROM? For solution number 1, the nav bar can be hidden using a feature like PA has, and an app can just have a virtual transparent button floating where the original ones were. This app might also just exist in the android market.
Can we work on getting the entire screen area useful on this large phone?
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I had the same mentality as you before deciding on the G2. There is a solution.
You will have to ROOT first.
GMD Auto hide app. This app will completely hide the software keys. They only appear when you swipe up from the very bottom of the screen.. or just tap the very bottom of the screen. You chose that in settings. The software keys can be made transparent as well.
Im currently using the app and love it. Works perfectly.
Without root... i dont think there is a solution.
I just use the navbar mod that shrinks the navbar down to either half or a third of the size. That way they take up hardly any screen at all.
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o0adam0o said:
I had the same mentality as you before deciding on the G2. There is a solution.
You will have to ROOT first.
GMD Auto hide app. This app will completely hide the software keys. They only appear when you swipe up from the very bottom of the screen.. or just tap the very bottom of the screen. You chose that in settings. The software keys can be made transparent as well.
Im currently using the app and love it. Works perfectly.
Without root... i dont think there is a solution.
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I've used the Xposed Module - Ultimate Dynamic Navbar (available on play store). Looked to have more customization options than GMD (can have up to 7 buttons on the nav bar, for example, and more options for configuring long press of the buttons). But anyway, overall concept is the same as GMD.
And so far, i am loving it. Nice to have the full screen real estate at all times.
And root is so damn easy on this phone.
Big Boy Laroux said:
I've used the Xposed Module - Ultimate Dynamic Navbar (available on play store). Looked to have more customization options than GMD (can have up to 7 buttons on the nav bar, for example, and more options for configuring long press of the buttons). But anyway, overall concept is the same as GMD.
And so far, i am loving it. Nice to have the full screen real estate at all times.
And root is so damn easy on this phone.
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I considered Xposed as well... but i thought that method just let you adjust/resize and theme the soft buttons.. but i wanted to completley hide them and have them reappear with a touch/swipe of my finger and then go away again. Xposed can do that as well? I just took a quick glance at the thread and figured it couldnt.
o0adam0o said:
I considered Xposed as well... but i thought that method just let you adjust/resize and theme the soft buttons.. but i wanted to completley hide them and have them reappear with a touch/swipe of my finger and then go away again. Xposed can do that as well? I just took a quick glance at the thread and figured it couldnt.
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The xposed module Ultimate Dynamic Navbar can do all that.
it's on play store, but i just found it here on XDA. Note to self - remember to ALWAYS check xda first before you pay! although, i like the app so far, so it's worth the money.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2270198
EDIT : One note - on the G2, I've found you have to use another Xposed module (like g2 xposed or gravity box) to hide the stock nav bar first. At least right now.
I'm already using G2 xposed to remove the volume slider in drop-down, and for transparent status bar, so I already had it to make this change.
I love the software buttons because you can customize them and have various animations and actions. I agree with the wasted space but I root and download "tex_Droider" from the Play Store and change the DPI down from 480 to 400. This will make everything smaller and more roomier... including the Nav Bar.
Then I downloaded Flashify and TWRP Custom recovery. Flashed with Flashify.
I downloaded a Smaller Nav Mod. I used the "Medium" size since I already lowered the DPI. You can use the small size too if you want it really small. Boom.
I've played with hiding the navbar and using gestures and also that PA mod. I dunno just doesn't work for me. I use those buttons a lot and adding a swipe each time is a pain. Personally I wouldn't mind just having a transparent bar across ALL apps.
With ya player911, wound just using small nav bar. Wish I could add a couple more apps to the stock home swipe out.
With the G nexus I've tried making the nav bar about half. It worked except for the occasional mis-tap. Still it was annoying to have it cover up screen - on top of all of these options, can the nav bar be made transparent? I figure apps would have a hard time realizing what's going on so a solution would go something along the lines of first removing the nav bar to make every app draw full screen, and then adding a module that would create false transparent buttons simply overlaying the screen content at all times, rather than having a swipe or some other gesture pull the nav bar up or down. The false buttons could be in the very corners of the screen so as to not likely cover anything up.
The thing I like about the S3/4 is in dark conditions where you are being more tactile with the phone/case (I turn my softkey backlight off totally) your thumb rests on the edge of the case and rolls over to tap the softkey. It wouldn't be an issue to get used to the position of this virtual softkey by adopting the same behavior, it's just a matter of whether an app exists that will draw repositionable virtual transparent mappable "area" on the screen that would correspond to a button.
Don't think you're going to find one. Every app/game is different, so who is to say that where you place your "always there" transparent buttons won't interfere with an actual area you need to tap inside an app, game, etc. Even in the corners.
I would again suggest trying the auto-hide mods mentioned above. They do exactly what you are describing with the overlay, except you have to swipe or tap to bring it up.
Swiping is really not that big a deal. Ultimate dynamic navbar gives you the ability to swipe right to a button, so your finger never has to come off the screen. It's very fluid.
You could also try PIE. But what I like about the auto hide nav bar mods is that you can set the nav bar to toggle, so it stays up if you need to press nav bar buttons a bunch of times in a row. With PIE (at least when I last used it), you have to swipe for every button press.
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Android L Navigation Bar Icons

The updated Gravity Box has the Android L Navigation Keys feature and it sticks. For those using Xposed and GRavity Box just select Enable Navigation Bar, then Enable Android L Nav Keys, reboot and you should be good to go.
Been using auto hide softkeys the whole time I've had this phone and it has always had the Android Lollipop softkeys and it, well, auto hides, giving you more screen to enjoy.
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Coffee Freak said:
Been using auto hide softkeys the whole time I've had this phone and it has always had the Android Lollipop softkeys and it, well, auto hides, giving you more screen to enjoy.
Sent from my MT2L03
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How did you setup up autohide? I have tried expanded desktop in gravity box but it doesn't work.
ecvision said:
How did you setup up autohide? I have tried expanded desktop in gravity box but it doesn't work.
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You have to download the app from the play store.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gmd.hidesoftkeys
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Nice ! Thanks
ecvision said:
Nice ! Thanks
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Make sure you pay the two bucks to go pro. It's worth it for the added features. You don't have to keep the active notification in the status bar. It's working flawless. Click on the thanks if it helps. Enjoy.
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If you have MT2-L05 or another China version auto hide soft keys is already in stock settings. I advise any non US mate 2 users NOT to use gravity box to mess with soft keys if you are on kitkat as it will mess up at some point and completely mess your phone up. ( It can actually make your soft keys completely disappear and never reappear, which is something of a problem, lol ).
You can however download android L navigation bar module for xposed which will give you android L navigation buttons or Android L shape navigation buttons. Just a heads up, as I have been there and messed my phone up trying with kitkat version of gravitybox, lol.
Hiding auto hide feature
For all that don't know. the phone comes with a hide feature built in. You have to edit the build.prop a little.
You need to add the line.
ro.config.hw_shownavisettings=true
And You need to make sure all these are true ---
ro.config.hw_navi_launcher=true
ro.config.hw_navigationbar=true
ro.config.shownavibarsetting=true
ro.config.shownavigationbar=true
After that reboot. And go in to settings and at the bottom you will see navigation bar.
Turn it on.
Then there will be a down arrow on the left side of the navigation bar, swipe down on it and it hides, swipe from the bottom to restore.
Use gravitybox and that and you are good to go.
4L0M said:
If you have MT2-L05 or another China version auto hide soft keys is already in stock settings. I advise any non US mate 2 users NOT to use gravity box to mess with soft keys if you are on kitkat as it will mess up at some point and completely mess your phone up. ( It can actually make your soft keys completely disappear and never reappear, which is something of a problem, lol ).
You can however download android L navigation bar module for xposed which will give you android L navigation buttons or Android L shape navigation buttons. Just a heads up, as I have been there and messed my phone up trying with kitkat version of gravitybox, lol.
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Xposed module did not work when I tried it on my US version which is why I used Gravity Box to enable it.
mtyler7807 said:
For all that don't know. the phone comes with a hide feature built in. You have to edit the build.prop a little.
You need to add the line.
ro.config.hw_shownavisettings=true
And You need to make sure all these are true ---
ro.config.hw_navi_launcher=true
ro.config.hw_navigationbar=true
ro.config.shownavibarsetting=true
ro.config.shownavigationbar=true
After that reboot. And go in to settings and at the bottom you will see navigation bar.
Turn it on.
Then there will be a down arrow on the left side of the navigation bar, swipe down on it and it hides, swipe from the bottom to restore.
Use gravitybox and that and you are good to go.
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Auto hide softkeys app is better. Much more customizable and it autohides. I tried the built in manual method when I first got the Mate 2 and there's a lot of lag with it.
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4L0M said:
If you have MT2-L05 or another China version auto hide soft keys is already in stock settings. I advise any non US mate 2 users NOT to use gravity box to mess with soft keys if you are on kitkat as it will mess up at some point and completely mess your phone up. ( It can actually make your soft keys completely disappear and never reappear, which is something of a problem, lol ).
You can however download android L navigation bar module for xposed which will give you android L navigation buttons or Android L shape navigation buttons. Just a heads up, as I have been there and messed my phone up trying with kitkat version of gravitybox, lol.
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I really hope you're wrong. I love the 5.0 icons with the black background. I hope this never screws up..
Mozgus said:
I really hope you're wrong. I love the 5.0 icons with the black background. I hope this never screws up..
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Wouldn't an alternative be to replace the button images in SystemUI.apk or wherever they're located? Maybe framework-res.apk?

Pie control a must

With this bohemoth. Pie Control is a must install.
Easy to find on the play store....this is the one I like.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jun.ace.piecontrol
Is there a way to permanently disable navigation bar and use swipe gestures instead? (I don't mean hide the navbar, because it appears when you try to use swipe gestures). I would greatly appreciate if anyone would suggest a way!
jedras95 said:
Is there a way to permanently disable navigation bar and use swipe gestures instead? (I don't mean hide the navbar, because it appears when you try to use swipe gestures). I would greatly appreciate if anyone would suggest a way!
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Not sure which swipe gestures you refer to - swipe up?
After reading this post, I tried Pie but didn't care for how fiddly it was trying to hit the back icon.
So then I found this and am very happy with it https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ss.edgegestures. This, coupled with BX Actions' 'control mode' means Bixby is now my hardware back button (double tap is last app, long press is recents) and Edge Gestures gives me swipe for back.
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Not sure which swipe gestures you refer to - swipe up?
After reading this post, I tried Pie but didn't care for how fiddly it was trying to hit the back icon.
So then I found this and am very happy with it https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ss.edgegestures. This, coupled with BX Actions' 'control mode' means Bixby is now my hardware back button (double tap is last app, long press is recents) and Edge Gestures gives me swipe for back.
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Im talking about disabling navbar, like in immersive mode and using swipe gestures in the area where the bar was. I did that on my Pixel using Swipe Navigation (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.suphi.swipenavigation)
Swiping up from the bottom center acts as home; swiping up from left corner acts as back; swiping up from right corner up acts as recents
EDIT: Something like home gesture on the iPhone X
jedras95 said:
Is there a way to permanently disable navigation bar and use swipe gestures instead? (I don't mean hide the navbar, because it appears when you try to use swipe gestures). I would greatly appreciate if anyone would suggest a way!
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Use this to disable navbar(reboot after installing)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8DTpyUdT0UAaHBCTHpfY1FsNWs/view
And this for gestures
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...ton&pcampaignid=APPU_1_ZIXBWY2oG4PP6ASX872YAw
Works perfectly for my s8+ don t know if the apk works on Note
SGT Basshead said:
Use this to disable navbar(reboot after installing)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8DTpyUdT0UAaHBCTHpfY1FsNWs/view
And this for gestures
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...ton&pcampaignid=APPU_1_ZIXBWY2oG4PP6ASX872YAw
Works perfectly for my s8+ don t know if the apk works on Note
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Ahh, for a second I thought I finally have the solution. Unfortunately, APK doesn't work on Note8 Thanks for the suggestion
jedras95 said:
Ahh, for a second I thought I finally have the solution. Unfortunately, APK doesn't work on Note8 Thanks for the suggestion
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Oh i m sorry to hear :/
There are some immersive Mode enabler in Playstore did you try one of them? Downside of immersive Mode ist that the Keyboard doesn t work when the navbar is hidden
jedras95 said:
Ahh, for a second I thought I finally have the solution. Unfortunately, APK doesn't work on Note8 Thanks for the suggestion
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Well, I tried going into Immersive mode thats built in and navbar does disappears but then reappears with every swipe gesture which ruins the point

Question Modify Assistant Gesture in gesture nav?

Is it possible to change the diagonal gesture from Google assistant to something else?
I really like gesture navigation, especially because of screen space, and there's no minimize function in the 3 button navigation which isn't great.
Anyway, would be great to modify the gesture or somehow add the minimize functionality to the 3 button navigation.
MyNameIsEarlB said:
Is it possible to change the diagonal gesture from Google assistant to something else?
I really like gesture navigation, especially because of screen space, and there's no minimize function in the 3 button navigation which isn't great.
Anyway, would be great to modify the gesture or somehow add the minimize functionality to the 3 button navigation.
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I have been using a Magisk module to hide the swipe gesture bar entirely on mine, and had previously used 3 buttons as well (using the gesture because then floating Gboard has more room and no forced space on the side for 3-buttons even when hidden) via "Fullscreen/Immersive Gestures (Q-S), have it set to fully hide the gesture bar, and have been relying on "Xposed Edge Pro" for my actual gesture navigation and customizing of it, since I've changed my Moto G Power 2021 into a Watch (modified build prop to force landscape even by system apps and more ). So have Riru and Lsposed naturally via Magisk as well. Just some ways to pull that off.
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I have been using a Magisk module to hide the swipe gesture bar entirely on mine, and had previously used 3 buttons as well (using the gesture because then floating Gboard has more room and no forced space on the side for 3-buttons even when hidden) via "Fullscreen/Immersive Gestures (Q-S), have it set to fully hide the gesture bar, and have been relying on "Xposed Edge Pro" for my actual gesture navigation and customizing of it, since I've changed my Moto G Power 2021 into a Watch (modified build prop to force landscape even by system apps and more ). So have Riru and Lsposed naturally via Magisk as well. Just some ways to pull that off.
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Awesome!
Which version of riru works with edxposed?
I've tried a few and can't get edxposed to find any of them when installing.
EDIT:
I just noticed you said you installed Lsposed, got it installed successfully and i'm going to be checking out xposed edge pro, thanks a lot!
EDIT 2:
For those wanting a step by step to accomplish this. Not sure exactly how you got yours setup @Onoitsu2, but this way works for me.
First enable 3 button navigation (search navigation in settings)
Install "Xposed Edge" from here, enable it in Lsposed, reboot.
Xposed edge | Xposed Module Repository
repo.xposed.info
Enable the gestures in Xposed Edge, definitely at least a home gesture, a back gesture, and maybe a recent apps gesture. If you do not do this before the next step, you may have to restore a backup.
Note that gestures from the bottom of the screen will not work when the keyboard is open, so I created a back gesture from the side of the screen like the stock one. Then you can tap back to close the keyboard, other things could be used too, like a toggle soft keyboard among others I'm sure.
Then follow this guide.
[MOD][Magisk] Disable Navbar For 3rd-Party Navigation Gestures
If you're like me, you like using a 3rd party navigation gesture app with the navbar hidden. In Android 11, google disabled wm overscan which makes it difficult to hide the navbar. Luckily, it's possible with Magisk and a little bit of...
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Now your relying only on the Xposed Edge module, and it's awesome!
Thanks @Onoitsu2
For some reason, my system UI keeps restarting, usually after I unlock my phone. Does that happen for you using Xposed Edge?
It only seems to happen when I use my fingerprint to unlock.
MyNameIsEarlB said:
First enable 3 button navigation (search navigation in settings)
For some reason, my system UI keeps restarting, usually after I unlock my phone. Does that happen for you using Xposed Edge?
It only seems to happen when I use my fingerprint to unlock.
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I would recommend enabling the gesture nav actually, as with the 3 buttons enabled, you actually lose screen real estate from invisible sections it keeps there in gboard and other keyboards as well, if you use the Android gesture nav it opens up that space as it seems to read that state in the gboard app and honors it, even if hidden or not it still gives the room. But then that "Fullscreen/Immersive Gestures (Q-S)" Magisk module, run through the console it has you answer questions. Once you have Xposed Edge set up right, you can use that to fully hide the Android gesture nav, and get full screen space overall.
As for your crashing system UI, it sounds like you may have the double tap gesture enabled still for your power button. When I rooted, I think that is the only thing that I lost access to, just stopped working, but reader itself worked fine. I did have some issues when I left that option on in Settings, with System UI being dumb at times as I think it tried to trigger it but would not work properly. Just a thought, since I've come to use Xposed Edge and the shortcut panel instead, much more feature rich than the stock panel.
Onoitsu2 said:
I would recommend enabling the gesture nav actually, as with the 3 buttons enabled, you actually lose screen real estate from invisible sections it keeps there in gboard and other keyboards as well, if you use the Android gesture nav it opens up that space as it seems to read that state in the gboard app and honors it, even if hidden or not it still gives the room. But then that "Fullscreen/Immersive Gestures (Q-S)" Magisk module, run through the console it has you answer questions. Once you have Xposed Edge set up right, you can use that to fully hide the Android gesture nav, and get full screen space overall.
As for your crashing system UI, it sounds like you may have the double tap gesture enabled still for your power button. When I rooted, I think that is the only thing that I lost access to, just stopped working, but reader itself worked fine. I did have some issues when I left that option on in Settings, with System UI being dumb at times as I think it tried to trigger it but would not work properly. Just a thought, since I've come to use Xposed Edge and the shortcut panel instead, much more feature rich than the stock panel.
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Awesome thanks for the tips.
I tried installing the full screen gestures module but I couldn't figure out how to disable the assistant gesture. I don't remember exactly, but I thought it only asked to disable the back button gestures, however I wouldn't doubt that I'm wrong ther on that. I'll have to reinstall it and try it the way your describing here.
MyNameIsEarlB said:
Awesome thanks for the tips.
I tried installing the full screen gestures module but I couldn't figure out how to disable the assistant gesture. I don't remember exactly, but I thought it only asked to disable the back button gestures, however I wouldn't doubt that I'm wrong ther on that. I'll have to reinstall it and try it the way your describing here.
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I used that module to not only alter the gestures, but turn that gesture nav fully off, hiding it entirely relying only on Xposed Edge Pro for navigations on my device actually. No System UI crashes here, nor other quirks that way like keyboard going dumb and not permitting swiping from bottom (be sure you look at Xposed Edge's settings and tweak them, it's worth it messing versus defaults)
Onoitsu2 said:
I used that module to not only alter the gestures, but turn that gesture nav fully off, hiding it entirely relying only on Xposed Edge Pro for navigations on my device actually. No System UI crashes here, nor other quirks that way like keyboard going dumb and not permitting swiping from bottom (be sure you look at Xposed Edge's settings and tweak them, it's worth it messing versus defaults)
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I just reinstalled it a bunch of times and you do get a lot more options if you choose immersive instead of Fullscreen.
It seems that no matter which options I choose and regardless of whether or not you use the 3 button or gesture system navigation, there's still a tiny black bar on the bottom of the screen.
The black bar is in exactly the same place as it is during boot. When compared to the top of the screen which goes all the way to the top, the bottom bar still has a little part of unused space.
Did you manage to extend the screen all the way to the bottom, as it does with the top of the screen?
It's definitely extended more, but it would be awesome to get the entire screen space.
On a side note, do you know if there's a way to force all apps to be completely fullscreen and go all the way to the very top with the status bar hidden?
When I hide the status bar and turn it into landscape mode with the status bar hidden, I do get to use the full space in the app readera for example, but when using it in portrait mode, the space just goes unused despite checking off all apps to go around the camera whole in settings. For example, Firefox doesn't use the full space at the top of the screen, even with the status bar hidden.
MyNameIsEarlB said:
On a side note, do you know if there's a way to force all apps to be completely fullscreen and go all the way to the very top with the status bar hidden?
When I hide the status bar and turn it into landscape mode with the status bar hidden, I do get to use the full space in the app readera for example, but when using it in portrait mode, the space just goes unused despite checking off all apps to go around the camera whole in settings. For example, Firefox doesn't use the full space at the top of the screen, even with the status bar hidden.
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Have you tried in multitasking list, tap on app's icon, it has a pullout of options that show like Full screen and if enabled split screen as another. That is the only thing I've used to make it fill up that upper notch area the camera is housed in. Mine is set to (Developer Options > Display Cutout) Device default. You want yours set to Hide to use the full space as often as possible I believe.
If you're on A11, When you go to Settings > Display and tap Advanced to expand the menu, do you have an option labeled "Full Screen" ? From there you can choose the apps you'd like to run full screen, of course this assumes the app is compatible and capable to do so.

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