I tried searching for this but couldn't find it so sorry if it's a repeat. The status bar and navigation buttons are transparent when at the stock home screen. Is there any way at the moment to keep this going when using 3rd party launchers such as Apex? I understand it's the phone reading it as having an app open, therefor disabling of transparency, but I'd love to have that feature on the home screen of other launchers.
I noticed that the status bar only seemed to be transparent when an LG bg is used. Use a picture, and it is shaded. Also seems related somehow to the color of the buttons, but have not figured it out yet.
I am an Apex fan, but I think I will wait a bit before trying it.
Depends on where you get backgrounds
BaronInkjet said:
I noticed that the status bar only seemed to be transparent when an LG bg is used. Use a picture, and it is shaded. Also seems related somehow to the color of the buttons, but have not figured it out yet.
I am an Apex fan, but I think I will wait a bit before trying it.
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I believe it depends on where you get the images, if you get them from an app. I was using an app called Backgrounds HD and every time I applied one, it wouldn't scale it properly and the status bar and nav buttons would be black. If I uninstalled the app and used one called Picspeed, they worked just fine with transparency on the stock launcher.
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Something which has been really annoying me is how the virtual navigation bar does not disappear when using apps. It disappears when watching videos etc but on all the apps I have used so far, Vice city, temple run, BTD, Dead trigger etc it stays there taking up a fair bit of the screen.
Does anyone know if this is because the of the app developers or is it something android or sony might change soon. Or is there anyway we can already get rid of it?
How are you going to go back to home if the bar is gone?
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Drag from side/bottom to bring back navigation bar? two fingers required so you don't accidentally do it.
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Drag from side/bottom to bring back navigation bar? two fingers required so you don't accidentally do it.
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Two fingers required for this stupid thread.
AW: XZ Navigation Bar when using apps
nvm.
it is feasible to do it, we have it on the one set of tablets, but I've never been able to get the framework code working on other devices.
Full screen, and the nav bar goes completely. swipe up from off the bottom of the screen and the nav bar reappears.
this predated what the PA Roms do btw by quite a few months.
It works a treat
however what the OP is asking for sounds more to me like one of my pet hates with this rom, the icons disappear in selected apps but not all,
the nav bar is still there but replaced by dots, when you tap the area of the navbar the icons reappear.
some of the apps I use I know do full screen and specifically call that feature, but are ignored so the standard icons remain on screen at all times.
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Something which has been really annoying me is how the virtual navigation bar does not disappear when using apps. It disappears when watching videos etc but on all the apps I have used so far, Vice city, temple run, BTD, Dead trigger etc it stays there taking up a fair bit of the screen.
Does anyone know if this is because the of the app developers or is it something android or sony might change soon. Or is there anyway we can already get rid of it?
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You can use full!creen on Play Store or fullscreentoggle to hide navigation bar & status bar (requesting root). Good luck!
It's possible to hide the Nav bar in CM ROM's. Hold the power button and press "hide nav bar" or something like that, and it's the same procedure when you want it back.
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There's also button saviour, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smart.swkey
For when there's no navbar
full!creen works really well, I even brought it I'm that impressed!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2056208 for the original discussion..
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fards said:
some of the apps I use I know do full screen and specifically call that feature, but are ignored so the standard icons remain on screen at all times.
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Youtube does it, DICE Player manages to do it, yet QuickPic doesnt/cant.
I am under the impression that my LT30p equipped with JB which is very similar to the Z's fw could not do it at all, I could be mistaken though.
I just installed the "start" lockscreen replacement on my nexus 5, really digging it so far. My one major gripe is that the Nav Bar is present from the "start" lockscreen. Other than that, the sliders for RSS feeds, weather, etc are really slick and lag free. Dark theme is sweet, I switched the slider back to slide from middle to right to unlock.
Any modifications I can make to remove the Nav Bar from this app or other apps? I know that 4.4 has this option now where you can opt to go fullscreen for games, movies,etc , I would like to figure out if this can be done.
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I just installed the "start" lockscreen replacement on my nexus 5, really digging it so far. My one major gripe is that the Nav Bar is present from the "start" lockscreen. Other than that, the sliders for RSS feeds, weather, etc are really slick and lag free. Dark theme is sweet, I switched the slider back to slide from middle to right to unlock.
Any modifications I can make to remove the Nav Bar from this app or other apps? I know that 4.4 has this option now where you can opt to go fullscreen for games, movies,etc , I would like to figure out if this can be done.
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The dev has to enable the full screen mode.
Sampson0420 said:
I just installed the "start" lockscreen replacement on my nexus 5, really digging it so far. My one major gripe is that the Nav Bar is present from the "start" lockscreen. Other than that, the sliders for RSS feeds, weather, etc are really slick and lag free. Dark theme is sweet, I switched the slider back to slide from middle to right to unlock.
Any modifications I can make to remove the Nav Bar from this app or other apps? I know that 4.4 has this option now where you can opt to go fullscreen for games, movies,etc , I would like to figure out if this can be done.
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Start Lockscreen is really nice and promising but is it just me or the apps not really optimized for 1080p resolution? The icons dont look sharp at all for me.
PS: You can try Cataclysm rom to hide the nav bar, the best rom atm imo. So many tweaks and mods.
whelp, I removed this start screen as fast as I installed it. Unfortunately it was not as reliable as I'd like when using the slider to app shortcuts. I feel like they tried to add too much functionality for its own good.
now using cataclysm w/ ART & franco r12 kernel, so far so good, thanks for the suggestion.
Hi,
I have recently installed 4.4.2 and my launcher is Go Launcher Ex,
The problem is with the wallpaper which is goes all the way under the screen keys and notification bar,
Since it’s a white wallpaper it makes the status bar almost invisible,
This didn’t happen to me on 4.2.2 where the status bar remains with black background,
Does anyone knows how to change this?
Thanks,
Ok , I guess this was quick…
I have managed to resolve this by going into Go Launcher “common settings” then remove the checkbox from “3D Core(Beta)”
Thanks,
This is an attempt to mimic the behavior found in the Google Experience Launcher. To make the nav bar see through. Since this is the behavior most Launchers are working toward, it might be a better idea not to use white wallpapers. Who knows when it won't be a switch anymore.
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Rooted and working well. Unable to hide the bottom navigation bar using end apex launcher. When using the default Amazon launcher, the bottom bar fades after a second of non use. Not the same with apex. prevents a full screen experience.
Anyone having a similar problem?
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Rooted and working well. Unable to hide the bottom navigation bar using end apex launcher. When using the default Amazon launcher, the bottom bar fades after a second of non use. Not the same with apex. prevents a full screen experience.
Anyone having a similar problem?
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I use GMD auto hide soft keys from the play store.
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You mean the bar still persists even in apps? Or just when you're in the home screen of the launcher?
rootnooby said:
Rooted and working well. Unable to hide the bottom navigation bar using end apex launcher. When using the default Amazon launcher, the bottom bar fades after a second of non use. Not the same with apex. prevents a full screen experience.
Anyone having a similar problem?
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I'm using Apex aswell. Download GMDAutohide Softkeys from the playstore. And run the program with start on boot enabled (I'd probably buy the 'Pro Version' otherwise the navigation bar has a red line showing). Then under apex settings you can turn the notification bar off. That's how I got mine to look like this:
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You mean the bar still persists even in apps? Or just when you're in the home screen of the launcher?
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Only happens on the home screen.
randomhkkid said:
I'm using Apex aswell. Download GMDAutohide Softkeys from the playstore. And run the program with start on boot enabled (I'd probably buy the 'Pro Version' otherwise the navigation bar has a red line showing). Then under apex settings you can turn the notification bar off. That's how I got mine to look like this:
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Worked well. Thank you.
Hi,
Other than the default LG launcher (which I dont use - I use Google Now Launcher), nothing - no LG apps - no 3rd paty apps run full screen... Is this normal or something weird about my device software?
I have set all my frequently used apps to "Scale" to 18:9, rebooted many times etc but they all run with a solid white or black home button arrangement. I was expecting the LG apps to run full screen but they dont either... I even tried going back to the LG Launcher, rebooting, trying apps but still the same result.
I would really like full screen apps with a transparent home button section... is this possible?
Thanks!
It's normal the navigation bar is always solid background unless the app developer codes an app so it becomes transparant, which is very unusual in my experience.
I think its a problem with Google Now Launcher, I was experiencing the same issue. I switched to Nova Launcher and the navigation bar is transparent like its supposed to be. Nova Launcher just added Google Now support to the homescreen using a companion app that lets you swipe to the google now feed, so now its basically a better version of Google Now Launcher.
Here's a link to the article to setup Google Now with Nova Launcher