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A MUST HAVE APP FOR THE NOTE (big screen devices)

Hello Status Bar.
Use a button to pull down the notification bar !!
Very handy with this BIG ASS screen.
Put it everywhere you want .....
https://market.android.com/details?id=jp.androdev.hellostatusbar

Nice sharing but its not necessary to ''touch'' notification bar to pull it down.
If you ''touch'' anywhere in screen and scroll a little bit down, notification bar will be appear..

eliashadow said:
Nice sharing but its not necessary to ''touch'' notification bar to pull it down.
If you ''touch'' anywhere in screen and scroll a little bit down, notification bar will be appear..
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Not in widgetlockerscreen and most of the non stock launcher it also won't work !
unfortunately ....
Thats why this app is so handy ...

Another option is Go Launcher Ex.
It enables you to configure gestures for the dock icons.
One of these options is to bring down the notification bar.
Just putting it out here in case peopel wanna know...

very cool all...just put it in my dock...thanks

Viamonte said:
Another option is Go Launcher Ex.
It enables you to configure gestures for the dock icons.
One of these options is to bring down the notification bar.
Just putting it out here in case peopel wanna know...
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I've been using Go Launcher for over a year, and this is the first time I realized I could do this.

mrky said:
Not in widgetlockerscreen and most of the non stock launcher it also won't work !
unfortunately ....
Thats why this app is so handy ...
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Some other launchers such as Launcher Pro, ADW Launcher Ex and Go Launcher Ex to mention a few let you set gestures for various things such as the notification bar. So no, the stock launcher isn't the only launcher for this gesture

I prefer setting ADW's swipe down on homescreen gesture for opening Notification tray myself...

I have used gestures since... forever?
I have no idea why this isnt added to the assorted skins or even vanilla Android. It makes so much sense.
I have my gestures setup so that swipe up = open app drawer, swipe down = open notification bar.
Another advantage of this is it means not having to have an app drawer icon on your dock, leaving more room for quick access icons.
Speaking of dock... another pro tip for GO Launcher EX users. Long press on an icon in the dock and hit 'gesture'. Voila - your dock icon can now perform another action by swiping up on the icon instead of just tapping it. Your 5 bar dock is now 10 actions.
I love GO Launcher.

yes, go launcher ex , use its swipe for notification. But it has alot of good functions too

Just another unneeded app running in the background? No thank you

the red krawler said:
I have used gestures since... forever?
I have no idea why this isnt added to the assorted skins or even vanilla Android. It makes so much sense.
I have my gestures setup so that swipe up = open app drawer, swipe down = open notification bar.
Another advantage of this is it means not having to have an app drawer icon on your dock, leaving more room for quick access icons.
Speaking of dock... another pro tip for GO Launcher EX users. Long press on an icon in the dock and hit 'gesture'. Voila - your dock icon can now perform another action by swiping up on the icon instead of just tapping it. Your 5 bar dock is now 10 actions.
I love GO Launcher.
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I installed GO Launcher EX on Christmas on my EVO & it is so much faster & cooler now that I think I can wait to see the SGNote hardware in a US store as long as it's Q1 2012 (as EVO's video camera still sucks & Note does obviously have cooler abilities but would ideally like to try it in my hand first). No fan of TouchWiz here & would likely be using GO Launcher EX on Note.

marcob1 said:
Just another unneeded app running in the background? No thank you
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Nothing is running in the background.

Very useful, thank you for sharing.

Hide navigation bar?

Is there a launcher that can hide the navigation bar on the home screen?
S' mobitela

No. Why do you only want to hide it while on the home screen?
Edit: If you just want to hide it period, you can use this. http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1243352&d=1344188251

ernadr said:
Is there a launcher that can hide the navigation bar on the home screen?
S' mobitela
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You need a custom rom like PA in order to do that.

Or use lmt so which is pie, so you can now hide the navigation bar buttons in expanded mode.
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You can also use gmd gesture control if you want to stay on stock but quickly hide/unhide navbar using gesture, even on custom roms its faster than having to hold power button and clicking expanded desktop

estallings15 said:
No. Why do you only want to hide it while on the home screen?
Edit: If you just want to hide it period, you can use this. http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1243352&d=1344188251
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My phone is stock and nonroot, can I use this app.
S' mobitela

here is away to edit and remove soft keys and nav bar. then use lmt is you wish to have it. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2129209
you do need root. to root is easy and well worth it. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1995688
full screen sounds like it would be expanded destop via icon, it sound work, try it and see.

HB66 said:
here is away to edit and remove soft keys and nav bar. then use lmt is you wish to have it. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2129209
you do need root. to root is easy and well worth it. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1995688
full screen sounds like it would be expanded destop via icon, it sound work, try it and see.
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This is a great way to permanantly hide navbar but keep notification bar on stock but there is 2 problems i encountered with this method, 1st prob was the 3 dots would dissapear from chrome etc and on 4.2.2 i encoutered a flicker problem quite often but it sounds like the OP wanted to just hide the bar on home screen which im not sure why lol but if thats what he wants his best bet would be gmd gesture control or custom rom with expanded desktop mode
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Agreed gmd gesture looks pretty cool.
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All other app hide navigation bar and notification bar. I'm developing new root app that will allow to hide just navigation bar and replace it with auto hide status bar replacement :fingers-crossed:. No system files modification and no reboot required, but root is still needed.
Try it here and let me know what you think.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2253770

Transparent Buttons on 3rd Party Launchers?

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.

Clear navigation bar in Nova Lancher?

Hi I searched everywhere and couldnt find any answers, but I have the tmo version of the LG, I'm running Nova and see people with transparent navigation bars on the bottom. I cant seem to get it to be transparent or find a setting, I'm also on stock no rom installed. I'm rooted can any one let me know how to get the navigation bar transparent thank you!

jawang26 said:
Hi I searched everywhere and couldnt find any answers, but I have the tmo version of the LG, I'm running Nova and see people with transparent navigation bars on the bottom. I cant seem to get it to be transparent or find a setting, I'm also on stock no rom installed. I'm rooted can any one let me know how to get the navigation bar transparent thank you!
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im not using the nova launcher, but you can go to settings > display > front touch buttons, then at the bottom of that you can selet "transparent background"

nate94gt said:
im not using the nova launcher, but you can go to settings > display > front touch buttons, then at the bottom of that you can selet "transparent background"
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I did that for some reason it stays black when i use nova

Where you see transparent navbar on Nova on G2? I also using nova and navbar iz black or white

Transparent navbar does't work with 3rd party launchers.....just with stock launcher

jawang26 said:
Hi I searched everywhere and couldnt find any answers, but I have the tmo version of the LG, I'm running Nova and see people with transparent navigation bars on the bottom. I cant seem to get it to be transparent or find a setting, I'm also on stock no rom installed. I'm rooted can any one let me know how to get the navigation bar transparent thank you!
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Since you're rooted you can use autohide soft keys from the Play Store. It hides the Nav bar and you activate it by swiping up from the bottom. It takes ten minutes to get used to it. And while you're at it..You can hide the status bar on a per app base with the app settings module. You have to install the xposed framework first (and put the uninstaller on your sd, search it here on xds). You can then activate the status bar on swipe with smart status bar from the store.
Might take a while to set up this from scratch, but you end up with a screen without any buttons or bars as long as you don't call them. You asked for the transparent Navbar, I recommend the invisible one. See Screenshot to see what my nova settings, my browser (and every other app on my phone) look like, with bars hidden and bars called.

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If I use multi wallpaper to set my wallpaper in apex launcher my status bar goes transparent, that will do for me. Give it a go
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DaveHTC200 said:
If I use multi wallpaper to set my wallpaper in apex launcher my status bar goes transparent, that will do for me. Give it a go
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it's that an app

revolt1 said:
it's that an app
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Its a wallpaper that comes with the G2. When you select a wallpaper, you can choose it as an option for where you want to get your wallpaper for.
I can confirm this works for me as well. Im using Action Launcher, and the status bar is transparent when i use Multi-Wallpaper.

the aicp rom for verizon phones does this. its awesome. not sure if its avail for tmo.

DaveHTC200 said:
If I use multi wallpaper to set my wallpaper in apex launcher my status bar goes transparent, that will do for me. Give it a go
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Did you mean "multi-photo" mode to set wallpaper? I've tried it on Apex Launcher but the navigation bar didn't become transparent [and yes I've enabled transparent bar in the display setting already]. Am I missing something here?

velvetdolphin said:
Did you mean "multi-photo" mode to set wallpaper? I've tried it on Apex Launcher but the navigation bar didn't become transparent [and yes I've enabled transparent bar in the display setting already]. Am I missing something here?
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Sorry, it was my misreading that's caused the confusion, I thought it was on about status bar...
Sorry man!
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Soon we will have a solution
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=46960871&postcount=441

Mashinac said:
Soon we will have a solution
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=46960871&postcount=441
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you would you be able to have adjustable nav bar sizes

^ Yes, that option is already avaliable
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Mashinac said:
^ Yes, that option is already avaliable
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where

On the same thread, see it
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revolt1 said:
you would you be able to have adjustable nav bar sizes
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Mashinac said:
^ Yes, that option is already avaliable
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revolt1 said:
where
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Hi,
Yes it's available in the premium version...

viking37 said:
Hi,
Yes it's available in the premium version...
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i have premium and i dont see it
on mys4 i had that option

Gesture nagivation + 3rd party launchers BUGGY MESS - any way to fix?

I know gesture navigation in 3rd party launchers is suppose to work on oneui 2.5 on note 20 ultra. But it doesn't work very well at all.
1. Swiping up to get to recent apps is not a very smooth animation, but worse is that the current app gets positioned in the middle rather than to the right, so quick switching is cumbersome.
2. Trying to use the swipe right on the bottom for previous app is a buggy mess. It's unsmooth and pops in the recent view briefly. Often you get stuck and cannot use the app you switched to, needing to swipe back and switch back and forth to get normal operation again. After trying to use these swipe right/left gestures to quick switch apps, you cannot scroll through the recent apps view quicky anymore, one swipe always mean moving one app to the left or right no matter how strong the swipe. This stays until rebooting.
It's a buggy mess, is there any way to fix this? I'm using Nova, but the problems are the same on all 3rd party launchers.

it might be improved with Android 11

I'm using lawnchair and don't have any of your issues. Only issue swipe to home conflicts with swipe up for app draw.
Everything else works fine. I do think recents menu trigger too easily tho. I get into it when I'm trying to go home.

qzan7 said:
I'm using lawnchair and don't have any of your issues. Only issue swipe to home conflicts with swipe up for app draw.
Everything else works fine. I do think recents menu trigger too easily tho. I get into it when I'm trying to go home.
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Oh. I'll have a look at lawn chair and compare the experience. Seems strange how there would be different results in different launchers. Trier Microsoft launcher and it worked the same. I'll make a video of the issues if they turn out being the same on lawn chair.

I just installed the Microsoft Launcher and yeah quite some few animations are missing, plus recent apps are showed blank until I swipe between them.

qzan7 said:
I'm using lawnchair and don't have any of your issues. Only issue swipe to home conflicts with swipe up for app draw.
Everything else works fine. I do think recents menu trigger too easily tho. I get into it when I'm trying to go home.
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I just tried Lawnchair and it acts exactly as Nova: the recent apps is buggy, no difference.
Nastrahl said:
I just installed the Microsoft Launcher and yeah quite some few animations are missing, plus recent apps are showed blank until I swipe between them.
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This is one of the bugs when using a 3rd party launcher and from my understanding, it doens't matter WHICH 3rd party launcher: they all exhibit this behavior when using gestures.

TigerSoul925 said:
I just tried Lawnchair and it acts exactly as Nova: the recent apps is buggy, no difference.
This is one of the bugs when using a 3rd party launcher and from my understanding, it doens't matter WHICH 3rd party launcher: they all exhibit this behavior when using gestures.
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I realised why i don't have your recents issue. I use good lock's task changer. I just turned it off and saw what you meant.
With it enabled the background in recents it from the app your in not the home launcher.

qzan7 said:
I realised why i don't have your recents issue. I use good lock's task changer. I just turned it off and saw what you meant.
With it enabled the background in recents it from the app your in not the home launcher.
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Oh so the good lock task changer is working better in this regard? That's interesting. Is the quick task changer working better too? (swiping right or left on the bottom, browsing previous apps without going through the recent screen)
Is the good lock task changer available for oneui 2.5?

TigerSoul925 said:
Oh so the good lock task changer is working better in this regard? That's interesting. Is the quick task changer working better too? (swiping right or left on the bottom, browsing previous apps without going through the recent screen)
Is the good lock task changer available for oneui 2.5?
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I don't have any issues so you can give it a try and see how it goes. Yes, its all in the good lock app.

But animations are part of the launcher so its totally normal that you won't get the same effect from a third party launcher. My gestures work fine with Nova. No issues here. Animations are different but its a different launcher so that's to be expected too.
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Just install an app called gesture control
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.conena.navigation.gesture.control
You can create your own gestures and it is not affected by the launcher

qzan7 said:
I don't have any issues so you can give it a try and see how it goes. Yes, its all in the good lock app.
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I'll certainly give it a try. Thanks!
mrnovanova said:
But animations are part of the launcher so its totally normal that you won't get the same effect from a third party launcher. My gestures work fine with Nova. No issues here. Animations are different but its a different launcher so that's to be expected too.
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Do you use good lock as well? Animations are OK as is i guess, it's the bugs that bother me. Stuck screens, glitches etc.

wuilly said:
Just install an app called gesture control
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.conena.navigation.gesture.control
You can create your own gestures and it is not affected by the launcher
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Looks interesting but there are missing features like a swiping left or right to move between previous apps, also there's usually issues specific to this kind of solution. Haven't tried it though. It may be a viable alternative.

This app compare with the other has an advantage, that you set up the app how you want to. if you want to have left or right to go back to last apps you can do it. Like for example I have it for mine
Bottom center click
Go home
Bottom center click and hold
Google Assistant
Bottom center swipe up
Recent apps
Bottom center swipe left
Go back to last app
Bottom left swipe up
Last app
Bottom right swipe up
Recent apps
Buttom Left and right side of screen
Go Back
Top Left and right side of screen
Lauch apps
All but the buttom center are transparent

I'm using a combination of Nova gestures and One Hand Operation+, set system navigation to buttons, double tap navigation bar to hide system buttons.
Swipe up from bottom and nav / home button appears.
Use side swipe in OHO+ for back and switcher.
Use nova on home screen, swipe down for app search, swipe up for switcher, double tap home screen for notification / quick settings.

TigerSoul925 said:
I'll certainly give it a try. Thanks!
Do you use good lock as well? Animations are OK as is i guess, it's the bugs that bother me. Stuck screens, glitches etc.
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Just tried swiping right in Nova and you are totally right it is glitchy. Unfortunately it summons the recents functionality and your left with a hybrid of recents and previous page so i can swipe up to close a page thats in full size. I had never noticed because i dont really use that functionality.
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Just tried good lock app switcher. Seems to fix the glitch

Guitarfreak26 said:
Just tried good lock app switcher. Seems to fix the glitch
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For those that cannot run Good Lock (such as myself, since it is not running in my country) you can give Nice Lock a try, helps you run Good lock services anywhere

One Hand Operation+ works very well and uses very little battery.
Try clearing the system cache on the boot menu, my favorite gremlin exterminator.

I'm running nova. Not getting any bugs or errors.