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[SOFT MOD] GMD softkeys

Hello pals, wanted to share this
Its great for recovering some precious screen space. It works wonders for me
Its called GMD Auto Soft Keys, for me, its the best alternative to all the other soft button mods.
Hope you like it
Link is here

Tried it, horrible option if you like to play games.
Sent from my XT1032

xheon said:
Tried it, horrible option if you like to play games.
Sent from my XT1032
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How is it horrible when playing games?

Smart Statusbar is one solution. When in a full screen app / game, drag down from top of the screen as if checking a notification. You really only need to do this very slightly, just enough to make the status bar appear, and you will notice the GMD Auto Soft Keys indicator will reappear at the bottom also.

another option is button savior, but i prefer GMD,
GMD can hide the statusbar and the nav bar, without any build prop editing.
gaming is ok for me, just remember where your hotspot is and swipe there, y leave the hotspot in dead center so i can put it small and wouldn't interfere with games.

I also like GMD. It seems to be almost the same as ultimate dynamic nav bar xposed module but for me GMD is better because you can turn off the notification that stops a pull down on status bar going direct to my quick setting.

Here is another mod to free up some screen space.
Hidden but expandable Status Bar
If anyone makes this for Moto G, be sure to post it in 'Themes and Apps.'

lost101 said:
Here is another mod to free up some screen space.
Hidden but expandable Status Bar
If anyone makes this for Moto G, be sure to post it in 'Themes and Apps.'
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gmd can also hide status bar.

chrisdf said:
gmd can also hide status bar.
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I use GMD on other devices and only have praise for it

I purchased GMD last night and it was definitely worth it! My phone looks great now! I also have most apps set to fullscreen mode with Appsetting in Xposed so that hides the status bar. A quick swipe down from the top of the screen will reveal a semi-transparent status bar for a few seconds.
Some images for comparison (1st: Normal, 2nd: Swipe up from bottom, 3rd: Swipe down from top.):

GMD plus Pie Controls for me

[APP] Navigation Layer

Thought I'd share this w/ fellow N5 users who may be interested in yet another way to maximize screen real estate...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2659919
Check out my post (#81) if you want to see how I customized the app for my daily use, essentially replacing PIE and Nav Bar while in expanded desktop (not disabling nav bar entirely, but if you set the dimensions correctly, you'll rarely see it unless you need it).

pwrmedia said:
Thought I'd share this w/ fellow N5 users who may be interested in yet another way to maximize screen real estate...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2659919
Check out my post (#81) if you want to see how I customized the app for my daily use, essentially replacing PIE and Nav Bar while in expanded desktop (not disabling nav bar entirely, but if you set the dimensions correctly, you'll rarely see it unless you need it).
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you need to set the dimentions as small as possible because anywhere the nav layer is functional, NOTHING ELSE IS!!! For instance, on my keyboard the 1 and 0 keys (or Q and P keys) do NOT work. Any apps that have controls anywhere the "GLOW" is or would be if enabled, will be affected. Personally I think Nav Layer is more of a hinderance than a help.Nothing works on the edges of my phone where Nav Layer is. Frustrating

Hiding Status Bar/Nav Bar to Prevent Burn-in?

I'm looking to get a Nexus 6P, but I'll be using it for around two years (give or take, depending on what devices I can choose from in two years), and I've heard that AMOLED burn-in may become prevalent within a year or so. For some probably won't notice, even I probably wouldn't if I didn't find out that burn in exists, but I'm paranoid, so I'm thinking to use GMD's Hide Nav Bar (Root) app that I've been using on my Nexus 4 (for the sake of extra screen real-estate).
I'm wondering if this will minimize and effectively prevent burn-in of the Nav/Status bars? My main concern is the Nav bar, as Samsung's devices don't have them, making burn-in far less of an issue.

well it does minimize the effect but honestly I did not notice the burn in on my N6. I didn't even know that such thing exists. after reading an article about it, I downloaded an app and saw how nav bar area was worn out more than the rest of the screen. I was able to notice that only because the app creates a high contrast ratio between the nav bar and the rest of the screen.

valapsp said:
well it does minimize the effect but honestly I did not notice the burn in on my N6. I didn't even know that such thing exists. after reading an article about it, I downloaded an app and saw how nav bar area was worn out more than the rest of the screen. I was able to notice that only because the app creates a high contrast ratio between the nav bar and the rest of the screen.
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Yeah, I don't think I would notice it either if I didn't know about it, but since I'm paranoid I'll probably get root and at least hide the nav bar

A launcher like Nova can hide the bar without having to root.

grubbster said:
A launcher like Nova can hide the bar without having to root.
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Not in apps though, which isn't as nice as being able to make use of the extra space.

custom roms like pure nexus have options for expanded desktop which hide the status and nav bars until you swipe up from the bottom of the screen. which after you swipe up they only appear for as long as you need them.

ncsuwolfs said:
custom roms like pure nexus have options for expanded desktop which hide the status and nav bars until you swipe up from the bottom of the screen. which after you swipe up they only appear for as long as you need them.
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Yeah, the app I'm using is pretty much the same. The status bar/nav bar are the only places that are still affected by this issue nowadays, no? Unless I leave a static image on for hours, of course.

Immersive mode?

Hey guys, so I've followed a guide to get immersive mode all the time, just wanna say first of all that is awesome and that I regret not taking a look at it sooner, finally the 6.2" are actually 6.2 (I just thought it would have worked like ****); I was wondering if it's possible to extend immersive mode to when the keyboard is open, it works perfectly everywhere BUT when the keyboard is open.
Thank you!

I don't even know what immersive mode is? haha Where is the setting for that and what does it do?

Blaalad12 said:
I don't even know what immersive mode is? haha Where is the setting for that and what does it do?
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That would be the ability to hide the status bar as well as the navbar so that you can get the full size of the screen with nothing wasted. What I really liked is that you can choose either navbar or status bar or both although I ended up choosing both but still it's good to have the choice

JohnPyn said:
That would be the ability to hide the status bar as well as the navbar so that you can get the full size of the screen with nothing wasted. What I really liked is that you can choose either navbar or status bar or both although I ended up choosing both but still it's good to have the choice
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Where can this be toggled on? and if the navbar is invisible then how do you go back the homescreen/ back to the previous page?

Blaalad12 said:
Where can this be toggled on? and if the navbar is invisible then how do you go back the homescreen/ back to the previous page?
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You can see it by swiping up from the bottom and you can see the status bar by swiping down from the top. This is the guide I followed
https://android.gadgethacks.com/how...re-screen-real-estate-no-root-needed-0177297/

JohnPyn said:
You can see it by swiping up from the bottom and you can see the status bar by swiping down from the top. This is the guide I followed
https://android.gadgethacks.com/how...re-screen-real-estate-no-root-needed-0177297/
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Not quite the same thing, but if you want more screen real estate and don't want to full-on hide the status and / or nav bars, you can come close to "immersive" (and increase viewing area) by tweaking dpi in Developer Options, changing font / zoom in Display, and working with keyboard sizing--some discussion here https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8/how-to/view-content-screen-t3594320 .
I tried the adb - immersive, and it works fine. Issue I had was that a couple of apps that I regularly use have their own app-specific nav bars at the bottom of their window, and swiping up to get the system nav bar with my fat fingers invariably interacted with the app's nav bar. Now, I use the higher dpi setting which yields a nicely larger viewing screen with much smaller status and nav bars.

tbcpn said:
Issue I had has that a couple of apps that I regularly use have their own app-specific nav bars at the bottom of their window, and swiping up to get the system nav bar with my fat fingers invariably interacted with the app's nav bar. Now, I use the higher dpi setting which yields a nicely larger viewing screen with much smaller status and nav bars.
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I have (fortunately) none of these apps since I'm really loving this immersive mode, the dpi trick can work indeed, I had 560 ish set as min width, I still kept that even though I'm in immersive mode now but I'm really glad everything is working properly

iPhone X gestures

Is there any option to make iPhone X gestures on S8

Which gestures do you mean exactly?

There is no nav bars . Only gestures. When you close an app, only scroll up from bottom of screen. Or when you scroll up half, it shows recently used apps. Like these. By this way , nav bar doesn't fill a place at screen.

You could hide the navbar by pressing the dot in the left.
For the rest, I think it COULD be possible to do that kind of gestures in some custom rom.
That's my first rom without custom rom so I cannot speak for that but in my past phones, most times there was an option for that. You could hide the status bar, the navbar and could save some custom gestures like the one you want.
I highly doubt that anyone will do an iOS-like rom. That's just not a thing the wide community wants. You could also just sell your S8 and buy yourself the iPhone X. That would be the best option.

Why you need them?
You've problems with your nav bar?
We have nav bar and we don't need them
If this is not the case, I would suggest you to sell s8 and purchase a X

I don't like nav bar placing screen. That's all.

Just use navbar hider APK or 0pt navbar apk and download all in one gestures from the playstore or personally my favorite simple control and voila oh and enable all full screen apps to get rid of that stupid white tap her to fill screen bull****.

I'm sure that alternative navbar are coming with an iphoneX-like style
But if you don't want to wait, just use some gestures apps from the play store

When Blackberry 10 came out with these gestures in 2013, it wasn't as popular, but when Apple copies it, it becomes an interesting invention. When first iPhone came out, then others were trying to catch up, but for few years it is the opposite. So we need to look what is ahead and not at the past.

Hide navbar/status bar permanently
https://android.gadgethacks.com/how...re-screen-real-estate-no-root-needed-0177297/
For gestures, download Nova Launcher Prime and assign gesture controls. In fact, get that set up before ditching the nav bar

Solutions
Hello You can use "All in one gestures" for simulete home.

Get iPhone X's gestures on Android
yazici75 said:
Is there any option to make iPhone X gestures on S8
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Read this article and comments:
https://www.xda-developers.com/iphone-x-gestures-android-guide/

There are many apps that offer 3rd party gesture based navigation. Among these are a slew of iPhone X gesture clones. Worth noting: iPhone X gestures are not ideal for the S8, as swiping up will cause the navbar to reappear. There is a way of permanently hiding the navbar, but it does not work on Oreo.

Download x home bar:free from the play store.