My friend wants to hide his nexus 7's navigation bar so he has more room on his screen. he doesn't like how the navigation bar takes up his 7 inch sceen. I know you need root to do this, but is there possibly another way without root like any app to hide the navigation bar without root?
aznflawless said:
My friend wants to hide his nexus 7's navigation bar so he has more room on his screen. he doesn't like how the navigation bar takes up his 7 inch sceen. I know you need root to do this, but is there possibly another way without root like any app to hide the navigation bar without root?
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sadly no.
If you install a different launcher you can hide it on the home screen but that's it.
Agreed. And really, more room?? For what?
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cmonsterf50 said:
Agreed. And really, more room?? For what?
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Games.
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VaderSKN said:
Games.
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And how do you suppose he would exit said games without a navbar?
arc07693 said:
And how do you suppose he would exit said games without a navbar?
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Errrr, thats easy. Unhide the navbar again when you want to quit the game, by holding in the power button and toggling 'expand desktop'. I do it quite a lot when I'm playing games to hide the navbar.
Think you do need root though.
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OP you could try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2100861
[APP][BETA][TRIAL] DeskBar Launcher will replace your soft buttons and more!
Not sure if it will suit your needs but worth a try.
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just like you do it with the notification bar. with a swipe down/up
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And how do you suppose he would exit said games without a navbar?
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arc07693 said:
And how do you suppose he would exit said games without a navbar?
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With Kit Kat, it's usually hidden by default and you just swipe down at the top of the screen and it brings up the status and nav bar for about 5 seconds.
Definitely makes playing games, like Fruit Ninja, less aggravating when you accidentally swipe the home button and out of the game you go.
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I've looked around and it appears there are a number of paid apps that apparently let me change the soft keys, but I'm not 100% sure if they'll work with the stock LG G2 "OS"...
I want my multitasking button back... No need for a settings button, IMO.
DeaconBoogie said:
I've looked around and it appears there are a number of paid apps that apparently let me change the soft keys, but I'm not 100% sure if they'll work with the stock LG G2 "OS"...
I want my multitasking button back... No need for a settings button, IMO.
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Are you rooted?
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Roundtableprez said:
Are you rooted?
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Absolutely. And I'm handy with UNIX, so navigating the filesystem and using text editors to muck with XML isn't a problem. I'm just not a developer.
Also interested in being able to change it that key to recent apps.
cheami said:
Also interested in being able to change it that key to recent apps.
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+1...I use recents way to much to not have it a separate button
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I'm using auto hide soft keys with root with paid version works great
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Slorks said:
I'm using auto hide soft keys with root with paid version works great
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Can you use the app without the hideing feature, just recent button added?
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jmill75 said:
Can you use the app without the hideing feature, just recent button added?
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Just tested, no you can not. It will always hide after you lock your screen, so you'll have to swipe/touch to bring the soft keys back up.
cheami said:
Just tested, no you can not. It will always hide after you lock your screen, so you'll have to swipe/touch to bring the soft keys back up.
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And also it will always overlap over the screen. There are ways to keep the navbar from disappearing, but you won't be able to access anythi g underneath it because it doesn't shift the screen up, just overlay
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What about SoftKeyZ?
DeaconBoogie said:
What about SoftKeyZ?
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I just tried SoftKeyZ. No luck
Big letdown because it looks like a great app. Hopefully the dev can get it working for us in the future.
eleazar123 said:
I just tried SoftKeyZ. No luck
Big letdown because it looks like a great app. Hopefully the dev can get it working for us in the future.
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I also see another one called soft key enabler, has anyone tried that one?
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cheami said:
Just tested, no you can not. It will always hide after you lock your screen, so you'll have to swipe/touch to bring the soft keys back up.
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fsiddique said:
And also it will always overlap over the screen. There are ways to keep the navbar from disappearing, but you won't be able to access anythi g underneath it because it doesn't shift the screen up, just overlay
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My quasi solution was auto hide soft keys, auto to 0, auto hide only had anywhere on the bar checked, and swipe. You still need to swipe after wake, but if you need anything under it, just tap the left side to hide. If you use the mock option, home will leave space for it.
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Curious if anyone knows how to keep the soft keys transparent when using Nova Launcher?
dscottjr81 said:
Curious if anyone knows how to keep the soft keys transparent when using Nova Launcher?
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I sent the nova developer an email about it. He said he is looking into it. He can enable if LG allows third party apps access to that feature.
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pd240 said:
I sent the nova developer an email about it. He said he is looking into it. He can enable if LG allows third party apps access to that feature.
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Thanks for the info. Hope he's able to do it it would be much nicer.
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i'm sure most of you know already, but holding the home button will bring up recents.
Yes, but,not,as,convenient as having a dedicated button. Personal choice I guess.
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I use GMD soft keys to hide them completely then use LMT for pie. That way I can completely control my button layout, gain screen real estate, navigate from left right and bottom and do it with whatever colors I choose. A must have for me.
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Crooke356 said:
I use GMD soft keys to hide them completely then use LMT for pie. That way I can completely control my button layout, gain screen real estate, navigate from left right and bottom and do it with whatever colors I choose. A must have for me.
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What did you set your device input for LMT? I cant get it to work. Thanks.
I am coming from Samsung devices and I really got used to seeing the stock icons with notifications on them. Are there any launchers that will do this without needing root?
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Raydee35 said:
I am coming from Samsung devices and I really got used to seeing the stock icons with notifications on them. Are there any launchers that will do this without needing root?
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Nova with the Tesla Unread plug in gives you icon notification badges.
Nova ftw! I have their paid app with gestures and other goodies...
I have used nova in the past and liked it but I don't like it on my 6p. I use the Gmd immersive app to hide my soft keys and when I use it on the stock launcher the screen becomes larger. When I use it with nova the screen stays the same size and when the soft keys hide nova just leaves a large black box instead of expanding the screen.
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Raydee35 said:
I am coming from Samsung devices and I really got used to seeing the stock icons with notifications on them. Are there any launchers that will do this without needing root?
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Samsung? Noooooooo!!!
But Nova launcher probably ha some icon set for you.
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Why the apps are not totally full screen like Whatsapp etc how to bring those navigational button on top or how to hide those navigation gesture pills why cant Samsung just give us one big pill like iPhone or Pixel three pills looks so ugly!!
You can hide them in settings then you have better then i phone Just the gestures.
mx3racer said:
You can hide them in settings then you have better then i phone Just the gestures.
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Can you tell me in Setting wheres that option to hide them, thanks!
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Settings--display--navigation bar--gestures on full screen&hide hints
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Settings--display--navigation bar--gestures on full screen&hide hints
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Superb mate thanks it was infront of me but I couldn't figured it out [emoji106]
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