I'm looking for a way to hide the status bar that is displayed on the homescreen of the device, when not in any applications.
Does anyone know of a way to do this?
On Android 1.x and 2.x, you can write your own home screen.
On Android 3.x, this is impossible.
In all versions, you cannot remove the status bar from another application.
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From what I know, the translucide status bar was added in the KitKat version of Android, but my phone, which uses 4.4.2, has the normal (black) one. Why is that happening. Do I need to do something to activate this function?
I believe that depends on the app you have opened as opposed to simply changing the color of the status bar via your phone's settings. That said, the developer is in control as mentioned here in Android docs.
I need to hide the navigation bar on a tablet with 4.0 completely. No user interaction should change this behavior. Right now I'm running the default Fullscreen View from Android Studio, but user interaction brings up the navigation bar.
Is there a way to do that without root?
Unless phone is rooted - you cannot override the standard behavior or Android OS.
In fullscreen mode i will be hidden, but can be still brought down when required.
You could set the app like a Launcher, hide the navigation bar, and root the phone, in order to set always run that.
The other option is root the phone, and make your own android version without the navigation bar.
I want to design the Android App that will change the status bar of Android device as App opens like in iOS 7.
Can we make status bar changeable in Android?
Basically, no, the status bar in itself cannot be changed in Android by an application.
I guess that to be able to do that you'd need to make a custom ROM or maybe dive into the AOSP and find a way to do that on rooted phones.
I am working on an app which will be installed on tablets placed in public places like corners, shops. I want to hide the system navigation bar for restricting users from playing around in tablet. Is there any way to do this either programmatically or some other way?
I think there is already an answer to your question here: Is there a way to hide the system/navigation bar in Android ICS
I will just add that on some devices SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_HIDE_NAVIGATION does not work in that case you need to change some configurations in android itself to add the feature or maybe you can use ile's answer.
I want to make my application go fullscreen in any android device. Hide the Title bar and also the notification bar. The application is supposed to run on a 10 inch tablet on Android 4.0.3.
I am using the following code but only the title bar disappears. I want to hide the notification bar also. Can anyone please tell me what I am doing wrong in my code ?
getWindow().requestFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN, WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);
try this
getWindow().getDecorView().setSystemUiVisibility(View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_HIDE_NAVIGATION);
Hope it helps.
Edit:
The SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_HIDE_NAVIGATION is a new flag that requests the
navigation bar hide completely. Be aware that this works only for the
navigation bar used by some handsets (it does not hide the system bar
on tablets). The navigation bar returns to view as soon as the system
receives user input. As such, this mode is useful primarily for video
playback or other cases in which the whole screen is needed but user
input is not required
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The thing holding the navigation buttons back and home, time, network information etc is referred to as "navigation" bar.
You can not hide it within the given framework, but it is possible if rooting the device is an option for you:
Root device
Install and run Busybox
Install HideBar
In HideBar there is an option to run in 'Kiosk' mode, in which there is no way to re-display the navigation bar. Needless to say, you really need to be careful with this.
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