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Just in case any of you don't like the fixed status bar you can still hide it with the old shell commands, to bring it back for a few seconds just swipe down from the top.
I did on my S8+ and just tried on the Note 8 and it works fine. No Root needed
Follow this write up, there's an even more in depth write up with in this one I'm posting the link for.
https://android.gadgethacks.com/how...re-screen-real-estate-no-root-needed-0177297/
I remember this! I'm glad something still works! Thanks for the heads up. Here's my homescreen.
Is there a way to permanently disable navigation bar and use swipe gestures instead? (I don't mean hide the navbar, because it appears when you try to use swipe gestures). I love the immersive mode but constant need to bring the bar back is pretty annoying. I would greatly appreciate if anyone would suggest a way!
If you dont want to go through all this you can use Nova launcer and just choose the option to hide the status bar, it will only appear if you swipe down from the top
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If you dont want to go through all this you can use Nova launcer and just choose the option to hide the status bar, it will only appear if you swipe down from the top
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This is for immersive mode system wide, you will not see the status bar in all apps too.
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I LOVE immersive mode but doing it this way is too buggy for me to enjoy
Causes lag dragging the notification bar down and also bugs out in lots of apps (facebook/whatsapp/MEGA) etc
I have a better idea:
download the "Tiles" app from the play store, it has immersive mode option to be turned on and off from the notification panel, added as a tile. run this adb command "adb shell pm grant com.rascarlo.quick.settings.tiles android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS" then you can set it to ask you to turn off everything or different component. You can still swipe up. Also, you can only turn off status bar. etc.
Also, I am personally using the PIE controls app form the play store instead of the gestures since I am unrooted. Works well.
redline06 said:
Just in case any of you don't like the fixed status bar you can still hide it with the old shell commands, to bring it back for a few seconds just swipe down from the top.
I did on my S8+ and just tried on the Note 8 and it works fine. No Root needed
Follow this write up, there's an even more in depth write up with in this one I'm posting the link for.
https://android.gadgethacks.com/how...re-screen-real-estate-no-root-needed-0177297/
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rawintellect said:
I remember this! I'm glad something still works! Thanks for the heads up. Here's my homescreen.
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jedras95 said:
Is there a way to permanently disable navigation bar and use swipe gestures instead? (I don't mean hide the navbar, because it appears when you try to use swipe gestures). I love the immersive mode but constant need to bring the bar back is pretty annoying. I would greatly appreciate if anyone would suggest a way!
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If you dont want to go through all this you can use Nova launcer and just choose the option to hide the status bar, it will only appear if you swipe down from the top
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Mr.Ash.Man said:
This is for immersive mode system wide, you will not see the status bar in all apps too.
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I LOVE immersive mode but doing it this way is too buggy for me to enjoy
Causes lag dragging the notification bar down and also bugs out in lots of apps (facebook/whatsapp/MEGA) etc
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Here is a screen shot. Sorry for the two posts
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Here is a screen shot. Sorry for the two posts
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Is this a disabled nav bar? That's what I want! Lol
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Guitarfreak26 said:
Is this a disabled nav bar? That's what I want! Lol
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Yes that is. If you swipe up it will appear otherwise it doesn't show.
Is there any way to permanently hide it? I don’t want it coming back when swiping up. Want to replace it with pie.
Is there a way to get a gesture that let's me swipe up to go to home from and screen?. Like webos, Nokia and blackberry 10 had?
I'm trying to find the opposite option. I have a few apps that use immersive mode, but can't use the full screen, leaving annoying black bars. Is there a way to disable immersive mode for these apps so I can keep the navbar and status bar visible?
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I'm trying to find the opposite option. I have a few apps that use immersive mode, but can't use the full screen, leaving annoying black bars. Is there a way to disable immersive mode for these apps so I can keep the navbar and status bar visible?
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The app SystemUI Tuner by Zachary Wander, has Immersive Mode. In that category for it you can blacklist app to not use Immersive Mode.
Some of you may have a problem with your navigation bar after upgrading to Nougat. Some of you may be bored with boring default navigation bar. So, you can try Navigation Gesture (NG) that developed by XDA. This app is quite good for free version ($1 to unlock all feature).
How does the navigation gesture works? Many may know, many may not know. Simplicity: a virtual-float-bar (button) appears on the screen. You can touch, swipe to do actions like default navigation bar (such as tap to return to Home screen, swipe left for Back, swipe right for Recent Apps, etc.). It's the way common navigation gesture apps work. And so does NG. I've tried many apps like NG, they all use a small bar for gestures. Some can easily change the bar-form to circle or rectangle-form, some can only make a little change to the form, and some cannot. With NG, you can change the bar form easily. So what's new? In all app that I've tried, only NG allows the bar moving coresponding to the direction you swipe. This lets me know what I have done. I love this! NG also allows me to hide the default navigation bar with only one simple adb command (it is: adb shell pm ....... I'm sorry, i forgot this command. You can see it when using the app. Just connect the phone to computer, open adb, type the command and hit Enter. There's no notification after it's done).
So, how to install? Of course, Google Play. Look for XDA navigation gesture app and install. Run the app with its instruction. You can choose the actions when you touch, you can change the size or the shape of the bar.... You can discover the app yourself.
I don't have any relation to this app. I just express my opinion. I did it on my rooted X Style and non-rooted Verizon X 1st gen.
I'm sorry for my bad English. Do it at your own risk.
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https://drive.google.com/file/d/13PCz9miBuVcL4fDbFdsJ0g3GaZG92PVI/view?usp=drivesdk
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aTCQVE_im8arjzBOaZqCHhgGi77gbWAd/view?usp=drivesdk
Tried it, bought it, deleted it. It overlays my Nova Dock contributing to input errors. Maybe if it had dedicated piece of real estate it would be useful.
schneid said:
Tried it, bought it, deleted it. It overlays my Nova Dock contributing to input errors. Maybe if it had dedicated piece of real estate it would be useful.
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I'm so sorry to hear that.
I didnt use any dock before. And it works like charm.
This app comes with Samsung's Good Lock. I see very few people talking about it and actually knowing that it does even exist.
Give it a go! It allows you to bascially navigate your phone fully without any navigation bar. The main reason to use it over other similar apps is that this one obviously does not use any accessibility services. Besides, it is FREE.
You have 6 customisable swipe actions.
The swipe area itself can also be heavily customised to your taste.
Try it.
The swipe actions available.
I prefer this gestures app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ivianuu.oneplusgestures
It works great.
nds850 said:
I prefer this gestures app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ivianuu.oneplusgestures
It works great.
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I have tried basically all the similar apps on the Play Store, this one works the best after a week of testing: very responsive, never fails to trigger and works like a charm with the curved glass while feeling very natural.
Granted if you are not keen on side gestures, then this will not work for you.
The big draw is that, as mentioned, it does not require any accessibility service.
I agree that performance is better. I'm going to use OH+ for a while now. I really like the Good Lock apps.
nds850 said:
I agree that performance is better. I'm going to use OH+ for a while now. I really like the Good Lock apps.
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Same here! These are the tiny details that make you choose one ecosytem over another.
I would argue OH+'s implementation of gestures suits tall phones with very little bottom chin better. Its more ergonomic.
Praks93 said:
Same here! These are the tiny details that make you choose one ecosytem over another.
I would argue OH+'s implementation of gestures suits tall phones with very little bottom chin better. Its more ergonomic.
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I agree it's implementation is a lot better. It feels more natural to swipe from the side of the screen, especially on a tall screen. So much easier then trying to reposition your thumb to the bottom of the screen
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I agree it's implementation is a lot better. It feels more natural to swipe from the side of the screen, especially on a tall screen. So much easier then trying to reposition your thumb to the bottom of the screen
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Good Lock, especially One Hand Operation +, will get a lot of use if it comes bundled with Samsung phones.
OnePlus already has its own solution. Samsung needs to bundle these and integrate it in Samsung Experience.
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Good Lock, especially One Hand Operation +, will get a lot of use if it comes bundled with Samsung phones.
OnePlus already has its own solution. Samsung needs to bundle these and integrate it in Samsung Experience.
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Definitely agree with you on that! I bet most people aren't even aware of it! I wish they would have a function to get rid of the navigation bar, then it would be perfect!
i cant add a shortcut for this on home screen
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ozouzi said:
i cant add a shortcut for this on home screen
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Install Badlock v2. It will act like a hub for the app. This is how i am running all the Good Lock apps.
ozouzi said:
i cant add a shortcut for this on home screen
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Install Badlock v2. It will act like a hub for all the Good Lock apps. This how i am running them.
Love this, I agree now if we can get rid of the nav bar it would be perfect.
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Install Badlock v2. It will act like a hub for all the Good Lock apps. This how i am running them.
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can you share the download link
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ozouzi said:
can you share the download link
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8/themes/app-t3805969
Thanks for posting this. I'm now able to run full immersive mood when in secure folder.
I already get badlock v2 but i can't get swipe function View attachment 4550389
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ozouzi said:
I already get badlock v2 but i can't get swipe function
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Put the transparency to 0 so that you can see the swipe area. Once you are happy with where you want to position it and the size etc, you adjust the transparency.
Note that you have to swipe from the very edge, just like you do for the Edge Panels.
Hope it works for you.
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Definitely agree with you on that! I bet most people aren't even aware of it! I wish they would have a function to get rid of the navigation bar, then it would be perfect!
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Steve One said:
Love this, I agree now if we can get rid of the nav bar it would be perfect.
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You can install Navigation Gestures from xda-devlopers. It has a feature to hide the navigation bar in a way that no other app does. Then just don't enable the gesture functions for the app, then in theory your navigation bar should be completely gone and you can just use One Hand Operation+ without any of the other gestures or the navigation bar.
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You can install Navigation Gestures from xda-devlopers. It has a feature to hide the navigation bar in a way that no other app does. Then just don't enable the gesture functions for the app, then in theory your navigation bar should be completely gone and you can just use One Hand Operation+ without any of the other gestures or the navigation bar.
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A combo of Onehand Operation+ and Navigation Gestures. Good idea!
Update: It appears you have to enable Accessibility Services even just to hide the Navigation bar using the xda app.
Defeats the purpose, the only reason i recommended the samsung app is because it does not need any Accessibility Services and hence there is no hit to performance at all.
Hey someone now how to hide the bottom bar on pie,like on the orio you can choose hide or not
shorty76 said:
Hey someone now how to hide the bottom bar on pie,like on the orio you can choose hide or not
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You have to go to display settings
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mattio781 said:
You have to go to display settings
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Tank you
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Tank you
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You're welcome
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shorty76 said:
Hey someone now how to hide the bottom bar on pie,like on the orio you can choose hide or not
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If you on Pie and using navbar you cannot hide it anymore.
Samsung has taken that option away.
You have to basically use the swipe gestures.
However if you use, certain apps like
eg
Shortcutter Quick Settings (Play Store)
I just tested it now, yes then you can hide navbar.
or maybe some Bixby remapper can do it.?
I however use the swipe actions .
Takes a bit, to get use to it,
but i now prefer swipe to navbar, as it seems pretty obvious
Samsung is "forcing" you to opt for
swipe.?
I've got a feeling that Samsung will drop navbar all together for swipe. (at some stage. or later ?)
Good luck.
willcor said:
If you on Pie and using navbar you cannot hide it anymore.
Samsung has taken that option away.
You have to basically use the swipe gestures.
However if you use, certain apps like
eg
Shortcutter Quick Settings (Play Store)
I just tested it now, yes then you can hide navbar.
or maybe some Bixby remapper can do it.?
I however use the swipe actions .
Takes a bit, to get use to it,
but i now prefer swipe to navbar, as it seems pretty obvious
Samsung is "forcing" you to opt for
swipe.?
I've got a feeling that Samsung will drop navbar all together for swipe. (at some stage. or later ?)
Good luck.
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I discovered that too recently. But the swipe gesture navigation is actually not that bad.
After the update to Android Pie, I realized I can't hide the Navigation bar anymore (in order to use hand gestures using "One Hand Operation +) .
I was able to at least apply ADB immersive mode to all my apps. However, that doesnt get rid of the navigation bar on my home screen.
I was hoping someone can suggest a good supplemental app that specifically focuses on removing the navigation buttons from my home screen. I've tried a couple Nav bar removal apps. However, they seem to still focus on immersive mode and adding white lists to immersive mode only.
I would appreciate any useful suggestions.
You should be able to hide navigation bar simply by changing to full screen gestures in Settings. If it doesn't it could due to earlier customisation. See if you can revert it back to default. Also wipe cache partition helps with issue after the updates
Yep, just enable full screen gestures and the nav bar will be gone and stay gone
Thanks. Yes, that's the first thing I did, until I quickly realized that I didn't like the native full-screen gestures capabilities of Pie. One Hand Operation + does a MUCH better job for gestures IMO.
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Yep, just enable full screen gestures and the nav bar will be gone and stay gone
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Download full screen gestures by xda, give it adb permission and you can safely hide the nav bar (make sure to have it enabled first). Hope it helps
Thanks. The full-screen gestures app from XDA doesnt support lanscape mode, at least when I tried it. That's why I switched to One Hand Operation +" which does gestures very well. I'm already using the ADB to enable immersive mode to auto-hide the navigation bar.
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Download full screen gestures by xda, give it adb permission and you can safely hide the nav bar (make sure to have it enabled first). Hope it helps
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mkanet said:
Thanks. Yes, that's the first thing I did, until I quickly realized that I didn't like the native full-screen gestures capabilities of Pie. One Hand Operation + does a MUCH better job for gestures IMO.
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I agree. I use full screen gestures to hide nav bar but only actually use One Hand Operation+ for gestures
I'm glad you brought that up. This is exactly what i attempted to do. However, for some reason, Pie Full-Screen gestures will break One Hand Operations + "Right handle" in landscape mode after enabling it for a little while. It looks like a conflict of some kind.
Could you please test One Hand Operations + in Landscape mode WHILE Pie Full-screen gestures is also enabled? The right handle stops working for after a little while of use. I really wish I could figure out a way for both of them to run without conflicts in Landscape mode.
I dont think this happens in One Hand Operations Portrait mode.
Gunde said:
I agree. I use full screen gestures to hide nav bar but only actually use One Hand Operation+ for gestures
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I'm glad you brought that up. This is exactly what i attempted to do. However, for some reason, Pie Full-Screen gestures will break One Hand Operations + "Right handle" in landscape mode after enabling it for a little while. It looks like a conflict of some kind.
Could you please test One Hand Operations + in Landscape mode WHILE Pie Full-screen gestures is also enabled? The right handle stops working for after a little while of use. I really wish I could figure out a way for both of them to run without conflicts in Landscape mode.
I dont think this happens in One Hand Operations Portrait mode.
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Huh. You are right. I almost never use landscape so hadn't noticed ...
Weird issue. Will hooefully be fixed in a future version of OHO+
Thanks for confirming. I don't think I can count on OHO+ ever fixing this bug... since there's no good way to report this bug to the developers.
I probably would be okay with using the native Pie fullscreen gestures. However, oddly it doesn't have haptic feedback for some reason.
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Huh. You are right. I almost never use landscape so hadn't noticed ...
Weird issue. Will hooefully be fixed in a future version of OHO+
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You can also try the oneplus gestures app on the play store, you give it adb permission, hide the nav bar, but at the same time keep the oneplus gestures disabled, I'm sure it can work for you
Thanks for the tip. The One + Gestures app looks very similar to the XDA Navigation Gestures app.
There's also an app on the Play Store called, Hide Navigation Bar that ONLY hides the navigation bar using the same technique via ADB without any extra features I won't use.
Does anyone have any experience using the above apps' technique via ADB to hide the Navigation bar on the Note 9? To be honest, I'm a little nervous to try this method to hide the Navigation bar; since there are warnings of unpredictable results for certain features on Samsung hardware... like hiding the last row of pixels of the Navigation bar. It would be good to know from someone who's already tried this on their Note 9 what issues to expect. Also, I'm curious if there's any chance I could irreversibly break an OS component on my phone.
EDIT: I finally tried Hide Navigation Bar. It worked perfectly on my Note 9. I think it might be the only app that hides the navigation bar completely WITHOUT trying to add it's own gesture support. this allows me to use my favorite gestures app, One Hand Operation + (which uses edge gestures, even in landscape, instead of trying to do it the way iphone does).
The only minor issue is that the area that used to be the navigation bar cannot be used for app icons on the home screen. However, in applications themselves, that area is completely useable.
manupa14 said:
You can also try the oneplus gestures app on the play store, you give it adb permission, hide the nav bar, but at the same time keep the oneplus gestures disabled, I'm sure it can work for you
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