Android fullscreen issue on android 4.1

Question

I'm working on Android 4.1 and application must run on Piranha Ultra III Tab 10.1.

I'll use http://developer.android.com/design/get-started/ui-overview.html for naming reference for my question; Status bar and navigation bar...

I tried too many things

Mostly founded on Google and Stackoverflow is;

1)

requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN, 
WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);

This code just disabled status bar but not navigation bar.

2)

I tried Google's fullscreen example. That project hid both navigation bar and status bar but everytime when I tap or any gesture movement, navigation bar is shown. I wrote events for gestures and every gesture movement, I tried to hid again but didn't work too..

3)

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/View.html#setSystemUiVisibility%28int%29

I tried this too but same as Google's fullscreen example...

int newVis = View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_FULLSCREEN;

newVis |= View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_HIDE_NAVIGATION;

newVis |= View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_STABLE;

newVis |= View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LOW_PROFILE;

newVis |= View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_FULLSCREEN;

newVis |= View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_HIDE_NAVIGATION;

// newVis |= View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_IMMERSIVE;

v.setSystemUiVisibility(newVis);

Also I tried Samples with XML (style / layout / manifest) but no result...

Is there any other way to doin' this ?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 22 '14 at 09:31

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If you hide the navigation buttons, Android force them to reappear on every interaction, because you don't want your users to be locked out in your app.

See this.

As far as I know, Android doesn't allow you to hide "permanently" (with or without gestures to pop it up again, except for Immersive Mode) the navigation bar, or maybe with root...

answered Jan 22 '14 at 09:31

Matthieu Harlé

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Yes, I get it but how games disablin' navigation bar when playin' the game ? – ahmetertem Jan 22 '14 at 10:02
I don't know any game that do that on Android versions before Kit Kat. Hide the status bar, yes. Hide the navigation bar, no. – Matthieu Harlé Jan 22 '14 at 10:07

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 22 '14 at 09:34

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Try this in your manifest under the activity you want

<activity
    android:name="your activity"
    android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Holo.Light.NoActionBar.Fullscreen" >
</activity>

answered Jan 22 '14 at 09:34

youssefhassan

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Thanks @youssefhassan, but as I wrote, I already tried XML things. This is not workin' :/ – ahmetertem Jan 22 '14 at 10:01

Android fullscreen issue on android 4.1

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