Is there a way to hide the system bar?
maybe something like THIS?
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Love this idea
Try the link below for the apk........... i havent tried it on ics yet
was just going to post up as an attachment but its not frickin working on the ics browser
http://ppareit.github.com/HideBar/
it is not working for me
me either - sorry guys
From what I understand, Google pretty much locked it out completely, so it's impossible at the moment to hide the status bar. It's really annoying. :/
From the author of Honeybar: "*** Important note for ICS users: Honeybar is unsupported on ICS and will not hide the UI bar. I have examined the source for ActivityManagerService and it currently appears impossible to stop com.android.systemui"
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.hanhuy.android.hsbm
daxtsu said:
From what I understand, Google pretty much locked it out completely, so it's impossible at the moment to hide the status bar. It's really annoying. :/
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Damn that sucks. I hope Google changes their mind or someone finds a way around this problem. I find it extremely irritating to use video and reading apps with the system bar at the bottom.
I guess I will stick with Android 3.2 for now.
There's a tweak for the Galaxy Nexus that remove the bottom bar entirely, and the person who posted it says to use ButtonSavior (on the market) to replace the soft keys. The newest AOKP rom also includes a feature to remove the navigation bar which I assume is pretty much the same as the bar on tablets.
The mod is over on RootzWiki, not sure if I can post links to it, or if it will work for the TF or could be adapted for it.
See, it's things like this that make me wonder. Why in the world would google, or anyone, lock things down so much that nobody can change anything? Disabling the status bar in honeycomb didn't do any harm. I never heard a single complaint of a bricked tablet or software problem because of disabling the status bar.
Yes!!!
Team EOS has the option the hide the system bar in an easy to use manner.
Where?
unspecial said:
Yes!!!
Team EOS has the option the hide the system bar in an easy to use manner.
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Where? Searched for "status" "system" "bar" "hide" in varying combinations as well as individually. Could you point me in the right direction. TIA.
From looking around the framework-res etc what i have seen that ICS is based on a theme called holo. Now if we could modify the framework-res and strip the black and make it transparent it should be able to be done. Decompiling it has been no problem however I am too new at themeing to provide any definite answers to recompile framework-res as i have tried but it just will not register as a proper apk. There is one issue with that however, the holo theme is involved with almost everything to do with the system. Example backgrounds for the menu system and the onscreen keyboard and a pile of other stuff plus the assorted icons would still be present back button home apps button clock and wifi.
All the edits were because my cursor diappeared.
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33colburn said:
Where? Searched for "status" "system" "bar" "hide" in varying combinations as well as individually. Could you point me in the right direction. TIA.
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It's part of the ROM. They don't appear to have a separate app to hide the system bar, so we have to use the full rom for now. It works the same way pre-ICS Revolver did.
Couldn't find anything on Team EOS tread about it.
33colburn said:
Couldn't find anything on Team EOS tread about it.
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It's built into the ROM
Its weird... My Novo7 Basic is hiding the statusbar automaticly on both HC and ICS, but the TF isnt :s
Goatshocker said:
Its weird... My Novo7 Basic is hiding the statusbar automaticly on both HC and ICS, but the TF isnt :s
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With EOS for TF101 you press the power button to get the menu option to hide the status bar. The menu is shown in baseballfanz's post.
baseballfanz said:
It's built into the ROM
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unspecial said:
It's part of the ROM. They don't appear to have a separate app to hide the system bar, so we have to use the full rom for now. It works the same way pre-ICS Revolver did.
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Thank you for the clarification. Revolver 3 had the same thing and it was fantastic for movies.
Try this, it supposedly work to hide status bar
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23374095&postcount=2
baseballfanz said:
Try this, it supposedly work to hide status bar
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23374095&postcount=2
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This works perfect on my A500 running ICS 4.0.3 rooted using live wallpaper - no issues whatsoever, thanks for the tip! Also really liked the gestures part of the whole thing as I can make apps launch from anywhere and probably won't even use the status bar much at from now on.
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Firstly, each to there own, but I'm not a fan of the MIUI rom, I've tried a few builds but its just too much like an iphone layout for me.
However there was one part I really liked & that was the power control functions in the pull down status bar: Wi-Fi, 3G, Vibrate, Silent, Bluetooth etc. like you would get on a widget.
Having them on the status bar was a great idea.
I know certain roms like espresso have it on, but was wondering if anyone knew of an app that can do the same?
I have so far found apps in the market that can do calendar or Wi-Fi, but nothing that can do everything.
Any ideas?
Cyanogen Mod
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evilkorn said:
Cyanogen Mod
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Elaborate please?
himynameisbunny said:
Elaborate please?
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The latest nightlies have power widgets in notification
ctbear said:
The latest nightlies have power widgets in notification
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Aah okay, that'll explain why I haven't seen them lol. Thanks
Thanks, but I'm getting tired of flashing new roms now, I'm back on stock at the moment, just thought someone may of known of an app, doesn't even have to be as fancy as MIUI just put an option in the notification bar.
Maybe I'll look at the 4G rom when it's a full stable release...
jusumgeezer said:
Thanks, but I'm getting tired of flashing new roms now, I'm back on stock at the moment, just thought someone may of known of an app, doesn't even have to be as fancy as MIUI just put an option in the notification bar.
Maybe I'll look at the 4G rom when it's a full stable release...
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Im thinking there could be a way to do that using Tasker (since you can do most things with it). Something to set a notification that if you click it can define an event or something of the sort. If you have zero programming knowledge whatsoever then Tasker might be a little difficult for you though.
Hey Guy's,
I'm currently on WolfBreaks GingerBread 2.3.3 Build v3.7.0, and i'm wondering if there are any compatible Notification bar power control widget mods that i can apply to this rom? His ROM is nearly perfect in my opinion, the only real thing i'm missing is the convenience of being able to turn things on or off from status bar like bluetooth, gps, etc.. like i did with Cyanogen based mods in the past.
This comes in super handy especially when my phone is docked in car mode. Saves me the trouble of having to fiddle with backing out of an app to turn these features on or off while driving.
I am aware that there are apps on the market that already provide this functionality like the Widgetsoid app, however what i'm looking for is a more elagent tightly integrated mod that fits in with the overall theme and does not look like a widget was simply placed on the pull down tray.
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help! Also, my apologies if this has been posted elsewhere, i did search but could not find an answer to my question before posting.
I should also clarify what i mean by "tightly integrated", apps like Widgetsoid only "link" to a separate pop-up menu where the control is turned on or off. So it takes several clicks and various screens to turn something on or off. What i want is to be able to turn the various different options on or off with a single click right from the Notification bar, like you find in the Cynaogen mods.
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I should also clarify what i mean by "tightly integrated", apps like Widgetsoid only "link" to a separate pop-up menu where the control is turned on or off. So it takes several clicks and various screens to turn something on or off. What i want is to be able to turn the various different options on or off with a single click right from the Notification bar, like you find in the Cynaogen mods.
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Dude, I use widgetsoid2 since forever and no pop up windows to Turn things on or off........ even with apn.......but its not in the notification window....
Skeb, that's the problem though. When you do place Widgetsoid in the notification bar, it no longer works with a single click. I already have widgets placed on my desktop for for turning various things on or off, and they do work with a single click. However when driving with google navigation turned on for example, i want to be able to do the same by swiping down the notification tray to enable bluetooth with a single click, without having to go to the desktop to use the widget, then go back to navigation.
Try it yourself, when you place any of these widgets on your notifcation tray it will no longer work with a single click, it instead brings up a seperate pop up window.
It's not exactly a deal breaker, but if i can get the same functionality that i had using Cyanogen mod's, then i would be really happy!
Agreed, I would love that feature too!
To those who care about this feature. I just wanted to post an update that WolfBreaks's GB rom will now be introducing Cyanogen style status bar control widgets in his v4.0 rom which will be released very shortly. I also noticed that EWJet CM7 port also includes this. Nice to know i did not have to wait long to see this feature!
DaMeatMan said:
To those who care about this feature. I just wanted to post an update that WolfBreaks's GB rom will now be introducing Cyanogen style status bar control widgets in his v4.0 rom which will be released very shortly. I also noticed that EWJet CM7 port also includes this. Nice to know i did not have to wait long to see this feature!
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There is no such thing as "EWJet CM7 port",
it's still stock SE ROM, tweaked!
Just to clear out the confusion!
But yes, statubar toggles are finally here for stock ROMs!
You can use widgetsoid, its an app that adds this functionality
svloco said:
You can use widgetsoid, its an app that adds this functionality
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God damn....you heard the man....READ first...."tightly integrated"........noobs..
My_Immortal said:
There is no such thing as "EWJet CM7 port",
it's still stock SE ROM, tweaked!
Just to clear out the confusion!
But yes, statubar toggles are finally here for stock ROMs!
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Lol.. yes your right, thanks for clarifying.
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God damn....you heard the man....READ first...."tightly integrated"........noobs..
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walidhiphop thanks, you would think people could take a second to read when the thread is still just a single page long. Not that i'm trying to diss anyone for trying to help and provide advise, but it doesn't take much effort to read a page of text either.
i wan a status bar with a feature that can adjust the screen off time..
The application at http://ppareit.github.com/HideBar/ can hide and restore the honeycomb statusbar. Currently this only works on the transformer and requires root.
For questions about the program and for help getting this to work on more devices, you best contact the developer.
does not working for me on revolver 3.2
hidebar
ppirate said:
The application at http://ppareit.github.com/HideBar/ can hide and restore the honeycomb statusbar. Currently this only works on the transformer and requires root.
For questions about the program and for help getting this to work on more devices, you best contact the developer.
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Works very well on hd 1.2.1 rom. Thanks.
works great....thank you for this!
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Works fine on Revolver 3.2 Thanks!
Works great on ARHD 1.2.1. This exactly what I needed. There are a few app and games, such as any Divide Arts (Earth & Legend) game, that force the status bar over to the side. It really bugs me when that happens. This has eliminated that. Nice work .
Works great on Revolver 3.2, just what I needed, thanks
Many thanks! Works great on Prime 1.9 here
this app would be awesome if it had an auto hide feature with a 5 to 10 second delay, and set to load on boot.
edit... a drag down option to hide to would be awesome too.
I agree !
Work on Prime 1.9
I would like to see the option to turn it on and off.
look up honeybar. it does the same thing. I use it and its faultless in m opinion. its free but i dont think its on the market
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joshman99 said:
look up honeybar. it does the same thing. I use it and its faultless in m opinion. its free but i dont think its on the market
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Awesome! Works on boot. Thanks!
www.filesonic.com/file/1883288384/HoneyBar105.zip
what are the uses of hiding the bar???? I dont see how my device would function without it! Ie: having to press back or home to get out of apps...
a simmilar function is already built into revolver 3.2 hold power buton then hide status bar
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what are the uses of hiding the bar???? I dont see how my device would function without it! Ie: having to press back or home to get out of apps...
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for non native media players like mxplayer where it would keep the status bar active while watching a Movie,the stock player would hide it though.....this app manually hides it for you
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what are the uses of hiding the bar???? I dont see how my device would function without it! Ie: having to press back or home to get out of apps...
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I use it to fullscreen games, so that I don't accidentally hit the back button while playing. You get the status bar back with a swipe.
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Awesome! Works on boot. Thanks!
www.filesonic.com/file/1883288384/HoneyBar105.zip
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Works good, but it makes my homscreen lag :-(
I've noticed that any app I have used that modifies the status bar function lags the homescreen. Pity. Hidebar does not have this problem since it activated by a notification prompt.
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Works good, but it makes my homscreen lag :-(
I've noticed that any app I have used that modifies the status bar function lags the homescreen. Pity. Hidebar does not have this problem since it activated by a notification prompt.
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I agree, I noticed lag too. Honeybar also made my app drawer work funny.
Very good app, Thanks
I bought one smartpad850 and I noticed with surprise that the notification bar when viewing videos and photos disappear by itself and then reappears when you press the display.
Why is not this option in our TAB Asus TF700?
To do this use GMD but it does not automatically but I have to manually intervene.
MarkAndroid said:
I bought one smartpad850 and I noticed with surprise that the notification bar when viewing videos and photos disappear by itself and then reappears when you press the display.
Why is not this option in our TAB Asus TF700?
To do this use GMD but it does not automatically but I have to manually intervene.
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ASUS' decision. GMD can hide it, but on restoration of the status bar the original default wallpaper will be put back. Not an option for me, drives me insane. I do not find the bar all that irritating for what I do normally...
Since a decision by Asus can not be disabled?
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Since a decision by Asus can not be disabled?
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I didn't say that. Your question was why it was not an option. Answer: ASUS' decision.
Elaborating: a decision by ASUS that is embedded in the framework is not that easy to reverse (many people are annoyed by the persistent notifications of mounted storage -- have you seen a solution to that "issue"? Or the notification telling us to "Use keyboard to type words" -- no sh**, Sherlock!). You could, of course, give it a shot at fixing this yourself. I think the best (and, currently, essentially the only) solution to this 'problem' is hopping over to a AOSP/AOKP/CM-based mod, although you will lose out many other things in the process. That's a much more open platform with a lot of tweaks available out ot the box.
If you want to educate yourself and give it a try, you would have a pretty much perfect base to work with: the freshy-abandoned-but-available-for-pick-up CleanROM 2.4 base. Take a look at the notifications while you're at it.
The CleanROM has the bar automatically hidden?
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The CleanROM has the bar automatically hidden?
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Nope, none of the stock-based ROMs can do that. As I said, only AOSP/AOKP/CM for you.
Is it possible to ensure that the StatusBar can hide automatically and then be recalled with a swype from top to bottom? For example, I installed the launcher Agama (very nice) and on the launcher this function is active... I find the status bar rather useless, and especially on some apps, like Google Maps, is very annoying.
@Malaysk, can you enable this function in your next rom?
How did you get on finding a solution.
This solution worked for me on my PX5
https://android.gadgethacks.com/how-to/enable-always-immersive-mode-auto-hide-your-pixels-software-keys-0176242/
JonnyG1980 said:
This solution worked for me on my PX5
https://android.gadgethacks.com/how-to/enable-always-immersive-mode-auto-hide-your-pixels-software-keys-0176242/
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fantastic!! working very well for me !!
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fantastic!! working very well for me !!
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Glad to hear it, Beats having to have Xposed installed just for that one tweak as I used to.
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Glad to hear it, Beats having to have Xposed installed just for that one tweak as I used to.
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sorry, I did not understand, you have applied this change via xposed and not via terminal? because I still have a small problem, the status bar does not disappear when I have the screen divided in two ... and it is rather annoying
Someone can help me? I need to autohide the status bar when the display is divided in 2
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