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Is there a video player that will play full screen without showing the status bar on the buttom? Both rock player and vital player do not hide the status bar.
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i use mobo player, and have the same issue.
I'm wondering the same thing. The stock video player hides the navigation buttons and puts tiny dark dots in place of them and hides the clock, but the bar is still there. I assume there is probably a way to do the same in a 3rd party app if it is programmed correctly for honeycomb. Still, it would be nice if there was a way to hide it all together, and then show it if you touch the screen in video player mode.
Most of the movies I watch can't be played by the stock player.
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has anyone tried Pandora KM Player?
If you play the video through MyNet the staus bar will disappear and display 4 small faint dots, hardly noticeable. Also on the bottom left of the player there is a light glow which I thought was light bleed but on closer inspection seems to be part of the player background.
It's impossible (and will likely remain so) to fully hide the system bar in Honeycomb since you'd be stranded in the current app without it*. Developers can use setSystemUiVisibility() to "dim" it, but totally removing it is impossible.
*Less vital (and a bit of a derail), you'd also open up a security risk by being able to hide the bar. A malicious app could go full-screen, spoof the system bar, and trick the user into going "back" into a fake browser or such, at which point they'd steal their passwords. This is the same reason Flash shows an "Esc to exit full screen" on the desktop.
ConstantineXVI said:
It's impossible (and will likely remain so) to fully hide the system bar in Honeycomb since you'd be stranded in the current app without it*. Developers can use setSystemUiVisibility() to "dim" it, but totally removing it is impossible.
*Less vital (and a bit of a derail), you'd also open up a security risk by being able to hide the bar. A malicious app could go full-screen, spoof the system bar, and trick the user into going "back" into a fake browser or such, at which point they'd steal their passwords. This is the same reason Flash shows an "Esc to exit full screen" on the desktop.
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Iirc the 3.1 software will allow more flexibility over the status bar behavior, here's hoping. It is problematic that the navigation buttons are in the system bar though, lets hope they can get something workable as that bar effectively makes the 800 pixels not so 800.
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lacrossev said:
Iirc the 3.1 software will allow more flexibility over the status bar behavior, here's hoping. It is problematic that the navigation buttons are in the system bar though, lets hope they can get something workable as that bar effectively makes the 800 pixels not so 800.
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The real question is: Why do people have 16:10 videos? Because unless you are bothered by 3 small dots on the black part of the video, why does it matter?
seshmaru said:
The real question is: Why do people have 16:10 videos? Because unless you are bothered by 3 small dots on the black part of the video, why does it matter?
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What about 4:3 videos?
lacrossev said:
Iirc the 3.1 software will allow more flexibility over the status bar behavior, here's hoping. It is problematic that the navigation buttons are in the system bar though, lets hope they can get something workable as that bar effectively makes the 800 pixels not so 800.
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During the UI talk at IO an attendee asked if there was any way to get rid of the status bar. The reply was a hard no.
lacrossev said:
Iirc the 3.1 software will allow more flexibility over the status bar behavior, here's hoping. It is problematic that the navigation buttons are in the system bar though, lets hope they can get something workable as that bar effectively makes the 800 pixels not so 800.
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I'd stop holding your breath, there aren't any changes in the 3.1 API related to the system bar.
ConstantineXVI said:
I'd stop holding your breath, there aren't any changes in the 3.1 API related to the system bar.
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That really sucks. I hope it gets sorted soon its really annoying especially when trying to use the transformer to show off pics, it just looks shoddy with the system bar at the bottom.
Gareth Iwan Jones said:
That really sucks. I hope it gets sorted soon its really annoying especially when trying to use the transformer to show off pics, it just looks shoddy with the system bar at the bottom.
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I agree. Maybe an auto hide taskbar like in windows?
I dont know why it really bugs some of you. It doesnt really bother me, when it dims the buttons it isn't even noticeable.
husker91 said:
I dont know why it really bugs some of you. It doesnt really bother me, when it dims the buttons it isn't even noticeable.
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As others have mentioned, the problem is that it takes up valuable screen real estate (~7.5%)
The reason to want it gone/hidden is simple.
Display =16:9
if Movie=16:9 then
simple math.
Yeah, but the display is 16:10, not 16:9.
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seshmaru said:
The real question is: Why do people have 16:10 videos? Because unless you are bothered by 3 small dots on the black part of the video, why does it matter?
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And what about everyting else? PDFs, comics, photos (most are 4:3 or 3:2). They should have left one physical button for showing/hiding the bar. The way it is now - it sucks. I don't mind in only in portrait mode because there is enough space on the bottom then anyway.
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They specifically mentioned "Lights Out" mode which allows you to hide the icons which turns the ones on the bottom left into glowing dots (as seen in gallery view). I understand that this still does not allow you to truly use 800 vertical pixels, but it is an improvement and it is a change related to the system bar.
Here is the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=sTx-5CGDvM8#at=27
Time (18:00) talks about the Lights Out mode
I took hold of my transformer yesterday and love every aspect of it bar one.
The one issue that means I'm probably going to send it back is the Honeycombs inability to hide the system bar.
I really only purchased the tablet to use as a portfolio device (I'm a photographer). I wanted to take advantage of the high resolution screen to show off my images at 1280x800 but the system bar sits on top of everything totally ruining the look of images/video. Not being able to hide the system bar is a huge oversight by the Honeycomb developers and sadly probably means I'm going to have to switch to a bloody I-pad 2, which I would prefer not to do.
Does anybody know of any tricks to hide the system bar?
I dont have my transformer/honeycomb yet but when i look at images/videos on my xperia mini pro using the gallery app they are full screen.
You can try using LauncherPro because it has a 'hide notification bar' setting in the preferences. Not sure if it just works for the homescreen or all apps.
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I took hold of my transformer yesterday and love every aspect of it bar one.
The one issue that means I'm probably going to send it back is the Honeycombs inability to hide the system bar.
I really only purchased the tablet to use as a portfolio device (I'm a photographer). I wanted to take advantage of the high resolution screen to show off my images at 1280x800 but the system bar sits on top of everything totally ruining the look of images/video. Not being able to hide the system bar is a huge oversight by the Honeycomb developers and sadly probably means I'm going to have to switch to a bloody I-pad 2, which I would prefer not to do.
Does anybody know of any tricks to hide the system bar?
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There are apps that let you force full screen mode.
Also I use it for showing my portfolio and the default gallery fades the icons. Besides I can tell you showing your portfolio on this generally is not a good idea, unless its just a quick show, don't ever use it for interviews.
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There are apps that let you force full screen mode.
Also I use it for showing my portfolio and the default gallery fades the icons. Besides I can tell you showing your portfolio on this generally is not a good idea, unless its just a quick show, don't ever use it for interviews.
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What are the name of the apps?
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There are apps that let you force full screen mode.
Also I use it for showing my portfolio and the default gallery fades the icons. Besides I can tell you showing your portfolio on this generally is not a good idea, unless its just a quick show, don't ever use it for interviews.
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I've seen the hiding of the icons but it still leaves a large black bar across the bottom of the screen. The images need to fill the screen.
Why is it not a good idea to use this as a portfolio apart from the system bar problem?
Also I've tried a few other launchers ADW and Launcher pro neither of them can hide the system bar.
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I've seen the hiding of the icons but it still leaves a large black bar across the bottom of the screen. The images need to fill the screen.
Why is it not a good idea to use this as a portfolio apart from the system bar problem?
Also I've tried a few other launchers ADW and Launcher pro neither of them can hide the system bar.
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It's good for a quick show at lets say a get together, but for an interview or client the screen really isn't big enough to see the details for most people. Maybe you can because you're used to it, but other people tend to have trouble with it.
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It's good for a quick show at lets say a get together, but for an interview or client the screen really isn't big enough to see the details for most people. Maybe you can because you're used to it, but other people tend to have trouble with it.
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I see what you mean.
Do you know the name of any of the apps that force full screen?
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Gareth Iwan Jones said:
I see what you mean.
Do you know the name of any of the apps that force full screen?
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haven't looked at specific gallery apps that do it but I know a few other apps I use that can do it.
EDIT: The use of the tablet for portfolio needs is from experience by the way an instance where I did find it useful if I went to some launch party or similar to show it to people or when I'm touching base with clients to give them a rough idea of what it will look like (wireframes and such), I do photography and graphic design by the way.
Sadly I think I am going to have to accept defeat on this.
I'm sure someone will create a launcher that can hide the System bar in the future but I don't want to wait around for that to happen.
I'ts such a shame as otherwise it's a lovely tablet but with the system bar in the way the images will only ever be 1280 x 700 with a black line across the bottom.
I can not find any apps that force full screen they all leave the system bar in place.
Quick Pic was brilliant in fullscreen in Android 2.2 but Honeycomb has rendered it less effective.
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Sadly I think I am going to have to accept defeat on this.
I'm sure someone will create a launcher that can hide the System bar in the future but I don't want to wait around for that to happen.
I'ts such a shame as otherwise it's a lovely tablet but with the system bar in the way the images will only ever be 1280 x 700 with a black line across the bottom.
I can not find any apps that force full screen they all leave the system bar in place.
Quick Pic was brilliant in fullscreen in Android 2.2 but Honeycomb has rendered it less effective.
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The system bar actually takes up 50px from the bottom, not 100.
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The system bar actually takes up 50px from the bottom, not 100.
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50px too many
The 3.1 SDK was just announced and provides developers with control of the visibility system items such as the bar. I suspect in a few weeks this will no longer be an issue.
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The 3.1 SDK was just announced and provides developers with control of the visibility system items such as the bar. I suspect in a few weeks this will no longer be an issue.
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Yes that does sound promising. It's just deciding whether to hold out...
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Yes that does sound promising. It's just deciding whether to hold out...
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In the end it's more do you want android or iOS.
I do however own an iPad 2 and I gotta say the transformers screen is equal in quality, and has an edge over the iPad even with the black bar due to resolution and size.
I'm having issues with the system bar too. I'm trying to create a PDF brochure/demo but the 50px bar ***** up the full zoom mode as the PDF pages are 1280x800.
I'm using ezPDF - does anyone know an alternative which can force full screen mode and hide the system bar?
never ceases to amaze me what people whine about
Just because it doesn't matter to you doesn't make it unimportant.
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In the end it's more do you want android or iOS.
I do however own an iPad 2 and I gotta say the transformers screen is equal in quality, and has an edge over the iPad even with the black bar due to resolution and size.
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Yeah, that extra resolution is awesome...
I go back to my iPad 2 and I really notice it.
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Just because it doesn't matter to you doesn't make it unimportant.
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true, however, returning a device that is 3 weeks old, with brand new firmware, because 50pixels worth of the screen is displayed when you are demo-ing photos is a tad ridiculous. Demoing hi-res photography on 1280x800 10'' screen is already ridiculous, but i digress. How much extra detail is the client really going to experience from 50 pixels worth... come on now, its just plain ol' *****ing. And the smooth reference of 'well the ipad2 doesn't do that' rubbed me the wrong way. Ipad2 is a great device, maybe the OP should return his TF and get the ipad2
I bought a Samsung Galaxy Tab recently and was seriously bummed out to see the retarded behavior of the photo gallery.
The built-in gallery works right on my Samsung Android phone. And it hits all the right notes on my Galaxy Tab 7" as well. Just as it did on my ipad.
Honeycomb gallery is extremely dumb. It just makes me mad every time I have to use it.
I guess I'll have to just write my own. Watch for it on Android Market in a few weeks. I might as well start taking feature requests and name suggestions for the app.
Is there a way to hide the system bar?
maybe something like THIS?
+1
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
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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?
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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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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.
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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
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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.
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It's built into the ROM
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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.
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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
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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.
greetings fellow XDA members.
need some professional help regarding the tabs' systemui.
i personally hate the system bar at the bottom, it takes up space which isnt really needed.
most of us would definitely accidentally pressed the buttons there while playing some games.
so what i usually do is to hide the system bar via honeybar.
problem is, no back home nor menu buttons. so i used an overlay. worked pretty well and soon enough i graduated to using GMD gesture control[awesome app]
now i have no system bar + freestyle gesture controls tailored to my own style.
the new problem is that since hiding the system bar simply kills systemui, i am unable to receive any notifications except toasts from su etc and using notification apps just doesnt work seamlessly like the systemui.
is there anyway to hide/kill system bar without killing the notification?
or better, is it at all possible to have a regular non tab status bar [aka top statusbar + pulldown notification] for our tab?
i apologize for being long winded, just trying to be detailed.
any help is appreciated. googling it gave diff answers not relating to tabs so im at a lost.
Only workable way I found was to
decompile framework-res.apk, track down dimens.xml and edit "status_bar_height" and "navigation_bar_height" = 0, depending on what dpi you use, I use 213 and that shows a combined bottom bar.
Its important to mention that since the combinedbar thinks its still there a transparent area still occupy the space when ex. in any dialogs that uses dimming you´ll see a area without dim, so esthetically all 3 backgroundDimAmount´s should be also set to 0 in /values/styles.xml.
Still any apps you open, will open in fullscreen and occupy entire screen..
There is a challenge if you dissable GMD, making it very difficult to return or manouver, unless I find a way to add back or home to the powermenu in CM9, which I haven´t yet..
This stops polluting catlog with systemui crashes every darn minute, wich bordered me from the beginning..
If you have ideas I am all ears
cheers!
thanks for the reply.
im a newbie when it comes to edting xml files, heck im not even sure how to decomompile the framework-res.apk but i'll tinker around for a lil bit and see what comes out of edting the files.
if its similar to editing xml files from within an apk, then i guess im safe since ive tinkered with an xml file that granted apps permission to save data to ext sd. thats a start i guess.
youve basically given me something to work with.
will get back here if i have any further queries or run into any problems with your stated workaround.
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thanks for the reply.
im a newbie when it comes to edting xml files, heck im not even sure how to decomompile the framework-res.apk but i'll tinker around for a lil bit and see what comes out of edting the files.
if its similar to editing xml files from within an apk, then i guess im safe since ive tinkered with an xml file that granted apps permission to save data to ext sd. thats a start i guess.
youve basically given me something to work with.
will get back here if i have any further queries or run into any problems with your stated workaround.
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ok, if you need any help just pm me..
systemui.apk
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ok, if you need any help just pm me..
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Hi, I'm not a tech geek, but interested in tweaking my tab, but if you please share your updated framework-res.apk so i can just replace it with mine :fingers-crossed:
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Hi, I'm not a tech geek, but interested in tweaking my tab, but if you please share your updated framework-res.apk so i can just replace it with mine :fingers-crossed:
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My framework is way to heavy slimmed for your likings, but I could rather make a specific one for your current os.
PS. there is some preparations:
1. you will need to setup GMD and assign home,back,show notifications and so on..(activate GMD notification icon (optional))
2. just in case, make important shortcuts on home to apps drawer, open notification, so on if GMD stops working
3. make a restore CMW package of current framework-res and SystemUI, you might change your mind
I have not mentioned this, but sometimes GMD will be unresponsive when waking up the device (worst case 20-30sec), therefore it is wise to have some sort of backup shortcuts of some kind if you can´t wait for it to restart..
(future focus : adding home or back to the powermenu if GMD would be switched off.)
If you are rooted and running the lastest CM10 (from Aorth) or CM10.1 rom, you can use the expanded desktop option:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1u2c_s1QaI
Not sure about getting notifications, will have to try that out later...
Since you're using GMD gesture control, why not set it to disable the notification bar on some apps, but leave it open for others? You could, for example, run "fullscreen" in everything but your home screen if you wished, and just go there periodically for notifications. I also found that if you make a custom gesture to show notifications, it will both reactivate the notification bar and then pop the notifications out. You can use that gesture and then re-hide the bar manually.
If you are rooted and running the lastest CM10 (from Aorth) or CM10.1 rom, you can use the expanded desktop option:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1u2c_s1QaI
Not sure about getting notifications, will have to try that out later...
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As you say, he dosen´t show if notifications work, I will asume this still kills systemui in the background...
Since you're using GMD gesture control, why not set it to disable the notification bar on some apps, but leave it open for others? You could, for example, run "fullscreen" in everything but your home screen if you wished, and just go there periodically for notifications. I also found that if you make a custom gesture to show notifications, it will both reactivate the notification bar and then pop the notifications out. You can use that gesture and then re-hide the bar manually.
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I experienced instability, it also consumes more battery when systemui is killed like this, and my logs got polluted with crash reports more or less every minute, therefore I looked for a solution to preserve both..
I want to use the S-Note and Lecture Notes apps for school and they both work quite well, however, I'm having one major problem--the MENU and BACK buttons are driving me nuts (especially the MENU/SETTINGS seeing as how LN has the option to stop the BACK button without being a root user). Every time I lift my hand even a little the menu button pop up (I'm right-handed and the menu is on the right-hand side).
I would be willing to just move that bottom taskbar to the top of my device--can't be done unless you're rooter; I'd be willing to disable them while using certain programs--can't be done unless you're rooted (LN actually has that option but you have to be rooted).
I will not use ANYTHING else--I'm am not a tablet power-user and will never be one--I have a custom-built gaming rig and every imaginable console/multimedia device at home--I don't care to use my tablet for anything except taking notes and reading my PDF's (for which I use eZPDF with no issues whatsoever).
I'm on Android 4.1.2 BTW--any ideas? Thanks in advance.
It's the very same reason I rooted mine. The difference it makes to lecture notes is fantastic.
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I have the same qestion in mind.And if I root the tablet,how can I unroot it without loosing data.I have triangle away and used it once.But I don't want to loose my data and zero counter.
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I have the same qestion in mind.And if I root the tablet,how can I unroot it without loosing data.I have triangle away and used it once.But I don't want to loose my data and zero counter.
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That's a good question as well. Also, if rooted does that mean that I can no longer update using official channels (Samsung)?
Also, is it realistically possible to mess up the rooting if I don't plan on putting many apps on/removing apps when I'm done. It's my understanding that the rooting process is not what people usually have issues with but rather removal/addition of apps AFTER the rooting is complete.
Any links to an accurate guide (I have 4.1.2 Jelly Bean BTW) would be appreciated.
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I would be willing to just move that bottom taskbar to the top of my device--can't be done unless you're rooter; I'd be willing to disable them while using certain programs--can't be done unless you're rooted (LN actually has that option but you have to be rooted).
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I use Rotation Lock Adaptive (Free) in reverse portrait mode, to turn my display upside down and that puts the buttons at the top of the Note 2 and thus out of the way. BTW I am not rooted but I do use Nova. Rotation Lock Adaptive (Free) works with TouchWiz also.
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I use Rotation Lock Adaptive (Free) in reverse portrait mode, to turn my display upside down and that puts the buttons at the top of the Note 2 and thus out of the way. BTW I am not rooted but I do use Nova. Rotation Lock Adaptive (Free) works with TouchWiz also.
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Thanks for the advice--maybe I'm missing something but the app still opens upside down...?
I'm quite surprised that they didn't think of either offering the option of disabling the menu presses in a writing app or moving the taskbar to the top.
I just decided to root--went fine--the only thing is whenever I use Lecture Notes with the SU access (blocking the menu taskbar) it takes my wallpaper away. The tablet has it as long as I don't use LN with the block taskbar option enabled.
I rooted for the explicit purpose of using multiwindow on every app.
@ZenTheShogun:
I've used that option several times, but it has never happened to me. Maybe try asking in the Lecture Notes thread if anyone else has that issue?
Thanks--I will.
I was always able to use multi-screen on all programs--maybe because the day I purchased it I updated the OS to JB 4.1.2. The only app I was unable to use in multi-screen (and still can't) is Jotter (I don't care LN is far superior IMO).
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I would be willing to just move that bottom taskbar to the top of my device--can't be done unless you're rooter;
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And when it's rooted... how do you do it?
GMD Gesture Control?
Or so I was told. Haven't tried it yet because the Lecture Notes option to gray out the taskbar works well (and it's literally all I wanted).
I am still having a problem with my Lecture Notes app removing my wallpaper every time I use it--really weird.
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GMD Gesture Control?
Or so I was told. Haven't tried it yet because the Lecture Notes option to gray out the taskbar works well (and it's literally all I wanted).
I am still having a problem with my Lecture Notes app removing my wallpaper every time I use it--really weird.
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That's a normal glitch according to the developer (see the lecture notes app thread in the note 10.1 themes and apps section). Apparently after JB 4.0 anytime, you disable/hide the task bar it removes your wallpaper. This goes for all apps that disable the task bar. It's just a bug in JB. If you use a live wallpaper, your wallpaper will survive the hiding task bar. It's only an issue with non-live still wallpapers.
Do live wallpapers waste battery at a faster rate?
Also, is there a faster alternative to eZPDF? I'm finding the page turning a little slow--I only use it for PDF's (textbooks)--I'm not big on annotating (engineering doesn't require much) so I just want a solid PDF app that is quick to respond to page-turns.
Thanks in advance.
ZenTheShogun said:
Do live wallpapers waste battery at a faster rate?
Also, is there a faster alternative to eZPDF? I'm finding the page turning a little slow--I only use it for PDF's (textbooks)--I'm not big on annotating (engineering doesn't require much) so I just want a solid PDF app that is quick to respond to page-turns.
Thanks in advance.
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Yeah a live wallpaper will use a bit more battery life. However with the Note 10.1's already very lengthy battery life, I haven't noticed much of a decrease at all. It's really minimal, at least with the ASUS wallpaper I'm using. I haven't been able to tell the difference between live and still wallpapers. On my nexus 4 with it's more limited battery life, the difference is a bit more noticeable but even then it's only decreased by about 1 hour overall. I honestly can't tell any difference though on the Note but I haven't done any very deliberate/defined tests to measure.
You could try Moon Reader. That's what I use when I don't plan on annotating much. Lecture Notes is really good in case you do decide to annotate. Both will do pdfs but moon reader also does a bunch of other formats.
Yeah--I don't think I can use LN for both though--I keep my problem sets open in a PDF reader and do the actual problems on LN--I was leaning towards Mantano--many have said it's quite good for just reading PDF's (and I'm assuming since I'm a root user I will be able to use it in multi-screen).
ZenTheShogun said:
GMD Gesture Control?
Or so I was told. Haven't tried it yet because the Lecture Notes option to gray out the taskbar works well (and it's literally all I wanted).
I am still having a problem with my Lecture Notes app removing my wallpaper every time I use it--really weird.
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Yeah, I'll try that.
I'm looking for this essentially for Lecture Notes too, but if I could move the bar to the top I would solve the issue for all the apps...
Thanks
You still need root access for GMD Gesture Control BTW.
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You still need root access for GMD Gesture Control BTW.
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Yes, I know. I already rooted and am trying GMD Gesture Control, but only find a way to hide the bar, not move it to the top. Is that it?
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Yes, I know. I already rooted and am trying GMD Gesture Control, but only find a way to hide the bar, not move it to the top. Is that it?
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you should try the other guys software GMD SPen Control. It has an option to turn off all touch sensors so in this way no matter what you need to do on the screen it requires the pen. great for long handwriting sessions. he has a trial version which is free. the creator is 'StupidIdea' you can look him up here.