Hey guys,
I have an issue with the color of the navbar. I changed it to black in the Samsung settings. But for example in Facebook or WhatsApp it's still white. No chance to change it there.
What can I do? Have to wait for fix by Samsung?
Was about to post a thread myself asking for this.
dynamic nav bars have been done by a couple of ways on other phones but couldn't find anything myself that would work on the s8+ without root.
Try "Navbar Apps" from google play. Worked like a charm for me!
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martin.brehme said:
Try "Navbar Apps" from google play. Worked like a charm for me!
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What settings do you use. I can set it to static black but I want it to be transparent on home screen like stock and not black there too.
I just played a little bit with the settings (three dots in the upper right corner) . Don't disable your Home-App. This lead to a black nav bar for me.
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kookmasteraj said:
I've had the phone for one day and it's a sexy phone. However I was encountering an annoyance with the navigation bar (the bottom strip with the home button and back button.) There is an option to change the navigation bar background color (settings > display > navigation bar > background color) but the issue is that it only applies when the keyboard is not present. I set my color to black, but everytime I would send a text or type anything the bottom navigation bar would switch to default white. I like my dark theme and this was a YUGE issue for me, but some people may enjoy the contrast or be fine with white.
The fix I found is a program called "NavBar Apps"
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.damianpiwowarski.navbarapps
It works without root (which is not yet possible) and allows a user to set a static color for the navigation bar, plus other options like battery or dynamic nav bar color from current application. I don't use these features as I enjoy my solid black, but they are interesting to try.
In my opinion static color for the nav bar is the best as I strongly dislike the changing of solid colors between open and closed keyboard.
Hopefully this is helpful, peace
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found this on s8 fourms
I've had the phone for one day and it's a sexy phone. However I was encountering an annoyance with the navigation bar (the bottom strip with the home button and back button.) There is an option to change the navigation bar background color (settings > display > navigation bar > background color) but the issue is that it only applies when the keyboard is not present. I set my color to black, but everytime I would send a text or type anything the bottom navigation bar would switch to default white. I like my dark theme and this was a YUGE issue for me, but some people may enjoy the contrast or be fine with white.
The fix I found is a program called "NavBar Apps"
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.damianpiwowarski.navbarapps
It works without root (which is not yet possible) and allows a user to set a static color for the navigation bar, plus other options like battery or dynamic nav bar color from current application. I don't use these features as I enjoy my solid black, but they are interesting to try.
In my opinion static color for the nav bar is the best as I strongly dislike the changing of solid colors between open and closed keyboard.
Hopefully this is helpful, peace
kookmasteraj said:
I've had the phone for one day and it's a sexy phone. However I was encountering an annoyance with the navigation bar (the bottom strip with the home button and back button.) There is an option to change the navigation bar background color (settings > display > navigation bar > background color) but the issue is that it only applies when the keyboard is not present. I set my color to black, but everytime I would send a text or type anything the bottom navigation bar would switch to default white. I like my dark theme and this was a YUGE issue for me, but some people may enjoy the contrast or be fine with white.
The fix I found is a program called "NavBar Apps"
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.damianpiwowarski.navbarapps
It works without root (which is not yet possible) and allows a user to set a static color for the navigation bar, plus other options like battery or dynamic nav bar color from current application. I don't use these features as I enjoy my solid black, but they are interesting to try.
In my opinion static color for the nav bar is the best as I strongly dislike the changing of solid colors between open and closed keyboard.
Hopefully this is helpful, peace
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This was great. Thank for sharing. ?
Great! Thanks! Anything we can do about notifications background being white even if I have a black theme?
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Make an exception in your app killers
Thank you so much! I realized, however, that the app does need to be running in the background for the color fix to work. Which is fine as long as my nav bar matches my black keyboard
Awesome, it works perfectly!
That's all well and good, but a reminder: static images burn in on AMOLED screens. Perhaps Sammy set it to change as a preventative measure.
I just got the s8+ and I am wondering if there is a way to make the keyboard larger on the screen. Thanks!
Skilpu said:
I just got the s8+ and I am wondering if there is a way to make the keyboard larger on the screen. Thanks!
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This isn't quite the place to post your question.
However
While the Samsung Keyboard is open, press the key that looks like a gear, and select "Keyboard size and layout."
Make sure to always thoroughly check app settings!
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I just got the s8+ and I am wondering if there is a way to make the keyboard larger on the screen. Thanks!
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I'm using SwiftKey. Wonderful app.
Hi, I got my s8+ a couple of days ago and I am using a black theme from Samsung which indeed doesn't theme the nav bar when the keyboard is open.
I am afraid to root it right away and if this works then I am all for it.
Question: themes from the Samsung store only change the color of the built-in apps but not the 3rd party apps like whatsapp.
Even the color of the notifications are still white. Any ideas?
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That's all well and good, but a reminder: static images burn in on AMOLED screens. Perhaps Sammy set it to change as a preventative measure.
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Then just go for black navigation bar. No burn in with shut down pixels.
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difference said:
Then just go for black navigation bar. No burn in with shut down pixels.
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I was thinking more of the navigation buttons themselves. The image of the keys inverts when the bar is white.
AdamIsYou said:
I was thinking more of the navigation buttons themselves. The image of the keys inverts when the bar is white.
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They are moving 1 pixel every know and then. So no problem.
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kookmasteraj said:
I've had the phone for one day and it's a sexy phone. However I was encountering an annoyance with the navigation bar (the bottom strip with the home button and back button.) There is an option to change the navigation bar background color (settings > display > navigation bar > background color) but the issue is that it only applies when the keyboard is not present. I set my color to black, but everytime I would send a text or type anything the bottom navigation bar would switch to default white. I like my dark theme and this was a YUGE issue for me, but some people may enjoy the contrast or be fine with white.
The fix I found is a program called "NavBar Apps"
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.damianpiwowarski.navbarapps
It works without root (which is not yet possible) and allows a user to set a static color for the navigation bar, plus other options like battery or dynamic nav bar color from current application. I don't use these features as I enjoy my solid black, but they are interesting to try.
In my opinion static color for the nav bar is the best as I strongly dislike the changing of solid colors between open and closed keyboard.
Hopefully this is helpful, peace
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You the man!!!!
difference said:
They are moving 1 pixel every know and then. So no problem.
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There are actually many people reporting burn in on the navigation buttons, sadly. I was looking for a way to keep the bar fully functional but invisible. Do you guys know anyway to do it? Thanks
gabrielgon said:
There are actually many people reporting burn in on the navigation buttons, sadly. I was looking for a way to keep the bar fully functional but invisible. Do you guys know anyway to do it? Thanks
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I use All In One Gestures to activate immersive mode. Unfortunately the keyboard (and a few other random things) don't work while in immersive mode, so I set an edge gesture at the bottom of the screen to deactivate it if I need to use the keyboard.
I also set navigation to edge gestures so I don't need to exit immersive mode often.
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I use All In One Gestures to activate immersive mode. Unfortunately the keyboard (and a few other random things) don't work while in immersive mode, so I set an edge gesture at the bottom of the screen to deactivate it if I need to use the keyboard.
I also set navigation to edge gestures so I don't need to exit immersive mode often.
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I think all of this is a lot o hassle. Mine's coming today and I'll try some immersive mode options, but will keep looking for the invisible icons idea as this would change absolutely nothing on my daily use of the device.
gabrielgon said:
I think all of this is a lot o hassle. Mine's coming today and I'll try some immersive mode options, but will keep looking for the invisible icons idea as this would change absolutely nothing on my daily use of the device.
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If you find a way that doesn't require root, please post it.
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If you find a way that doesn't require root, please post it.
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I may have!! My S8+ should finally be home tonight. If it works I'll let you know.
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I may have!! My S8+ should finally be home tonight. If it works I'll let you know.
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Did you find a way
At&T recently pushed out the latest update which enabled the immersive mode button at the bottom of the navbae, but crucially, also changed the choices of navbar color to hideous pastels and whites.
Navbar apps no longer works consistently to keep the navbar black. And apps, such as Snapchat, that used to have a transparent navbar, do not anymore.
The first image shows how the navbar used to look.
The second shows the hideous white color of the navbar now.
Has anyone encountered this? What's the solution? I can't stand it?
abdullaha said:
At&T recently pushed out the latest update which enabled the immersive mode button at the bottom of the navbae, but crucially, also changed the choices of navbar color to hideous pastels and whites.
Navbar apps no longer works consistently to keep the navbar black. And apps, such as Snapchat, that used to have a transparent navbar, do not anymore.
The first image shows how the navbar used to look.
The second shows the hideous white color of the navbar now.
Has anyone encountered this? What's the solution? I can't stand it
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Just install and it will be fixed
Better Default Nav Colors: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8DTpyUdT0UAN2RiRTJZT2pZeEk/view
XDA thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=73523750&postcount=35
abdullaha said:
At&T recently pushed out the latest update which enabled the immersive mode button at the bottom of the navbae, but crucially, also changed the choices of navbar color to hideous pastels and whites.
Navbar apps no longer works consistently to keep the navbar black. And apps, such as Snapchat, that used to have a transparent navbar, do not anymore.
The first image shows how the navbar used to look.
The second shows the hideous white color of the navbar now.
Has anyone encountered this? What's the solution? I can't stand it
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I use black_navigation_bar.apk. Once installed go to>settings>display>navigation bar>apply current theme>select black>slide tab to right and your set.
If you don't like it just go to settings>apps> uninstall it.
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Just install and it will be fixed
Better Default Nav Colors: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8DTpyUdT0UAN2RiRTJZT2pZeEk/view
XDA thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=73523750&postcount=35
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Thank you so much! Works wonderfully
ggrant3876 said:
I use black_navigation_bar.apk. Once installed go to>settings>display>navigation bar>apply current theme>select black>slide tab to right and your set.
If you don't like it just go to settings>apps> uninstall it.
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It needed a reboot to work but now my navbar is not awful anymore . Thank you so much!
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stivy73 said:
It needed a reboot to work but now my navbar is not awful anymore . Thank you so much!
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Yes. I'm sorry I forgot the most important part
Samsung doesn't let us change the color of the white navbar buttons-> Result:Burn in!
I really cannot understand the decision of Samsung not to provide the option of changing the color of the white navbar icons.
I use black themes and wallpapers for 1 year now. Black wallpapers and themes appear great on amoled screens and also help the battery life.
In order for the navigation bar to match my black interface, i turned the navigation bar to black.
The problem is that all these months the navbar is black but the navbar icons are white.
So after 1 year of light use i got a burn in of the icons of the navbar and i have to ask for a screen replacement.
If Samsung had given me choice, i would have set dark grey color for the navbar icons and i wouldn't had burn in. Someone can say that it's my fault because i turn the navbar to black so the contrast with the white icons was too big. Others could say "why didn't you hide completely the navbar? To these type of questions i reply with a question : Was it so difficult for Samsung to give an option to choose a color for the icons of the navbar???? Is it bad to prefer black interface on amoled displays which have exactly this advantage compared to the lcds???
I really hope that someone in Samsung will see this post. It's the first time i am thinking of giving up the amoled displays. In the past i didn't have such a problem because the navbar was outside the screen. Now with the bezeless screens, the navbar burn in issue is more easy to appear.
Just hide navbar or remove it with root/adb
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Just hide navbar or remove it with root/adb
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If you read my post, you ll see that the meaning of it is not the solution "just hide it". And if it is more practical for me to have it shown as it is by default? What is the answer of Samsung on this? "Well, we couldn't provide the option to change the color of the navigation buttons, we haven't the knowledge that developers of play store have ( there are navigation bars which let the user change the color of the buttons), sorry for the burn-in" ???
Has anyone totally disabled the navbar and replaced it with one of the play store? I personally hide the stock, installed one from the play store, but when i enter an app, the interface of the app doesn't move up, so the buttons of the navigation bar fall inside the app's interface.
I disabled the navigation bar using this methos and works perfectly, is not even complicated.
Navigation Gestures
When i used black nav bar i noticed it's area was a little bit brighter color after that I removed it completely
I changed color to black.
Samsung want that your screen will burn and you buy a always the newest phone.
I use Gesture Controls app and disable the nav bar. However one solution is you can download an overlay that changes the buttons to the Pixel buttons and sets there color to a dark grey. That's what I had been using before the gesture control. Numerous options on Substratum as well. Good luck!