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[Q] how to enable full screen immersive mode?

full screen (no status or nav bar) hasn't been happening for me. is there a way to enable it?

I believe it requires an app to request it so you'll have to wait until apps get updated with the functionality.

Ah ok. strange there's so much talk about this feature on sites and from Google yet it's not actually really in use. most of these tech sites write about phones they haven't even used.

Techradar guys have been able to use it in Google Reader app according to their early hands on review. Give it a go and see how it works there before support from other apps arrives.

I think this is a feature that most probably can be applied to all apps in a simple way by a Xposed module (similar like App settings module). Be patient, something like that will come.

Google reader app? Google reader app hasn't existed for months!

prawnguevara said:
Google reader app? Google reader app hasn't existed for months!
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Google play books
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prawnguevara said:
Google reader app? Google reader app hasn't existed for months!
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That's what they wrote. I just quoted.

I don't get why other Google apps like chrome aren't using full screen yet?
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any updates on this feature?

Xposed+gravity box allows you to enable and disable immersive mode anytime you wish
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Not right. With Gravitybox, you can enable Expanded Desktop which is of course nice (and used by me), but Immersive Mode is different: In ED you just can toggle it on/off (hide/unhide navbar/statusbar permanently), while in Kitkat's IM I you can, while the bars are hidden, swipe from the screen edge to show them.

prawnguevara said:
full screen (no status or nav bar) hasn't been happening for me. is there a way to enable it?
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Some apps have immersive mode built in, otherwise I believe you can't get it WITHOUT flashing a custom ROM.
Cataclysm ROM works, and has a quick toggle for it if you're wondering. And plenty others.

hasenbein1966 said:
Not right. With Gravitybox, you can enable Expanded Desktop which is of course nice (and used by me), but Immersive Mode is different: In ED you just can toggle it on/off (hide/unhide navbar/statusbar permanently), while in Kitkat's IM I you can, while the bars are hidden, swipe from the screen edge to show them.
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So IM is impossible at present?
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Use Immerse Me
Try this -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2557697
Xposed is required

Anyway full Immersive Mode is suboptimal. One wants to see the statusbar for quick informations. So Gravitybox's solution where you can only hide the navbar is best.

hasenbein1966 said:
Not right. With Gravitybox, you can enable Expanded Desktop which is of course nice (and used by me), but Immersive Mode is different: In ED you just can toggle it on/off (hide/unhide navbar/statusbar permanently), while in Kitkat's IM I you can, while the bars are hidden, swipe from the screen edge to show them.
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I am new to Xposed so I can not give any indication on the history, but I can confirm that I can get the following options for Expanded desktop mode in the latest version of GravityBox for KitKat:
Disabled
Hide navigation bar
Immersive status bar
Immersive navigation bar
Semi-immersive
Immersive
The settings are in the "Display tweaks" menu. Once activated, you can turn the effect on and off via the power menu (found by holding down the power button on your phone for a second or two). GravityBox's Immersive Mode works the same as KitKat's IM and from what I can tell it works very well indeed. It will hide the nav bar and status bar and give applications that extra screen real estate to use. A swipe from the top of the screen will temporarily show the navbar and status bar.
I am running GravityBox [KK] [2.9.6] on my Nexus 5.

You can enable immersive mode without root using GMD Full Screen Immersive Mode
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2798554

[Q] Menu bar background in 4.4.4 KitKat issue

Not sure how to best describe this, but take a look at this screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/GMXfeMf.png
Shown is the background on my menu bar, with "less" of an opaque overlay from my main wallpaper. This issue started up today, and I am not sure what is causing it.
I am on 4.4.4 KitKat, with Xposed Framework, and menu tweaks via GravityBox disabled.

what launcher are you using?

republicano said:
what launcher are you using?
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Nova. Sorry that I forgot to mention that.

By menu bar, do you mean navigation bar? And less opaque, meaning more transparent?
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rootSU said:
By menu bar, do you mean navigation bar? And less opaque, meaning more transparent?
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Took the words out of my mouth. That's exactly what's going on, via my screenshot.

I don't see any navigation bar options in Nova Launcher, so I am unsure how it would be affecting this. Nova has had no recent updates that I can recall, and the issue was not occurring 48 hours ago.

Nova has been updated twice this week. The 2nd one was a bug fix.
Its not down to settings but the launcher needs to support the transparency of the navbar for KitKat. I remember it being added to nova last year. So yeah - try a different launcher first and see if the issue goes away. If it does, contact Kevin.
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rootSU said:
Nova has been updated twice this week. The 2nd one was a bug fix.
Its not down to settings but the launcher needs to support the transparency of the navbar for KitKat. I remember it being added to nova last year. So yeah - try a different launcher first and see if the issue goes away. If it does, contact Kevin.
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Thank you for the reply.
I switched back to stock Google GEL launcher, and the issue remains. This is when I am switching over to the Google Now home page, you can even more clearly see the menu buttons with a different transparency: http://i.imgur.com/GsRlAV2.png

Looked into the settings of app Lux, there is an option of Advanced -> Miscellaneous -> Use alternative overlay. Enabling this fixed the issue.
I guess some new feature of Lux is not working well with the menu bar.

Missing edit option in quick settings

I'm already assuming that it's totally my fault for not finding where to enable this, but I'm at a loss as to how to make the edit option show up in the bottom right corner of the expanded quick settings pane, to add and reorder the tiles therein.
I already enabled System UI tuner by long pressing the settings icon... now what?
On a Pixel running Android 7.1
I'd post a screenshot, but my newbieness doesn't allow external links :\
Cheers!

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I'm already assuming that it's totally my fault for not finding where to enable this, but I'm at a loss as to how to make the edit option show up in the bottom right corner of the expanded quick settings pane, to add and reorder the tiles therein.
I already enabled System UI tuner by long pressing the settings icon... now what?
On a Pixel running Android 7.1
I'd post a screenshot, but my newbieness doesn't allow external links :\
Cheers!
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Click on the pencil once the quick settings are expanded.

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I knew I'd feel stupid afterwards, was just so used to the bottom right edit ... thanks!

I've got no "pencil" either! Now what?

sonrock3 said:
I've got no "pencil" either! Now what?
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Did you long press the settings icon in the Quick Settings panel to enable system tuner?

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cntryby429 said:
Did you long press the settings icon in the Quick Settings panel to enable system tuner?
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Yay! I've cracked it since I posted to you (thx to How-to Geek). But thx for the same tip - simple when you know how (otherwise complete blank, as for so many stuff). issue closed.

Accessibility icon

Hello, how can I disable the accessibility icon in the button bar ?

Maybe it's impossible

Same issue here. I had it activated for something to do with FFBE on my other phone and it carried over to my OnePlus. Unfortunately, there is no option to disable or enable it, they've seemingly only added "triple tap to zoom" and hidden the icon zoom.

cityeyes said:
Same issue here. I had it activated for something to do with FFBE on my other phone and it carried over to my OnePlus. Unfortunately, there is no option to disable or enable it, they've seemingly only added "triple tap to zoom" and hidden the icon zoom.
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Sorry to hear that...it's quite annoying for me because this button use the right place of the back button of my old OP3 !
I tried the navigation gestures ans it's no no no...
Cheers

Disable the android Accessibility suite. Search for it in your settings, disable the app and it should go away.

Question No immersive mode?

Is there a way to enable immersive mode on the Pixel 7 pro? Is there any root or Xposed option to do so? I want to enable immersive mode on a per app basis through tasker. This functionality seems to have been lost in Android 13.

I use the Xposed module "None Display Cutout". After installing it, go to Settings > Developer Options > Display Cutout and set it to "No Display Cutout".
Then I use XposedEdgePro to creat shortcuts to turn it off and on. You can trigger it by gesture, quicksettings or activity shortcut.
I'm not sure what the best way is to set it on a per-app basis.

Schroeder09 said:
Is there a way to enable immersive mode on the Pixel 7 pro? Is there any root or Xposed option to do so? I want to enable immersive mode on a per app basis through tasker. This functionality seems to have been lost in Android 13.
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Magisk with LSPosed and App Settings Reborn.

innit said:
Magisk with LSPosed and App Settings Reborn.
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Thanks. In the app settings reborn thread here on XDA they're saying it's not compatible with A13 tho.

synesthete said:
I use the Xposed module "None Display Cutout". After installing it, go to Settings > Developer Options > Display Cutout and set it to "No Display Cutout".
Then I use XposedEdgePro to creat shortcuts to turn it off and on. You can trigger it by gesture, quicksettings or activity shortcut.
I'm not sure what the best way is to set it on a per-app basis.
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I don't understand the utility in Xposed edge pro. Doesn't it make an annoying half moon circle with different buttons pop out? Each having its own customized function? You're making it execute a small script that is to go into settings tho and activate immersive mode after installing the display cutout option. Is that correct?

Schroeder09 said:
I don't understand the utility in Xposed edge pro. Doesn't it make an annoying half moon circle with different buttons pop out? Each having its own customized function? You're making it execute a small script that is to go into settings tho and activate immersive mode after installing the display cutout option. Is that correct?
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Well, the None Display Cutout module doesn't actually give you immersive mode by itself. It basically just makes your phone ignore the hole-punch camera. Without it, you will have a black section of unused space above the app and camera if you go into immersive mode. So, it just let's you use the full screen.
I just use Xposed Edge Pro, because it offers a working way to go into immersive mode, but you don't actually need to open it after setting it up. You don't need the pie/halfmooon menu. It has an activity that can be called. I have a different custom menu that I set up with another app that calls the XposedEdge Pro shortcut to put the phone into immersive mode. Xposed Edge also lets you add quick settings buttons to hide the status or nav bars.
You could also just set up gestures through Xposed Edge to trigger immersive mode

synesthete said:
You could also just set up gestures through Xposed Edge to trigger immersive mode
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And this is while using the gesture navigation or are you using the nav bar?
Is this the Xposed module you're using?
NoDisplayCutout
强制应用在刘海/挖控区域中呈现. 主要用于小米Mix4这种挖了孔但又没挖孔的屏下摄像头手机.
modules.lsposed.org
Is it functioning on lsposed 1.8.7, magisk stable 25.2, and android 13? It hasn't had an update since 2021.

Schroeder09 said:
And this is while using the gesture navigation or are you using the nav bar?
Is this the Xposed module you're using?
NoDisplayCutout
强制应用在刘海/挖控区域中呈现. 主要用于小米Mix4这种挖了孔但又没挖孔的屏下摄像头手机.
modules.lsposed.org
Is it functioning on lsposed 1.8.7, magisk stable 25.2, and android 13? It hasn't had an update since 2021.
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This is the None Display Cutout module that I am using:
[MODULE] None Display Cutout v2
This module provide you a option for hide your devices display cutout (notch). Support Android P(ie), Q(uince Tart) and R(ed Velvet Cake). Android O and below will not work Tested on OnePlus 8T. Usage `Settings - Dev Options - Cutout Emulation...
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Sorry, it is a Magisk module, not an Xposed module.
I use the gesture navigation, but I don't use the XposeEdge gestures. I was just saying that there are different ways of triggering it. There might be some other apps that still, work, but the other old apps that put the device in immersive mode just didn't seem to work anymore. So, Xposed Edge was the only way I could get it working. If all you care about is getting rid of of the gesture pill at the bottom, and don't want to hide the status bar, there is a mod you can use with Substratum Lite.
You mentioned using Tasker. Well, I just looked in Tasker and it does give you the option to call an App Shortcut from Xposed Edge Pro. I sort of got per-app immersive working with Tasker.
To test it try this:
1. Press the + button to add new profile and select "Application"
2. Select all apps that you want to be in immersive mode
3. For you task, select App > Shortcut > Xposed Edge Pro > Hide Status Bar > Turn On.
4. Do the same thing as above, but select Hide Navigation Bar.
At this point it should trigger it when you open one of those apps that you specified. The main issue is that it persists if you go to any other app. So then you might need to create an inverse version of the profile and tasks above, to turn it off for every other app, including your launcher. There is about a quarter second delay for the immersive to turn on when you switch to a new app, though.

Schroeder09 said:
Thanks. In the app settings reborn thread here on XDA they're saying it's not compatible with A13 tho.
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It works on A13. I've been using it since day one on Pixel 7 Pro. Immersive mode, custom dpi and font size work. Only few apps are incompatible (Google Photos, Files, Recorder).
Screenshots:
1. Chrome with immersive mode enabled.
2. ES File Explorer with immersive mode and custom dpi.

I flashed a zip that makes my status bar 1px so the notification pull-down gesture still works but the screen is basically stretched to the top of the phone. Works perfectly

Bxperiaz3 said:
I flashed a zip that makes my status bar 1px so the notification pull-down gesture still works but the screen is basically stretched to the top of the phone. Works perfectly
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Is it a magisk module?

Schroeder09 said:
Is it a magisk module?
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Yes,someone made it for me