How do I auto-hide nav-bar or go auto-immersive?
As root in Android Terminal, to auto-hide only nav-bar on bottom (e.g., just swipe up on bottom to show nav-bar), type:
su
settings put global policy_control immersive.navigation=*
or to auto-hide top & bottom:
su
settings put global policy_control immersive.full=*
or to go back to original:
su
settings delete global policy_control
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To do the same as above without root using adb from PC, to auto-hide only nav-bar on bottom (e.g., just swipe up on bottom to show nav-bar), type:
adb shell
settings put global policy_control immersive.navigation=*
or to auto-hide top & bottom:
adb shell
settings put global policy_control immersive.full=*
or to go back to original:
adb shell
settings delete global policy_control
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The only issue I have found so far is getting trapped in camera app, because camera app monopolizes swipe function by default; however, it is easy to swipe left in camera to go to photos, then swipe up from bottom in photos to make nav-bar appear.
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thanks for these steps, very helpful
you can also just enable Moto Actions and One button nav, hides the nav bar all together
I started out using the auto-hide nav-bar only one, but now I'm trying the full immersive one and the latter takes some getting used to, I think. There is no question either one makes web-browsing better! Every fraction of an inch of screen real-estate helps avoid that cramped feeling of inconvenience. But, I think I'm gonna stick with the auto-hide nav-bar only one, because it takes up the most room of the two and I miss it less.
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Thru terminal emulator I enabled Full Immersive mode which works as advertised.
settings put global policy_control immersive.full=*
However, nav bar hides fairly quickly and there are times I'd like it to remain visible for a bit longer.
Is there a nav bar tweak while in Full Immersive where you can keep nav bar visible until you want to hide it, without drilling into settings? My first though was long press on gray area to temp disable immersive would be cool.
Is there something I may have missed to do this?
Tks
Hi,
I have update my oneplus 5t with the latest official android 8.1, and the nav bar does not hide automatically anymore after the update it hide. (I don't remember if it's a android or nova feature).
Do you know where is the settings to enable the hide of navbar?
Thanks.
I reply to me because I found where it is.
go to settings, bottons, navigation bar & gesture and choose hide the nav bar
Does anyone know anything about this?
Because I went to; Settings > Buttons > Navigation bar & gestures > Hide the navigation bar - marked it
But this is only hiding it while I'm in the Settings.
I thought this is going to hide it always even while at the HOME screen?
DoR3M3 said:
Does anyone know anything about this?
Because I went to; Settings > Buttons > Navigation bar & gestures > Hide the navigation bar - marked it
But this is only hiding it while I'm in the Settings.
I thought this is going to hide it always even while at the HOME screen?
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Try this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.sakeapps.immersivesettings
After installing app, you need to give it permission by adb, use command: adb shell pm grant jp.sakeapps.immersivesettings android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS
anatoly1983 said:
Try this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.sakeapps.immersivesettings
After installing app, you need to give it permission by adb, use command: adb shell pm grant jp.sakeapps.immersivesettings android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS
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Don't care for any 3rd party apps, but thanks anyways...
For now I'm just using "Navigation Gestures" and quite liking it, at least it hides the nav bar too...
If you hide the gesture bar, it disables the ability to swipe between apps. But with a single ADB command to hide the bar and STILL be able to swipe between apps:
./adb shell wm overscan 0,0,0,-39
To revert the change, use
./adb shell wm overscan 0,0,0,0
What this does is pushes the bar down off the screen, effectively permanently hiding it (until you revert it)—but the functionality of the bar remains intact as if it were still there.
*Note: this has the effect of "pulling" the UI elements down by the same amount which would normally appear on the bottom of the screen, e.g. the hide keyboard button, switch keyboard button, lockscreen shortcuts, etc. They are all still visible and functional, just shifted down by 39 pixels.
You're welcome!!
For total newbs, here's a quick rundown of how to set up ADB for your device. Trust me it's much simpler than it looks:
PART ONE—Getting ADB on your computer
1. Download the Platform Tools from Google.
2. Unzip it.
3. Start a command prompt or terminal from the new platform-tools folder that step 2 created.
- On Windows, this means opening the platform-tools folder and then holding shift and right clicking and opening a powershell (or command prompt or whatever option you get)
- On Mac, this means open the terminal (cmd+space > terminal), type cd and then drag the platform tools folder onto the terminal and then press enter (basically, cd changes the directory of the terminal, and dragging the platform-tools folder tells it that's where you cd'ing to), then press enter. (cd > drag folder > press enter)
4. That's it. You're now able to do ./adb and ./fastboot commands. If any posts online tell you to type adb, use a ./ in front of the adb. Same with fastboot. There's a separate process to avoid having to type the ./ but it's frankly more work than it's worth IMO.
PART 2—Making your phone allow ADB
1. Go to settings > about phone > software information
2. Tap "Build number" 7 times
3. Go back one page, at the top search "usb debugging" and enable the option
4. Plug your device into your computer and go past your lockscreen
5. In the terminal in platform-tools, type
./adb devices
6. This will trigger a popup on your phone asking you to allow. Accept this popup.
7. Now you can run ./adb commands for your specific device.
Hmm, I don't have the gesture bar at all (it's one of the first things i disabled) and i didn't need adb to do it. Are you using the Android 10 gestures or Samsung?
I don't know also if you mean the gesture bar from Samsung that takes a little line of space in every app. But it is still possible to switch between apps, I wrote this to another guy with that kind of problem:
"It's still possible to swipe between apps but it's more difficult because you don't have the line for orientation. You have to slide up very gently and then left or right."
Sure with the bar it is really flawless, but still possible without. Just needs to be pushed little bit up and then swiping apps is possible.
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freeza said:
Hmm, I don't have the gesture bar at all (it's one of the first things i disabled) and i didn't need adb to do it. Are you using the Android 10 gestures or Samsung?
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TheFerhatKing said:
I don't know also if you mean the gesture bar from Samsung that takes a little line of space in every app. But it is still possible to switch between apps, I wrote this to another guy with that kind of problem:
"It's still possible to swipe between apps but it's more difficult because you don't have the line for orientation. You have to slide up very gently and then left or right."
Sure with the bar it is really flawless, but still possible without. Just needs to be pushed little bit up and then swiping apps is possible.
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Sorry I should have been more clear. With this command, you can still swipe left and right to switch between apps. The toggle in settings forces you to do a new arching swipe gesture that's pretty bad IMO (and I assume in everyone's opinion, which is why it's not the way iOS does it or any of the Android 10 phones that are copying the iOS gesture).
Hi, tried this but after executing the command the nav bar move but immediately back to its original position.
I use edge gestures app, I find it very useful, you can asign a variety of gesture actions at left, right and bottom, has the switch apps option, it also provides a "pie" control at every edge, give it a try
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ss.edgegestures
Display. Navigation bar, full screen gestures + gesture hints. Then swipe on the bottom to move between apps.
This app does the best job for gestures on a samsung device
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samsung.android.sidegesturepad
Don't have the gesture bar, and swiping between apps works just fine...
I don't understand this, my gesture swipe works perfectly fine just hiding navigation bar.
finshan said:
If you hide the gesture bar, it disables the ability to swipe between apps. But with a single ADB command to hide the bar and STILL be able to swipe between apps:
./adb shell wm overscan 0,0,0,-39
To revert the change, use
./adb shell wm overscan 0,0,0,0
What this does is pushes the bar down off the screen, effectively permanently hiding it (until you revert it)—but the functionality of the bar remains intact as if it were still there.
*Note: this has the effect of "pulling" the UI elements down by the same amount which would normally appear on the bottom of the screen, e.g. the hide keyboard button, switch keyboard button, lockscreen shortcuts, etc. They are all still visible and functional, just shifted down by 39 pixels.
You're welcome!!
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You can also use good luck and 100 operation plus use the hide navigation bar while you're in gestures and you'll have a complete full screen no gesture bar but be able to use all gestures
Hey all,
Does anyone know how to disable immersive mode and keep the software buttons always on? My mother has really shaky hands and performing gestures is not really viable for her so I'd like to just disable immersive mode all together that way she has the software buttons on at all times. I have came across multiple commands to hide the navbar and status bar but, nothing to keep it always enabled. Here is all of the commands that I've came across so far
Change Navigation Bar Color
settings put global navigationbar_color <Android value>
Change Navigation Bar Color
settings put global navigationbar_current_color <Android value>
Hide Status Bar Only
adb shell settings put global policy_control immersive.status=*
Hide Navigation Bar Only
adb shell settings put global policy_control immersive.navigation=*
Hide Status Bar and Navigation Bar
adb shell settings put global policy_control immersive.full=*
+ Immersive Mode In All Apps Except Certain Apps
adb shell settings put global policy_control immersive.full=apps,-"app location",-"another app location"
+ Immersive Mode In All Apps But With Certain Apps Having Status Bar Not Hidden
adb shell settings put global policy_control immersive.navigation=apps,:immersive.status=apps,-"app location",-"second app location"
+ Immersive In All Apps But With Certain Apps Having Navigation Bar Not Hidden
adb shell settings put global policy_control immersive.status=apps,:immersive.navigation=apps,-"app location",-"second app location"
Put Status Bar and Navigation Bar Back to Normal/Default State
adb shell settings put global policy_control null*
Any and all help is appreciated.
Aceolus said:
Hey all,
Does anyone know how to disable immersive mode and keep the software buttons always on? My mother has really shaky hands and performing gestures is not really viable for her so I'd like to just disable immersive mode all together that way she has the software buttons on at all times. I have came across multiple commands to hide the navbar and status bar but, nothing to keep it always enabled. Here is all of the commands that I've came across so far
Change Navigation Bar Color
settings put global navigationbar_color <Android value>
Change Navigation Bar Color
settings put global navigationbar_current_color <Android value>
Hide Status Bar Only
adb shell settings put global policy_control immersive.status=*
Hide Navigation Bar Only
adb shell settings put global policy_control immersive.navigation=*
Hide Status Bar and Navigation Bar
adb shell settings put global policy_control immersive.full=*
+ Immersive Mode In All Apps Except Certain Apps
adb shell settings put global policy_control immersive.full=apps,-"app location",-"another app location"
+ Immersive Mode In All Apps But With Certain Apps Having Status Bar Not Hidden
adb shell settings put global policy_control immersive.navigation=apps,:immersive.status=apps,-"app location",-"second app location"
+ Immersive In All Apps But With Certain Apps Having Navigation Bar Not Hidden
adb shell settings put global policy_control immersive.status=apps,:immersive.navigation=apps,-"app location",-"second app location"
Put Status Bar and Navigation Bar Back to Normal/Default State
adb shell settings put global policy_control null*
Any and all help is appreciated.
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MS launcher has that option. Disable swipe and always on nav buttons
wfred said:
MS launcher has that option. Disable swipe and always on nav buttons
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I will check that out, thank you!
Aceolus said:
I will check that out, thank you!
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Keep the dock visible and the buttons will stay visible
Does anyone happen to know another solution? I'm specfically looking to keep the navbar even when opening a fullscreen app. Either via adb, a launcher or another app, I don't mind. Tried MS launcher and it did not work, I opened a fullscreen game and the navbar of course disappeared.
Hi, looking for the same functionality. My understanding is that you can enable Immersive Mode (Full Screen) for apps not enabling it them selv, but unfortunately not the other way around. I.e. if an app activate Full Screen you cannot override it. I am exploring now the feasibility to remove the Immersive Mode from the individual app via apps like APK Editor.
I am a S22 user and want to use FNG or VNG.
To use FNG or VNG, it needs to remove navigation bar.
Anyone know removing navigation bar??
I cant find any way to remove it completely.
I've found a solution
Hex installer works completely on one ui 5.0.
Thanks.
omnik3000 said:
I am a S22 user and want to use FNG or VNG.
To use FNG or VNG, it needs to remove navigation bar.
Anyone know removing navigation bar??
I cant find any way to remove it
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Adb app control
skinza said:
Adb app control
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what Adb?
I tried some adb commands like below
"adb shell wm overscan 0,0,0,-200"
but it doesnt work.
Did I do something wrong?
As far as I know, there is no method to remove the navbar on s22. The only thing I know, you can suppress back gestures in "swipe gestures" mode using ADB command. In that way, you will be able to utilize only the sides of the screen for FNG.
For that just use this command with ADB:
adb shell pm grant com.fb.fluid android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS
and then chose "One UI full screen gestures" option in FNG settings.
Oleroma said:
As far as I know, there is no method to remove the navbar on s22. The only thing I know, you can suppress back gestures in "swipe gestures" mode using ADB command. In that way, you will be able to utilize only the sides of the screen for FNG.
For that just use this command with ADB:
adb shell pm grant com.fb.fluid android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS
and then chose "One UI full screen gestures" option in FNG settings.
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Oh, and that would last ONLY untill reboot if you have no root.
If you install Samsung "Good Lock" and the install "NavStar" there is an option "Show and hide button". Then you have a little point on the left of the navbar. With double tab on it you could switch between hide ansd show.
braunie said:
If you install Samsung "Good Lock" and the install "NavStar" there is an option "Show and hide button". Then you have a little point on the left of the navbar. With double tab on it you could switch between hide ansd show.
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want to remove not to hide
Both Good Lock and One ui display option have only a hide function.