Start Google Maps activity in full screen (and hide the system UI)

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My app hides the system UI and hence cant see the soft buttons on Nexus 5. I have the following code to hide the soft buttons

  public void hideSystemUI() {
    View mDecorView = getWindow().getDecorView();
    mDecorView.setSystemUiVisibility(View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_STABLE
            | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_HIDE_NAVIGATION
            | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_FULLSCREEN
            | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_HIDE_NAVIGATION
            | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_FULLSCREEN
            | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LOW_PROFILE
            | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_IMMERSIVE);
}

So far so good. My app also starts an intent to open up the maps, as follows

String uri = "http://maps.google.com?saddr=Current+Location&daddr=85041";  
Intent intent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_VIEW,
        Uri.parse(uri));
intent.setClassName("com.google.android.apps.maps",
        "com.google.android.maps.MapsActivity");
startActivityForResult(intent,REQUEST_INTENT_MAPS);
hideSystemUI();

As you can see the last line of second snippet above calls the first snippet to hide the system UI (soft buttons). But when maps opens up, I still see the soft buttons (attached the screen shot of the same).

How can I hide the system UI (soft buttons on nexus 5) when an intent opens up another application

You need to set the Flags of the Intent to hide the UI... your method only hides for the current Activity — OneCricketeer, Jul 17 '16 at 05:57
Which particular flags on Intent should I set? I cannot find it from API docs (has about 50 flags) — mobileDev, Jul 17 '16 at 06:11
Before I answer that, I believe the flags may not be supported by all applications. (For example, the MapsActivity may not know how to handle that) — OneCricketeer, Jul 17 '16 at 06:27
visit this if you have to hide that 3 `Button` but keep in mind you have require Api 19. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16057096/how-to-hide-bottom-system-bar-in-android-tablet — Harshad Pansuriya, Jul 17 '16 at 06:27
@Ironman That only helps for the current activity window in the current app... OP is opening Google Maps — OneCricketeer, Jul 17 '16 at 06:30
Yeah I looked at the intent documentation and I don't think I was right. — OneCricketeer, Jul 17 '16 at 18:24

Start Google Maps activity in full screen (and hide the system UI)

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