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In my android application which uses GPS, I have UI elemnts that should blink permanently. I was told after a couple of pilot runs that the blinking GPS icon, i.e. when GPS is actually trying to get a fix, steals completely unnecessary bit of user's attention from the main UI.

Is there a way to remove the GPS antenna icon from the status bar programmatically from within the application? Or, alternatively, make it never blink?

Thanks!

Petr
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This is outside of the scope of the SDK and not possible.

JoxTraex
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You could hide the Status Bar altogether:

http://blog.thaichaiguy.com/1600/android-how-to-hide-the-status-bar-and-title-bar/

Someone Somewhere
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  • Nice find, however he said remove that specific icon from the status bar.. not hide it.. but I agree could be a good alternative although not many apps want to hide the title bar because it might be used for notifications and other info. – JoxTraex Apr 21 '11 at 20:49
  • Yeah, since my app is just a custom one intended to check some different (research) finding, this option might indeed be a workaround. Thanks! – Petr Apr 22 '11 at 08:53