Android Window Class

Question

Is their anyway to not display the bottom menu bar in my app on the tablet? I was able to get the title bar to disappear using ->

    this.requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);

What class am I looking for? Android 3.0.. Is this feature available in any android version?

Thanks

Android 3.0 doesn't have any hard keys for navigation. Therefore you can't remove it. — Ragunath Jawahar, Jul 28 '11 at 18:56

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 28 '11 at 18:43

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You cannot remove the bottom bar.

answered Jul 28 '11 at 18:43

Romain Guy

maybe not on the application level, what about OS? wouldn't this be in the build.props file or something similar? – Joey BagODonuts Jul 28 '11 at 19:51
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You could build a custom version of Android but you would need to distribute your own device :) – Romain Guy Jul 28 '11 at 21:28
looks like on a rooted device you can `# service call activity 79 s16 com.android.systemui` – Joey BagODonuts Jul 29 '11 at 02:49
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If this works (no idea if it does) this is not a public API and chances are it will break in the next relesae. – Romain Guy Jul 29 '11 at 06:21
Well if it does, it will likely break in a future version of Android. We change private APIs all the time, sometimes on purpose. You should not rely on this at all. – Romain Guy Jul 29 '11 at 20:09

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 29 '11 at 02:53

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If your device is rooted you can from shell ->

service call activity 79 s16 com.android.systemui

This functionality will break after reboot obviously so call it from your application.

Process proc = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[]{"su","-c","service call activity 79 s16 com.android.systemui"});
proc.waitFor();

answered Jul 29 '11 at 02:53

Joey BagODonuts

It's a private, unsupported API. If you rely on it, your app will break in a future version of Android. – Romain Guy Jul 29 '11 at 20:10

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 28 '11 at 18:46

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As far as I know, there is no way to do this in Android 3.x. What exactly are you trying to achieve by removing the bar?

answered Jul 28 '11 at 18:46

gammaraptor

Well, I was trying to remove it so It cannot be used to exit the app as I am building a proprietary app that will only run on our devices. – Joey BagODonuts Jul 28 '11 at 18:51
Maybe their is a way to not allow it to be used instead of removed? also adjust the things that are displayed on the bar? – Joey BagODonuts Jul 28 '11 at 18:51
You could override the onKeyDown listeners for the buttons possibly. – gammaraptor Jul 28 '11 at 18:53
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2079691/overriding-the-home-button-how-do-i-get-rid-of-the-choice – gammaraptor Jul 28 '11 at 18:56

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