[android-developers] Re: About Android 3.0 status bar hide questions

2011-07-29 Thread keyboardr
In the case of a kiosk app you'd need to build it into the ROM. Since the honeycomb source hasn't been released you'll have a hard time with that. Looks like your best bet would be to base it on a 2.3 ROM and have the app work for xlarge screens. That means porting 2.3 yourself, most likely.

[android-developers] Re: About Android 3.0 status bar hide questions

2011-07-29 Thread keyboardr
I forget who it was specifically that had said it, but the Android team in general does not like OS level gestures. They limit what applications are able to do. I tend to agree with them. On Jul 28, 7:38 pm, bmjg b...@home.nl wrote: Maybe the status bar should optionally be able to hide

Re: [android-developers] Re: About Android 3.0 status bar hide questions

2011-07-29 Thread Richard Lalancette
That is very similar to what we want to do, indeed. On 2011-07-28 9:44 PM, Zsolt Vasvari zvasv...@gmail.com wrote: I see this a legitimate use case for a kiosk app. But he cannot do this right now, simple as that. On Jul 29, 4:36 am, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: On Thu, Jul

Re: [android-developers] Re: About Android 3.0 status bar hide questions

2011-07-29 Thread Richard Lalancette
That is ondeed getting a bit complicated. ;-) On 2011-07-29 3:10 AM, keyboardr keyboa...@gmail.com wrote: In the case of a kiosk app you'd need to build it into the ROM. Since the honeycomb source hasn't been released you'll have a hard time with that. Looks like your best bet would be to base

Re: [android-developers] Re: About Android 3.0 status bar hide questions

2011-07-28 Thread Richard Lalancette
Do you think it is possible to kill the bar gui app, and replace by my own bar? On 2011-07-27 3:42 PM, Dianne Hackborn hack...@android.com wrote: You can't. You'll notice that nowhere in the standard platform as shipped on Xoom does it disappear. There is no facility to make it disappear. To be

Re: [android-developers] Re: About Android 3.0 status bar hide questions

2011-07-28 Thread Mark Murphy
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Richard Lalancette richard.lalance...@gmail.com wrote: Do you think it is possible to kill the bar gui app, and replace by my own bar? I hope not. I really need to find a way to hide and show the bottom bar. Our app needs to take over the entire screen. Why?

Re: [android-developers] Re: About Android 3.0 status bar hide questions

2011-07-28 Thread Carlos Silva
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 13:26, RichardLalancette.Blogspot.com richard.lalance...@gmail.com wrote: I really need to find a way to hide and show the bottom bar. Our app needs to take over the entire screen. Try to answer this and probably you'll understand why that is a *huge* mistake: - How

Re: [android-developers] Re: About Android 3.0 status bar hide questions

2011-07-28 Thread Richard Lalancette
The navigation bar breaks the look and feel of our app and we do not need to go to the desktop once our app is started. On 2011-07-28 4:12 PM, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Richard Lalancette richard.lalance...@gmail.com wrote: Do you think it is

Re: [android-developers] Re: About Android 3.0 status bar hide questions

2011-07-28 Thread Richard Lalancette
I don't need any of those features once my app is launched. On 2011-07-28 4:18 PM, Carlos Silva r3...@r3pek.org wrote: On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 13:26, RichardLalancette.Blogspot.com richard.lalance...@gmail.com wrote: I really need to find a way to hide and show the bottom bar. Our app needs

Re: [android-developers] Re: About Android 3.0 status bar hide questions

2011-07-28 Thread Richard Lalancette
Gesture like on the blackberry playbook could solve my olissues here, but i would know where to start to implement that. I'll keep digging until i find a way. Appreciate all your feedback. Thanks!! On 2011-07-28 4:18 PM, Carlos Silva r3...@r3pek.org wrote: On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 13:26,

Re: [android-developers] Re: About Android 3.0 status bar hide questions

2011-07-28 Thread Richard Lalancette
Dianne, do you know where i could find the source code for that bar? Maybe we can modify and reload our own version? On 2011-07-27 3:42 PM, Dianne Hackborn hack...@android.com wrote: You can't. You'll notice that nowhere in the standard platform as shipped on Xoom does it disappear. There is no

Re: [android-developers] Re: About Android 3.0 status bar hide questions

2011-07-28 Thread Mark Murphy
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 4:29 PM, Richard Lalancette richard.lalance...@gmail.com wrote: The navigation bar breaks the look and feel of our app You have *got* to be kidding me. You're willing to crash an OS because the system bar breaks the look and feel of your app? You're one sick puppy. and

Re: [android-developers] Re: About Android 3.0 status bar hide questions

2011-07-28 Thread Richard Lalancette
Mark, would you know a way only to leave the back button and hide the rest? Also, could we reskin the bar? Apply different graphics to it? On 2011-07-28 4:38 PM, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 4:29 PM, Richard Lalancette richard.lalance...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [android-developers] Re: About Android 3.0 status bar hide questions

2011-07-28 Thread Romain Guy
You cannot do this either. On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 2:23 PM, Richard Lalancette richard.lalance...@gmail.com wrote: Mark, would you know a way only to leave the back button and hide the rest? Also, could we reskin the bar? Apply different graphics to it? On 2011-07-28 4:38 PM, Mark Murphy

Re: [android-developers] Re: About Android 3.0 status bar hide questions

2011-07-28 Thread Carlos Silva
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 20:31, Richard Lalancette richard.lalance...@gmail.com wrote: I don't need any of those features once my app is launched. You don't, but *I* do... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this

[android-developers] Re: About Android 3.0 status bar hide questions

2011-07-28 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
I see this a legitimate use case for a kiosk app. But he cannot do this right now, simple as that. On Jul 29, 4:36 am, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 4:29 PM, Richard Lalancette richard.lalance...@gmail.com wrote: The navigation bar breaks the look and

RE: [android-developers] Re: About Android 3.0 status bar hide questions

2011-07-28 Thread bmjg
Maybe the status bar should optionally be able to hide (visually slide down) and slide up again when the user makes the appropriate guesture? And/or only show a minimal slide up button in the bottom-center in the hidden state. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

[android-developers] Re: About Android 3.0 status bar hide questions

2011-07-27 Thread RichardLalancette.Blogspot.com
I really need to find a way to hide and show the bottom bar. Our app needs to take over the entire screen. Please advise on a way to do so if you know, even if it means not using the regular SDK. On Jul 21, 8:51 pm, Dianne Hackborn hack...@android.com wrote: No. We shouldn't let you force

Re: [android-developers] Re: About Android 3.0 status bar hide questions

2011-07-27 Thread Dianne Hackborn
You can't. You'll notice that nowhere in the standard platform as shipped on Xoom does it disappear. There is no facility to make it disappear. To be able to do this, you would need to take the platform and modify the code that displays the system bar to have an API that only your trusted app