full screen application android

Question

i have two questions:

1. one how can i run my application in full screen
2. how video players run videos in full screen.

i have tried alot and still struggling to achieve this but couldn't find a solution.

the list of solution i found but they are not fulfilling my requirements

• this hides only the notification bar.

  requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
  

  getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN,WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);

• also hides only the notification bar

  android:label="@string/app_name"
  android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen">
  

• it low profiles the navigation bar not hiding it.

  getWindow().getDecorView().setSystemUiVisibility(View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LOW_PROFILE);

• no effect on my activity.

  anyView.setSystemUiVisibility(View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_HIDE_NAVIGATION);

note that:

• i am not talking about rooting a device,so please provide those solutions which can work without rooting a device.
• i am not talking about hiding only notification bar,but full screen by hiding both navigation bar and notification bar too.
• i am talking about jelly beans api 4.1 or greater than 4.1 version of android
• and please give answers with code.

after my research and your answers, i am getting this:

but my app should look like this without navigation bar:

i do not want the system navigation bar visible in my app.

Answer 1

I'm not sure what you're after, but the following hides the Notification bar, and the Soft Navigation keys (as seen on Google Nexus-devices), so the app essentially is "full screen".

Edit2

In Android 4.4 (API 19) Google introduced the new Immersive mode which can hide the status & navbar and allow for a truly fullscreen UI.

// This snippet hides the system bars.
private void hideSystemUI() {
    // Set the IMMERSIVE flag.
    // Set the content to appear under the system bars so that the content
    // doesn't resize when the system bars hide and show.
    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 // hide nav bar
              | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_FULLSCREEN // hide status bar
              | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_IMMERSIVE);
}

// This snippet shows the system bars. It does this by removing all the flags
// except for the ones that make the content appear under the system bars.
private void showSystemUI() {
    mDecorView.setSystemUiVisibility(
               View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_STABLE
             | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_HIDE_NAVIGATION
             | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_FULLSCREEN);
}

Reference:
https://developer.android.com/training/system-ui/immersive.html

Edit:
Tested on Android 4.3 (API 18) and Android 4.1 (API 16) with Soft Nav keys.

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle b) {
    super.onCreate(b);

    setContentView(R.layout.main);

    int mUIFlag = View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_FULLSCREEN
                | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_HIDE_NAVIGATION
                | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_STABLE
                | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LOW_PROFILE
                | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_FULLSCREEN
                | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_HIDE_NAVIGATION;

    getWindow().getDecorView().setSystemUiVisibility(mUIFlag);
}

For more information read up on http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/View.html#setSystemUiVisibility(int)

Answer 2

-To hide Status bar:

A great solution I found for that issue, setting each Activity theme & windowSoftInputMode to the following values :

<activity   android:name=".MyActivity"
            android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen" 
            android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize">  <!-- theme : to set the activity to a full screen mode without a status bar(like in some games) -->
</activity>                                              <!-- windowSoftInputMode : to resize the activity so that it fits the condition of displaying a softkeyboard -->

for more info refer here.

-To hide Notification bar:

There are Two ways :

1- root your device, then open the device in adb window command, and then run the following:

 adb shell >
 su >
 pm disable com.android.systemui >

and to get it back just do the same but change disable to enable.

2- add the following line to the end of your device's build.prop file :

qemu.hw.mainkeys = 1

then to get it back just remove it.

and if you don't know how to edit build.prop file:

• download EsExplorer on your device and search for build.prop then change it's permissions to read and write, finally add the line.
• download a specialized build.prop editor app like build.propEditor.
• or refer to that link.