I was searching for some way to hide the bottom navigation bar and get some additional screen real estate.
I know custom ROMs can do it but I'm running stock.
Nova launcher lets you remove the dock but not the navigation bar.
On reading some threads on XDA I realized there are couple of different ways to do it.
1) Add "qemu.hw.mainkeys = 1" (without the quotes) at the end of the build.prop in /system
2) Use an app like fullscreen toggle or GMD gesture
I used option 1 since I didn't want to install an app to do this, rebooted and it works!
Now with the navigation bar gone I use button savior which gives soft keys on the side which hide as and when required.
Thought this would be useful to someone like me who thinks the nav bar is a waste of space!
I know custom ROMs can do it but I'm running stock.
Nova launcher lets you remove the dock but not the navigation bar.
On reading some threads on XDA I realized there are couple of different ways to do it.
1) Add "qemu.hw.mainkeys = 1" (without the quotes) at the end of the build.prop in /system
2) Use an app like fullscreen toggle or GMD gesture
I used option 1 since I didn't want to install an app to do this, rebooted and it works!
Now with the navigation bar gone I use button savior which gives soft keys on the side which hide as and when required.
Thought this would be useful to someone like me who thinks the nav bar is a waste of space!