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Navigation bar always ends up overlapping apps. Any way to prevent this? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 year ago by Trollivier@sh.itjust.works to c/android@lemmy.world
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So, I'm using a Pixel 4A, and almost daily, I end up having to reboot because the navigation bar overlaps the bottom of my apps or games, and rebooting is the only way I find to fix this.

Is there another way? Did anyone know? It's getting very frustrating. Sometimes I can't do very basic things because of this.

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[-] codapine@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I noodled with my 'cutout' settings in developer options and had this sort of thing happen. Even if you don't have a punch hole camera on the pixel 4 (I honestly don't remember if it does), if your version of Android has settings for this, it can render the UI above or below the specified viewing area.

I know this is the nav bar though, but it's worth a shot.

Settings > Developer options* > Display cutout

*you may need to 'become a developer' to view these options first.

Best of luck!

[-] akwd169 -2 points 1 year ago

You should let people know that you actually mean enable developer settings and that's what's behind that link you provided because some might get turned off if they don't get your joke (of they don't know anything about it, how could they get the joke) and not even bother to open the link, assuming you actually mean they need developer skills or some sort of accreditation hehe

[-] lefixxx@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Have you played with the "full screen" settings? usually at settings > display > full screen apps

[-] Trollivier@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Spent 20 minutes trying to find this settings. It doesn't seem to exist on my Pixel 4a.

[-] FrameXX@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago

I can approve you that the settings mentioned here doesn't even exist in Pixel 4A. Only some ROMs add this option into their settings on their own, but it's not a stock Android feature.

[-] anisphia@ani.social 5 points 1 year ago

i would recommend you to use gesture navigation, its simple yet feels amazing

[-] smallaubergine@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago

That's not what op was asking for though

[-] anisphia@ani.social 5 points 1 year ago

i mean..., it still count as fix right... but you will have to get used to it so its probably more difficult

[-] Trollivier@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

I did this. It'll take some time to get used to it, but it's better than status quo.

[-] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

No it doesn't. It doesn't actually fix the issue, it's giving up and using an entirely different navigation system.

[-] applejacks@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

nothing people love doing on tech forums more than telling someone their question is dumb, and given them an answer to something they never asked.

[-] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

If they allowed gestures and the three buttons concurrently, I'd use it.

But not having the buttons at all is a deal breaker.

[-] krimsonbun@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago

there's also the 2 button navigation which is basically what you're describing. I used that for a few months and that allowed me to transition to gesture navigation

[-] Trollivier@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Note that I have the latest version of Android, everything is up to date.

[-] Gryzor@lemmyfly.org 8 points 1 year ago

An alternative is to switch to gesture based navigation as it would remove the whole navigation bar.

[-] talab@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Strongly recommend this too. It's takes a minute to get used to but once you do, it feels very natural.

[-] Gryzor@lemmyfly.org 4 points 1 year ago

Agree. At first I didn't like it too much but overall you get used to it moderately fast. There are instances where it fails you and the wrong gesture is triggered, but it's worth getting rid of the old nav bar.

Give it a try and be patient. :)

[-] cazsiel@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It has the bonus effect of confusing my wife every time she tries to use my phone so that's pretty kickass.

[-] FrameXX@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

Sometimes just a simple phone restart can do a lot. You could also try changing the navigation mode to gestures and then back to buttons which should force update the navigation bar position.

[-] Trollivier@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

At this point I just switched to gestures permanently. Took me a few hours to get accustomed to it.

[-] FrameXX@discuss.tchncs.de -2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, but that is not an op's desired solution. I think he/she is aware of the navigation gestures option.

[-] dabaldeagul@feddit.nl 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That is the OP

[-] Trollivier@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

I was but I discarded this option when I bought the pixel, and I didn't think about it since. I have switched to gestures and am trying to acclimate to it. So far, it's acceptable.

[-] WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.fmhy.net -3 points 1 year ago

If you are on pixel you might wanna consider calyx os

[-] bigdog_00@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

GrapheneOS is also another good option - I've been running it for 6+ months so far and I'm loving it! The only downside I can think of is the lack of Android Auto support, although that's never been a thing that I've used

[-] WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.fmhy.net 1 points 1 year ago

I remember Graphene OS creator getting mixed in some controversy that resolved fairly quickly but I don't know what exactly happened tho so thats why I recomended calyx OS first

[-] bigdog_00@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I'm pretty sure he stepped down right after the controversy, but I'm too lazy to look it up to confirm

[-] anisphia@ani.social 2 points 1 year ago

i think the controversy you're talking about is probably this Why i deleted GrapheneOS by louis rossmann

honestly, the rom is pretty solid, sadly the lead developer is acting quite weird you could give it a try but i would go for calyx os because if the leads dev looks like that, it just make me feel scary having his code run on my phone

[-] bigdog_00@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I'm pretty sure he stepped down right after the controversy, but I'm too lazy to look it up to confirm

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