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Android: hide system bar (kiosk mode) [ROOT]
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hide_system_bar.java
try {
String command = "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/vendor/lib:/system/lib service call activity 42 s16 com.android.systemui";
Process proc = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[] { "su", "-c", command }, null);
proc.waitFor();
} catch (java.io.IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (java.lang.InterruptedException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
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I've been using this for a few Android versions now, and it works fine.
Do you have any idea how to make this work on Lollipop? On Lollipop it makes the whole screen black.

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dot-ly commented Mar 9, 2015

@tristan2468 did you find a fix for this? I'm having the same issue on my Android 5.0.2 Tablet. Screen goes black.

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