You can use
immersive mode
to hide the system bars for a full-screen
experience. This is useful for enabling users to enjoy a fully immersive
experience for video, games, images, and books, and to avoid accidental exits
during a game.
Takeaways
Provide an intuitive way for users to display UI?for example, tapping on the
screen during video playback displays video playback controls and system bars.
Never permanently hide system bars on personal devices. You cannot permanently
hide system bars in your app unless for an
Android Enterprise
deployment, so your designs should account for them to provide the optimal
experience. Read more about
designing for system bars
.
Provide an overlay or scrim for overlaying text and controls.
Combine immersive mode with other features, such as picture-in-picture (PiP)
and Chromecast, to continue the experience.
Immersive mode causes users to lose easy access to system navigation, so use
it only when the benefit to the user experience goes beyond simply using extra
screen space.
Fullscreen experiences aren't appropriate for all content. Consider when to
help a user avoid accidental exits from frequent taps, like a game, or have an
uninterrupted view to enjoy videos or books.
Be mindful of how often users jump in and out of apps to check notifications, to
conduct impromptu searches, or to take other actions. Immersive mode causes
users to lose easy access to system navigation, so use it only when the benefit
to the user experience goes beyond simply using extra screen space.
Fullscreen experiences aren't appropriate for all content. Consider when to help
a user avoid accidental exits from frequent taps, like a game, or have an
uninterrupted view to enjoy videos or books.
To implement immersive mode, you can use
WindowInsetsControllerCompat
to hide
both the status bar and the navigation bar?or just one of them. For details,
refer to the
Hide system bars developer guide
.
The following sections describe examples of immersive mode use cases.
Video 1:
Video playback - tapping to reveal relevant video player UI
Android has several features that work well to enhance your user's content
experience. For more check out: