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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.
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!
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
i would recommend you to use gesture navigation, its simple yet feels amazing
That's not what op was asking for though
i mean..., it still count as fix right... but you will have to get used to it so its probably more difficult
No it doesn't. It doesn't actually fix the issue, it's giving up and using an entirely different navigation system.
I did this. It'll take some time to get used to it, but it's better than status quo.
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.
Have you played with the "full screen" settings? usually at settings > display > full screen apps
Spent 20 minutes trying to find this settings. It doesn't seem to exist on my Pixel 4a.
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.
If you are on pixel you might wanna consider calyx os
Note that I have the latest version of Android, everything is up to date.
An alternative is to switch to gesture based navigation as it would remove the whole navigation bar.
Strongly recommend this too. It's takes a minute to get used to but once you do, it feels very natural.
It has the bonus effect of confusing my wife every time she tries to use my phone so that's pretty kickass.
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.
At this point I just switched to gestures permanently. Took me a few hours to get accustomed to it.
Yeah, but that is not an op's desired solution. I think he/she is aware of the navigation gestures option.
That is the OP
Ouch!
Thx for the smile