iPhone X home indicator hiding

Solar2D iOS
#1

Can we have some way to hide the iPhone X home indicator in our apps, it tends to obscure things like UI when were going for full immersion.   

I believe the iOS sdk implementation is to override the view controller so it autohides.  

func prefersHomeIndicatorAutoHidden() -> Bool {
    return true
}

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FYI The Home indicator is the little white or black bar that sits at the bottom of the screen as shown here

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Hopefully Corona can get this in soon as it obscures a lot of App UI

An implementation in Corona could look something like

native.setProperty(“prefersHomeIndicatorAutoHidden”,  true)

#2

+1

I’m surprised this hasn’t been requested more or event mentioned at all… 

#3

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#4

DONE!!

Link here

#5

iOS: adding prefersHomeIndicatorAutoHidden option to native set/get property function

2017.3174

 

:wink:

#6

Thanks so much for doing this, however I just tested it and the home indicator will hide after no screen interaction, but will immediately re appear when I start touching the screen a few times (not even in the home indicator area).  It will re-hide after no prolonged interaction and immediately reappear when there is any screen interaction.

Thus any game or app that’s not a media player will be unable to hide it  for long

Perhaps a solution lies in this article here

I don’t know if it’s possible to permanently hide it (except when tapping the home area) but right now it’s not ideal.

#7

You can not permanently hide Home Button thingy. This is same as on android - you can only suggest system to try to hide it. Implementation is pretty similar to article you posted.

#8

Thanks for fixing this!

#9

just to confirm, this is implemented like this, correct?

native.setProperty( “prefersHomeIndicatorAutoHidden”, true )

doesn’t seem to be having any effect for me.     

#10

Just for others messing with this, I figured out what my specific problem was. My app was set to only support a single orientation, which I’m guessing is a condition that overrides the set preference. I added another orientation and now it works as expected. 

#11

+1

I’m surprised this hasn’t been requested more or event mentioned at all… 

#12

feature2.png

#13

DONE!!

Link here

#14

iOS: adding prefersHomeIndicatorAutoHidden option to native set/get property function

2017.3174

 

:wink:

#15

Thanks so much for doing this, however I just tested it and the home indicator will hide after no screen interaction, but will immediately re appear when I start touching the screen a few times (not even in the home indicator area).  It will re-hide after no prolonged interaction and immediately reappear when there is any screen interaction.

Thus any game or app that’s not a media player will be unable to hide it  for long

Perhaps a solution lies in this article here

I don’t know if it’s possible to permanently hide it (except when tapping the home area) but right now it’s not ideal.

#16

You can not permanently hide Home Button thingy. This is same as on android - you can only suggest system to try to hide it. Implementation is pretty similar to article you posted.

#17

Thanks for fixing this!

#18

just to confirm, this is implemented like this, correct?

native.setProperty( “prefersHomeIndicatorAutoHidden”, true )

doesn’t seem to be having any effect for me.     

#19

Just for others messing with this, I figured out what my specific problem was. My app was set to only support a single orientation, which I’m guessing is a condition that overrides the set preference. I added another orientation and now it works as expected.