Android Question navigation bar missing (until it isn't)

[drgottjr]

with b4a 13.7 in regular activity, the navigation bar is not visible (although the "keys" in it are touchable even though you can't see them). when you tap the "click" button, you can see the navigation bar through the transparent background. please see attached screen captures. is this expected? behavior is the same on pixel6 and pixel7, both running android 17.

 

[Alex_197]

check this https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/b4a-13-7-sdk-36-and-the-navigation-bar-icons-color.171778/

 

[drgottjr]

check this https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/b4a-13-7-sdk-36-and-the-navigation-bar-icons-color.171778/

thanks for the link. i'm guessing post #9 is the key, but i'll work my way through the thread. thanks again.

 

[Alex_197]

thanks for the link. i'm guessing post #9 is the key, but i'll work my way through the thread. thanks again.

I had the same problem.

@Erel said it was a bug. You need to download Themes.jar and replace it in in the internal library folder.

 

[drgottjr]

I had the same problem.

@Erel said it was a bug. You need to download Themes.jar and replace it in in the internal library folder.

themes.jar already in the internal library folder (comes with b4a.exe). plus my manifest is bare minimum that comes with minimum example. i didn't have to remove any themes-related statements. i downloaded 13.7 and tried to run the example. your case is similar: navigation bar barely visible. in my case navigation bar is not visible.

 

[Alex_197]

themes.jar already in the internal library folder (comes with b4a.exe). plus my manifest is bare minimum that comes with minimum example. i didn't have to remove any themes-related statements. i downloaded 13.7 and tried to run the example. your case is similar: navigation bar barely visible. in my case navigation bar is not visible.

The one that came with 13.70 has this bug. That's why you don't see the navigation bar icons. It's not a problem if the activity background is not white. That's why only you and me so far complained about it. Take this jar and replace the one that you already have.

B4A 13.7 SDK 36 and the navigation bar icons color

Hi all! I recently installed B4A version 13.7 and have a question regarding a non-B4XPages application. When I open the app on a Samsung S23+, the status bar is almost invisible and the icons are white. See Screen1. Is it possible to change the color of these icons or make them more visible? I...

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[drgottjr]

The one that came with 13.70 has this bug. That's why you don't see the navigation bar icons. It's not a problem if the activity background is not white. That's why only you and me so far complained about it. Take this jar and replace the one that you already have.

B4A 13.7 SDK 36 and the navigation bar icons color

Hi all! I recently installed B4A version 13.7 and have a question regarding a non-B4XPages application. When I open the app on a Samsung S23+, the status bar is almost invisible and the icons are white. See Screen1. Is it possible to change the color of these icons or make them more visible? I...

www.b4x.com

i'll try your themes.jar. yeah, i figured out that if the activity's background isn't white, you can see the navigation bar. so i did:

    Dim cd As ColorDrawable
    cd.Initialize(Colors.Black, 1)
    
    ime.Initialize("ime")
    root = xui.CreatePanel("")
    Dim Content As Rect = ime.GetContentRect
    Activity.AddView(root, Content.Left, Content.Top, Content.Width, Content.Height)
    Activity.Background = cd

and i get the navigation bar. this is said to be a design feature... i'll see what the new themes.jar does. thanks again.

 

[Alex_197]

i'll try your themes.jar. yeah, i figured out that if the activity's background isn't white, you can see the navigation bar. so i did:

    Dim cd As ColorDrawable
    cd.Initialize(Colors.Black, 1)
   
    ime.Initialize("ime")
    root = xui.CreatePanel("")
    Dim Content As Rect = ime.GetContentRect
    Activity.AddView(root, Content.Left, Content.Top, Content.Width, Content.Height)
    Activity.Background = cd

and i get the navigation bar. this is said to be a design feature... i'll see what the new themes.jar does. thanks again.

or do it programmatically

Public Sub SetStatusNavigationBarColor(Root As B4XView,Color As Int,DarkText As Boolean)
    
    Try
        
        Dim p As Phone      
        
        If p.SdkVersion >= 21 Then
            Dim jo As JavaObject
            jo.InitializeContext
            Dim window As JavaObject = jo.RunMethodJO("getWindow", Null)
            window.RunMethod("addFlags", Array (0x80000000))
            window.RunMethod("clearFlags", Array (0x04000000))
            window.RunMethod("setStatusBarColor", Array(Color))
            window.RunMethod("setNavigationBarColor", Array(Color))
        End If
        If p.SdkVersion >= 23 Then
            jo = Root
            If DarkText Then
                jo.RunMethod("setSystemUiVisibility",Array(8192+16))
            Else
                jo.RunMethod("setSystemUiVisibility",Array(0x00000010))
            End If
        End If
    Catch
        Log("SetStatusNavigationBarColor " & LastException.Message)      
    End Try
End Sub

 

[drgottjr]

now it's the action bar (or is it called statusbar?). new themes not really better than my kludge. i see statusbarcolor and navigationbarcolor mentioned in your snippet; let me try that.