What is the simplest change that I can make to a new Blank Activity, as created by the latest version of Android Studio, to get the app to appear fullscreen?
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I recently had the exact same issue and benefitted from the following post as well (in addition to Rohit5k2's solution above):
https://bsgconsultancy.wordpress.com/2015/09/13/convert-any-website-into-android-application-by-using-android-studio/
In Step 3, MainActivity extends Activity instead of ActionBarActivity (as Rohit5k2 mentioned). Putting the NoTitleBar and Fullscreen theme elements into the correct places in the AndroidManifest.xml file is also very important (take a look at Step 4).