setSystemUiVisibility(SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_HIDE_NAVIGATION) does not work

Question

I\'ve been battling with setSystemUiVisibility() to try to hide the soft navigation buttons for a while (for a video player). It does not seem to work as advertised. Here is

Answer 1

I use setOnSystemUiVisibilityChangeListener() to make this full screen mode work for me including hiding the navigation bar.

@Override
protected void onResume() {
    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 16) {
        getWindow().getDecorView().setOnSystemUiVisibilityChangeListener(
                new OnSystemUiVisibilityChangeListener() {
                    @Override
                    public void onSystemUiVisibilityChange(int visibility) {
                        if ((visibility & View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_FULLSCREEN) == 0) {
                            getActionBar().show();
                        } else {
                            int mUIFlag = View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_FULLSCREEN
                                    | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_HIDE_NAVIGATION
                                    | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_STABLE
                                    | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LOW_PROFILE
                                    | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_FULLSCREEN
                                    | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_HIDE_NAVIGATION;
                            getWindow().getDecorView()
                                    .setSystemUiVisibility(mUIFlag);
                            getActionBar().hide();
                        }
                    }
                });
    }

    super.onResume();
}

it seems that android only trigger the setSystemUiVisibility() when inside the listener.