Bottom bar

[bartexsz]

Is there any way to get this bottombar on unofficial criminal's build of ICS?

Of course I mean that one with back, home and task switcher button.

[EniGmA1981]

Not that I'm aware of, but why would you want to waste what little screen space we have with soft versions of the hardware buttons we've already got?

Swyped from my Galaxy Spica using Tapatalk 2

[bartexsz]

Simply: When I saw first video with honeycomb from MWC and built-in task switcher(which fits UI as well) I became crazy about it

[CzarnyDiabel]

Also adds to the questions. It is super. I must have it

Wysłano z i5700.

[EniGmA1981]

AFAIK it's built into the ICS framework and as such intended for phones without hardware buttons (SGN for example)

There really is no point enabling it on this phone as it would just use resources that we can't spare and it is useless as we already have a back and a home button - plus just long-press the home button for the task switcher, it's not hard really is it.

There probably IS a way to get it to work, but IMHO it's a waste of effort

[bartexsz]

ok, i have just discovered that long press on home opens that nice switcher.

[electronizer]

i think that there is an application, but for certain i know that earlier builds of ICS for more popular devices had that navigation(button) bar, maybe look it into xda

[Spoetnic]

Its already there in the framework.
But it's only enabled when a phone doesnt have any hardware buttons.

It would make no sense putting it on a phone, where you already have hardware buttons with the same functionality.
(and even more hardware buttons/functionality in Spica's case).

[farukdgn]

Silly things. I hate in-screen buttons.. What does Google try to do? Remove buttons like iOS?

[Spoetnic]

Silly things. I hate in-screen buttons.. What does Google try to do? Remove buttons like iOS?

I have a Galaxy Nexus myself, and i like the buttons a lot.
For example, when im watching a (youtube-)video, the entire screen is used, so the video overlaps the buttons.
Plus im forseeing that apps can put their own buttons in the screen as well in the future.

Plus, no buttons are removed.
There are still 3 buttons, like on the Galaxy S, or other Samsung phones. (I believe HTC has 4 buttons on its phones)