How can I prevent apps from going full screen and hiding the notification bar?

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The notification bar takes only a few pixels yet contains so much useful information. Unfortunately, there are some apps (that I otherwise love) that insist on being in full screen, and therefore remove the notification bar from sight.

Is there any way I can force the notification bar to remain while running these apps?

I run rooted Marshmallow with Xposed Framework on a Samsung SM-G900F.

The apps can run on all types of display sizes and aspect ratios, so technically they should be able to do without those pixels on top.

Since you have xposed and rooted I have two options for you: 1. AppSettings (xposed) and Xhalo floating window (xposed) — xavier_fakerat, Jul 15 '17 at 13:09

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 15 '17 at 13:22

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There is an app for your required feature Status bar in full screen

You can use it with any launcher and it is compatible with Android 2.2+

In the app, you can toggle status bar on/off in fullscreen mode.

edited Jul 15 '17 at 13:22

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answered Jul 15 '17 at 13:07

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score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 15 '17 at 13:29

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Alternatively you can use AppSettings xposed module which also has the feature to disable fulscreen mode:

Or XHalo floating window which creates small floating windows when launching an application instead of full screen.

answered Jul 15 '17 at 13:29

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Tried it again. Still not working. This app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.binarytoys.speedometer – Fiksdal Jul 15 '17 at 20:13

How can I prevent apps from going full screen and hiding the notification bar?

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