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https://www.tutorialspoint.com/how-to-hide-the-status-bar-in-a-ios-app-using-swift https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uiviewcontroller/1621440-prefersstatusbarhidden |
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Sure, it's possible, but may I ask why? I don't know if you are using 1.5 or 2.0, but in 2.0 there is support for theming the top bar automatically to match your frontend theme colors. If your issue isn't with the colors, then I assume you just want to hide the clock and other information? |
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I'm using the 2.0 beta. Thanks, did not know I could theme the top bar. I will try this in order to get a more uniform look. Thanks! |
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Just to make my request more clear. I'm using the companion app on my iPad as a home controller (see enclosed image). I think this would look a lot better to have the app-status-bar removed, so we're not having the color issue and have a bit more space on the screen.
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Theming doesn't work for me, when changing the primary-color and executing a frontend.reload_themes I see the reload_themes websocket call and the themes_updated event, the theme changes on my iOS instances, but the statusbar stays blue. |
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Are you specifying you’re colour values as hex values? see here. |
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No, until now. But the status bar stays blue, only the header bar color is updated. |
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Can you check with the latest App version? That should have fixed the status bar coloring |
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Seems to be fixed after the update. Thanks! |
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I also use the app on my ipad that's mounted on the wall and even though i can theme it and match the color i don't need to see battery and clock of my iPad (that's always charged). Would be amazing to have an option to hide it completely. |
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Not sure if this could be an option, but it would make my grid card in panel mode fit perfectly when hiding the menu and the navigation bar. |
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Cant believe that such a simple fix was never implemented. This top bar looks so out of place. |
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Yes can this be added pretty pleaseeeee |
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The issue here is that modern devices have notches and areas where the content can't really show through. Disabling the status bar on a non-FaceID iPad is likely possible, but how do we handle this on the newer ones? The top header area of the frontend doesn't support underlapping the status bar, so we can't simply turn it off or the contents will go under the notch. |
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I use browser_mod to turn the screen black when nobody is in the room. But i always see the bar. Why not add an option so user can choose to show/hide it and by default keep it on for the persons having a notch ? |
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@zacwest maybe you are not taking into account the many users that use home assistant app on iPads or as dedicated mounted applications? Do you have plans to supported wall mounted iOS or Android devices? I think for Android, users can use the WallPanel application or Fully Kiosk, but there is no current solution for wall mounted iOS devices. I am working on a version of WallPanel for iOS but I am hesitant to put resources into the project because HA has more resources to create the same app or just add fullscreen capabilities to companion. |
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If you are interested enough in the feature to consider making an app for it, feel free to make a pull request here to add the functionality. If it makes sense and doesn't cause problems (e.g. only iPadOS or something to take into account the safe area issue s) I am not against adding it. |
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I would not do a PR on the current project because the project is not designed to run on tablets or full screen for dedicated IoT devices, it’s built for mobile devices. I believe users that would want full screen are trying to run the app as a dedicated wall mounted device, it does not make sense to run the HA companion as a dedicated device. It makes better sense to make a separate application that authenticates with HA but does kiosk mode with motion or face detection for waking the device and works motor as an always on app. My concerns are that the HA mobile API doesn’t support push notifications for 3rd party apps. The mobile APIs also seems to be for the mobile companion app and not for a dedicated wall mounted devices. I also not entirely sure HA wouldn’t just make a tablet or wall mounted version in the future, making my efforts futile. A dedicated full screen app for example would mostly work on a users local network and not require many of the features of the mobile API. I think using web sockets would be a better approach and more appropriate if users wanted to provision large number of tablets. I would also think users would want to load specific dashboards and lock down the web pages so the end user cannot interact with the configuration. Anyways, my experience is building dedicated tablet apps for HA and this request for full screen seems to be asking to support a kiosk like app. |
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I don't believe there's anything inherently anti-kiosk in the iOS app, but it's definitely not a focus. If you think you can get better kiosk functionality in a separate app, you should feel free to make one. There's nothing in the native app API which is restricted to official apps; you can implement your own with push support by specifying the push URL in the registration, and HA calls that URL with an HTTP request. If you want to look at writing a new app using the WebSocket API, I recommend using HAKit which is what the app uses. At some point in the future it'll gain authentication support, but right now it does not have that built-in. |
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We'll after using fully kiosk browser for a long time, my needs are covered by the mobile app with a full screen (and maybe an autoreload in case of error). I shorty tried Kiosk PRO which also works, but it's not open source and requires a license. |
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I also used kiosk browser, kiosk pro and now the iOS app on 3 tablets around my house. The iOS app is perfectly fine for me and satisfies all the use cases. You can lock it down with user permissions and dedicated dashboard. You can send commands to it just like kiosk browser using Browser Mod and you can turn on accessibility mode on iPad so people can’t exit. I don’t think we need a new app. The only issue I have is this stupid status bar :) |
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@skynet01 but the documentation for kiosk browser says it hides the status bar? https://scalefusion.com/ios-kiosk-browser. Also, does kiosk browser offer a screensaver or wake device on motion, touch, or face detection? It seems you would not want to run the device with the screen on or without a screensaver for long periods of time. |
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Kiosk Browser is only for Android devices and it's great for that. What you found is some other app I never used. For iOS our only option is this companion app or some full-screen app like Kiosk Mode for Ipad (it crashes often and seems to be pretty laggy). My iPad devices run without a screensaver for 2 years already without any issues. I do use Browser Mod to black the screens at night though... but you can see the status bar still .. yes face detection and wake on motion would be pretty cool but that sounds like separate tickets :) |
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@skynet01 ok, I understand, there is also the free version of WallPanel for Android that works well and has other features to help save the screen. (https://github.com/thanksmister/wallpanel-android). My thought was that we need a version of companion or wallpanel for iOS that has features like screensaver, wake on user present, etc. I think having the device on all the time is not ideal. I also assumed, maybe incorrectly, that people are asking for fullscreen mode with no status bar because they are trying to run companion on a wall mounted device. |
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That's correct I run it on wall-mounted iPads around my house ( |
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Any news? |
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This is now implemented in the 2022.08 version of the companion app. It's the full screen option in Settings>Companion App>General |
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Would it be possible to add an option to hide the status (top) bar?
I read somewhere that it might already be there but can't find it. Perhaps it was referring to the bottom bar that I have already removed?
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