Fullscreen option

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Q. What Android hardware device do you own?  (HTC Hero, Samsung Galaxy,
etc)

A: HTC Sensation

Q. On what Android operating system version? (2.1, 2.2, Honeycomb 3.0.1
etc)

A: 2.3.3

Q. What DACP server, OS, and version? (OSX iTunes 10.1.2, Windows 7
MonkeyTunes 1.5.1 etc)

A: (irrelevant

Q. What TunesRemote+ version? (found on Menu->More->About)

A: 2.4.0

Please provide any additional information below.

Enhancement request:
I'd love to have a "fullscreen" option to get rid of the Android status bar and 
the TunesRemote+ title bar. It would improve the look a lot, especially in 
landscape mode. This is more important than you probably might think right now, 
as newer HTC devices have the usb port at their flank meaning most compatible 
docking stations are landscape as well.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by flo.marc...@gmail.com on 6 Aug 2011 at 7:59

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I will investiagate this.  Have you seen other applications that can do this?  
I am just asking to find out if it is even possible to rid of the Android bar 
before I research further...

Original comment by mellowaredev on 7 Aug 2011 at 2:20

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Original comment by mellowaredev on 7 Aug 2011 at 2:22

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Of course I did a little research about this before asking you to include the 
fullscreen mode. I have a bunch of apps (mostly games) which are drawn in 
fullscreen mode without a status bar (i.e. Teeter, Trap!, Gem Miner). The 
built-in internet browser even dynamically displays the status bar (but I have 
no clue, how it does it).  Although I did some Java programming before, I never 
dealt with Android applications yet.
A quick Google search offered me a few pages about this subject, of which this 
one looks the most promising to me:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/991764/hiding-title-in-a-fullscreen-mode

There also seems to be a second possibility by using Android themes.
Quote:
"Add
android:theme=”@android:style/Theme.Black.NoTitleBar”

to your activity or the application node depending on you want full screen in 
your app or only in one activity"
(Comment by Chain Davies on 
http://www.evan129.com/2008/03/08/howto-set-full-screen-on-android/)

I have no idea which method works the best in which situation.
If there's anything else I can do to help you solve this (except for the 
programming itself :-), please tell me.

Original comment by flo.marc...@gmail.com on 8 Aug 2011 at 5:47

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OK I have added a new BETA here:

http://code.google.com/p/tunesremote-plus/downloads/list

It has a new option in Settings called "FullScreen" to toggle this behavior.

Original comment by mellowaredev on 16 Aug 2011 at 8:38

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Ok, great thx. Just: There's still the title bar of the application. Did you 
leave it intentionally? Here's how to get rid of:
http://tech.xster.net/tips/remove-title-bar-on-android-application/

I think some users want to always see their status bar, so it's great to have 
the fullscreen as an option. But do you think the app title bar is of use for 
anybody? Maybe you want to completely remove it?

Original comment by flo.marc...@gmail.com on 18 Aug 2011 at 7:58

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Removing titlebar should be doable.  You are right it is pretty worthless if 
you want to be in fullscreen mode.

Original comment by mellowaredev on 18 Aug 2011 at 8:35

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OK now the latest BETA has the title bar removed as well.

Original comment by mellowaredev on 19 Aug 2011 at 6:12

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Perfect! Couldn't be any better. I'd say you can close this issue.

Original comment by flo.marc...@gmail.com on 20 Aug 2011 at 3:29

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Excellent!  I will close this when I release 2.4.1 on the Android Market. 
Thanks for testing!

Original comment by mellowaredev on 20 Aug 2011 at 11:23

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Released on Android Market v 2.4.1

Original comment by mellowaredev on 24 Aug 2011 at 8:42

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