Ability to hide menu icon

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Would it be possible to provide the ability to hide the menu icon? Like some 
Mac users, I have a 
number of items up there i really need to access, but this application is 
something that seems to be 
a "set it and for get it" app.  I'm not sure how you could go about 
implementing access to 
preferences, but BetterTouchTool uses a system preference ad-on that when 
opened it shows the 
preference windows separate from the system preferences window.  I guess it 
could also be 
accessed via a keyboard command.

Thanks!

Original issue reported on code.google.com by APureEvi...@gmail.com on 20 Mar 2010 at 6:41

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Yes, this can definitely be done. Hiding the icon is very easy, but providing 
another way 
to access it is not, but I'll look into doing it. I don't know about 
BetterTouchTool, but 
Growl does the same.

Original comment by rdamazio@gmail.com on 20 Mar 2010 at 8:20

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Upon some further investigation, creating the preference pane is trivial, as is 
having it 
communicate with the main app. I'd also have to switch to using a .pkg file for 
installing, so I'm now investigating if Sparkle (the auto-update framework) 
will support 
switching from dmg to pkg.

Original comment by rdamazio@gmail.com on 21 Mar 2010 at 6:53

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Original comment by rdamazio@gmail.com on 7 Apr 2010 at 6:06

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this would be helpful for me.

Original comment by adam.s.l...@gmail.com on 28 Jun 2010 at 9:20

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If you remove or hide the menu icon, then how will you manage the settings or 
quit the app?  I think a better solution would be for someone to write a little 
utility that does something similar to what the Windows taskbar does.  Put the 
running apps/utilities in a little pull down container.  if there is a new 
notification or action needed it would show up in the menu bar outside of the 
container and would be there like normal.  

Original comment by KahilYoung on 23 Aug 2010 at 5:39

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The only way to do it is how Growl does it - by adding a system preference pane 
(or having a global shortcut, but that's really ugly).
It's doable, but quite a bit of work (specially to keep both things), which is 
why I'm postponing it in favor of higher-priority changes.

Original comment by rdamazio@gmail.com on 23 Aug 2010 at 2:41

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Another +1 for this feature request, my menubar real estate is at a premium and 
I'd love to hide Android Notifier (particularly if a PrefPane could replace 
it). 

Also, it seems there's a fair amount of dead space on both sides of the current 
menubar icon; the gap between it and the menubar icon to either side of it is 
about 1.5 times the size of the gap between all my other menubar icons. See 
attached screenshot.

Original comment by drewn...@gmail.com on 15 Sep 2010 at 4:17

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You can already do this with the multiplatform app. See CommandLine wiki page 
for details. Basically, you have to run it with -t option like:

"/Applications/Android Notifier Desktop/Contents/MacOS/JavaApplicationStub" -t

If you want to change some preferences, stop it with -s option and run it with 
tray icon so you can open the preferences window. You can run it with -p to 
show preferences immediately.

Original comment by lehph...@gmail.com on 22 Sep 2010 at 7:28

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We should add a GUI option for this, then - perhaps an option to choose between:
* Showing the menubar/system tray/etc. icon
* Showing on the task bar/dock
* Showing both
* Showing none

Not sure how to bring up preferences when showing none.

Original comment by rdamazio@gmail.com on 22 Sep 2010 at 7:42

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here's one: by starting the app again. check if it is already running and if 
so, then trigger (send?) an event (special notification?) that brings up the 
window
just an idea

Original comment by peter.v...@gmail.com on 29 Sep 2010 at 7:47

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+1

As Peter said, the most common way I've found of doing this is by running the 
application again to bring up preferences. That or just doing it the hard way 
by creating a preference pane.

Original comment by ru...@starset.net on 29 Oct 2010 at 5:03

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+1 Yes I think the most common practice is to create a preference pane. But I 
also like Peter's idea of launching the prefs when you launch the app. Similar 
to what Alfred App was doing. Sounds like a great solution until down the road. 

Original comment by Leet.Uni...@gmail.com on 25 Nov 2010 at 7:50

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Issue 316 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by rdamazio@gmail.com on 10 Dec 2010 at 2:11

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Taking over lehphyro's issues.

Original comment by rdamazio@gmail.com on 11 Jan 2011 at 4:31