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System bar visibility

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System bars are screen areas dedicated to displaying notifications, communicating device status and navigating the device. You can choose whether or not to display these system bars when navigating your application.

iOS & Android UI System

On Android, there is the status bar and the navigation bar.

Top of an Android phone: marker 1 points to the status bar (notification, Bluetooth, network, battery, time)
Bottom of an Android phone: marker 2 points to the navigation bar, with the Back, Home and Recent apps buttons

On iOS, there is only the status bar.

iPhone status bar above the Contacts app, showing the time, signal, Wi-Fi and battery

Control System UI Visibility In Your App

You have the possibility to display or not these system bars in your application. By default, these bars are not visible.

Click the home icon above the workspace to go to the Project level. In the Properties panel, the System UI setting has 3 options:

  • Hidden (default)
  • Overlay
  • Visible
Project properties: the System UI list is open on its three options, Hidden (default), Overlay and Visible Project properties: the System UI list is open on its three options, Hidden (default), Overlay and Visible