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How to force Android apps into Google’s awesome new ‘immersive mode’

20
Mar
2014

Android 4.4 KitKat introduced a number of great new optimizations and features. While only a small percentage of Android devices currently run the latest version of Google’s Android software, the number is growing every day. For those who do have access to KitKat, one of the coolest new features is immersive mode, which hides a device’s on-screen buttons and notification bar so that app content is given as much canvas as possible, with all distractions eliminated. Unfortunately, not all apps that might make great use of this new feature have it enabled. As is often the case with Android, however, there are ways of tweaking your device so that any app can be used in immersive mode. Right now there

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