topic Re: Status bar and navigation bar is not hiding in Android

Status bar and navigation bar is not hiding

Dogukana — Wed, 01 May 2024 19:44:02 GMT

Plan

Free

Device

Realme GT2 Pro

Operating System

Android 14

My Question or Issue

I just upgraded my phone from Redmi note 11 to a Flagship phone from Realme. When İ was on Redmi the app was running perfectly fine with no black bars or something. But with this new phone it has some black bar on the bottom and the top. İt looks so lame. Please help me how to fix this. This is the only reason İ cancelled my subscription to Spotify and bought YouTube premium. And now İ wanna turn back to Spotify but this UI bugs make me so uncomfortable.

Re: Status bar and navigation bar is not hiding

Eni — Thu, 02 May 2024 22:14:53 GMT

Hey there @Dogukana,

Thanks for getting in touch about this here in the Community.

We can confirm that currently that's how the UI looks like on Android. We appreciate you taking the time to share your feedback with us and will make sure to pass it onto the right team, as we always strive to improve your experience.

Also, keep in mind that the ability to hide the status and navigation bars and how to do it depends on each device. Usually, those settings can be found in the phone settings under display.

If you need a hand with anything else, the Community is here for you.

Re: Status bar and navigation bar is not hiding

Dogukana — Sat, 04 May 2024 11:54:38 GMT

Thanks for the answer. I hope your dev team make the ui smooth again. I am it was working nice on the Xiaomi phones. Seeing this ui after upgrading my phone makes me feel uncomfortable. I like the way Spotify looks on Ios. Please fix the ui with an new update. And also there is no setting on my phone to do that. I even tried 3rd party apps to get rid of the bars but Spotify dont let me.

Transparent status bar on Android

RoiceNieves — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 17:44:55 GMT

Plan

Premium

Device

Samsung Galaxy S22

Operating System

Android 14

My Question or Issue

This is already posted as a Spotify idea since last year but never got any update. Spotify's Android App still has an ugly opaque shade on the status bar on Android, specifically on Samsung phone cause one of my friends who has other Android's have a transparent status bar. (Screenshots: 1st: Samsung, 2nd: Xiaomi)

Re: Status bar and navigation bar is not hiding

Taoseño — Sun, 30 Jun 2024 21:58:23 GMT

Fix this! Don't give my wife reasons to sh*t on my pixel 7 😭

Re: Status bar and navigation bar is not hiding

olivrstal — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 10:42:10 GMT

so happy this finally got fixed on my pixel 7 since i upgraded to android 15 yesterday 🙂

Re: Status bar and navigation bar is not hiding

Efekocaer — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:55:56 GMT

It still hasn't been updated. It needs to be made transparent like iOS as soon as possible.

Re: Status bar and navigation bar is not hiding

Arr-sptfycmty — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 08:25:34 GMT

It's crazy how it's still an issue. It is so annoying that I'm thinking of switching to apple music.

Re: Status bar and navigation bar is not hiding

dburt218 — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 00:18:26 GMT

They'll never work on this, lol.

Remove black bar from now playing screen on Android

sajinman — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 10:13:01 GMT

After coming from yt music, apple music, this black bar on status bar of now playing screen looks really ugly. Feels like i'm using a old android phone. Please remove this black bar quickly. I see you have removed the black bar from other places of app, but it's still in the place where it's needed to be removed the most. This black bar isn't on Spotify lite's now playing screen. Then why it's still in the main app. canvas isn't available in our region. At least , remove the black bar if we have canvas off

Re: Status bar and navigation bar is not hiding

Michaelman11 — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 11:53:29 GMT

Man why do they always have to treat Android users like we mean nothing? Smh come on spotify, fix your **bleep**

Re: Status bar and navigation bar is not hiding

Efekocaer — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 13:50:31 GMT

Please remove that black bar from the status bar. I really don't want to use the app because of this. I use the S23 Ultra and I've shared this before on Reddit and the Spotify Community. And I shared this a long time ago, but still no action has been taken. As of Android 16, you already have to do this because of the edge to edge requirement. What are you still waiting for?