Looks like Android Apps will be able to use the background space of the new iPhone-like navigation bar!

I just played with the new iPhone-like navigation bar, just before I reverted it back, I downloaded the Google I/O app, it surprised me that the app actually makes use of the blank space of the navigation bar:

http://imgur.com/ajm43lg

It looks really cool, and I hope it will eventually make to final release of Android Q!

UPDATE: the navigation bar area is also transparent on original navigation bar. But it looks even more weird. http://imgur.com/zSquLTa



Submitted April 30, 2019 at 03:18AM by keypoet http://bit.ly/2DHXN73 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

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