tsfreddie/essentiallayoutwhitelist

An essential app for the Essential Phone?

EssentialLayoutWhitelist

Fill up the status bar yay. Now with navigation bar removal too.

Important Note

• Once you open this app, Essential's official whitelist will be disabled.
• Any future Essential Resouces updates regarding app whitelisting will not be effective until you reset the settings.

Reset Settings

Uninstall the app will not restore your settings.

If you want to reset the settings manually via ADB:

1. Uninstall this app
2. Use following command:

adb shell settings delete global ESSENTIAL_LAYOUT_WHITELIST
adb shell settings delete global policy_control

Permission

This app need WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS permission.

WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS permission can only be granted via ADB or ROOT.

If your device is rooted, you will be prompted to use root method. If the root method failed, please consider using ADB.

To grant permission using ADB:

0. Install the app, plug your phone to your computer, open the app.
1. If you don't have ADB already, get it using following links: Windows MacOS Linux
2. Extract platform tools.
3. Open cmd or terminal and goto the directory where you just extracted the tools to
4. Enter following command:

./adb shell pm grant in.tsdo.elw android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS

5. On your phone, press "Check Again".
6. Profit.

Default configuration

The "Restore to default" feature may not represent Essential's official whitelist.

Default system apps:

com.android.egg,
com.google.android.calculator,
com.google.android.calendar,
com.essential.klik,
com.android.chrome,
com.google.android.deskclock,
com.google.android.contacts,
com.google.android.gm,
com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox,
com.android.vending,
com.android.launcher3,
com.google.android.apps.maps,
com.google.android.apps.messaging,
com.google.android.dialer,
com.google.android.apps.photos,
com.google.android.youtube,
com.android.settings,

// added since 1.3:
com.android.phone,

// added since 1.4:
com.android.systemui,

Default user apps:

com.google.android.music,
com.google.android.play.games,
com.google.android.apps.docs,
com.google.android.apps.magazines,
com.google.android.videos,

// added since 1.4:
com.teslacoilsw.launcher,

If you want to use the official whitelist, see the Reset Settings section.

Credits

• oracleicom
• Kevin Kowalewski

essentiallayoutwhitelist's Issues

Feature Request - Hide the status bar

Essential Layout is a great app. Hiding the navigation bar somehow really changes the feel of the device. I was wondering if it would be possible to add a feature to hide the status bar in certain apps similar to the way you remove the navigation bar.

For and example, there is an app called "Fullscreen Immersive" in the play store that removes the navbar. Fullscreen Immersive only has a system wide setting (as opposed to app by app like you program) and for some reason disables the keyboard. When it works it looks great but generally it doesn't work well on the PH1 or Essential Layout.

BTW, I appreciate your app the way it is. I just wanted to share an idea.

not work on oero 8.1

not work on oreo 8.1