Banners top and Bottom of Screen

Angelo Greco

Hello
I have a 6inch phone and use it in landscape. When navigating there is a permanent blue banner at the top and bottom of the screen that takes a third of the available screen height.
Is it possible to remove these? I do not need to constantly see the street name.

Corjan Meijerink

@Angelo-Greco please see the Navigation settings > Screen layout
Turn off the upcoming street for example.

Angelo Greco

@Corjan-Meijerink I can't see that option V1.6.12 ?

Con Hennekens

@Angelo-Greco, That's the old Navigation app, NOT the beta of Next in the MyRoute-App Mobile app...

Angelo Greco

@Con-Hennekens , Argh! yes it is my fault, confused again
Apologies, I have now removed the old app

Con Hennekens

@Angelo-Greco, If you want to be able to use the old Navigation app as a backup to the beta, until the platform is deprecated, it is wise to keep it installed. It will disappear from the playstore pretty soon, and then it will be too late to re-install.

richtea999

@Con-Hennekens said in Banners top and Bottom of Screen:

@Angelo-Greco, If you want to be able to use the old Navigation app as a backup to the beta, until the platform is deprecated, it is wise to keep it installed. It will disappear from the playstore pretty soon, and then it will be too late to re-install.

Android:
https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/9859350?hl=en:
'When you unpublish an app, existing users can still use your app and receive app updates, but new users won't find and download it on Google Play.'

Apple:
https://developer.apple.com/help/app-store-connect/manage-your-apps-availability/remove-an-app-from-the-app-store
'Users with previous versions of the app can’t update it, but they can still restore it from a backup, as long as you [i.e. the developer] have a Paid Applications Agreement.'

Con Hennekens

@richtea999 said in Banners top and Bottom of Screen:

'When you unpublish an app, existing users can still use your app and receive app updates, but new users won't find and download it on Google Play.'

Are you still an existing user when you deleted the app from your phone?

richtea999

@Con-Hennekens

Are you still an existing user when you deleted the app from your phone?

Yes, if you bought the app in Play Store. No purchase, no go!

Here's how:
Play Store
--> your account (top right icon)
--> Payments & subscriptions
--> Budget and history

Scroll to find the app -> View -> Install

I went back and got one that I bought in 2010 but was unpublished in 2013.

Con Hennekens

@richtea999, Good to know, but I just keep asking questions Does a free app equal a purchase? You can't use it without a subscription, but from Google's perspective it is a free app.

Corjan Meijerink

@Con-Hennekens you can purchase the Navigation subscription from the play store directly Then it will appear there as @richtea999 said