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Samsung's "Full Mode" and 18.5:9 aspect ratio

Discussion in 'Android' started by Sempiternal, Dec 10, 2017.

  1. Sempiternal

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    Hi all,

    I recently purchased a Samsung Note 8 and noticed this optional "Full Mode" that Samsung implemented for games. It looks like the S8/S8+ has this feature as well. So far, I have my game automatically adjust to 18.5/9 aspect ratio based on device model, but I can't seem to get the full mode enabled before first launch.

    My question is, since I have downloaded apps that have full mode enabled automatically, how do I go about doing this in Unity? I would like full mode to be enabled before users even launch the game. I am currently running Unity 5.6, and I have tried messing with the Android manifest file to no avail based on this link:

    https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43694526/samsung-galaxy-s8-full-screen-mode

    Any help would be appreciated!

    Thanks,
     
    Sempiternal, Dec 10, 2017
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  2. JuliusM

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    JuliusM, Dec 15, 2017
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  3. Shefich

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    I can see the same problem on Galaxy s9+. By default the app is in windowed mode, but I can switch to fullscreen. The settings app still has "Can work with troubles in fullscreen mode (or is not adapted for fullscreen)" text near the switcher.
    I tried aspect ratio to Custom up to 2.1 and 1.86, so it should be able to support Samsung Galaxy S9, Galaxy S9+ 18.5:9 Aspect Ratio.
    Can someone from Unity help me to fix this problem?
    P.S. Tested in Unity 2018.1.0 f2 and 2018.2.11 f1
     
    Last edited: Oct 17, 2018
    Shefich, Oct 1, 2018
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  4. mohammadkhatib

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    I just found a solution, if you change in manifist inside unity it will be reverted back, therefore export your project into gradle open it with android studio and add this tag inside <application> tag:


    <meta-data android:name="android.max_aspect" android:value="2.1" />
     
    mohammadkhatib, Nov 29, 2018
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  5. AcidArrow

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    Is this needed? Doesn't setting "Native aspect ratio" in player settings make it work for really wide aspects?
     
    AcidArrow, Nov 29, 2018
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  6. JuliusM

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    From android docs https://developer.android.com/about/versions/oreo/android-8.0
    That's why if the selected target api level is 26 or higher and the "Native aspect ratio" is selected in the player settings, we don't add any aspect ratio related attributes to the manifest (we should not remove them if they are set in the custom manifest though). You can always force that attribute to be added to the manifest by selecting "Custom" aspect ratio in the player settings and specifying the desired value.
     
    JuliusM, Nov 30, 2018
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