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euser1 · 04-15-2010, 11:38 AM

After some digging around I found that the reason some apps don't show up in fullscreen is that they are built against the android sdk 1.5_r3. By simply rebuilding them against 1.6_r2, the app automatically show up in fullscreen.

Here's the kicker. If you download apktool from http://code.google.com/p/android-apktool/, you can disassemble the apk, change AndroidManifest.xml from <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="3" /> to <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="4" />, rebuild the apk, and sign the apk file. Voila, you now have an app that can now run fullscreen.

I tried this with the engadget app and it works great!

This method is obviously tech heavy and so is not for everybody.

04-15-2010, 11:38 AM	#1
euser1 Edge User	Making Android apps work fullscreen on the Edge After some digging around I found that the reason some apps don't show up in fullscreen is that they are built against the android sdk 1.5_r3. By simply rebuilding them against 1.6_r2, the app automatically show up in fullscreen. Here's the kicker. If you download apktool from http://code.google.com/p/android-apktool/, you can disassemble the apk, change AndroidManifest.xml from <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="3" /> to <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="4" />, rebuild the apk, and sign the apk file. Voila, you now have an app that can now run fullscreen. I tried this with the engadget app and it works great! This method is obviously tech heavy and so is not for everybody.