Is it ok to not show the adress bar again?

[NokFrt]

At the beginning of my game I hide the adress bar on Android and iOS. But how the user is supposed to exit my game or go to some other site if all the UI is now hidden (there is no status bar in Android default browser). Is this ok ?

[benny!]

Hmm ... Android devices usually have the system back button. On iOS you cannot hide the bottom navigation bar. 

 

Additionally, you could add an "exit" button which goes back in javascript history.

[NokFrt]

Yes, that's true, Android devices have the back button - I forgot, sorry for stupid question.

[benny!]

Yes, that's true, Android devices have the back button - I forgot, sorry for stupid question.

 

No worries. Not a stupid question at all. I myself also thought about this and in general I agree with you - the application which hides the app bar should offer the functionality to bring it back.

 

Nevertheless - in the end - I came to the above's conclusion and so far it works for my apps. Never got any complains so far.

[sbat]

With new Chrome comes solid implementation of Fullscreen API:

 

I have not added it to my game yet, but I though about this behavior:

• Go full screen on Android on click of "Play" 
• If user returns to "normal mode", I will show "game paused" screen. He can just "swiped down" to exit full screen. Not necessary to exit anything. And back button will not return him to full screen.
• If user clicks "Continue" in game paused screen, game again goes full screen.

And for older Androids I am simply thinking about working with browser controls not hidden.