zhanghai / zhanghai/MaterialFiles

Decide which top bar to hide

Open
#280 0 comments 1 reaction 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

Dominant language
Kotlin
Stars
9k
Forks
736
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

Description

Currently, the currently accessed directory bar is shown and the top navigation bar is hidden, which has aesthetic and design issues:

  1. To search or change view mode or access the side menu (you cannot access Menu by swiping right if you enabled gesture navigation in Android 10), you have to swipe down (which makes the navigation bar visible) which is not convenient.
  2. When you select multiple files and/or folders, the navigation bar has to appear as it is used for selection.

Conclusion:

  1. Hide currently accessed directory bar instead of the top navigation bar. This way, you will not need to make it visible when selecting multiple files and/or folders.
  2. Show the name of the current directory only (or Library name if you ever going to implement #277) in the navigation bar. This way, user can distinguish between windows.

Contributor guide

No contributing guide indexed for this repository

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reproducing the current directory bar and top navigation behavior in Android, including multi-file selection and gesture navigation on Android 10. Review the navigation UI entry points and compare the proposed bar visibility and current-directory labeling. Done means the chosen bar remains available for search, view mode, menus, and selection, while users can distinguish windows by the displayed directory or library name.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
android, kotlin
Domain
design, mobile
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.