The ability to disable full-screen mode on Android

Hello! I would like to be able to enable or disable full-screen mode on Android in the game settings (currently, it is enabled by default and cannot be changed). This would be useful for some people (for me, for example). It’s not that difficult to do, it’s a small but useful feature. I’m talking about

<!-- Android Fullscreen -->
<preference name="Fullscreen" value="true" />

(I took this from the config.xml file when manually exporting). I’m asking to add the ability to change this to FALSE or TRUE in GDevelop itself, without manual compilation.

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Hello Vlad,
Thank you for your topic.
I just want to make sure that I understand your request: you are talking about the “full screen” button of a game in the “Play” section of the mobile app?

If that is the case: you said it would be useful for yourself. Why so?
Thanks!

@Luni
Now I’ll try to explain what I mean. When you export to android, the app is automatically in full screen mode. What am I talking about? The status bar (where you can see the time, battery charge, message icons, etc.) and the navigation bar (well, at the bottom of the screen touch buttons back, home, minimize application), so all this is hidden, that is, the user does not see them all the time, although he can “show” them with a swipe, but eventually they will hide themselves again. You can open any application (not a game), for example Google Chrome, and see that there it is always visible. Do you understand what I mean? Again, above I have provided a line from the config file, which is responsible for this. Why do I need it? Well first of all the user’s camera covers the application content a bit (as the offer to me expands in height), and secondly some functions of the application are related to this (e.g. the back button to exit tabs). In general, it’s needed for user friendliness. I am not the only one who needs it, for example someone asked about it earlier: Disable fullscreen on mobile
There was an answer with the manual build and the config file (that I specified in the first post), but I would like to be able to change it without the manual build.

I see now what you’re referring to. It is hard to understand what people mean through written communication. Thank you for giving more context.

I’ll tag the request accordingly. Thanks!

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