SOLVED! Samsung S9 Navigation Bar Always On: Could It Be Done?

Similar to many other modern Samsung phones, Galaxy S9 comes with a navigation bar that helps users navigate their device. By default, the navigation bar of S9 is shown but when the device performs certain activities like entering full-screen (immersive) mode, it would vanish. For those that rely on the navigation bar while using  Samsung S9, its sporadic disappearance causes a lot of conveniences. Naturally, keeping Samsung S9 navigation bar always on is one of the topics that attract attention from Samsung users nowadays.

Also want to make the navigation bar of your S9 stay put but don’t know whether it’s possible? If that happens to be the case then this article is exactly what you need. Down below, you would find everything that you must keep in mind the navigation bar on Samsung Galaxy S9 including how to keep it on.

Keeping The Navigation Bar On: Options 

To put it plainly, there is no way to keep the navigation bar on all the times at the moment. For several reasons, Samsung designs its phones to hide the navigation bar in specific situations regardless of the desires of users. Because of that, neither changes to settings nor third-party applications would keep Samsung S9 navigation bar always on. Still, you could at least minimize the number of times that the navigation bar of your S9 going out of view by taking these measures

Enable Show And Hide Button 

For your information, the Show and hide button is a feature that lets you add a button to the navigation bar to show/hide it. By enabling that, you would be able to lock the navigation bar on your phone screen most of the time.

• Step 1: Go to Settings
• Step 2: Hit Display
• Step 3: Choose Navigation bar
• Step 4: Toggle the switch next to Show and hide button to the on position
• Step 5: On the navigation bar, double-tap the button on the left to lock it

Install Nova Launcher 

Nova Launcher is a third-party home screen replacement for phones and tablets that run on the Android operating system. Compared to the generic Android home screen, Nova Launcher provides people with a wide range of customizations for features on devices including the navigation bar. In the case that you want to keep Samsung S9 navigation bar always on, Nova Launcher could get you close.

How To Customize The Navigation Bar

On Samsung Galaxy S9, via built-in settings, people have several things that they could customize once it comes to the navigation bar

To change the order of buttons

• Step 1: Go to Settings
• Step 2: Hit Display
• Step 3: Choose Navigation bar
• Step 4: Pick button layout then select between Recents – Home – Back and Back – Home – Recents

To change the type of navigation

• Step 1: Go to Settings
• Step 2: Hit Display
• Step 3: Choose Navigation bar
• Step 4: Select either Buttons or Swipe gestures

To change the location of navigation bar

• Step 1: Go to Settings
• Step 2: Hit Display
• Step 3: Choose Navigation bar
• Step 4: Select Position and pick Left, Center or Right

You wish to make a lot more customizations than what the built-in settings provide? Then it’s strongly recommended that you install Good Lock and its NavStar module. Using the NavStar of Good Lock, you could create your own navigation bar with customizable color, alignment, buttons and so on. The maximum number of buttons on the navigation bar is 5.

Assistant Menu: The Alternative For The Navigation Bar

Tired of trying to keep the navigation bar on constantly? Then it’s suggested you consider using the Assistant Menu. Like the navigation bar, the Assistant Menu could help you navigate your device but it would stay on until you turn it off by yourself.

• Step 1: Go to Settings
• Step 2: Hit Accessibility
• Step 3: Choose Interactions and dexterity
• Step 4: Toggle the switch next to Assistant Menu to the on position
• Step 5: Set up the options, transparency and size of the Assistant Menu icon