| # Demo Mode for the Android System UI |
| *Demo mode for the status bar allows you to force the status bar into a fixed state, useful for taking screenshots with a consistent status bar state, or testing different status icon permutations. Demo mode is available in recent versions of Android.* |
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| ## Enabling demo mode |
| Demo mode is protected behind a system setting. To enable it for a device, run: |
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| ``` |
| adb shell settings put global sysui_demo_allowed 1 |
| ``` |
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| ## Protocol |
| The protocol is based on broadcast intents, and thus can be driven via the command line (```adb shell am broadcast```) or an app (```Context.sendBroadcast```). |
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| ### Broadcast action |
| ``` |
| com.android.systemui.demo |
| ``` |
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| ### Commands |
| Commands and subcommands (below) are sent as string extras in the broadcast |
| intent. |
| <br/> |
| Commands are sent as string extras with key ```command``` (required). Possible values are: |
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| Command | Subcommand | Argument | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ```enter``` | | | Enters demo mode, bar state allowed to be modified (for convenience, any of the other non-exit commands will automatically flip demo mode on, no need to call this explicitly in practice) |
| ```exit``` | | | Exits demo mode, bars back to their system-driven state |
| ```battery``` | | | Control the battery display |
| | ```level``` | | Sets the battery level (0 - 100) |
| | ```plugged``` | | Sets charging state (```true```, ```false```) |
| ```network``` | | | Control the RSSI display |
| | ```airplane``` | | ```show``` to show icon, any other value to hide |
| | ```fully``` | | Sets MCS state to fully connected (```true```, ```false```) |
| | ```wifi``` | | ```show``` to show icon, any other value to hide |
| | | ```level``` | Sets wifi level (null or 0-4) |
| | ```mobile``` | | ```show``` to show icon, any other value to hide |
| | | ```datatype``` | Values: ```1x```, ```3g```, ```4g```, ```e```, ```g```, ```h```, ```lte```, ```roam```, any other value to hide |
| | | ```level``` | Sets mobile signal strength level (null or 0-4) |
| | ```carriernetworkchange``` | | Sets mobile signal icon to carrier network change UX when disconnected (```show``` to show icon, any other value to hide) |
| | ```sims``` | | Sets the number of sims (1-8) |
| | ```nosim``` | | ```show``` to show icon, any other value to hide |
| ```bars``` | | | Control the visual style of the bars (opaque, translucent, etc) |
| | ```mode``` | | Sets the bars visual style (opaque, translucent, semi-transparent) |
| ```status``` | | | Control the system status icons |
| | ```volume``` | | Sets the icon in the volume slot (```silent```, ```vibrate```, any other value to hide) |
| | ```bluetooth``` | | Sets the icon in the bluetooth slot (```connected```, ```disconnected```, any other value to hide) |
| | ```location``` | | Sets the icon in the location slot (```show```, any other value to hide) |
| | ```alarm``` | | Sets the icon in the alarm_clock slot (```show```, any other value to hide) |
| | ```sync``` | | Sets the icon in the sync_active slot (```show```, any other value to hide) |
| | ```tty``` | | Sets the icon in the tty slot (```show```, any other value to hide) |
| | ```eri``` | | Sets the icon in the cdma_eri slot (```show```, any other value to hide) |
| | ```mute``` | | Sets the icon in the mute slot (```show```, any other value to hide) |
| | ```speakerphone``` | | Sets the icon in the speakerphone slot (```show```, any other value to hide) |
| ```notifications``` | | | Control the notification icons |
| | ```visible``` | | ```false``` to hide the notification icons, any other value to show |
| ```clock``` | | | Control the clock display |
| | ```millis``` | | Sets the time in millis |
| | ```hhmm``` | | Sets the time in hh:mm |
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| ## Examples |
| Enter demo mode |
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| ``` |
| adb shell am broadcast -a com.android.systemui.demo -e command enter |
| ``` |
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| Exit demo mode |
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| ``` |
| adb shell am broadcast -a com.android.systemui.demo -e command exit |
| ``` |
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| Set the clock to 12:31 |
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| ``` |
| adb shell am broadcast -a com.android.systemui.demo -e command clock -e hhmm |
| 1231 |
| ``` |
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| Set the wifi level to max |
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| ``` |
| adb shell am broadcast -a com.android.systemui.demo -e command network -e wifi |
| show -e level 4 |
| ``` |
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| Show the silent volume icon |
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| ``` |
| adb shell am broadcast -a com.android.systemui.demo -e command status -e volume |
| silent |
| ``` |
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| Empty battery, and not charging (red exclamation point) |
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| ``` |
| adb shell am broadcast -a com.android.systemui.demo -e command battery -e level |
| 0 -e plugged false |
| ``` |
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| Hide the notification icons |
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| ``` |
| adb shell am broadcast -a com.android.systemui.demo -e command notifications -e |
| visible false |
| ``` |
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| Exit demo mode |
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| ``` |
| adb shell am broadcast -a com.android.systemui.demo -e command exit |
| ``` |
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| ## Example demo controller app in AOSP |
| ``` |
| frameworks/base/tests/SystemUIDemoModeController |
| ``` |
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| ## Example script (for screenshotting purposes) |
| ```bash |
| #!/bin/sh |
| CMD=$1 |
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| if [[ $ADB == "" ]]; then |
| ADB=adb |
| fi |
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| if [[ $CMD != "on" && $CMD != "off" ]]; then |
| echo "Usage: $0 [on|off] [hhmm]" >&2 |
| exit |
| fi |
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| if [[ "$2" != "" ]]; then |
| HHMM="$2" |
| fi |
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| $ADB root || exit |
| $ADB wait-for-devices |
| $ADB shell settings put global sysui_demo_allowed 1 |
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| if [ $CMD == "on" ]; then |
| $ADB shell am broadcast -a com.android.systemui.demo -e command enter || exit |
| if [[ "$HHMM" != "" ]]; then |
| $ADB shell am broadcast -a com.android.systemui.demo -e command clock -e |
| hhmm ${HHMM} |
| fi |
| $ADB shell am broadcast -a com.android.systemui.demo -e command battery -e |
| plugged false |
| $ADB shell am broadcast -a com.android.systemui.demo -e command battery -e |
| level 100 |
| $ADB shell am broadcast -a com.android.systemui.demo -e command network -e |
| wifi show -e level 4 |
| $ADB shell am broadcast -a com.android.systemui.demo -e command network -e |
| mobile show -e datatype none -e level 4 |
| $ADB shell am broadcast -a com.android.systemui.demo -e command notifications |
| -e visible false |
| elif [ $CMD == "off" ]; then |
| $ADB shell am broadcast -a com.android.systemui.demo -e command exit |
| fi |
| ``` |
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