Transparent bar VANISHING

[predator21]

I was happy to see transparent bar when i got my s4.... but i noticed smthng strange lately

when we use stock wallpapers the transparent bar kicks in and the moment we use non-stock wallpapers the bar changes to non transparent..

see images....any suggestions
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[chippyuk]

Yeah this kinds sucks but my thinking is that Samsung did it this way otherwise they would have a load of calls saying that all my status icons have vanished because someone has used a light grey wallpaper....

 

[miketwn]

Just noticed that too.....not good.....hopefully samsung changes this

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[rinxas]

For what I've tried the transparent bar onky works with stock live and regular wallpapers. It's kinda of a bummer Samsung did it this way.

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[GodsGift]

Its actually completely understandable.

If the wallpaper was the same colour as your notification icons you wouldnt be able to see anything.

its quite cool that they put the transparent feature in there for their wallpapers.


Mebbe a later update will give you the option by asking if you want transparent notification bar ... or the other option is to find a decent developer web site where people are ingenious and helpful and will do this for you .... oh hang on ....... look at the URL!