New updates are being added at the bottom of this story…….

Original story (published on January 1, 2021) follows:

For many generations, OnePlus’ custom Android skin– OxygenOS– has gravitated close to stock Android. This means that features and design cues were heavily reliant on stock Android.

Although that has since slightly changed with the current Android 11-based OxygenOS 11, the design philosophy prevails for the most part.

It is, therefore, bizarre to find a feature that would otherwise work flawlessly on stock Android, not working as expected on OxygenOS.

Well, this is the case with OnePlus’ skin when it comes to fullscreen support for apps. According to users, OxygenOS fails to list all apps when trying to force fullscreen mode.

This means that apps that might not be well optimized for fullscreen are stuck with black bars at the top and bottom with no way to fix that on OxygenOS.

Affected users further point out that this is an OxygenOS/OnePlus issue as the same apps had been working well on other Android devices with no issues.

Visiting OnePlus’ settings page and trying to force the malfunctioning apps to take advantage of fullscreen mode reveals the root of the problem as very few or no apps are listed in the section.

Affected users (1,2,3,4,5,6,7) are, therefore, calling on OnePlus to fix this setting and allow them to enable fullscreen on any of their installed apps, a feature that’s reportedly present on many other Android skins.

This issue has been reported by users of various OnePlus devices running various versions of OxygenOS; from OnePlus 8T, OnePlus Nord, OnePlus 8, and even OnePlus 6.

Also worth noting is that this is a long-standing issue as there are reports from affected users dating as far back as early 2020.

It would also interest affected users to note that a similar issue has already been forwarded to the relevant team, at least according to a OnePlus staff member.

We shall continue to keep an eye on this story and update as and when we get more info so stay tuned to PiunikaWeb.

Update 1 (January 27)

IST: 10:06 am: An Assistant Head Moderator on the OnePlus community forum has today, come out to explain why OnePlus devices have this issue. He goes on to advice affected users to keep giving this feedback so OnePlus can work on a fix for this.

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