# Android navigation bar getting stuck
**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-navigation-bar-getting-stuck/937191
**Category:** Plex Players
**Tags:** android-mobile
**Created:** [March 17, 2026, 8:17am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-navigation-bar-getting-stuck/937191 "2026-03-17T08:17:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 17
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### Author:  [@gertz22](https://forums.plex.tv/u/gertz22)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2026, 8:17am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-navigation-bar-getting-stuck/937191/1 "2026-03-17T08:17:46Z")
Server Version#: 1.43.0.10492
Player Version#: 2026.3.0 Platform 16
Hello, on android while playing navigation bar is hidden but leave artefact of bar itself viz photo on right side:
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### Author:  [@louisbosch868](https://forums.plex.tv/u/louisbosch868)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2026, 8:26pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-navigation-bar-getting-stuck/937191/2 "2026-03-26T20:26:15Z")
Also experiencing this on S23
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### Author:  [@sam3](https://forums.plex.tv/u/sam3)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2026, 9:31pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-navigation-bar-getting-stuck/937191/3 "2026-03-27T21:31:04Z")
Same issue on galaxy s21. The grey background for the navigation bar doesn’t automatically dissappear.
If you rotate your phone you can get it to dissappear.
The problem started occurring recently (in the last few updates)
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### Author:  [@arysh](https://forums.plex.tv/u/arysh)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2026, 3:26am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-navigation-bar-getting-stuck/937191/4 "2026-04-24T03:26:54Z")
Same issue here, if I just press play the first time it goes fullscreen there is no issue, but as soon as I tap the screen anywhere the navigation bar shows up and from there on the grey bar stays there
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### Author:  [@hi\_phi](https://forums.plex.tv/u/hi_phi)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2026, 11:00pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-navigation-bar-getting-stuck/937191/5 "2026-06-12T23:00:34Z")
(slightly updated in August 2026)
Android 17, Pixel 9a.
Client version: 2026.16.0
**Observed behaviour:** Android’s “3-Buttons” Navigation bar’s _background_ gets stuck whenever the user invokes it, even after it has been dismissed.
**Expected behaviour:** Once dismissed by the user, there’s no remain of the navigation bar.
- See [https://developer.android.com/design/ui/mobile/guides/foundations/system-bars](https://developer.android.com/design/ui/mobile/guides/foundations/system-bars) in case this could be useful.
- Oh… And this: [https://developer.android.com/design/ui/mobile/guides/layout-and-content/edge-to-edge](https://developer.android.com/design/ui/mobile/guides/layout-and-content/edge-to-edge)
- [https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/views/layout/immersive](https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/views/layout/immersive)
Rotating my phone or touching the screen sometimes help.
Video shared here: [https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-navigation-bar-getting-stuck/937191/16](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-navigation-bar-getting-stuck/937191/16)
Do I need to share logs?
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### Author:  [@hi\_phi](https://forums.plex.tv/u/hi_phi)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2026, 1:31pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-navigation-bar-getting-stuck/937191/7 "2026-06-15T13:31:49Z")
Good morning, Plex employees. Bump.
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### Author:  [@anelson2000](https://forums.plex.tv/u/anelson2000)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2026, 10:39am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-navigation-bar-getting-stuck/937191/8 "2026-06-17T10:39:29Z")
Glad I’m not alone but it’s annoying.
S25, rotating does help
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### Author:  [@talktoctown](https://forums.plex.tv/u/talktoctown)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2026, 12:41pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-navigation-bar-getting-stuck/937191/9 "2026-06-19T12:41:27Z")
Mine is doing this too, I’m glad that rotating the screen helps. But this seems inconvenient and a bit frustrating..
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### Author:  [@hi\_phi](https://forums.plex.tv/u/hi_phi)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-navigation-bar-getting-stuck/937191/10 "2026-06-28T15:39:24Z")
Friendly reminder that this is still annoying.
Android 17. Plex Client version _checks…_ 2026.11.0.
I’m using another unofficial client in the meantime, but it doesn’t have some of your nice features like scalable PGS subtitles…
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### Author:  [@hi\_phi](https://forums.plex.tv/u/hi_phi)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2026, 2:56pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-navigation-bar-getting-stuck/937191/11 "2026-06-29T14:56:28Z")
Please, tell me someone is working on that.
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### Author:  [@hi\_phi](https://forums.plex.tv/u/hi_phi)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2026, 12:33pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-navigation-bar-getting-stuck/937191/12 "2026-07-03T12:33:29Z")
Still not fixed in Version 2026.13.0 (971050312) (Beta).
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### Author:  [@hi\_phi](https://forums.plex.tv/u/hi_phi)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2026, 12:13pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-navigation-bar-getting-stuck/937191/13 "2026-07-31T12:13:51Z")
Please.
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### Author:  [@hi\_phi](https://forums.plex.tv/u/hi_phi)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2026, 2:13pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-navigation-bar-getting-stuck/937191/14 "2026-08-12T14:13:31Z")
Still not fixed in 2026.15.0.
**It seems to happen when my phone is rotated so that the front camera aperture is to the right side of my screen.**
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### Author:  [@hi\_phi](https://forums.plex.tv/u/hi_phi)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2026, 12:19pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-navigation-bar-getting-stuck/937191/15 "2026-08-17T12:19:15Z")
Reminder that [Plex for Mobile (Android & iOS) - #54 by PlexReleaser](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-mobile-android-ios/909610/54) did not fix the bug. I might try to make a video of this.
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### Author:  [@hi\_phi](https://forums.plex.tv/u/hi_phi)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2026, 12:32pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-navigation-bar-getting-stuck/937191/16 "2026-08-17T12:32:48Z")
OK. Here’s a video of the behaviour. It should be VERY useful. What you see at first is expected behaviour, but when the gray bar appears it’s the bug. Not only it is distracting, but can also decrease the available viewport size.
I’ll keep using Plezy in the meantime.
_ **SPOILER FOR: the movie LOGAN 😉** _
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lahTo1vuVRE)
The lack of fix is truly insulting, especially since other players have no issues.
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### Author:  [@MovieFan](https://forums.plex.tv/u/MovieFan)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2026, 2:38pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-navigation-bar-getting-stuck/937191/17 "2026-08-17T14:38:23Z")
I am able to reproduce this issue, but only if the control bar is on the left side of the screen. If i rotate my phone 180 degrees so the control bar is on the right, this doesn’t happen.
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### Author:  [@Atomatth](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Atomatth)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2026, 2:58pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-navigation-bar-getting-stuck/937191/18 "2026-08-17T14:58:53Z")
Sorry, I thought that someone had already responded in this thread. An internal issue was created for reported problem some time ago. Sorry it’s taking so long to resolve but we will get this resolved. I do not have an ETA for when this will be resolved, unfortunately. Thank you for your patience and again sorry for the frustration this has caused.