# Android status bar won't go away **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Players\ **Tags:** android-mobile\ **Created:** [April 29, 2025, 5:16pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-status-bar-wont-go-away/915432 "2025-04-29T17:16:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Vital\_Whale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9dc877/32.png) [@Vital\_Whale](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Vital_Whale)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2025, 5:16pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-status-bar-wont-go-away/915432/1 "2025-04-29T17:16:36Z")
Since the new app update, the Android status bar no longer disappears while I’m watching content on my phone. I had no issues with the previous stable release, but now that both the Preview and Stable versions share the same UI, the problem occurs on both. ---
**Author:** ![ChristianKent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f17d59/32.png) [@ChristianKent](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChristianKent)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 7:21am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-status-bar-wont-go-away/915432/2 "2025-04-30T07:21:22Z")
I’m on 2025.15.0 on Plex Experience Beta (android) and I can’t reproduce this. Perhaps a screenshot would help, so the devs can see what you’re seeing. Also need your version number. ---
**Author:** ![Vital\_Whale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9dc877/32.png) [@Vital\_Whale](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Vital_Whale)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 8:24am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-status-bar-wont-go-away/915432/3 "2025-04-30T08:24:16Z")
![plex_bug](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/8/8/1/88141b858afab2bb6536b4e1469aa3e6a58fe587.jpeg) The android status bar (as seen in this image) won’t go away during playback. Device Model: Mi 9 Lite (Android 10) Player Version: 2025.12.0 (1513) Server Version: 1.41.6.9685 ---
**Author:** ![SE56](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/se56/32/222425_2.png) [@SE56](https://forums.plex.tv/u/SE56)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 3:12pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-status-bar-wont-go-away/915432/4 "2025-04-30T15:12:02Z")
That is a rather Old version 2025.12.0 ---
**Author:** ![Vital\_Whale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9dc877/32.png) [@Vital\_Whale](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Vital_Whale)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 3:56pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-status-bar-wont-go-away/915432/5 "2025-04-30T15:56:41Z")
That’s the preview version I get from the Play Store. The stable (non-preview) version I’m getting is 2025.14.0, but it has the same issue. ---
**Author:** ![SE56](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/se56/32/222425_2.png) [@SE56](https://forums.plex.tv/u/SE56)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-status-bar-wont-go-away/915432/6 "2025-04-30T16:09:33Z")
Something weird going on, works fine for me ---
**Author:** ![mail\_sympodius.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@mail\_sympodius.net](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mail_sympodius.net)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2025, 6:07am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-status-bar-wont-go-away/915432/7 "2025-05-04T06:07:32Z")
I have the same issue. Device Model: SM-N960F (Android 10) Player Version: 2025.14.0 (966828378) Server Version: 1.41.6.9685 ---
**Author:** ![mramirkhan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mramirkhan/32/160047_2.png) [@mramirkhan](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mramirkhan)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2025, 9:03am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-status-bar-wont-go-away/915432/8 "2025-05-04T09:03:06Z")
I have the same issue. Rolling back the older version works fine again. this is really distracting. ![IMG20250504095238](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/c/a/3/ca3a6f2c89e82cd215b7854b39ee355d9e5701b8.jpeg) I have attached two images. The new version with the problem and then the ok version using the older Plex. ---
**Author:** ![mramirkhan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mramirkhan/32/160047_2.png) [@mramirkhan](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mramirkhan)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2025, 9:04am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-status-bar-wont-go-away/915432/9 "2025-05-04T09:04:17Z")
Only the older version of Plex worked, this is the current latest version from the play store with the bug ![IMG20250504094344](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/8/7/b/87b5903ffc6dc7d6a55c414c5af352248c79137b.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![RinLovesYou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RinLovesYou](https://forums.plex.tv/u/RinLovesYou)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2025, 3:44pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-status-bar-wont-go-away/915432/10 "2025-05-04T15:44:24Z")
Same here ---
**Author:** ![Oracole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/919ad9/32.png) [@Oracole](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Oracole)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2025, 7:46pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-status-bar-wont-go-away/915432/11 "2025-05-18T19:46:11Z")
Same. Device Model: SM-N960U (Android 10) Player Version: 2025.16.0 (966828402) Platform Version: 10 ---
**Author:** ![RinLovesYou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RinLovesYou](https://forums.plex.tv/u/RinLovesYou)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2025, 4:31pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-status-bar-wont-go-away/915432/12 "2025-05-22T16:31:52Z")
Still happening in 2025.17.0 it makes the app essentially unusable… ---
**Author:** ![RinLovesYou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RinLovesYou](https://forums.plex.tv/u/RinLovesYou)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 4:14pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-status-bar-wont-go-away/915432/13 "2025-06-05T16:14:05Z")
Bump… Still happening in 2025.18.0 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 4:14pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-status-bar-wont-go-away/915432/14 "2025-09-03T16:14:46Z")
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