Locking orientation to Landscape makes appear virtual buttons

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First of all: Happy and Prosperous New Year to all of you :slight_smile:

Here my first problem of the year:
When building an app for Windows Phone using Universal 8.1 SDK, and setting the orientation in Visual Studio to Landscape (or Landscape-flipped) makes appear 3 partial buttons at the bottom of the screen (right side of the image).

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That also happens by locking the orientation via script.

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And also happen even if rotation is not locked! That means these buttons always appear in landscape mode.
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I’m using Unity 4.6.1 with VS13 Express Up4.

Any idea how to remove them?

Many thanks in advance!

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Hi,

what kind of device is this happening on? Does it happen on an empty project?

3

Hi!

I’m using a Lumia 625, and yes it also happens on an empty project.

4

Does this only happen during splashscreen?

5

No, they’re always visible.

Just a little further info: if rotation lock is disabled, they will rotate and disappear when put the device in portrait mode (and reappear when put again in landscape mode).

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What are those buttons? Is that something Unity puts or the OS?
You can check by creating a simple XAML project without Unity at all and see if those buttons are still there.

7

Aha!

They are also present on a simple XAML project!

I know it’s not your competence at this point, but do you have any tips for that?

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No idea - maybe check the emulator? I’ve never seen anything like this before - maybe it’s device specific?

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Have to install Windows 8 Pro to run the emulator and check, and at the moment have just one device to test it…

I directly ask to a Microsoft guy, and as soon as I found a solution I’ll put it here :wink: Thank you!

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Not a definitive answer, but I can say that for sure it’s related to the phone.
I didn’t noticed before, but in fact those 3 lines are present in all applications (i.e. camera, settings, …)
The only related article I’ve found is this, but unfortunately since now without a solution.