WP8 Export: Fullscreen not being set

Link to .capx file (required!):

[Not needed nor helpful, but I do have helpful screenshots below]

Steps to reproduce:

1. Open C2/WP8 file located at C2\exporters\html5\wp8\MainPage.xml

2. In the top-level tag, the following code is always set to true, rather than being a variable so that it can change between true and false.

Observed result:

<font face="Courier New, Courier, mono">shell:SystemTray.IsVisible="True"</font>

This causes an extra side in apps to always have a "black bar" where the system tray would be.

(Using a letterbox scale)<img src="http://simplyadvanced.net/dev/construct2/bug/SystemTray-IsVisible-True.png" border="0" />

Expected result:

I would expect the gameplay area to use up more of the screen when I choose a fullscreen scaling option. So, when I change WP8 code to

<font face="Courier New, Courier, mono">shell:SystemTray.IsVisible="False"</font> ...

(Using a letterbox scale)

<img src="http://simplyadvanced.net/dev/construct2/bug/SystemTray-IsVisible-False.png" border="0" />

Browsers affected:

Chrome: n/a

Firefox: n/a

Internet Explorer: n/a

Operating system & service pack:

Windows 8.1 Enterprise, 64-bit

Construct 2 version:

Tested in r154, r155, 156

• Danial Goodwin -

ps - I'm not sure if it is in the WP8 guidelines, that the status bar always has to be visible. But, my past three WP8 apps have been certified/published on the first try with `shell:SystemTray.IsVisible="False"`. Also, this basically just the first method that I found that works for getting to fullscreen. There may or may not be more solutions.

You're right, hiding the system tray would be a better default than showing it. Made the change for the next build.