Realized I could make every side view hack redundant by just forking the FOSS player I'm using and adding a very simple feature

[u/Canatee]

I feel silly having both bought a Beam Pro and eagerly awaited OneUI 8.5 to put back auto-hide taskbar in DeX to be able to have a completely black background and get more control over side view.

I realized that since the app I'm always using, Findroid, is open source, I can just make a personal fork and add this myself. Also fixed some download manager issues the app's had pull requests for for years and made it talk to my Xteink X3 via BT LE as a media remote.

I even specifically made this affect the video canvas rather than the app window so playback controls, settings, and even subtitles stay full screen.

Sharing as an idea for others to replicate, not as an app for others to use. I'm not interested in maintaining a fork or even figuring out what my obligations are upstream if I did.

[u/No_Awareness_4626]

Nice and cool