Archos 101 internet tablet: Is it possible to hide default Android (software) buttons

I'm developing an Android app for an Archos 101 Android Tablet (Link: http://www.archos.com/products/ta/archos_101it/index.html). The Tablet runs Android 2.2 and as you can see here http://blogote.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/android_101_tablet.jpg the Android buttons (Home, Menu, Back and Search) are software buttons, and not hardware buttons like on most other Android devices.

My question is: Is it possible to hide this software buttons in m开发者_开发百科y application? IMHO, there need to be something like an adapted SDK for the tablet devices?!

Technically the Tablet seems to support this functionality, because some default (pre-installed) apps like the video player do this when showing a full screen video.

In my app I use

this.requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
this.getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN,WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);

to set the application to full screen, but of course this does not hide the softkeys.

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I found the solution. After adding

<uses-permission android:name="archos.permission.FULLSCREEN.FULL" />

to the AndroidManifest.xml. The code:

this.requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
this.getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN,WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);

shows the app in full-screen mode AND hides the Android (software) buttons. Of course, it is recommendable to implement UI elements that enables the users to quit the app.

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Is there anyway to hide the soft buttons only for one activity?

Because when I added the permission line to the manifest it seems like the buttons were hidden in all my activities (which make sense but isn't what I wanted). It is a video player application, so that is why I am asking.

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maybe it can help you:

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InputMethodManager.html

hideSoftInputFromWindow(IBinder windowToken, int flags, ResultReceiver resultReceiver)