# Demo Mode for the Android System UI
*Demo mode for the status bar allows you to force the status bar into a fixed state, useful for taking screenshots with a consistent status bar state, or testing different status icon permutations. Demo mode is available in recent versions of Android.*
## Enabling demo mode
Demo mode is protected behind a system setting. To enable it for a device, run:
```
adb shell settings put global sysui_demo_allowed 1
```
## Protocol
The protocol is based on broadcast intents, and thus can be driven via the command line (```adb shell am broadcast```) or an app (```Context.sendBroadcast```).
### Broadcast action
```
com.android.systemui.demo
```
### Commands
Commands and subcommands (below) are sent as string extras in the broadcast
intent.
<br/>
Commands are sent as string extras with key ```command``` (required). Possible values are:
Command | Subcommand | Argument | Description
--- | --- | --- | ---
```enter``` | | | Enters demo mode, bar state allowed to be modified (for convenience, any of the other non-exit commands will automatically flip demo mode on, no need to call this explicitly in practice)
```exit``` | | | Exits demo mode, bars back to their system-driven state
```battery``` | | | Control the battery display
| ```level``` | | Sets the battery level (0 - 100)
| ```plugged``` | | Sets charging state (```true```, ```false```)
```network``` | | | Control the RSSI display
| ```airplane``` | | ```show``` to show icon, any other value to hide
| ```fully``` | | Sets MCS state to fully connected (```true```, ```false```)
| ```wifi``` | | ```show``` to show icon, any other value to hide
| | ```level``` | Sets wifi level (null or 0-4)
| ```mobile``` | | ```show``` to show icon, any other value to hide
| | ```datatype``` | Values: ```1x```, ```3g```, ```4g```, ```e```, ```g```, ```h```, ```lte```, ```roam```, any other value to hide
| | ```level``` | Sets mobile signal strength level (null or 0-4)
| ```carriernetworkchange``` | | Sets mobile signal icon to carrier network change UX when disconnected (```show``` to show icon, any other value to hide)
| ```sims``` | | Sets the number of sims (1-8)
| ```nosim``` | | ```show``` to show icon, any other value to hide
```bars``` | | | Control the visual style of the bars (opaque, translucent, etc)
| ```mode``` | | Sets the bars visual style (opaque, translucent, semi-transparent)
```status``` | | | Control the system status icons
| ```volume``` | | Sets the icon in the volume slot (```silent```, ```vibrate```, any other value to hide)
| ```bluetooth``` | | Sets the icon in the bluetooth slot (```connected```, ```disconnected```, any other value to hide)
| ```location``` | | Sets the icon in the location slot (```show```, any other value to hide)
| ```alarm``` | | Sets the icon in the alarm_clock slot (```show```, any other value to hide)
| ```sync``` | | Sets the icon in the sync_active slot (```show```, any other value to hide)
| ```tty``` | | Sets the icon in the tty slot (```show```, any other value to hide)
| ```eri``` | | Sets the icon in the cdma_eri slot (```show```, any other value to hide)
| ```mute``` | | Sets the icon in the mute slot (```show```, any other value to hide)
| ```speakerphone``` | | Sets the icon in the speakerphone slot (```show```, any other value to hide)
```notifications``` | | | Control the notification icons
| ```visible``` | | ```false``` to hide the notification icons, any other value to show
```clock``` | | | Control the clock display
| ```millis``` | | Sets the time in millis
| ```hhmm``` | | Sets the time in hh:mm
## Examples
Enter demo mode
```
adb shell am broadcast -a com.android.systemui.demo -e command enter
```
Exit demo mode
```
adb shell am broadcast -a com.android.systemui.demo -e command exit
```
Set the clock to 12:31
```
adb shell am broadcast -a com.android.systemui.demo -e command clock -e hhmm
1231
```
Set the wifi level to max
```
adb shell am broadcast -a com.android.systemui.demo -e command network -e wifi
show -e level 4
```
Show the silent volume icon
```
adb shell am broadcast -a com.android.systemui.demo -e command status -e volume
silent
```
Empty battery, and not charging (red exclamation point)
```
adb shell am broadcast -a com.android.systemui.demo -e command battery -e level
0 -e plugged false
```
Hide the notification icons
```
adb shell am broadcast -a com.android.systemui.demo -e command notifications -e
visible false
```
Exit demo mode
```
adb shell am broadcast -a com.android.systemui.demo -e command exit
```
## Example demo controller app in AOSP
```
frameworks/base/tests/SystemUIDemoModeController
```
## Example script (for screenshotting purposes)
```bash
#!/bin/sh
CMD=$1
if [[ $ADB == "" ]]; then
ADB=adb
fi
if [[ $CMD != "on" && $CMD != "off" ]]; then
echo "Usage: $0 [on|off] [hhmm]" >&2
exit
fi
if [[ "$2" != "" ]]; then
HHMM="$2"
fi
$ADB root || exit
$ADB wait-for-devices
$ADB shell settings put global sysui_demo_allowed 1
if [ $CMD == "on" ]; then
$ADB shell am broadcast -a com.android.systemui.demo -e command enter || exit
if [[ "$HHMM" != "" ]]; then
$ADB shell am broadcast -a com.android.systemui.demo -e command clock -e
hhmm ${HHMM}
fi
$ADB shell am broadcast -a com.android.systemui.demo -e command battery -e
plugged false
$ADB shell am broadcast -a com.android.systemui.demo -e command battery -e
level 100
$ADB shell am broadcast -a com.android.systemui.demo -e command network -e
wifi show -e level 4
$ADB shell am broadcast -a com.android.systemui.demo -e command network -e
mobile show -e datatype none -e level 4
$ADB shell am broadcast -a com.android.systemui.demo -e command notifications
-e visible false
elif [ $CMD == "off" ]; then
$ADB shell am broadcast -a com.android.systemui.demo -e command exit
fi
```