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Realme: Show or Hide the Front Camera in Apps

If the front camera cutout overlaps photos, videos or app menus on your Realme phone, buttons underneath it can become impossible to tap. This happens because some apps don't automatically adjust their layout around the punch-hole camera. Realme UI lets you control how that area is handled for each app individually instead of using one global setting.

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Show or Hide Front Camera in Apps auf Realme

On Realme phones, the front camera sits inside a cutout that some apps don't account for. When an app's interface elements land underneath that cutout, buttons become unreachable and video previews get clipped. Realme UI addresses this with a per-app camera display setting instead of one global toggle.

Why the front camera overlaps content

Apps built for a full rectangular screen sometimes place navigation bars, filters or camera previews across the exact spot where the cutout sits. Auto adapt tries to handle this automatically, but it doesn't always work with third-party apps that use custom camera or video-call layouts.

How to change the setting

Go to Tap on SettingsTap on Display & brightnessTap on MoreTap on Screen displayTap on Front camera display by appChoose an AppChoose Auto adapt, Show front camera or Hide front camera.

Auto adapt lets the system decide based on the app's own layout. Show front camera keeps the cutout visible, which usually works best for camera and video apps. Hide front camera fills the cutout area with a black bar, useful when the notch overlaps buttons or subtitles.

When to leave the default setting

If an app already displays correctly, changing this setting can cut off content instead of fixing it. Test each option per app rather than applying one setting system-wide, since the result depends on how that specific app renders its interface near the cutout.

Frequently asked questions

The cutout is a physical part of the display, so Hide front camera only covers it with a black software bar. It doesn't change the hardware, it just stops app content from rendering behind it.