ACTION_VIEW intent displays picture full screen with icons underneath system icons <p>I am launching a standard ACTION_VIEW intent:</p> <pre><code>Intent showThumbnail = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW); showThumbnail.setDataAndType(Uri.fromFile(pictureFile), "image/*"); v.getContext().startActivity(showThumbnail); </code></pre> <p>The picture shows up:</p> <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/UsglZ.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/UsglZ.jpg" alt="Android image view intent overlapping icons"></a></p> <p>Note the overlapping 'back' icon at the top of the page and the 'share' and 'info' icons beneath the system icons.</p> <p>My question: Why is this happening and how do I make the image viewer top and bottom icons appear where they should (See image below).</p> <p>Note that the UIs (image and system icons) both vanish when clicking on the image. Upon clicking again the UI is correctly displayed:</p> <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/5fUZK.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/5fUZK.jpg" alt="Android image view with icons correctly displayed"></a></p> <p>Details: Nexus 7 (Lollypop)</p>