Hello Erel,
well, the strange thing is, if I set my application not to fullscreen, I do see the bottom bar. When I set my application to fullscreen, I don't see the bottombar, that area goes black, and my app doesn't go all the way trough to the bottom.
I don't think it's impossible, because the designer uses the full screen, including the area that stays black in my own apps.
Also, running various other apps (angry birds, astro, etc ...), do go "over" the bottombar, they also use the full screen ...
In the meanwhile, I upgrade to android 4.0.3 on my device, and now my app takes up the complete fullscreen. (FYI, I'm using Ainol 7" basic devices, with a MIPS processor)
Also, I found some screenshots on the internet, about an extra option "interface", which sits between "network" and "device" in the settings-screen of Android itself, with an option called "lights out", this got something to do with hiding the bottom-bar. (But I don't have this option in my android device)
Maybe someone can shine a light on this ?
EDIT: found the screenshot !
best regards,
Kris