diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/activities/AboutActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/activities/AboutActivity.java
index 6d45dfe93..475d64760 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/activities/AboutActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/activities/AboutActivity.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ public class AboutActivity extends MainActivity {
     protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
         mOnBackPressGoHome = false;
+        mAlwaysHideTabBar = true;
 
         // Uses the fragment container layout to inflate the about view instead of using a fragment
         View aboutView = LayoutInflater.from(this).inflate(R.layout.about, null, false);
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/activities/MainActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/activities/MainActivity.java
index a2288f70a..7375b08a8 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/activities/MainActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/activities/MainActivity.java
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ public abstract class MainActivity extends LinphoneGenericActivity
     private StatusFragment mStatusFragment;
 
     protected boolean mOnBackPressGoHome;
+    protected boolean mAlwaysHideTabBar;
     protected String[] mPermissionsToHave;
 
     private CoreListenerStub mListener;
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@ public abstract class MainActivity extends LinphoneGenericActivity
         setContentView(R.layout.main);
 
         mOnBackPressGoHome = true;
+        mAlwaysHideTabBar = false;
 
         RelativeLayout history = findViewById(R.id.history);
         history.setOnClickListener(
@@ -298,8 +300,10 @@ public abstract class MainActivity extends LinphoneGenericActivity
         super.onResume();
 
         hideTopBar();
-        if (getFragmentManager().getBackStackEntryCount() == 0
-                || !getResources().getBoolean(R.bool.hide_bottom_bar_on_second_level_views)) {
+        if (!mAlwaysHideTabBar
+                && (getFragmentManager().getBackStackEntryCount() == 0
+                        || !getResources()
+                                .getBoolean(R.bool.hide_bottom_bar_on_second_level_views))) {
             showTabBar();
         }
 
@@ -387,8 +391,10 @@ public abstract class MainActivity extends LinphoneGenericActivity
     public boolean popBackStack() {
         if (getFragmentManager().getBackStackEntryCount() > 0) {
             getFragmentManager().popBackStackImmediate();
-            if (getFragmentManager().getBackStackEntryCount() == 0
-                    && getResources().getBoolean(R.bool.hide_bottom_bar_on_second_level_views)) {
+            if (!mAlwaysHideTabBar
+                    && (getFragmentManager().getBackStackEntryCount() == 0
+                            && getResources()
+                                    .getBoolean(R.bool.hide_bottom_bar_on_second_level_views))) {
                 showTabBar();
             }
             return true;
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/recording/RecordingsActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/recording/RecordingsActivity.java
index 05f0fb334..22fff8968 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/recording/RecordingsActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/recording/RecordingsActivity.java
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ public class RecordingsActivity extends MainActivity
     protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
         mOnBackPressGoHome = false;
+        mAlwaysHideTabBar = true;
 
         // Uses the fragment container layout to inflate the about view instead of using a fragment
         View recordingsView =
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/settings/SettingsActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/settings/SettingsActivity.java
index ea46b1341..8f1cf07f0 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/settings/SettingsActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/settings/SettingsActivity.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ public class SettingsActivity extends MainActivity {
     protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
         mOnBackPressGoHome = false;
+        mAlwaysHideTabBar = true;
     }
 
     @Override