How not to show subsection navigation bullets in the metropolis theme

Question

I have two questions

I am using the metropolis theme with a section indicator as suggested by samcarter (Adding section indicator to Metropolis theme?). But I don't want to show subsection bullet dots as I have many subsections and each dot for each frame of the subsections will overflow. So I want to show only section indicators.
Also I want to put the section indicator at the bottom of frame instead of at the top.

check the solution from here: https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/375839/remove-dots-from-beamer-miniframes-style/375843#375843 — koleygr, Jul 22 '17 at 21:13
Can you please edit your question to give a minimal document that shows what the issue is. — Alan Munn, Jul 22 '17 at 21:16
@koleygr That solution seems to remove all the dots, not the subsection dots only. — Alan Munn, Jul 22 '17 at 21:16
@AlanMunn I don't exactly remember...just came in my mind with the question... The question there is about subsections too... but without a MWE I can not check it or change it (as you mentioned too) — koleygr, Jul 22 '17 at 21:19
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samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz · Answer 1 · 2017-09-11T15:31:46.910

\documentclass{beamer}

\usetheme{metropolis}

\setbeamertemplate{mini frame}{}
\setbeamertemplate{mini frame in current section}{}
\setbeamertemplate{mini frame in current subsection}{}

\makeatletter
\setbeamertemplate{footline}{%
  \begin{beamercolorbox}[colsep=1.5pt]{upper separation line head}
  \end{beamercolorbox}
  \begin{beamercolorbox}{section in head/foot}
    \vskip2pt\insertnavigation{\paperwidth}\vskip-2pt
  \end{beamercolorbox}%
  \begin{beamercolorbox}[colsep=1.5pt]{lower separation line head}
  \end{beamercolorbox}
}
\makeatother

\setbeamercolor{section in head/foot}{fg=normal text.bg, bg=structure.fg}

\begin{document}

\section{section 1}
\subsection{section name}
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{blub}
    abc
\end{frame} 
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{blub}
    abc
\end{frame} 

\section{section 2}
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{blub}
    abc
\end{frame} 

\section{section 3}
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{blub}
    abc
\end{frame}     

\end{document}

Second solution including framenumbers

\documentclass{beamer}

\usetheme{metropolis}

\setbeamertemplate{mini frame}{}
\setbeamertemplate{mini frame in current section}{}
\setbeamertemplate{mini frame in current subsection}{}

\makeatletter
\setbeamertemplate{footline}{%
  \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=\textwidth, sep=3ex]{footline}%
    \usebeamerfont{page number in head/foot}%
    \usebeamertemplate*{frame footer}
    \hfill%
    \usebeamertemplate*{frame numbering}
  \end{beamercolorbox}%

  \begin{beamercolorbox}[colsep=1.5pt]{upper separation line head}
  \end{beamercolorbox}
  \begin{beamercolorbox}{section in head/foot}
    \vskip2pt\insertnavigation{\paperwidth}\vskip-2pt
  \end{beamercolorbox}%
  \begin{beamercolorbox}[colsep=1.5pt]{lower separation line head}
  \end{beamercolorbox}
}
\makeatother

\setbeamercolor{section in head/foot}{fg=normal text.bg, bg=structure.fg}

\begin{document}

\section{section 1}
\subsection{section name}
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{blub}
    abc
\end{frame} 
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{blub}
    abc
\end{frame} 

\section{section 2}
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{blub}
    abc
\end{frame} 

\section{section 3}
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{blub}
    abc
\end{frame}     

\end{document}

This option of navigation is good but it is covering the slide numbers how to shift slide numbers little up. — Shivugp Kumar, Sep 11 '17 at 15:27
@ShivugpKumar Please see the additional second solution in my answer. I hope it solves your framenumber problem — samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz, Sep 11 '17 at 16:16
Thank you very much, how it should be modified to show slide numbers in fraction (like 1/5). — Shivugp Kumar, Sep 12 '17 at 05:55
Sorry for asking so many questions; One more question is in section I will writ like this \section[short heading]{long heading}. Long heading is showing in table of contents, short heading is showing at bottom navigation index and at the beginning of that section, but I want to show the long title at the beginning of each section, how should I do that? — Shivugp Kumar, Sep 12 '17 at 06:05
@ShivugpKumar Comments are not the right place to ask totally unrelated questions. — samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz, Sep 12 '17 at 08:36

How not to show subsection navigation bullets in the metropolis theme

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