Is there any way to add a gesture swipe on the screen, that is simillar to the u-turn arrow icon on the return button. I find it annoying trying to hit that small button at times and think a u-turn swipe on the screen would speed my navigation up alot.
comtrend1979 said:
Is there any way to add a gesture swipe on the screen, that is simillar to the u-turn arrow icon on the return button. I find it annoying trying to hit that small button at times and think a u-turn swipe on the screen would speed my navigation up alot.
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If your rooted I'd recommend GMD Gesture Control which let's you define your own multi-touch gestures to do a large host of actions including navigation. It has many other features just read what it does on the playstore. If your not rooted yet with concerns about loosing warrenty there are guides in this section on how to root without tripping Knox. I've done it and still am on Samsung firmware as you do not need a custom ROM.
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I'm currently using a fake navigation bar that I've had to shrink down real tiny so it doesn't cover much of the screen. I don't want solutions that add extra swipes before clicking back/home/recent. So that rules out pop up menus and such.
Thanks for any suggestions.
i am using this xposed mod (http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x/themes-apps/xposed-remove-navigation-bar-t2552745) and using xposed addition to navigate through the single button(single press to back, double press to app-switcher and hold to return to home)
that's actually not bad. However, my home button has gotten a little wonkey, on a physical level. It just feels weird to press now, like it rocks to the left and the right just slightly. I do like it as a single click home, but any other usage feels awkward.
I use all in one gestures for navigation and I've started using smart task launcher to own recents and a selection of most used apps.
ratbags said:
I use all in one gestures for navigation and I've started using smart task launcher to own recents and a selection of most used apps.
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I use Pie controls from Gravity Box. Though you can install them separately
You guys using them?
It is good and I wanted to use them badly but one main thing I am missing is the additional gestures that the navigation buttons had with them.
I use to double tap on recent button to switch screen off which is not possible to do with new gestures.
Having additional app or using the physical button is what I wanted to avoid.
have been using them long time ago with the app swipe navigation. Works perfectly once you get used to it.
I'm a minimalist. I have my dock & notification bar hidden also. Love that clean approach. Best part is if anyone finds/steals it, that are clueless.
Has there been a port of the new swipe guestures to nougat? I'm on 7.1.1
I am using gesture swipes, it is nice way to use phone without buttons... For double tap to lock, there is way if you are using Nova for example.....
With Beta 7 you can double tap to sleep without nav bar
You lose all of the additional gestures you have with the navbar, but in my opinion it looks way cleaner and really emphasizes the big display. And also one less spot risking permanent burn-in!
While I do like the off-screen gestures, and do use them, I actually prefer Motorola's gestures where you can quickly 'wave' you're phone in the air and the flashlight turns on, or how you can give the phone a flick and the camera app open. It's faster IMO.
But I still would prefer a Oneplus 5t over any Motorola anyday.
Love em, with an advanced launcher like Action or Nova you've got a ton more gestures that can be assigned covering the lost shortcuts on the nav buttons and then some. Speaking for myself I've got leftover swipes and taps that remain unassigned and can get to anything I use with regularity with a single touch. I liked some of the Motorola stuff myself, like Oneplus they've kept to a mostly stock experience with genuinely useful adds that don't detract from the "stockness". For some reason I really liked being able to change the ok google command to whatever I wanted and that would probably be my top pick if Oneplus were to, ahem, borrow, something from them.
Disabled them all got tired of accidentally turning the flashlight on
What I think would be the most useful feature is iPhone's double tap (not click) to bring down UI on top. Android should support this native long ago...
Needs tweaking..Still using xposed edge gestures, because I'd like for swipe up Near back button for back, swipe up near home bottom to home, and swipe up near recents to recents. i only use this mode to disable annoying nav bar easily
Siljorfag said:
What I think would be the most useful feature is iPhone's double tap (not click) to bring down UI on top. Android should support this native long ago...
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This can be done with many of the launchers although swipe down (anywhere) fits in better with the notification shade as it already expands via swipe down. I suspect the reason it and many other things aren't standard is a lack of consensus. With the shade already working with swipes many of us have double tap allocated elsewhere the most common usage probably being for sleep and wake purposes.
It's always hard to tell the level of experience users have so don't take this the wrong way... Your post suggests you might want to consider taking a few launchers for a test drive because no matter what you like there is one that works better than what came stock.
Anyone knows how to enable navigation bar only on homescreen when you are using the navigation gestures?
Coz i really miss the functionality of navigation bar button. Like accessing google assistant, double tap for turning off screen etc.
Thanks
Devs, I see most of the ROMs now has the gesture navigation and it is easier at the same time it gives more screen space than using the navigation bar. But since our Z2 has the U-Touch button in the bottom-centre it is difficult to perform the recents gesture by swiping from the centre. So can you guys customize the gesture-navigation to:
-left side gesture to Home
-right side to Recents
-right side long hold to Previous app
-and disable the middle gesture
For these at present I use Swipe Navigation app but sometimes it doesn't work and most time it is laggy.
niyonsv said:
Devs, I see most of the ROMs now has the gesture navigation and it is easier at the same time it gives more screen space than using the navigation bar. But since our Z2 has the U-Touch button in the bottom-centre it is difficult to perform the recents gesture by swiping from the centre. So can you guys customize the gesture-navigation to:
-left side gesture to Home
-right side to Recents
-right side long hold to Previous app
-and disable the middle gesture
For these at present I use Swipe Navigation app but sometimes it doesn't work and most time it is laggy.
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Most ROMs have fling and smart nav bar which have such customizations.. Have you checked that.. U can also try XDA nav gestures app from play store..
sanjay.2704 said:
Most ROMs have fling and smart nav bar which have such customizations.. Have you checked that.. U can also try XDA nav gestures app from play store..
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Yes, but I'm saying about this navigation gestures (pfa). Using a navigation bar, smart bar or even fling will reduce the screen space a lot, since our Z2 is only 5". That's why the stock ZUI has only one button that does almost all the navigation functions. Actually I was saying that all other Navigation options except the navigation gestures have a lot of customizations. Regarding the XDA app it is not reliable, that's why I use Swipe Navigation app.