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Navigation Gestures 1.11.7 adds Anchored Pill, pill fade, crash handler, and more
It's been a while since the last stable update of Navigation Gestures, but we've been busy. Here's the full list of changes in v1.11.7 .
Another day, another update.
Navigation Gestures updated with Activity Launching, a Tasker plugin, Performance Improvements, and more
Navigation Gestures 1.4 includes several new toggles, Launch Activities, Tasker plugins, improved immersive/fullscreen detection, and more.
Our Navigation Gestures app has been available for a little over 6 months now. We've updated the app several times since launch with new and handy features. It's been a while since our last big update, but it's finally here with version 1.4. This update includes several new toggles, Launch Activities, Tasker plugins, improved immersive/fullscreen detection, and the usual fixes.
How to get an animated GIF as your home button on Android [Root]
XDA Recognized Themer Ticklefish created a way to add a little animated GIF to the home button on the software navigation bar.
Many of us Android enthusiasts are simply bored with the basic software experience OEMs put on our smartphones and tablets. This is why so many of us flash custom kernels, custom ROMs, and various mods to change the look and functionality of the devices that cost us hundreds of dollars. XDA Recognized Themer Ticklefish felt the same way and wanted to add a little animated GIF to the home button on the software navigation bar. Now, this guide does require you to have root access to the phone, and it also requires you to decompile the SystemUI.apk, make some changes, and then recompile the same file before putting it back where it belongs.
Navigation Gestures update brings OnePlus 6-style gestures to any Android device
The Navigation Gestures app by XDA has been updated with customizable, OnePlus 6/OnePlus 5T-style gestures. Other new features have been included as well!
Gesture navigation has become a staple feature on most flagship smartphones these days, with much debate centered around who does it the best. Android P brings native gesture control to all supported devices like the Google Pixel and Google Pixel 2, Xiaomi offers full-screen gestures on the Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro and devices running MIUI 10, Motorola's Moto Z3 Play has an Apple iPhone X-style pill bar, and lastly, there's OnePlus with their take on navigation gestures on the OnePlus 5T and OnePlus 6. If you want to ditch the software navigation bar and use gesture navigation, we at XDA came up with an app that helps you do just that. Our first release of the app brought iPhone X-style navigation which we later expanded on with more customization and actions. Now, the latest release brings a feature many of you have been asking for: OnePlus-style gestures.
Navigation Gestures updated with better Nav Bar hiding, App Launch action, Android P compatibility, & more
Navigation Gestures by XDA brings iPhone X style gesture control to any Android device. We've been hard at work and our latest update brings a lot!
We launched our Navigation Gestures app a little over 3 weeks ago, and since our last update, we've been hard at work to address the overwhelming amount of feedback we've received. Our app, which was originally designed to be a simple gesture control app based on the Apple iPhone X's gestures, has since gained a lot of customization features. We're not stopping there, either, as a future update will allow users to create gesture navigation controls in the vein of the OnePlus 5T and OnePlus 6. If you're tired of all the screen real-estate that your boring software navigation buttons take up, then you should give our latest app update a try. It's totally free for all of the basic actions and settings!
Navigation Gestures updated with pill customization and many bug fixes
We recently released Navigation Gestures by XDA, the first app that brings iPhone X style gesture control to all Android devices with the added benefit of hiding the navigation bar without root! We have been hard at work, and our recent release has a lot of goodies. Check it out!
Android P's new gesture control interface has a lot of fans, but also a ton of critics. Google's take on gesture navigation is just another implementation on a trend first popularized by webOS way back in the day, but more recently brought into the public view thanks to the Apple iPhone X. OnePlus soon followed suit with the OnePlus 5T and the OnePlus 6, and other OEMs like Xiaomi with the Redmi Note 5 Pro and Mi Mix 2S also now have gesture controls. We thought we would jump in and offer our own take on gestures with the Navigation Gestures app—a gesture navigation app that was the first on the Play Store to completely hide the stock navigation bar and replace it with our pill bar. Now, we are ready to release a major update to the app that brings a ton of features and bug fixes that you've all been asking for.
Navigation Gestures by XDA brings iPhone X-style gesture controls to Android devices
Do you want to try out the cool gesture control from the iPhone X, Android P, or OnePlus 6? The Navigation Gestures app by XDA brings navigation gesture control to any Android device!
Navigation gestures are all the rage these days. Everyone has them: Apple, OnePlus, Xiaomi, Huawei, and now Google in Android P. Everyone does them differently, too. We thought we would offer our own take on gesture navigation with the Navigation Gestures app, built in-house at XDA. The app brings customizable gesture control to any Android device for those users who are looking to get into gesture navigation or are looking for an alternative to existing options. Unlike other, similar apps on the Play Store, though, our app can do something that no other app can: completely hide the stock software navigation bar, lending to a truly full-screen experience which is especially nice on phones with tall displays.
Every Google Pixel 2 XL owner should try the compact navigation bar from the OnePlus 5T
Google Pixel 2 XL owners should try out the more compact navigation bar like the one on the OnePlus 5T. It makes for much better one handed use, since you don't have to reach so far to hit the back or recent apps button.
For several few years now, smartphones have been getting bigger and bigger. With many smartphones featuring a 6" display, it's almost hard to believe that the first commercially available Android phone, the HTC Dream/T-Mobile G1, had a measly 3.2" screen.
Despite Removal, You Can Still Customize Nav Bar & Lockscreen in Android O DP3 -- Here's How
Android O Developer Preview 3 removes nav bar and lockscreen shortcut customization; here's how you can still customize them.
The Android O Developer Preview has now reached its third release, meaning the final APIs are ready and Google is readying up for an imminent and proximate release with only minor bug fixes to be expected in the remaining Developer Preview. With previous Android O previews, we saw tons of refinements to the user interface as well as some additional customization features, some of which were likely being tested and might not be available in later releases.
How to Add Custom Buttons to the Nav Bar on the Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+
A tutorial on how to add custom button to the nav bar on the Samsung Galaxy S8 or Samsung Galaxy S8+. Does not require root access.
Samsung's Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ are two of the hottest smartphones on the market, largely thanks to the great strides Samsung made with their display technology. Since Samsung aimed to reduce bezels as much as possible with their new flagship devices, the company has finally gotten rid of the capacitive keys that were once staples of Samsung hardware. In its place are software navigation keys, which can be modified to some extent within the Samsung Experience UI.
How to Add Left/Right Keyboard Cursors to the Nav Bar during Text Input
A tutorial on how to add left/right keyboard cursors to the nav bar during text input using Tasker and Custom Navigation Bar. No root needed, Android 7.0+.
Customizing the navigation bar has been a staple of custom ROMs ever since Google introduced the Galaxy Nexus with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (we don't talk about the Motorola Xoom and Honeycomb around these parts). Although a few OEMs offer some kind of software key customization on their phones, it's only with the first Android O Developer Preview that Google is officially including nav bar customization. However, users on our forums discovered that Google's nav bar tuner was actually hidden in AOSP since Android Nougat, but it was only this week that we discovered that this hidden nav bar tuner could be accessed through shell commands without needing root, custom ROMs, or System UI mods. Is it now possible to implement popular custom ROM features like adding keyboard cursors to the nav bar?
How to Add Media Playback Controls to the Nav Bar when Playing Music
Tasker Profile that adds media playback controls to the nav bar when playing music. Works on Android Nougat (7.0+) devices like the Google Nexus and Pixels.
Ever since Google first introduced the concept of software navigation keys to Android, users have been asking for a way to customize what keys are available to users. Although custom ROMs have offered this level of customization for years, it's only in the first Android O Developer Preview do we find an official method from Google to modify the nav bar. However, like many features before it, this nav bar tuner did not appear out of nowhere, and was actually secretly in testing for Android Nougat. It was only recently, though, that we discovered that this hidden nav bar tuner in Android Nougat can actually be accessed without needing root access, a custom ROM, or System UI mods. Hence, a new avenue of rootless customization has opened up for many users, and today we'll be guiding you through one popular request: how to add media playback controls to the nav bar when playing music (Android 7.0+, no root needed!)
How to change your Nav Bar Icons or Re-arrange the Buttons without Root
In this tutorial, we will show you how to change the icons on your nav bar or re-arrange the buttons if you are running Nougat. No root needed.
Those of you who are running the first Android O Developer Preview may have toyed around with its hidden navigation bar customizer located in the SystemUI Tuner. This nav bar customizer has actually been around in AOSP for months, but it was thought that the only way to access it on Android Nougat was through a modification of the System UI APK, which, of course, would require root access. It wasn't until just this week that we discovered that Android Nougat's hidden nav bar customizer could actually be accessed without needing root access, a custom ROM, or a System UI mod. With this feature, we can change the nav bar icons, swap the keys around, or add additional buttons.