On the last several LG phones that I can remember, there have been 5 positions for navigation shortcuts. On this phone there are only 4. Does anyone know how to add that back in?
I noticed that too on the V30 it only has 4 home touch button slots. WTF?
Do you want the 5th item being the app drawer? If so go to settings, display, home screen, select home then select home & app drawer
My guess is that they had to cut one of the slots out so it wouldn't be crowded with the nav bar hide/app scaling icon now being to the far left.
CHH2 said:
My guess is that they had to cut one of the slots out so it wouldn't be crowded with the nav bar hide/app scaling icon now being to the far left.
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^ This
CHH2 said:
My guess is that they had to cut one of the slots out so it wouldn't be crowded with the nav bar hide/app scaling icon now being to the far left.
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^ This
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I've got the full four down there and I've already accidentally ham fingered my nav bar out of existence a few times. First two times I did it I freaked out because I thought I had broken the UI somehow and made my nav bar stop functioning.
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I've got the full four down there and I've already accidentally ham fingered my nav bar out of existence a few times. First two times I did it I freaked out because I thought I had broken the UI somehow and made my nav bar stop functioning.
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I don't suppose there is a setting to get rid of that button huh? Personally it would but the hell out of me having it there.
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I don't suppose there is a setting to get rid of that button huh? Personally it would but the hell out of me having it there.
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No, I haven't seen any option for that. I hide it on the home screen but I've realized if I am going to get burn in for anything, it'll be the Google search bar at the top of the home screen.
portcqb said:
Do you want the 5th item being the app drawer? If so go to settings, display, home screen, select home then select home & app drawer
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That works on the LG G5, but not the V30. And the V30 has a larger screen, so it makes no sense to take out the ability for a 5th button.
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Is there a guide to basic gestures on TS2?
I have a lot of troble going BACK - Is it right to left or some type of diagonal gesture? I figured out the bottom left to top right brings up the menu mostly. Anything else?
Also, how the heck do you change the VOLUME of the external speaker?
Tones2 said:
Also, how the heck do you change the VOLUME of the external speaker?
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settings -device- audio profiles-generel sttings. its a pain in the ass
Tones2 said:
Also, how the heck do you change the VOLUME of the external speaker?
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Settings...Audio Profiles...click the little weird icon to the right of "general" ...choose "volumes" and its in there.
Thanks. So can anyone tell me how to "officially" gesture to go the the previous screen?
Swipe left from the bezel on the right straight across the display.
sent from my note 3 running beans.
dragonfly1113 said:
Swipe left from the bezel on the right straight across the display.
sent from my note 3 running beans.
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Thanks. That's what I have been doing but it works like 20% of the time. It seems like going from the right upper corner down to the lower left corner works better, not sure why.
So hw do I get quickly get back to the "Home" screen in the stock Launcher from other pages in the launcher?
Press the Home button, down under the camera ?
If you long press that button it brings up the task list.
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I've figured out a swipe to the right from the left bezel activates the menu button if available.
speedyink said:
I've figured out a swipe to the right from the left bezel activates the menu button if available.
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Daniel made a manual which I wish I'd read before trying to figure everything out. You may have to log in to google to load the pdf
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bxmcjxk_EtPSRmwyRnNIVWVXbkU/edit?hl=en-US&forcehl=1
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Hey now, that's handy to have!
I'd also recommend getting a third party gesture application. I use the paid version of gmd gesture control and have diagonal swipes configured for volume and a few other shortcuts. There is also a recommended free module for xposed framework called all in one gestures.
With the newest firmware comes that stupid google search bar on top of every screen.
How can I lose it and use the space for my own, now slightly smaller widgets, again?
Install another launcher for now.
nurps said:
With the newest firmware come that stupid google search bar on top of every screen?
How can I lose it and use the space for my own, now slightly smaller widgets, again?
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Touch and hold somewhere on empty part of screen... Widgets, Apps, Wallpapers ... buttons will appear on bottom - but on google search bar HIDE button will appear - click it... and DONE
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nomaj said:
Touch and hold somewhere on empty part of screen... Widgets, Apps, Wallpapers ... buttons will appear on bottom - but on google search bar HIDE button will appear - click it... and DONE
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No really, the space is still wasted and not useable.
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No really, the space is still wasted and not useable.
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Then contact Sony ...
Since when do they care?
Is there a way to disable the navbar and not just hide it? I want to be able to use gestures without having the navbar appearing when I swipe from the bottom.
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Is there a way to disable the navbar and not just hide it? I want to be able to use gestures without having the navbar appearing when I swipe from the bottom.
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install Nova Launcher 5.2
Clearly not what he's looking for. Currently there's no option to disable it altogether globally. Only option to hide it on a per app basis, which not all apps support.
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Clearly not what he's looking for. Currently there's no option to disable it altogether globally. Only option to hide it on a per app basis, which not all apps support.
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It should be what he's looking for. He may not be aware of launchers. Who uses the stock launcher?
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It should be what he's looking for. He may not be aware of launchers. Who uses the stock launcher?
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Because this has nothing to do with disabling the navbar which is what he asked for.
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Because this has nothing to do with disabling the navbar which is what he asked for.
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He may not understand all the distinctions.
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I was looking for a way to completely disable it but I don't think it's possible without root. I enabled expended mode via ADB but my ultimate goal was to not make it appear when I scroll up from the bottom so I can use apps such as all in one gesture
There are some ways, but i guess they all need root. there is an xposed module : xposed edge pro, that can remove the navbar. or you can change the build.prop hw.mainkeys=1
i did that but the thing is when you completely remove the navbar every app that is not set to 18:9 scaling will not load. just give a black screen. that is not a problem as you can just switch all apps to 18:9 scaling in settings. except some few system dialogs that will not show anymore like the longpress menu when e.g. clicking on a link in chrome or on a message to copy it.
iv been on that issue for a long time now. it is definitely related with completely removing the navbar as the system then does not scale some screens accordingly anymore.
i tried the build.prop, whereas there are more settings related with the screen and ratio (ro.lge.app_scaling=1) (ro.lge.aspect.ratio=18:9) and (qemu.hw.mainkeys=1) i dont know what the first two settings really do but i tried different settings
then there is the possibility via the xposed edge app, which does not change the build.prop. so it hast to change it in some other way, i dont know.
and i found a thread to change scaling via the service menu *#546368#*930# -svc menu -force long display mode -on from this thread.
ive tried all different settings combined in different ways and was not able to remove the navbar without that problem.
if anybody has more knowledge i would be glad to have some help
cheers DK
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Agreed. I had an issue with the nav bar NOT appearing when I wanted. It kept disappearing in my corporate email and I had to force it up from the bottom to appear. I was puzzled, why is this happening only with this app? I finally figured out how to go into the nav bar settings and disable that for that app. For some reason that app (called Nine) was enabled to hide the nav bar.
I have the opposite problem. Except for when I'm watching videos, I do want to see the nav bar. This screen is tall enough that I don't need a totally "immersive" experience just reading email or looking at news articles.
And I use Nova launcher, of course. Who uses stock launcher?
There's this guide for a galaxy S8 but I haven't gotten it to work on my V30. I don't know if APKs are device specific or should work for all android devices. I have also been looking for a way to disable my nav bar.
ww w.reddit.com/r/GalaxyS8/comments/7e7bq0/how_to_completely_disable_the_navbar_and_use/
just delete the spaces in the middle of www, xda wouldn't let me add a link as a new user
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And I use Nova launcher, of course. Who uses stock launcher?
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Nobody. Except launchers still have nothing to do with what OP was looking for. I switch between Nova and action launcher and would recommend them to anyone not using as well, just baffled that he asked how to disable navbar entirely and the answer was install Nova...followed by the assertion that he needs to be told this even though its not what he asked and there was nothing to suggest he's not already using a 3rd party launcher
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There's this guide for a galaxy S8 but I haven't gotten it to work on my V30. I don't know if APKs are device specific or should work for all android devices. I have also been looking for a way to disable my nav bar.
ww w.reddit.com/r/GalaxyS8/comments/7e7bq0/how_to_completely_disable_the_navbar_and_use/
just delete the spaces in the middle of www, xda wouldn't let me add a link as a new user
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Tried the apk. Does not work on v30
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Yeah didn't work for me either. I was hoping APKs were universal to Android.
It seems like there are ways to disable the nav bar without rooting the phone but not yet for the V30. I saw some forums on the OnPlus 5T mentioning some apps that would do it but they didn't exist in my play store for some reason
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Yeah didn't work for me either. I was hoping APKs were universal to Android.
It seems like there are ways to disable the nav bar without rooting the phone but not yet for the V30. I saw some forums on the OnPlus 5T mentioning some apps that would do it but they didn't exist in my play store for some reason
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If you could post the links, we could try to find them.
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I solved the issue
You can allow specific apps to hide the navbar, or there is a universal as well. It can be found in setting/display/Home Touch Buttons
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You can allow specific apps to hide the navbar, or there is a universal as well. It can be found in setting/display/Home Touch Buttons
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Yeah, I turned that off as soon as I could find it.
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You can allow specific apps to hide the navbar, or there is a universal as well. It can be found in setting/display/Home Touch Buttons
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Yeah, I turned that off as soon as I could find it.
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I found how to hide the nav bar for specific apps months ago (and indeed have all of the available apps flicked to off), but I cannot find the universal switch anywhere. Where exactly is it?
Under Settings/Display/Home Touch Buttons, I only see three options: Button combination, Color, and Hide Home Touch Buttons.
The Hide Home Touch Buttons screen is the one I found months ago, but I don't see a universal switch there.
Thanks.
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I found how to hide the nav bar for specific apps months ago (and indeed have all of the available apps flicked to off), but I cannot find the universal switch anywhere. Where exactly is it?
Under Settings/Display/Home Touch Buttons, I only see three options: Button combination, Color, and Hide Home Touch Buttons.
The Hide Home Touch Buttons screen is the one I found months ago, but I don't see a universal switch there.
Thanks.
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For me, when I go to Home Touch Buttons in settings and click "Hide Home Touch Buttons" it gives me a list for every app where I can toggle to hide the home buttons. There's also a toggle option at the top of this page that says "Lock/hide icon" -- that's the universal button.
Though this doesn't hide the home buttons on the home screen for me. Does it hide them on the home screen for anyone else? I can't figure out how to do that and my Nova launcher prime doesn't have the option.
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For me, when I go to Home Touch Buttons in settings and click "Hide Home Touch Buttons" it gives me a list for every app where I can toggle to hide the home buttons. There's also a toggle option at the top of this page that says "Lock/hide icon" -- that's the universal button.
Though this doesn't hide the home buttons on the home screen for me. Does it hide them on the home screen for anyone else? I can't figure out how to do that and my Nova launcher prime doesn't have the option.
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Thought that was just the icon that shows up on the left-hand side of the nav bar when in an app where the nav bar can be hidden.
That's not a universal on/off switch for the nav bar system-wide, is it?
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Thought that was just the icon that shows up on the left-hand side of the nav bar when in an app where the nav bar can be hidden.
That's not a universal on/off switch for the nav bar system-wide, is it?
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Ohhh I think you're right. I guess I don't know where the universal button is either.
Any way to remove or hide or skin or otherwise change the look and color of the Nav Bar buttons? Im using Nova and don't see an option and don't see an option in the OS settings.
Appreciate any help.
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Any way to remove or hide or skin or otherwise change the look and color of the Nav Bar buttons? Im using Nova and don't see an option and don't see an option in the OS settings.
Appreciate any help.
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Probably only with root and then a Substratum theme, IF that even works on A12
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Probably only with root and then a Substratum theme, IF that even works on A12
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Any way to remove or hide or skin or otherwise change the look and color of the Nav Bar buttons? Im using Nova and don't see an option and don't see an option in the OS settings.
Appreciate any help.
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Settings>Accessibility>System Controls>System Navigation gives you the choice of Gesture Navigation or 3-Button Navigation. I'm using Nova also
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Settings>Accessibility>System Controls>System Navigation gives you the choice of Gesture Navigation or 3-Button Navigation. I'm using Nova also
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But that doesn't change the "look and color of the Nav Bar buttons" at all and that's what he wanted
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But that doesn't change the "look and color of the Nav Bar buttons" at all and that's what he wanted
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From his post "Any way to remove or hide or....."
Google, no one wants the back button on the left! after 6 years, let's go ahead and add the option to switch it already!
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Google, no one wants the back button on the left! after 6 years, let's go ahead and add the option to switch it already!
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I guess my name is "no one" then ... I'm perfectly happy with the button layout the way it is
But I do get it if someone wants it reversed ... I for one would love the option to assign my navbar buttons with different actions, for example longpress Home for screenshot like on my other devices
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I guess my name is "no one" then ... I'm perfectly happy with the button layout the way it is
But I do get it if someone wants it reversed ... I for one would love the option to assign my navbar buttons with different actions, for example longpress Home for screenshot like on my other devices
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It makes no sense. Most people are right-handed, so why put the button that gets used more often (Back) in a less accessible position than the one that hardly ever gets used (Recent apps)? Maybe take a hint from Samsung (the most popular Android phone maker) and keep the Back button on the right.
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It makes no sense. Most people are right-handed, so why put the button that gets used more often (Back) in a less accessible position than the one that hardly ever gets used (Recent apps)? Maybe take a hint from Samsung (the most popular Android phone maker) and keep the Back button on the right.
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Personal preference. I'm totally with you on giving users the option, but I personally use the recents button more often and always hated the placement on Samsung phones.
I wish I could use FNG with A12 gestures, but I'm still stuck having the useless bottom bar...
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Personal preference. I'm totally with you on giving users the option, but I personally use the recents button more often and always hated the placement on Samsung phones.
I wish I could use FNG with A12 gestures, but I'm still stuck having the useless bottom bar...
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Samsung is all tricked out...
Galaxy Store, Good lock family of apps tops off the nav bar mods.
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It makes no sense. Most people are right-handed, so why put the button that gets used more often (Back) in a less accessible position than the one that hardly ever gets used (Recent apps)? Maybe take a hint from Samsung (the most popular Android phone maker) and keep the Back button on the right.
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"the one that hardly gets used" - huh? I use the Recents button all the time before turning off the screen. I don't believe in having apps linger there that I only use once a week or even less often, so my Recents get cleared all the time. Plus while I am righthanded I hold my phone with the left hand and navigate/tap with my right ... I've never been someone to use a phone with only 1 hand.
And like Velcorn said - personal preference. Users should have the option to set it up the way they like it best, not have Google (or other OEMs) dictate what they have to like.
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"the one that hardly gets used" - huh? I use the Recents button all the time before turning off the screen. I don't believe in having apps linger there that I only use once a week or even less often, so my Recents get cleared all the time. Plus while I am righthanded I hold my phone with the left hand and navigate/tap with my right ... I've never been someone to use a phone with only 1 hand.
And like Velcorn said - personal preference. Users should have the option to set it up the way they like it best, not have Google (or other OEMs) dictate what they have to like.
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I completely agree that it should be an option. But if they're not going to provide an option, putting it on the right makes more sense.
Also, you know clearing your recents gives you no performance improvement, right? Android could have completely killed an app weeks ago and its most recent snapshot could still show up there.
Gesture Navigation for the WIN!!!!!
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Also, you know clearing your recents gives you no performance improvement, right?
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I don't care, I don't want the clutter in my recents. It's not so much about performance but about tidyness
I am right handed and use my P6 with my left hand. I use a wallet case on my devices with my index finger wedged behind the internal case. The thumb wins.
I always clear my recent, I don't care if you call it OCD or not.
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It makes no sense. Most people are right-handed, so why put the button that gets used more often (Back) in a less accessible position than the one that hardly ever gets used (Recent apps)? Maybe take a hint from Samsung (the most popular Android phone maker) and keep the Back button on the right.
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My LG phones let me not just switch their order but whether they were outlines or filled in, too.
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It makes no sense. Most people are right-handed, so why put the button that gets used more often (Back) in a less accessible position than the one that hardly ever gets used (Recent apps)? Maybe take a hint from Samsung (the most popular Android phone maker) and keep the Back button on the right.
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especially since third parties have made it an option for over 7 years
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Gesture Navigation for the WIN!!!!!
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again... no righty has a thumb that long that you can reach the left side of the screen
Velcorn said:
Personal preference. I'm totally with you on giving users the option, but I personally use the recents button more often and always hated the placement on Samsung phones.
I wish I could use FNG with A12 gestures, but I'm still stuck having the useless bottom bar...
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I use FNG and have for a while now. Of course it takes root to get rid of the navbar.
I'm just getting started with my new N20 and I'm noticing that it doesn't seem to have an option for the "switch to recent app" gesture that I'm accustomed to on my last two phones.
Does anyone know of a way to enable it? The swipe up and then left or right in the drawer isn't really a good substitute for it.
I made a quick video demonstrating what I'm talking about in case it wasn't clear.
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I made a quick video demonstrating what I'm talking about in case it wasn't clear.
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Swipe up from the bottom of screen and hold for a second. Once you see the recent apps, let go and swipe left to right to pick your app.
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Swipe up from the bottom of screen and hold for a second. Once you see the recent apps, let go and swipe left to right to pick your app.
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appreciate the reply, but
The swipe up and then left or right in the drawer isn't really a good substitute for it.
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