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Control Android phone/tablet from Android Wear
There are some apps to control your PC from Android Wear via Android phone/tablet. However I couldn't find apps to control Android phone from Android wear like mouse. This is just a challenge to do that.
Could you try this app and check performance on your smartwatch?
At first, you need to find your touch screen settings, /dev/input/eventX, see the last section of this post.
Note that this app requires root permission. I recommend uninstalling it and reboot after trial for security of your device.
2015.5.17
The latest version 0.4.0 gets Transfer Mode and Receiver apk. You can control another Android device running Receiver from Wear.
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Source code: https://github.com/tkgktyk/WearablePad
APK: https://drive.google.com/folderview...djaUt0Q25vRC1RbFlmZjZnUVlSbDdaUWs&usp=sharing
Description
Android has Input SubSystem, /dev/input/eventX the same as Linux, processing user input from input devices including touch screen. We can emulate user input by injecting input event to Input SubSystem, but normal user has no permissions and that is protected by SELinux. Therefore we need root permission and changing SELinux policy.
What is this app for? well... for tablet on stand
Select touch screen from eventX
Android device has some /dev/input/eventX, X is number from 0, so you need to know which X links to your touch screen. The number of touch screen is depending on device. The following page is helpful for X:
LMT Launcher's thread on XDA
For Nexus4, touch screen is /dev/input/event2, and RatioX = 200%, and RatioY = 200%.
More information is here (Readme.md on github).
First of all, great idea for the app! I was looking for a way to control my phone completely from my watch!
Secondly I tried out your app on my LG G watch r and nexus 5 and noticed a few things.
The performance differs, sometimes I get almost no delay and sometimes it's over a second. At first I found the arrow moving a bit slowly but changing the speed to 200% helped! (although the delay did get bigger).
It is difficult to swipe with the app. When trying to move around my homescreen I pick up and move all the widgets in stead of swiping to the next page. I face less problems at swiping through for example the tapatalk app.
Aside from the delay I think you're off to a very good start! And I would like to test out future updates!
Humpie said:
First of all, great idea for the app! I was looking for a way to control my phone completely from my watch!
Secondly I tried out your app on my LG G watch r and nexus 5 and noticed a few things.
The performance differs, sometimes I get almost no delay and sometimes it's over a second. At first I found the arrow moving a bit slowly but changing the speed to 200% helped! (although the delay did get bigger).
It is difficult to swipe with the app. When trying to move around my homescreen I pick up and move all the widgets in stead of swiping to the next page. I face less problems at swiping through for example the tapatalk app.
Aside from the delay I think you're off to a very good start! And I would like to test out future updates!
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Thank you very much for your feedback! Thanks to your report, I'll get a real Android Wear device! not emulator. (I obtained permission to buy it!)
I think that the main cause of the delay is the amount of data from watch to handheld. I'll reduce the data and improve accessibility by adjusting UI, and update app and movie as soon as possible.
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Thank you very much for your feedback! Thanks to your report, I'll get a real Android Wear device! not emulator. (I obtained permission to buy it!)
I think that the main cause of the delay is the amount of data from watch to handheld. I'll reduce the data and improve accessibility by adjusting UI, and update app and movie as soon as possible.
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Nice! I'll be looking forward to it!
Worked amazingly well on my moto 360 + N4! Any posibility to change the X into something else?
It's more of a show-off app for me at the moment, but it does show what wear is capable of, hope you keep updating it
Might also be worth to post this app on www.reddit.com/r/AndroidWear/ Lot's of people there compared to here.
Zenety said:
Worked amazingly well on my moto 360 + N4! Any posibility to change the X into something else?
It's more of a show-off app for me at the moment, but it does show what wear is capable of, hope you keep updating it
Might also be worth to post this app on www.reddit.com/r/AndroidWear/ Lot's of people there compared to here.
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Thank you for your help! I can't wait for my smartwatch, LG G Watch R, by your feedback. (moto 360 isn't sold in Japan...) I'll post at reddit too then I get a watch.
You can select the X, /dev/input/eventX, in setting of Wearable Pad.
Need some advice
Hi,
First of, nice to see this app being available.
I got a moto 360 and LG G2.
I can get the red X to move around but taping does not work, do I Need LMT app as well?
Double clicking screen on moto 360 brings up double click, task etc and the all work.
What am I doing wrong?
Regards
Thanks
1stGGMan said:
Hi,
First of, nice to see this app being available.
I got a moto 360 and LG G2.
I can get the red X to move around but taping does not work, do I Need LMT app as well?
Double clicking screen on moto 360 brings up double click, task etc and the all work.
What am I doing wrong?
Regards
Thanks
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Thank you for your feedback. You don't need LMT app, only refer "input devices/touchscreen to screen factors".
Now, I got a real smartwatch device, LG G Watch R, and I updated Wearable Pad. Single tap also works on Nexus 4 + G Watch R.
Could you try latest apk? mobile-release_v0.2.0.apk is here:
https://drive.google.com/folderview...djaUt0Q25vRC1RbFlmZjZnUVlSbDdaUWs&usp=sharing
Note that the UI is changed, please see https://github.com/tkgktyk/WearablePad#pad-ui.
Thanks for the update, I really like it! It's much more responsive than before and I really like the swipe buttons , they make browsing internet or scrolling through my apps a lot easier! Also swiping away running apps is great! The only problem left is moving around my homescreens. The buttons don't move it far enough to get to the next page and by tap+swiping I get it to move about one tenth of the time. But I don't grab and move all my widgets like before so that's a big plus!
Humpie said:
Thanks for the update, I really like it! It's much more responsive than before and I really like the swipe buttons , they make browsing internet or scrolling through my apps a lot easier! Also swiping away running apps is great! The only problem left is moving around my homescreens. The buttons don't move it far enough to get to the next page and by tap+swiping I get it to move about one tenth of the time. But I don't grab and move all my widgets like before so that's a big plus!
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Thank you for fast feedback. Now we can't start voice search triggered by "OK Google" on Wearable Pad. I'll append that capability and new mode to grab (press) without keeping on pressing watch for your issue.
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Thank you for fast feedback. Now we can't start voice search triggered by "OK Google" on Wearable Pad. I'll append that capability and new mode to grab (press) without keeping on pressing watch for your issue.
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Again, looking forward to it!
Version 0.2.1
This version works fine except "OK Google" and a tiny rotation issue.
Test device:
* Nexus 4 + G Watch R
* Nexus 9 + G Watch R
Download APK
Changes:
+ Support screen rotation
+ Grab Mode by triple tap
+++ can move icon and select text
+ Tested on Nexus 4 and Nexus 9
+++ Used NDK for 64bit support. Trouble occurs on your device maybe...
tkgktyk said:
This version works fine except "OK Google" and a tiny rotation issue.
Test device:
* Nexus 4 + G Watch R
* Nexus 9 + G Watch R
Download APK
Changes:
+ Support screen rotation
+ Grab Mode by triple tap
+++ can move icon and select text
+ Tested on Nexus 4 and Nexus 9
+++ Used NDK for 64bit support. Trouble occurs on your device maybe...
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Thank you for another great update! I can move around my homescreens with no problem now and the 3tap option is also very useful!
v0.4.0
Skipped v0.3.x.
NEW:
+ Transfer Mode
+++ transfer touch event to receiver
+ Receiver APK
+++ install on non-paired Android devices
The movie is updated too.
Thanks to XDA and you, completed the first stage of implementing functions. I'm going to fix bugs for a while.
tkgktyk said:
Skipped v0.3.x.
NEW:
+ Transfer Mode
+++ transfer touch event to receiver
+ Receiver APK
+++ install on non-paired Android devices
The movie is updated too.
Thanks to XDA and you, completed the first stage of implementing functions. I'm going to fix bugs for a while.
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That is exacly what I was lookong for. Thanks!
By the way the input even number is 4 for international Optimus G (e975).
do you have any newer version @tkgktyk ? Because the existing versions wakes the screen per couple of minutes.
Regards,
crime_of_heart said:
do you have any newer version @tkgktyk ? Because the existing versions wakes the screen per couple of minutes.
Regards,
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version 0.4.2 on Google Play is the latest. I'm not planning to update this app for now because I don't use it.
How to install apk to you android wear
=enable usb debugging on your wear
=connect it to the pc using cable
=download adb toolkit for your watch
=hold |shift| & right click on your mouse and select open command prompt here
=type these adb devices (enter) , adb install (app name without spaces).apk
=you will install the app on you android wear
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tkgktyk said:
version 0.4.2 on Google Play is the latest. I'm not planning to update this app for now because I don't use it.
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Hi I'm trying to use this app with Sony xperia z2 and Sony smartwatch 3 but the app keeps saying that it's not connected in the status bar and I hasn't asked for superuser permissions my device is rooted it just want working any help would be great if I could used this app
LOVE this app! Been looking for this app long long time ago, thanks tkgktyk!
I was annoyed by nova (and other) launchers delaying the launch of an app. There was a noticeable delay whenever I'd launch from the home screen.
For those that want their phone lightning fast, but also want a better launcher than the pixel launcher, here is an xposed mod that fixes it. The thread explains the how and why, but I assure you my phone has never been so fast.
Enjoy.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/modules/stopswitchdelay-remove-5s-delay-to-apps-t2688574
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I was annoyed by nova (and other) launchers delaying the launch of an app. There was a noticeable delay whenever I'd launch from the home screen.
For those that want their phone lightning fast, but also want a better launcher than the pixel launcher, here is an xposed mod that fixes it. The thread explains the how and why, but I assure you my phone has never been so fast.
Enjoy.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/modules/stopswitchdelay-remove-5s-delay-to-apps-t2688574
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I dont know what you are referring to exactly bro.. the thread you posted was from way back (2014) and i dont see any 5 second delay to launch apps after pressing the home button.. its instant anyway
praveen6585 said:
I dont know what you are referring to exactly bro.. the thread you posted was from way back (2014) and i dont see any 5 second delay to launch apps after pressing the home button.. its instant anyway
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It's subtle. I use a swipe launcher and when I'd use the pixel launcher with it, the apps from the pixel launcher ran immediately and the apps from the swipe launcher delayed, or vice versa. I started messing with it and found it somehow related to the home screen. It also exhibits when running shortcuts.
So I ran into this - (pretty sweet nav bar replacement) https://www.xda-developers.com/navigation-gestures-update-app-launch-android-p/
and the author says if you run into delays use thatx xposed module. I did and all the delays were eliminated.
I'm not on something - you might not notice it until it's gone. Unless you don't run xposed, then maybe it's more work. Give it a try... or don't. Made a difference for me.
madscribblerz said:
It's subtle. I use a swipe launcher and when I'd use the pixel launcher with it, the apps from the pixel launcher ran immediately and the apps from the swipe launcher delayed, or vice versa. I started messing with it and found it somehow related to the home screen. It also exhibits when running shortcuts.
So I ran into this - (pretty sweet nav bar replacement) https://www.xda-developers.com/navigation-gestures-update-app-launch-android-p/
and the author says if you run into delays use thatx xposed module. I did and all the delays were eliminated.
I'm not on something - you might not notice it until it's gone. Unless you don't run xposed, then maybe it's more work. Give it a try... or don't. Made a difference for me.
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ah ok.. that does make sense.. i think it crops up when on a particular setup and not in general.. if it works for the issue you mentioned thats great
madscribblerz said:
It's subtle. I use a swipe launcher and when I'd use the pixel launcher with it, the apps from the pixel launcher ran immediately and the apps from the swipe launcher delayed, or vice versa. I started messing with it and found it somehow related to the home screen. It also exhibits when running shortcuts.
So I ran into this - (pretty sweet nav bar replacement) https://www.xda-developers.com/navigation-gestures-update-app-launch-android-p/
and the author says if you run into delays use thatx xposed module. I did and all the delays were eliminated.
I'm not on something - you might not notice it until it's gone. Unless you don't run xposed, then maybe it's more work. Give it a try... or don't. Made a difference for me.
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This is amazing how useful this Exposed module is with gestures navigation. Unfortunately Exposed affects Safety Net and I'm unable to use my banking apps even with Magisk hide on. Can someone make an apk file instead of Exposed module???
quetz666 said:
This is amazing how useful this Exposed module is with gestures navigation. Unfortunately Exposed affects Safety Net and I'm unable to use my banking apps even with Magisk hide on. Can someone make an apk file instead of Exposed module???
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Everywhere launcher is a gesture based navigator that uses the accessibility service to bypass the 5 sec delay. Navigation gestures (sweet navbar replacement) also bypasses the delay.
Beyond that have no idea.
Does this happen on rootless pixel Launcher by amir?
Sent from my Google Pixel 2 XL using XDA Labs
madscribblerz said:
Everywhere launcher is a gesture based navigator that uses the accessibility service to bypass the 5 sec delay. Navigation gestures (sweet navbar replacement) also bypasses the delay.
Beyond that have no idea.
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I didn't know Navigation Gestures bypasses it. Thanks. Currently I'm using Edge Gestures app. Works flawlessly. I wrote to it's developer to implement this solution. If not probably NG will be my choice.
quetz666 said:
I didn't know Navigation Gestures bypasses it. Thanks. Currently I'm using Edge Gestures app. Works flawlessly. I wrote to it's developer to implement this solution. If not probably NG will be my choice.
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Edge gestures is pretty nice. Way simpler than everywhere launcher. I set left to home, right to back, and up to recents.
I launch from the launcher, so no delays regardless. I went to a completely launcher only solution when I went to pie, as no xposed.
madscribblerz said:
Edge gestures is pretty nice. Way simpler than everywhere launcher. I set left to home, right to back, and up to recents.
I launch from the launcher, so no delays regardless. I went to a completely launcher only solution when I went to pie, as no xposed.
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Looks like you find a sweet spot. After I contacted Edge Gestures Dev I downloaded Navigation Geatures app and after setting it I can find it is convenient and works great with no delay as you mention before. Now my Galaxy S8 with Renovate Ice ROM, Substratum overlays and a few additional mods it's a flagship killer ?
quetz666 said:
Looks like you find a sweet spot. After I contacted Edge Gestures Dev I downloaded Navigation Geatures app and after setting it I can find it is convenient and works great with no delay as you mention before. Now my Galaxy S8 with Renovate Ice ROM, Substratum overlays and a few additional mods it's a flagship killer ?
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Sweet . I'm hiding my nav bar completely using navigation gestures (pill is hidden too) and using Edge gestures as my nav. Swipe right for home, swipe left for back (hold for previous app), up for home (hold for recents).
So nice to have 0 real estate for nav.
Cheers :good:
madscribblerz said:
Sweet . I'm hiding my nav bar completely using navigation gestures (pill is hidden too) and using Edge gestures as my nav. Swipe right for home, swipe left for back (hold for previous app), up for home (hold for recents).
So nice to have 0 real estate for nav.
Cheers :good:
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Since available I'm on permanent immersive mode. In RICE I have 0px for navigation bar height too. Also for about 3 years I'd prefer only gestures navigation method. Since I switched back from iOS (almost 5 years) and BB10 OS (dead) I can't imagine using my phone without gestures. Of course as a die hard Blackberry user I had a never ending ROTFL when Apple "reinvented" gestures navigation for iPhone X. My phone needs to be MINE!
System navigation gestures problem on other launcher.
On Poco or Nova launcher phone will vibrate and show multitasking after swipe up form bottom screen to back home.
how can i fix this?
I think that the latest nova beta works fine with gestures.
Give it a try.....
POWER1FM said:
I think that the latest nova beta works fine with gestures.
Give it a try.....
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6 beta 5? Still janky for me
ashirokung said:
System navigation gestures problem on other launcher.
On Poco or Nova launcher phone will vibrate and show multitasking after swipe up form bottom screen to back home.
how can i fix this?
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I'm on the current beta of Nova, but I tried this and it's even better than stock guestures (and doesn't have that silly overlay message I had with the xda guesture app)
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=78164021&postcount=214
That works actually very good!
fuzzybearcow said:
I'm on the current beta of Nova, but I tried this and it's even better than stock guestures (and doesn't have that silly overlay message I had with the xda guesture app)
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=78164021&postcount=214
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Thats Fluid NG (and is nothing to do with nova), not system navigation. It works ok, but nothing like as good as proper built in gestures.
tdw197 said:
Thats Fluid NG (and is nothing to do with nova), not system navigation. It works ok, but nothing like as good as proper built in gestures.
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I'm using Fluid GN with Nova right now and am having some issues. First, if I close the Fluid GN app from task list, the gestures stop working. For some reason, the service doesn't seem to persist. I used Tasker to fix this, but it sporadically keeps stopping anyways. I have all the power saving etc features turned off for Fluid GN. Any idea how to get it working 100% on the M10P?
alcal_ said:
I'm using Fluid GN with Nova right now and am having some issues. First, if I close the Fluid GN app from task list, the gestures stop working. For some reason, the service doesn't seem to persist. I used Tasker to fix this, but it sporadically keeps stopping anyways. I have all the power saving etc features turned off for Fluid GN. Any idea how to get it working 100% on the M10P?
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Did you disable the Android Battery Optimisations as well? That's separate from Huawei's app battery manager.
Where can we find the Android battery optimisations?
Hmtsjmftsch said:
Where can we find the Android battery optimisations?
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Open settings and search for Battery Optimisations. Then find Fluid NG and make sure its "Not Allowed". Generally you need to do this for any app you need in the background.
alcal_ said:
I'm using Fluid GN with Nova right now and am having some issues. First, if I close the Fluid GN app from task list, the gestures stop working. For some reason, the service doesn't seem to persist. I used Tasker to fix this, but it sporadically keeps stopping anyways. I have all the power saving etc features turned off for Fluid GN. Any idea how to get it working 100% on the M10P?
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I also found you need to activate "home action compatibility" under "advanced"
Is this an issue only Huawei can fix or is it possible for Nova Launcher to eventually work around it? Fluid is a nice stopgap but it just isn't as good as the phones native gestures.
I find fluid a lot better, actually. Much more customisable and more actions to be set.
Agreed, I actually like the functionality fluid a lot more than the stock one. It's just a shame the animations aren't as good though. It's fine for now though.
maybe disable the huawei gestures and use the xda navigation gestures app or an other not native app
Did you guys use ADB with Fluid N.G. or did you just install it as is?
I had problems with fluid and action launcher... since 9.0.0.146... Working perfectly.
All options set off in advanced and both emui and android power management disabled
Still have the emui gestures on as I don't want the bar showing and it then allows back at the top of your screen too
overhaze said:
Did you guys use ADB with Fluid N.G. or did you just install it as is?
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No ADB needed. You can just switch on gesture navigation in phone settings and then run fluid ng
Cant use fluid Navigation gestures... The animation is nowherw near the stock ones...
david_lfc said:
I had problems with fluid and action launcher... since 9.0.0.146... Working perfectly.
All options set off in advanced and both emui and android power management disabled
Still have the emui gestures on as I don't want the bar showing and it then allows back at the top of your screen too
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Can you enlighten that step by step of disabling powermanagement features, cause my accessibility keeps turning off automatically. Altoug I already have battery optimizations off (System > Settings > Apps > Apps > [three dots menu] > Special Access > Battery optimization : Fluid N.G. - Not allowed.
Is there any mod or anyone who can develop oneplus gestures available for 5t or 6 for lg v30 instead of navbar?
Before anyone suggest xda gestures app i don't want that...! Purely gestures on lg stock firmware?
there is a small program - navigation gestures.
available at playstore. it simulates the gesture control with swipes, but has some drawbacks i couldn't fix, so decided to uninstall it. but you may try if it fits to you.
drawback?
sanmag said:
there is a small program - navigation gestures.
available at playstore. it simulates the gesture control with swipes, but has some drawbacks i couldn't fix, so decided to uninstall it. but you may try if it fits to you.
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what drawbacks did u found?
I also tried Navigation Gestures (even bought it) but switched to Fluid Navigation, I feel it works better but still not as well as my former OP6 or iPhone but well enough to keep on my V30.
Theres a line at the bottom, when i type something often tapping on this line and phone goes to home screen
no other way
rzracer2 said:
I also tried Navigation Gestures (even bought it) but switched to Fluid Navigation, I feel it works better but still not as well as my former OP6 or iPhone but well enough to keep on my V30.
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so i guess there is no other way around to replace lg navigation bar with op6 gestures?
useless
sanmag said:
Theres a line at the bottom, when i type something often tapping on this line and phone goes to home screen
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so its useless to install the app
sanmag said:
Theres a line at the bottom, when i type something often tapping on this line and phone goes to home screen
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In this (Fluid NG) app you can set the lowest sensitivity. I think it might help.
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I've been using this app for a while with no issues
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ivianuu.oneplusgestures&hl=en_US
I also use a substratum layer to set my nav bar to 0 height so I don't have to use some weird work around to hide the nav bar. It's been a good combo for me
jsgraphicart said:
I've been using this app for a while with no issues
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ivianuu.oneplusgestures&hl=en_US
I also use a substratum layer to set my nav bar to 0 height so I don't have to use some weird work around to hide the nav bar. It's been a good combo for me
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Did u tried this app by just giving root access to disable navbar and enable main switch.?
hassanulhaq said:
Did u tried this app by just giving root access to disable navbar and enable main switch.?
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That will work. But I'd rather just get rid of the nav bar completely. When I used the app to hide it, the nav bar would sometimes come back
xposed
jsgraphicart said:
That will work. But I'd rather just get rid of the nav bar completely. When I used the app to hide it, the nav bar would sometimes come back
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well i have given app the root as well as xposed module access... so far so good...
I think stock navigation bar is better than OnePlus gestures and fluid navigation. I tried both and believe me my hands get so tired of swiping up and down. Buttons are good
trouble. said:
I think stock navigation bar is better than OnePlus gestures and fluid navigation. I tried both and believe me my hands get so tired of swiping up and down. Buttons are good
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Well it may be ur preference... I installed oneplus gestures trust me its way batter then navbar ... I haven't used fluid navigation... Extra beneift is full screen.:laugh:
On my OnePlus 7 Pro, I strongly preferred using the OnePlus bottom gestures (Android 10 gesture bar hidden, swipe up from bottom right corner to go back which leaves the side bar pull out functionality unaffected by the new stupid Android 10 gestures). Anyone know if there's a way to bring that style back?
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On my OnePlus 7 Pro, I strongly preferred using the OnePlus bottom gestures (Android 10 gesture bar hidden, swipe up from bottom right corner to go back which leaves the side bar pull out functionality unaffected by the new stupid Android 10 gestures). Anyone know if there's a way to bring that style back?
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Plenty of apps on the play store for that matter ?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ivianuu.oneplusgestures
Works great for me.
Not a fan of the app solution unfortunately. It wouldn't be as good as the system implemented gestures IMO.