I've recently gone back to stock after flashing the latest factory 4.4.3 image. I have xposed and gravity installed, however I miss the option to assign different icons to the navbar buttons.
I like to have a permanent menu button in place of the recent apps button, but with gravitybox installed I can only make the recent apps button become a menu button, however the icon remains as a recent apps icon if that makes sense.
Is there a mod available that allows a much wider ranging option for editing the navbar?
Thanks.
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Would this require a rom customization or just an app with root privs?
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Try paranoid ROM. It allows to hide nav/status bar from holding power button to select.
Also, many ROMs are built with tablet ui, this essentially combines the status bat into the nav bar
Paranoid allows switching between and customizingall these options. See my sig pic for more details
I use rooted N4 with PA Rom and Joker kernel. Joker has given the biggest smile to my battery. And believe me, I have tried almost everything that's out there.
In Roms though, I have been on PA right since the beginning... I love the hybrid feature too much to leave it for any other rom.
So my personal prefs:
1. Extraaa Space: I use expanded mode. But I wanted the notifications to be seen easily. So I have two extra ways to pop up notifications from me (apart from in the pie):a) TabUI mode in PA: Multiple ways to have notifications is only supported in the Tablet UI mode.
b) Apex Launcher (Free): Set up a gesture for 'Show Notifications'.
c) I use LMT launcher for and extra added notification.
2. Apex Launcher:I use 3 gestures: Swipe Up: Show Notifications
Swipe Down: Toggle Dock
Double Tap: App DrawerAnd after these, I don't need the app drawer icon as well (as you can see in the first screenshot)
I have decresed the icon size of the dock items and drawer items as well. The icon pack is Holler wht.
3. LMT:I did not want to use it since I already am using Pie. But LMT has some cool options. As you can see in the screenshot, my LMT pie is quite minimalistic: Button 1 is Notifications (Longpress-> Menu),
Button 2 is Back (Longpress -> Home), and
Button 3 is Recent Apps (Longpress -> Previous App)
The main reason for me to install was the lack a quick back gesture in PA's Pie. With LMT, I simple swipe from the center of the right (or left) border activates button 2 (ie Back). It is the height of awesomeness. Though what I would love is Pie to have similar functionality, probably a swipe in the screen bottom for Back, but it may not go well with sweep2wake.
You can have many more buttons and settings on LMT. Try it!
4. Dashclock widgetWell, it is already a heartthrob of many of us. But it lacks customization. We should have an option for the font sizes and control over which components we want to see in the side (only the icons) and which in the bottom scroll view (full text).
Anyways, it was too big for me, so I changed it's hybrid properties. I am using 220 dpi for the widget. I had to remove and reapply the widget after changing the settings.
Note: Halo is another way to get notifications in PA, but I do not like it in it's current stage because of two major reasons:
1. Does not work fully with TabUI. In other modes, either I need to have a status bar, or rely only on Halo.
2. Relying on Halo solely does not serve my purpose, because when I come back to my phone after say a few hours, I need to see all my notifications at once without trying to swipe through the entire screen.
Hope you enjoyed the show (and tell!)
Hello all,
Decided to join to KitKat gang, flashed the factory image, installed OTA update and rooted again. Really liking the overall KitKat rom and layout, particularly the improved dialer interface. I can now do away with ExDialer (never been one for installing lots of apps when not needed!).
I have Xposed installed along with Gravity module. Works great however I was hoping it might offer a little more customisation with the navbar, although I appreciate it's early days.
Has anyone seen a mod where I can change the buttons, ie change the recent apps to menu? In Gravity I can add an extra button for menu, but it still keeps the recent apps button there. I have never liked the recent apps button, never use it and would prefer it as menu button.
Thanks.
maritimesbob said:
Hello all,
Decided to join to KitKat gang, flashed the factory image, installed OTA update and rooted again. Really liking the overall KitKat rom and layout, particularly the improved dialer interface. I can now do away with ExDialer (never been one for installing lots of apps when not needed!).
I have Xposed installed along with Gravity module. Works great however I was hoping it might offer a little more customisation with the navbar, although I appreciate it's early days.
Has anyone seen a mod where I can change the buttons, ie change the recent apps to menu? In Gravity I can add an extra button for menu, but it still keeps the recent apps button there. I have never liked the recent apps button, never use it and would prefer it as menu button.
Thanks.
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Did you find a solution?
You can do this on custom ROM like CyanogenMod
Hello,
Since the first moment I have my OP 6T, I clear all my recents with a white rounded button located at the bottom center of the screen (no screenshot sorry) using as default launcher Nova in it's paid version.
Now I decide to root, using the boot image patched method (do no TWRP yet, waiting for official version) and delete OPLauncher with some other apps that I never use. Now I only have the option to clear all if I swipe to the top right edge of the recents screen (a bit annoying IMHO) I can't go back or activate again my old white rounded button located at the bottom center of the screen.
I download OPLauncher from PlayStore but when I install it and try to enter in the recents menu, using either OPLauncher or Nova, OPLauncher crashes and can't enter in recents until I uninstall OPLauncher.
So my question is, how can I get my old clear all recents button? With my actual root status without TWRP, can I factory reset or similar and repeat the process of rooting?
The fact that I can't get the old button and the fact that I must swipe up through a lot of recents apps to clear all it's driving me totally nuts.
EDIT: Also seems like I also lost the ability of block apps with my fingerprint. Totally annoying.
It's a really small problem but I need some help here
Thanks in advance.
I'm trying to emulate Android 10 gestures and I'm pretty close to that - back gesture from the sides is there, swipe up from home button for recents also can be replicated. The only problem left are the stock back and recents gestures. I would like to get rid of them (and their bars on the hint navbar) and leave only home button with it's bar. And that's the problem, I don't know how to do it.
I can remove home and recent buttons on the regular navbar using ADB, but this method doesn't affect gestures, I guess it stores the setup for that somewhere else, any ideas where is it or at least how to find it out? I don't have root unfortunately.
I don't want to use third-party apps for that because they all seem clunky for me, I have to disable the navbar by resizing it to 0 which breaks the hard press home button which I want to keep