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[Q] Nova Launcher double tap to lock

Double tap to unlock works with Nova Launcher if the device is locked via the back button. What I am looking to do is double tap to turn off.
Any ideas or help in configuring the Nova double tap function to execute this action?

FynxSyndct said:
Double tap to unlock works with Nova Launcher if the device is locked via the back button. What I am looking to do is double tap to turn off.
Any ideas or help in configuring the Nova double tap function to execute this action?
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Double tap the notification bar. You can probably set it up to shut off home screen taps too with gestures - i'd assume.

Darkestred said:
Double tap the notification bar.
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- works great
Darkestred said:
You can probably set it up to shut off home screen taps too with gestures - i'd assume.
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I guess this is what I'm looking for. Which setting it is to assign to the gesture of double tap in NL settings.
For now, the double tap of the notification bar works great.

FynxSyndct said:
Double tap to unlock works with Nova Launcher if the device is locked via the back button. What I am looking to do is double tap to turn off.
Any ideas or help in configuring the Nova double tap function to execute this action?
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Here, I made a topic, but it got forgotten in the spam of people buying the phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2441027

FynxSyndct said:
- works great
I guess this is what I'm looking for. Which setting it is to assign to the gesture of double tap in NL settings.
For now, the double tap of the notification bar works great.
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and i see someone beat me to it...
What you could do is get screen off and on from the playstore and then assign that to the double-tap gesture. Hope that helps.

Thanks wargreymon89 - installing now. seems like a perfect fix.

In Nova launcher you can assign an activity for a double tap...anyone know what activity "knock knock" is? Ive went through the list a few times and couldn't figure it out.

jmill75 said:
In Nova launcher you can assign an activity for a double tap...anyone know what activity "knock knock" is? Ive went through the list a few times and couldn't figure it out.
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Tried a few things, ended up using Screen Off and Lock from play store. Works like a champ. Just set double tap to shortcut, activity, then screen off and Lock.
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truckroot said:
Tried a few things, ended up using Screen Off and Lock from play store. Works like a champ. Just set double tap to shortcut, activity, then screen off and Lock.
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Cool I will give it a go. Thanks
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truckroot said:
Tried a few things, ended up using Screen Off and Lock from play store. Works like a champ. Just set double tap to shortcut, activity, then screen off and Lock.
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Truck,
I assume you have Nova Launcher Prime then? I just have the regular version. Please confirm. I would love to have double tap capability again on my HTC One M8 like I did with my previous phone, the LG G2.
My M8 has double tap to WAKE already installed. Will doing this disrupt that, or just add to it? Please confirm.
Thanks,
RockStar2005

RockStar2005 said:
Truck,
I assume you have Nova Launcher Prime then? I just have the regular version. Please confirm. I would love to have double tap capability again on my HTC One M8 like I did with my previous phone, the LG G2.
My M8 has double tap to WAKE already installed. Will doing this disrupt that, or just add to it? Please confirm.
Thanks,
RockStar2005
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No, you should be fine. The double tap to sleep works on the homescreen of Nova Prime, and then you already have double tap to wake on the M8. There won't be any disruptions.

Is it still not native within Nova Launcher like KKLauncher or Smart Launcher?
Do we still need third party app?

Quick question, are you guys just turning off your screen, or turning off AND locking? I'm looking to JUST turn off.

Double tap screen off like g3 with nova.

Not sure if anyone using nova knows this or anyone interested or anyone wants to get nova or whatever reason just likes to have this feature.
First step is install nova and prime (I think it requires this because we need the gesture)
Go to app store and download Screen off and lock by katecca. (You might wanna activate the app first) .
Once downloaded go to nova setting. Go under gesture and buttons. Select double tap. On the top tab select app. Scroll down to screen off (under s). When you first select it. It will have to activate the app first and just hit yes/activate it. (Unless you activated it first)
Once done..
You can now double tap anywhere to get screen off instead of the status bar.

Awesome! Thanks for the tip!
Sent from my Nexus 6

Thanks dadster! This is something I've been looking for. I've been holding off on rooting and all that fun jazz and you just made my experience that much better!

YankInDaSouth said:
Awesome! Thanks for the tip!
Sent from my Nexus 6
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Gorjira said:
Thanks dadster! This is something I've been looking for. I've been holding off on rooting and all that fun jazz and you just made my experience that much better!
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Cool! Glad I could help.

This is awesome finding!
Sent from my Nexus 6

Thanks! Good find till a dev can get the wake/sleep working without issues!

Now if only the back button was on the right hand side so when I use the phone in my right hand I can reach it.

If you have greenify you can link doubletap to that also.

That's what I've been doing for a while myself... Double tap will Hibernate + Lock phone aka Sleep.
Works very well

how about the other way?
Mistertac said:
That's what I've been doing for a while myself... Double tap will Hibernate + Lock phone aka Sleep.
Works very well
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G3 allows you to open and unlock phone? with tap patterns. Would love❤ to see that on this phone?.

Works but really does lock the phone so Smart Lock doesn't function when you're in a trusted location.. anyone know of a workaround or an app similar that will work with Lollipop?

Validus ROM has double table status bar to sleep. You can download it on their google + page.

I know this thread is a little old. Is this still the best double tap to sleep method through Nova?

*NOVA LAUNCHER* Double tap to lock

Here is a work around to the popular double tap to lock when using Nova Launcher.
All you need to do is to download "screen off and lock" from the Google Play store, then go into Nova's "gestures and buttons" settings menu and tie double tap to the screen off and lock app.
Then it should work as it does with the standard launcher.

Thank for the tip

Or if you have greenify you can tie the double tap to hibernate and it does exactly he same. Actually I prefer since, I use greenify on my phone anyways.
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Hgneto said:
Or if you have greenify you can tie the double tap to hibernate and it does exactly he same. Actually I prefer since, I use greenify on my phone anyways.
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Nice tip! Thanks!
What shortcut you use on Greenify? Hibernate or Hibernate+Lock Screen?

Or you can just double tap the top of the status bar works with any launcher

Thanks for that dude

tallman43 said:
Or you can just double tap the top of the status bar works with any launcher
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No it doesn't.

stevemiddie said:
No it doesn't.
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Or yes it does you are doing it wrong! Do you think I would post a tip if it didnt work! Tap the status bar twice anywhere along the top near the battery/wifi icons etc

tallman43 said:
Or yes it does you are doing it wrong! Do you think I would post a tip if it didnt work! Tap the status bar twice anywhere along the top near the battery/wifi icons etc
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Apex Launcher Pro.............Galaxy Note 4 and it definitely does NOT.

stevemiddie said:
Apex Launcher Pro.............Galaxy Note 4 and it definitely does NOT.
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Lol This is LG G3 Thread my friend how was I to know you had a Galaxy note 4 i'm not psychic It works perfectly on the LG G3. . . . .Post in the right thread next time here is a link in case you are lost >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4 <<

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Lol This is LG G3 Thread my friend how was I to know you had a Galaxy note 4 i'm not psychic It works perfectly on the LG G3. . . . .Post in the right thread next time here is a link in case you are lost >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4 <<
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Oooops! :crying:
I have the Note 4 and the LG G3 and was switching between forums.
My sincere apologies.

Scrren Off app + Nova Launcher Pro with the gesture option (double tap executing the screen off)
Just works! :good:

With 3rd party lock apps I had issues with the keylock activating even though i had smartlock set to deactivate my pin when my phone is connected to my pebble watch. So i now use tasker to double tap off with nova from anywhere on the screen.
In tasker set up a new task to mimic a press of the power button:
New task>code > run shell> Command> input keyevent 26
Tick use root access.
Then point novas double tap gesture to the task. Because its mimicking the power button press it doesn't interfere with smartlock.
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jimsey said:
With 3rd party lock apps I had issues with the keylock activating even though i had smartlock set to deactivate my pin when my phone is connected to my pebble watch. So i now use tasker to double tap off with nova from anywhere on the screen.
In tasker set up a new task to mimic a press of the power button:
New task>code > run shell> Command> input keyevent 26
Tick use root access.
Then point novas double tap gesture to the task. Because its mimicking the power button press it doesn't interfere with smartlock.
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Can you please explain how to "point novas double tap gesture to the task"? Thank you very much!

Hi
In nova settings > gestures> double tap> shortcuts> task shortcuts> select the name you gave to the task you created.
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jimsey said:
Hi
In nova settings > gestures> double tap> shortcuts> task shortcuts> select the name you gave to the task you created.
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Hi and thank you. I did that and it interacts with tasker on double tap, as i see the message from super su. I guess i didn't set up tasker as it should.. Any ideas?

Not sure but you might need to give the task in tasker an icon for it to work?
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jimsey said:
Not sure but you might need to give the task in tasker an icon for it to work?
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Did that also

Awesome Tip...!!!!!
Awesome Tip dude...!!!!!
Really helped.:good:

You can even use Greenify for this trick.

Enable Knock off using Nova Prime?

I was using screen lock pro previous on my Note 7 which worked, but it does not play nice with Nougat and the stock Nova gesture cause you to not be able to do a subsequent unlock using fingerprint sensor

seriously? God that's annoying. I have that problem on my s7 and I figured a phone that had native knock on would work fine but androids dumb ass security Bs is preventing it from working right. well that's crap.
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try screen off and lock 1.17.3. it's old, but should work as long as you allow it as a device administrator

Smart Launcher does the same. If you use the double tap gesture to trun off the screen, it makes you use a pattern or knock code to unlock it again. I've just been using the notification bar double tap.

Amd4life said:
try screen off and lock 1.17.3. it's old, but should work as long as you allow it as a device administrator
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Didn't work

nest75068 said:
Didn't work
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Try DTSO from the Google Play Store:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.enlace.doubletap&hl=en
I use the Dynamic widget/Transparent option for screen-off.
Using Apex Launcher Pro & no lockscreen security,other than the swipe to open (No fingerprint/code or pattern lock) & the stock Double-Tap to unlock works fine.
It's the Double-Tap to screen-off function that I use with this app & it works flawlessly.
I realize most want to use a screen security lock of some sort,but,wanted to post this work-around for 3rd party launchers for the few that don't use lock screen security measures.

nest75068 said:
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did you go into security settings on the phone and make Nova AND screen off....device administrators? Then go into nova settings, gestures, and then select the double tap gesture...choose apps and then select screen off.
works fine on my device

Amd4life said:
did you go into security settings on the phone and make Nova AND screen off....device administrators? Then go into nova settings, gestures, and then select the double tap gesture...choose apps and then select screen off.
works fine on my device
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Yep, both are device administrators. When I try to unlock the device, it says device administrator has locked it and needs my pin.
I had this issue on my S7 and Note 7 and used screen lock pro since it had a delay it would work, but it does not play nice with Nougat

I just set up a double tap gesture to lock screen. When you do it the first time it gives you two options: Make nova a device admin, or not. With the first method, you wont be able to unlock with fingerprint. With the second, you can unlock with fingerprint but it takes about 15-20 seconds before you can. I went with the second option.

czerdrill said:
I just set up a double tap gesture to lock screen. When you do it the first time it gives you two options: Make nova a device admin, or not. With the first method, you wont be able to unlock with fingerprint. With the second, you can unlock with fingerprint but it takes about 15-20 seconds before you can. I went with the second option.
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Not sure what options you're talking about. But this is what I get when I try. It specifically says you have to use pin

nest75068 said:
Not sure what options you're talking about. But this is what I get when I try. It specifically says you have to use pin
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Yeah that's weird. Here's my options

czerdrill said:
Yeah that's weird. Here's my options
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Do you still have the apk for the screen off app you're using? Also what model V20 do you have?

nest75068 said:
Do you still have the apk for the screen off app you're using? Also what model V20 do you have?
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It's just nova launcher i don't have any other screen off app. And it's the t mobile variant
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czerdrill said:
It's just nova launcher i don't have any other screen off app. And it's the t mobile variant
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Can you post exactly what you set up, steps and everything cause it's weird that yours is like that.
Are you using fingerprint sensor or pin lock screen?

nest75068 said:
Can you post exactly what you set up, steps and everything cause it's weird that yours is like that.
Are you using fingerprint sensor or pin lock screen?
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I'm using knock code and fingerprint sensor. In nova all i did was go to gestures and set the double tap gesture to screen lock. That's when that message comes up. No other third party software.
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Can you post exactly what you set up, steps and everything cause it's weird that yours is like that.
Are you using fingerprint sensor or pin lock screen?
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You know what i just realized something. I'm a bet tester for nova, maybe it's an unreleased feature. You can sign up to beta test also it's an open beta. I believe you do it through novas Google plus page
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czerdrill said:
I'm using knock code and fingerprint sensor. In nova all i did was go to gestures and set the double tap gesture to screen lock. That's when that message comes up. No other third party software.
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You know what i just realized something. I'm a bet tester for nova, maybe it's an unreleased feature. You can sign up to beta test also it's an open beta. I believe you do it through novas Google plus page
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Awesome. Just signed up. Csnt wait for the update.

I got the beta and get the option. Only thing is the phone never truly locks. I lowered my screen off time frame from 30 seconds to 15 seconds and still nothing

nest75068 said:
I got the beta and get the option. Only thing is the phone never truly locks. I lowered my screen off time frame from 30 seconds to 15 seconds and still nothing
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It does take a little longer than it says. But eventually it does. I'm hoping once the feature is out of beta it works as advertised.

This was/Still is driving me crazy, being not able to unlock using fingerprint after setting Nova as a device Admin is really a bummer, but then again, this only was introduced in Marshmallow and up, it seems that Devs are getting more and more crazy about the "Security" and now, with each update, its getting really annoying, stuff like "Screen Overlay" and this, is seriously annoying.
I joined Nova Beta, lets see !

I reached out to Nova for answers. They said that it's an unfortunate situation with how 6.0+ was designed but said that there is a workaround if you're rooted. I've asked for this details. Since I really don't care about android pay, I'll probably root this phone.

Fingerprint scanner emulate home button?

Is there any way to make my fingerprint scanner into a capacitive button when the phone is already unlocked? Google turned up some options that say there are apps for Samsung devices, but anything for the axon?

Yes you can. There is an app here on xda apps called Fingerprint quick action. I already have it installed and default action is to toggle notification bar. Home is also an option.
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razorsbk said:
Yes you can. There is an app here on xda apps called Fingerprint quick action. I already have it installed and default action is to toggle notification bar. Home is also an option.
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What's your hit to battery life?

None, I still get more than 6hrs of screen time (2 days of use).
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That app works beautifully, thank you!
Just to throw my own thread off topic, is anyone else surprised that we're creaming the pixel for onscreen time?

razorsbk said:
Yes you can. There is an app here on xda apps called Fingerprint quick action. I already have it installed and default action is to toggle notification bar. Home is also an option.
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Amazing app. I hope in the future it can be set to Back button functionality so it'd be easier to use the Axon at night. I'm still having a hard time pressing Back or Recent capacitive buttons in the dark.

jlomein said:
Amazing app. I hope in the future it can be set to Back button functionality so it'd be easier to use the Axon at night. I'm still having a hard time pressing Back or Recent capacitive buttons in the dark.
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I'm using the Pie Control app for that - so I don't even have to stretch my thumb down to the bottom of the screen, just swipe in from either bezel. I'm gonna try the Fingerprint Quick Action app - but what happens when you accidentally brush the sensor as your fingers are fumbling around the back of the phone like my fingers often do?

rEVOLVE said:
I'm using the Pie Control app for that - so I don't even have to stretch my thumb down to the bottom of the screen, just swipe in from either bezel. I'm gonna try the Fingerprint Quick Action app - but what happens when you accidentally brush the sensor as your fingers are fumbling around the back of the phone like my fingers often do?
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This doesn't require root privileges and teaches dexterous disciprine.

BableMan said:
This doesn't require root privileges and teaches dexterous disciprine.
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The Pie Control app from the Play store only needs root if you're using some of the special functions (menu) - it works just fine without root.
Also I set this app to turn off with the scanner and don't have problems until I play games and have to move my hands around the back of the phone a bunch. Was frustrating to keep having my screen turn off in the middle of Asphalt 8. Maybe there's a way to make a quick toggle widget for gaming mode?