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Any way to have a button on the keyboard that makes the navbar appear?

I like immersive mode and find it much easier to type when in it but the problem is swiping up to make the navbar appear often inputs text that persists when I reopen whichever app I'm in.
Just wondering if there's a way to have a button on the keyboard that either functions as a navbar within the keyboard, toggles the appearance of the status bar/navbar akin to a swipe down or up from the screen edge or simply minimises the keyboard.
Not very interested in using 3rd party keyboards. I like the look and feel of stock/AOSP keyboard so would prefer to keep it for the moment.
Thanks.

When does the keyboard go into full screen mode? I've never seen this happen and always retain nav button functionality. Couldn't you just slide from the top as usual?
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bblzd said:
When does the keyboard go into full screen mode? I've never seen this happen and always retain nav button functionality. Couldn't you just slide from the top as usual?
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I have tasker enable immersive mode for me in some apps. The top of the screen is always so far away. Something at the bottom would be nice.

Maybe do expanded desktop through the power button and back to normal after using the keyboard
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G8D said:
I have tasker enable immersive mode for me in some apps. The top of the screen is always so far away. Something at the bottom would be nice.
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Can you tell me how you did that? I also tried that but didn't find a solution.

Dryz_ said:
Can you tell me how you did that? I also tried that but didn't find a solution.
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You need to download Secure Settings. The toggle you need is 'Expand Desktop'. It's easy to just list a load of apps that will toggle this.
Lastly you need to add an exit task to disable immersive mode.

Notification Swipe Down Option? (No, not with the fingerprint sensor)

Is there an option or an app that allows you to swipe down from anywhere on the screen to bring down the notification bar? I know launchers like Nova allow you to do that, but I'm really enjoying TouchWiz this time around, and with my small hands, I'd really like to swipe down anywhere on the screen to get the notification tray. If I'm adjusting my hands and fingers to stretch up to swipe down from the rear fingerprint sensor, I might as well just swipe down from the notification bar.

I've noticed Samsung is blocking this only when it comes to the notifications. In action launcher 3 I can map swipe down to anything other than the notification panel.

I use the "All In One Gestures" app and remapped my back soft key to the notification pulldown on a long press.

Odd. I have this working with Nova on my S8

If you enable the app drawer button instead of just swiping, then you can swipe down from anywhere for notifications.

stedean said:
If you enable the app drawer button instead of just swiping, then you can swipe down from anywhere for notifications.
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Are you sure this is true? Did you have to enable that somewhere? Not the fingerprint reader, and on the touchwiz launcher.

Well, I was wrong. I read that adding the app button would allow swiping down from anywhere. Just tested out and it still doesn't work. Sorry.

JDM9499 said:
Is there an option or an app that allows you to swipe down from anywhere on the screen to bring down the notification bar? I know launchers like Nova allow you to do that, but I'm really enjoying TouchWiz this time around, and with my small hands, I'd really like to swipe down anywhere on the screen to get the notification tray. If I'm adjusting my hands and fingers to stretch up to swipe down from the rear fingerprint sensor, I might as well just swipe down from the notification bar.
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Finally they've implemented that feature. :good: :good:
Go to:Settings -> Display -> Home screen -> and enable Quick-open notification panel checkbox

akadesesperado said:
Finally they've implemented that feature. :good: :good:
Go to:Settings -> Display -> Home screen -> and enable Quick-open notification panel checkbox
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That's it. Thanks...

Not there on my Verizon phone.

akadesesperado said:
Finally they've implemented that feature. :good: :good:
Go to:Settings -> Display -> Home screen -> and enable Quick-open notification panel checkbox
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Could you make a screenshot of that option? I think that it's greyd out in my system.

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Not there on my Verizon phone.
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https://www.sammobile.com/2017/09/18/accessing-notifications-galaxy-note-8-galaxy-s8-now-easier/
There is the APK, I had to download it for my Verizon phone as well.

Gilley said:
https://www.sammobile.com/2017/09/18/accessing-notifications-galaxy-note-8-galaxy-s8-now-easier/
There is the APK, I had to download it for my Verizon phone as well.
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Why do Verizon customers not get this version through official channels like the Google Play Store or Samsung Galaxy App Store?

See here @Philipp_94 ...
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Missing stock calendar widget on Nova launcher

I have installed Nova on my LG G6 and looks that everything is ok except one thing: there is no possibility to add stock calendar widget because it's not listed on widgets list. Can anybody confirm that?

arek00 said:
I have installed Nova on my LG G6 and looks that everything is ok except one thing: there is no possibility to add stock calendar widget because it's not listed on widgets list. Can anybody confirm that?
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Yes, and it also removes the stock weather widget which I happen to like. I also noticed that that since gestures like double tapping the screen to turn it off are a premium feature it breaks that stock LG function and you can't enable it unless you buy the premium version of Nova. I as planning on buying it anyway to support the developer but that's kind of lame.

vintagerock said:
Yes, and it also removes the stock weather widget which I happen to like. I also noticed that that since gestures like double tapping the screen to turn it off are a premium feature it breaks that stock LG function and you can't enable it unless you buy the premium version of Nova. I as planning on buying it anyway to support the developer but that's kind of lame.
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Even then the double tap feature isn't the same to shut off phone. Does something to permissions and I forget the warning. I just double tap the notification bar which taps off the screen just the same, plus that works from any application, not just the home screen.
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skyfox99 said:
Even then the double tap feature isn't the same to shut off phone. Does something to permissions and I forget the warning. I just double tap the notification bar which taps off the screen just the same, plus that works from any application, not just the home screen.
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That's good to know. Thanks for the tip.

My wishlist...

I've now had my OP6T for 2 days and I'm starting to form some opinions around it. My first OP phone, came from the last couple Pixels & Nexus phones before that (also have a PH-1). I love lots of things, but hate a few things.
The things I'd like without rooting my unlocked phone:
1. Always-on Display (even if it eats 10% of the battery life!)
2. OnePlus navbar gestures in a way that doesn't suck for Google Assistant and doesn't break some apps by hiding the "Menu" buttons (TiBu is my only example off-hand). The long-press power button assistant shortcut is terrible, imo.
3. Google Feed/Discover instead of OnePlus Shelf
4. Figure out how to enable the "shrink the app to the icon on the home screen" animation I've seen online when you go from inside an app back to the home screen. I've not seen this work once on my phone (stock launcher)
5. Wallpaper on my home screen and lock screen to align properly (it's centered on my home screen but left-justified on my lock screen).
6. Clock to not blind me when I use the fingerprint scanner at night.
7. Dimmed fingerprint scanner animations (they also need to not blind me)
8. Hacked GCam app to use the telephoto lense when zooming
9. Let me use a gesture for lockdown mode, even if the screen is off
10. Remove leading zeros in clock hours (seriously, why is this a thing?)
Is any of this possible right now? I suspect a few things are my ignorance and there rest are just legitimate wishlist items.
Edit - SOLUTIONS!!
1. not yet fixed
2. None but I'm looking into a menu/overlay that pops up when you long-press the fingerprint sensor when unlocking your phone (keep it there for a few seconds after it unlocks). If I can find a way to activate this somehow while logged in, then we may have a solution!
3. not yet fixed
4. This works with OnePlus's custom navbar gestures enabled. This does not work with Pie gestures enabled.
5. not yet fixed
6. not yet fixed
7. not yet fixed
8. not yet fixed
9. not yet fixed
10. not yet fixed
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Wishlist that I'll never get on this phone:
1. Fast charging with normal USB-C chargers (whether it's USB-PD or just 15W charging, I don't care)
2. Stop screwing around with non-standard USB-C stuff (dongle & charger)
3. Smaller curve radiuses (for both the corners and the notch)
4. Volume/power button arrangement identical to the Pixels, mute switch on the left side
Things that I very much appreciate:
1. Tap to wake
2. Gestures, even with the screen off
3. Fingerprint sensor *always* works in the dark, even if it blinds me
4. Status bar icon customization
5. The Settings cog is available after a single swipe down of my notifications (for some reason Pie hides this by default until you do the double swipe)
6. Silence switch
7. Perfectly-installed screen protector
8. GCam port, complete with Night Sight, working!

Regarding item 2, I leave the standard nav keys on, and use the OnePlus Gestures app at the same time. So I have programmable gestures and the stock nav keys.
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lollyjay said:
Regarding item 2, I leave the standard nav keys on, and use the OnePlus Gestures app at the same time. So I have programmable gestures and the stock nav keys.
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Ahh, I was hoping to gain the screen real estate by using gestures and no nav bar. That would certainly solve the problem but at that point, I'd rather use the non-ideal Pie gestures.

Jaxidian said:
Ahh, I was hoping to gain the screen real estate by using gestures and no nav bar. That would certainly solve the problem but at that point, I'd rather use the non-ideal Pie gestures.
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If you use OnePlus Gestures to disable the nav bar completely, you can set one of the gestures to summon the Assistant.
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Always on display and Google discovery I'm all for.
Song identifier from Pixel on aod would be awesome.
Call screening

lollyjay said:
If you use OnePlus Gestures to disable the nav bar completely, you can set one of the gestures to summon the Assistant.
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I don't understand how to set a custom gesture that universally works to open the Assistant.

Gotta strongly agree with #10.... Also, I think you can find Google camera here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6t/themes/app-oneplus-6-google-camera-port-t3862849/page17

Landed here hoping to find a solution to #3...

Jaxidian said:
I don't understand how to set a custom gesture that universally works to open the Assistant.
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It's easy with the OnePlus Gestures app. I set up left swipe up and pause
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Krsmqn said:
Gotta strongly agree with #10.... Also, I think you can find Google camera here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6t/themes/app-oneplus-6-google-camera-port-t3862849/page17
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I've got gcam working, complete with night sight, but I'd like it to switch camera sensors anytime you zoom in. GCam digital zoom is inferior to the telephoto zoom that this camera has.
I highly doubt I'll ever see this.

lollyjay said:
It's easy with the OnePlus Gestures app. I set up left swipe up and pause
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Oh, you mean the OnePlus Gestures app and not the built-in gestures. I specifically want to use the built-in gestures (OnePlus style, not Pie style).

Jaxidian said:
Oh, you mean the OnePlus Gestures app and not the built-in gestures. I specifically want to use the built-in gestures (OnePlus style, not Pie style).
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OnePlus Gestures app is same as built-in except that you can program your own purpose for a specific swipe gesture. Since I am right handed I programmed the left swipe to either lock the screen or summon the Assistant. All other swipe gestures are same as built-in
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lollyjay said:
OnePlus Gestures app is same as built-in except that you can program your own purpose for a specific swipe gesture. Since I am right handed I programmed the left swipe to either lock the screen or summon the Assistant
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The last time I tried it, the various animations didn't work smoothly (like the app minimizing into the homescreen icon). Has that been fixed?

Jaxidian said:
The last time I tried it, the various animations didn't work smoothly (like the app minimizing into the homescreen icon). Has that been fixed?
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It's as smooth as silk for me.
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lollyjay said:
It's as smooth as silk for me.
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Just set it up and the animations still have the huge latency and things don't drag around with my finger. Am I doing something wrong?
1. Classic nav bar enabled
2. Installed OnePlus Gestures + the Hide Navbar app
3. Granted WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS
4. Disable navbar from the Hide Navbar app
5. Enabled third-party gestures: (swipe up on sides to Back, swipe up in middle to Home, long swipe in middle to Recents)
When doing this, if I do the long swipe up in the middle, the front app doesn't move around with my finger like it does with the stock OP-style gestures (there's a ~2 second lag in some animations).
If I change step #1 to use OP-style gestures and otherwise follow the same steps, then that problem goes away but the third-party guestures don't really seem to work (long swipe on sides won't open Assistant, for example, so I believe it's just using first-party gestures still).

Jaxidian said:
Just set it up and the animations still have the huge latency and things don't drag around with my finger. Am I doing something wrong?
1. Classic nav bar enabled
2. Installed OnePlus Gestures + the Hide Navbar app
3. Granted WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS
4. Disable navbar from the Hide Navbar app
5. Enabled third-party gestures: (swipe up on sides to Back, swipe up in middle to Home, long swipe in middle to Recents)
When doing this, if I do the long swipe up in the middle, the front app doesn't move around with my finger like it does with the stock OP-style gestures (there's a ~2 second lag in some animations).
If I change step #1 to use OP-style gestures and otherwise follow the same steps, then that problem goes away but the third-party guestures don't really seem to work (long swipe on sides won't open Assistant, for example, so I believe it's just using first-party gestures still).
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Do you not have root?
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lollyjay said:
Do you not have root?
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No root.
The things I'd like without rooting my unlocked phone:
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Jaxidian said:
No root.
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OK sorry for all the trouble. I'm rooted
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lollyjay said:
OK sorry for all the trouble. I'm rooted
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Ahh, no problem. Thanks for trying to help!! Fortunately, I've already had/used these apps on prior phones, so was pretty familiar with them & had already paid for them.

Jaxidian said:
Ahh, no problem. Thanks for trying to help!! Fortunately, I've already had/used these apps on prior phones, so was pretty familiar with them & had already paid for them.
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Yes I do not use any animations just swipe up.
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Gesture nagivation + 3rd party launchers BUGGY MESS - any way to fix?

I know gesture navigation in 3rd party launchers is suppose to work on oneui 2.5 on note 20 ultra. But it doesn't work very well at all.
1. Swiping up to get to recent apps is not a very smooth animation, but worse is that the current app gets positioned in the middle rather than to the right, so quick switching is cumbersome.
2. Trying to use the swipe right on the bottom for previous app is a buggy mess. It's unsmooth and pops in the recent view briefly. Often you get stuck and cannot use the app you switched to, needing to swipe back and switch back and forth to get normal operation again. After trying to use these swipe right/left gestures to quick switch apps, you cannot scroll through the recent apps view quicky anymore, one swipe always mean moving one app to the left or right no matter how strong the swipe. This stays until rebooting.
It's a buggy mess, is there any way to fix this? I'm using Nova, but the problems are the same on all 3rd party launchers.

it might be improved with Android 11

I'm using lawnchair and don't have any of your issues. Only issue swipe to home conflicts with swipe up for app draw.
Everything else works fine. I do think recents menu trigger too easily tho. I get into it when I'm trying to go home.

qzan7 said:
I'm using lawnchair and don't have any of your issues. Only issue swipe to home conflicts with swipe up for app draw.
Everything else works fine. I do think recents menu trigger too easily tho. I get into it when I'm trying to go home.
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Oh. I'll have a look at lawn chair and compare the experience. Seems strange how there would be different results in different launchers. Trier Microsoft launcher and it worked the same. I'll make a video of the issues if they turn out being the same on lawn chair.

I just installed the Microsoft Launcher and yeah quite some few animations are missing, plus recent apps are showed blank until I swipe between them.

qzan7 said:
I'm using lawnchair and don't have any of your issues. Only issue swipe to home conflicts with swipe up for app draw.
Everything else works fine. I do think recents menu trigger too easily tho. I get into it when I'm trying to go home.
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I just tried Lawnchair and it acts exactly as Nova: the recent apps is buggy, no difference.
Nastrahl said:
I just installed the Microsoft Launcher and yeah quite some few animations are missing, plus recent apps are showed blank until I swipe between them.
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This is one of the bugs when using a 3rd party launcher and from my understanding, it doens't matter WHICH 3rd party launcher: they all exhibit this behavior when using gestures.

TigerSoul925 said:
I just tried Lawnchair and it acts exactly as Nova: the recent apps is buggy, no difference.
This is one of the bugs when using a 3rd party launcher and from my understanding, it doens't matter WHICH 3rd party launcher: they all exhibit this behavior when using gestures.
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I realised why i don't have your recents issue. I use good lock's task changer. I just turned it off and saw what you meant.
With it enabled the background in recents it from the app your in not the home launcher.

qzan7 said:
I realised why i don't have your recents issue. I use good lock's task changer. I just turned it off and saw what you meant.
With it enabled the background in recents it from the app your in not the home launcher.
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Oh so the good lock task changer is working better in this regard? That's interesting. Is the quick task changer working better too? (swiping right or left on the bottom, browsing previous apps without going through the recent screen)
Is the good lock task changer available for oneui 2.5?

TigerSoul925 said:
Oh so the good lock task changer is working better in this regard? That's interesting. Is the quick task changer working better too? (swiping right or left on the bottom, browsing previous apps without going through the recent screen)
Is the good lock task changer available for oneui 2.5?
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I don't have any issues so you can give it a try and see how it goes. Yes, its all in the good lock app.

But animations are part of the launcher so its totally normal that you won't get the same effect from a third party launcher. My gestures work fine with Nova. No issues here. Animations are different but its a different launcher so that's to be expected too.
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Just install an app called gesture control
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.conena.navigation.gesture.control
You can create your own gestures and it is not affected by the launcher

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I don't have any issues so you can give it a try and see how it goes. Yes, its all in the good lock app.
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I'll certainly give it a try. Thanks!
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But animations are part of the launcher so its totally normal that you won't get the same effect from a third party launcher. My gestures work fine with Nova. No issues here. Animations are different but its a different launcher so that's to be expected too.
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Do you use good lock as well? Animations are OK as is i guess, it's the bugs that bother me. Stuck screens, glitches etc.

wuilly said:
Just install an app called gesture control
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.conena.navigation.gesture.control
You can create your own gestures and it is not affected by the launcher
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Looks interesting but there are missing features like a swiping left or right to move between previous apps, also there's usually issues specific to this kind of solution. Haven't tried it though. It may be a viable alternative.

This app compare with the other has an advantage, that you set up the app how you want to. if you want to have left or right to go back to last apps you can do it. Like for example I have it for mine
Bottom center click
Go home
Bottom center click and hold
Google Assistant
Bottom center swipe up
Recent apps
Bottom center swipe left
Go back to last app
Bottom left swipe up
Last app
Bottom right swipe up
Recent apps
Buttom Left and right side of screen
Go Back
Top Left and right side of screen
Lauch apps
All but the buttom center are transparent

I'm using a combination of Nova gestures and One Hand Operation+, set system navigation to buttons, double tap navigation bar to hide system buttons.
Swipe up from bottom and nav / home button appears.
Use side swipe in OHO+ for back and switcher.
Use nova on home screen, swipe down for app search, swipe up for switcher, double tap home screen for notification / quick settings.

TigerSoul925 said:
I'll certainly give it a try. Thanks!
Do you use good lock as well? Animations are OK as is i guess, it's the bugs that bother me. Stuck screens, glitches etc.
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Just tried swiping right in Nova and you are totally right it is glitchy. Unfortunately it summons the recents functionality and your left with a hybrid of recents and previous page so i can swipe up to close a page thats in full size. I had never noticed because i dont really use that functionality.
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Just tried good lock app switcher. Seems to fix the glitch

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Just tried good lock app switcher. Seems to fix the glitch
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For those that cannot run Good Lock (such as myself, since it is not running in my country) you can give Nice Lock a try, helps you run Good lock services anywhere

One Hand Operation+ works very well and uses very little battery.
Try clearing the system cache on the boot menu, my favorite gremlin exterminator.

I'm running nova. Not getting any bugs or errors.