Hi all, just after some opinions on what the best gesture app is as I've removed the navigation bar. Cheers.
Good day.
There are many options in play store.
Iphone X like Home Bar Gestures (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bluebee.iphonexgestures)
The old PIE has more options, but slower IMO (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jun.ace.piecontrol)
After trying some options i settled with edge gestures. (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ss.edgegestures)
Enjoy
For those of us on the bleeding edge who don't like the new Recents view, if you use a third party launcher like Nova and freeze(disable) Pixel launcher it brings back the old Recents view.
ryanstfl said:
For those of us on the bleeding edge who don't like the new Recents view, if you use a third party launcher like Nova and freeze(disable) Pixel launcher it brings back the old Recents view.
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Thank you very much for that information, the android p recents view is just awful, i'm glad the stupid "gesture" navigation is optional.
for other people looking to deactivate the pixel launcher: i used titanium backup, it worked just fine.
I'm thinking of getting the 6T but have a few queries.
I like the gestures but do they only work on the stock launcher or do they work ok in nova launcher for example? I tried the mate 20 pro and the gestures didn't work well unless the stock launcher was used.
How much customisation is in the stock launcher? Can app names be edited or flow into 2 lines? Can you make folders, what size grids are available etc?
And finally can you change the shelf to be the Google feed instead?
I'm using the gestures with Nova. No issues. T-Mobile 6t
The gestures are OS level, not launcher level. I'm also using Nova with my own custom launcher gestures and I've had no issues with inputting either sets of gestures.
Gestures are working with nova, but not as good as stock:
-on stock, when you go home, animation shrinks into an app icon
-on nova application shrinks to the center of the screen. Also homescreen icons are present on this animation, while nova appears when it is over. I hope, they will fix it.
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.
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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.
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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
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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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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...
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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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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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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.
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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.
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Yes I do not use any animations just swipe up.
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Has anyone else used these and noticed issues in their pixel 4? Swiftkey doesn't always work with gestures when swiping left to delete a word. I use Swiftkey exclusively so this is rough, as not being able to swipe to delete is insanely slow.
For nova launcher, there's a 1 second delay when going home before being able to select anything on the screen. I've already tried changing animations in nova launcher.
In regards to the Nova Launcher: it works fine for me. However, if you go to settings you should see a message that there are some Android 10 restrictions for gestures when it comes to 3rd party apps.
Going into Recents send to be tricky with Nova. Pixel Launcher works perfectly.
Oh my god they finally fixed it (in SwiftKey beta for now), over a year after the Pixel 4 came out and the bug was filed. Better late than never, I guess.
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