Navigation Gestures - Swipe Gesture Controls!
Use gestures to navigate Android. Replace buttons with swipe gesture controls!
XDA · com.xda.nobar
At a glance
- Latest version
- v1.21.4 (161)
- Updated
- Oct 30, 2019 (6 years ago)
- APK size
- 4.1 MB
- Requires
- Android 5.0+ (API 21)
- CPU support
- Any (no native code)
- Category
- Personalization (app)
- Listed since
- Aug 21, 2019 (at least)
- Permissions
- 30 (6 sensitive)
- Website
- xda-developers.com
- Developer contact
- [email protected]
About this APK
Navigation Gestures - Swipe Gesture Controls! is an app by XDA in the Personalization category, listed since at least August 2019. It has no native code, so it runs on any Android processor.
It asks for 30 permissions, 6 of them sensitive, including camera, find accounts on the device and display over other apps.
Ratings
Ratings from users of the source store — not collected or verified by AAPKs.
Description
From the listing uploaded by “matteoc00”.
Jealous of the cool new gesture navigation features on newer phones?
With Navigation Gestures, you don't have to buy a new phone or wait for the next Android update to get swipe gesture controls. Navigation Gestures brings swipe gestures to any Android device! Replace the navigation bar buttons and get gesture controls with Navigation Gestures!
Best of all, Navigation Gestures can completely hide the stock navigation bar
without root! This is the first gesture control app with this feature.
Swipe left, right, up, or down. Swipe up and hold. Tap. Double tap. Long press. Go crazy and split the pill in 3! There's a lot of ways you can use the gesture bar to control your phone. Don’t like how the gesture pill looks? Customize it!
Here's everything you can do:
Gestures
Taps
- Single tap
- Double tap
- Tap and hold (long press)
Swipes
- Swipe up and hold
- Swipe left
- Swipe left and hold
- Swipe right
- Swipe right and hold
- Swipe up
- Swipe down
Split Pill
- Swipe up from left
- Swipe up and hold from left
- Swipe up from center
- Swipe up and hold from center
- Swipe up from right
- Swipe up and hold from right
Actions
Free
- Home
- Back
- Recent apps
- Toggle split-screen (Android Nougat+)
- Open previous app (Android Nougat+)
- Open Assistant
- Hide pill
- Toggle navigation bar
Premium
- Pull down notifications
- Pull down quick settings
- Open power menu
- Skip to previous media track
- Skip to next media track
- Play/pause current media track
- Show keyboard switch dialog
- Launch app
- Lock screen
- Take screenshot
- Kill all background apps
- Rotate screen
- Toggle flashlight
- Toggle Bluetooth
- Toggle WiFi
- Toggle battery saver
- Toggle screen timeout
- Open volume panel
- Launch Activity
- Launch Shortcut
- Trigger Tasker Event
- Send Intent
- Toggle auto brightness
- Lower brightness
- Raise brightness
- Open app drawer
- Lower volume
- Raise volume
- Cycle ringer mode
- Toggle media volume mute
- Kill all background apps
Root
- Hold back
- Go forward
- Open menu
- Kill current app
- Accessibility button (Android Oreo+)
- Choose accessibility button (Android Oreo+)
- Send keycode
- Send long-press keycode
- Send double-press keycode
Appearance (all free)
- Customize pill color
- Customize pill transparency
- Customize pill border color
- Customize pill corner radius
- Customize pill width/height
- Customize pill X/Y position
Behavior (all free)
- Blacklist pill/show NavBar in selected apps
- Customize sensitivity
- Customize vibration duration
- Customize animation duration
- Automatically hide pill after delay
- Many more
TROUBLESHOOTING:
Setting up ADB: https://www.xda-developers.com/install-adb-windows-macos-linux/
- If your system navigation bar keeps hiding itself, run this ADB command:
adb shell settings delete global policy_control
Or, hit the "PROBLEMS?" button on the main screen and select the option that describes this issue.
- If you uninstalled the app without turning off "Hide Navigation Bar," run this ADB command:
adb shell wm overscan reset
- If your lock screen icons are cut off, go to Settings>>Behavior>>Blacklisting and enable Don't Hide NavBar on Lock Screen
Please visit this page for more details on the latest release and to find answers to frequently asked questions.
Check out the official XDA forum thread to leave feedback.
Please visit the GitHub page to report any issues you find.
Security & authenticity
Security rating: Trusted
Signing certificate
- Certificate issued to “Zachary Wander” Not the developer's name (“XDA”). Names in certificates can't be verified, so this alone proves nothing.
Store checks and file details
- Developer signature verified Jan 28, 2020
- Antivirus scan passed Oct 26, 2020
- Signed byCN=Zachary Wander
- Signing certificate (SHA-1)5D:B1:C1:8A:FD:3E:CB:FF:B0:F2:AD:0A:35:D2:8F:FF:A1:10:4F:9E
- File MD50a199853dc5c77006f327e3b0dcc8255
- Uploaded by “matteoc00” 221 followers · uploading since 2012
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Permissions (30)
Navigation Gestures - Swipe Gesture Controls! requests 30 permissions, 6 of them sensitive.
- Camera Sensitive android.permission.CAMERA
- Display over other apps Sensitive android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW
- Find accounts on the device Sensitive android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS
- Modify shared storage Sensitive android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
- Package usage stats Sensitive android.permission.PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS
- Write settings Sensitive android.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS
- Access notification policy android.permission.ACCESS_NOTIFICATION_POLICY
- Bluetooth android.permission.BLUETOOTH
- Bluetooth admin android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADMIN
- Change network state android.permission.CHANGE_NETWORK_STATE
- Change wifi state android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE
- Control vibration android.permission.VIBRATE
- Expand status bar android.permission.EXPAND_STATUS_BAR
- Full network access android.permission.INTERNET
- Google Play install referrer com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE
- Google Play license check com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE
- Gsf write gservices (custom) com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.WRITE_GSERVICES
- Kill background processes android.permission.KILL_BACKGROUND_PROCESSES
- Nobar receive broadcast (custom) com.xda.nobar.permission.RECEIVE_BROADCAST
- Nobar send broadcast (custom) com.xda.nobar.permission.SEND_BROADCAST
- Nobar verify license (custom) com.xda.nobar.permission.VERIFY_LICENSE
- Prevent the device from sleeping android.permission.WAKE_LOCK
- Read Google service settings com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES
- Receive push notifications com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE
- Request ignore battery optimizations android.permission.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS
- Run at startup android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
- Run foreground services android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE
- View Wi-Fi connections android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE
- View network connections android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
- Write secure settings android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS
Required hardware & features
- Bluetooth android.hardware.bluetooth
- Camera android.hardware.camera
- Basic touch input android.hardware.faketouch
- Wi-Fi android.hardware.wifi
Navigation Gestures - Swipe Gesture Controls! APK: questions and answers
Can I install this APK over the version I already have?
Only if it is signed with the same certificate as the copy on your phone and isn't an older version. If Android says “App not installed”, the certificates differ; uninstalling your copy first works but deletes its data unless it is backed up.
Is the Navigation Gestures - Swipe Gesture Controls! APK safe?
No one can promise that a file is safe, but some things can be checked. The source store rates this file Trusted. After downloading, check that the file's MD5 is 0a199853dc5c77006f327e3b0dcc8255.
