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[APP] LMT Launcher: Best Gesture Launcher!!

I've been running CM9 alpha build for more than week so far and everything is "almost" perfect
One thing was bugging me though, the recent app (or multi task switcher) of ICS, long-pressing the home button was very painfull especially over time when I noticed myself using the recent app switcher more and more often..So I started searching for a mod or a hack to remap that function or link it to a shortcut on the desktop but I found what is better!!
I set up this launcher as advised on its main thread, enabled the "Delete" gesture to show "Home Longpress" and voila!!works as magic!
Hope someone else find this useful like I did
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330150

Best alternative to on-screen buttons?

What is the best alternative to the on-screen buttons out there today? Pie Control sounds okay but not as quick and intuitive as I'd like. Is there anything else that's similar to what the Palm Pre used to do? Example...swipe up from bottom to go home, swipe up and down or up and right for recent apps, and some type of swipe left or up and left to activate Back.

I use Nova Prime and it has gesture features built it. You can install the free version to check out what options are in there.

How about something outside of a specific launcher? Standalone would be preferred so it could work with anything. Is there anything that offers bottom swipes for home/recents and a side swipe for Back?

Swipe home button is the closest I have found

Check out lmt launcher. Its not a launcher in the traditional sense. Its system wide and has pie and gesture control.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app

This disabled the hardware buttons on the N4: add `qemu.hw.mainkeys=1` in system/build.prop/. Guess it will also work on the N5. Use LMT Launcher http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330150 or Pie Control on Google Play for navigation, link https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jun.ace.piecontrol.

Thanks, LMT Launcher with its invisible swipe areas looks to be exactly what I was looking for, I'd rather activate this stuff with an edge swipe instead of using the PIE controls. Gestures might work as well on a larger screen. Can anyone speak to how well the invisible swipe areas work, and if this app works on 10" tablets like the Nexus 10?

Reading around it seems like LMT might not work on Nexus 10. Any options that do? Primarily interested in swiping up from the bottom of the screen to trigger home/recents similar to Palm Pre, as opposed to PIE controls.

Floating Keyboard Switcher v1.0 (Updated to: Android Store Release Edition)

This is a floating keyboard switcher I wrote up the last couple of days. It lets you quickly access the IME Picker quickly to switch keyboard.
I developed it so I can quickly switch between my Chinese keyboard, swiftkey and Japanese keyboard.
The idea is once launched, a tiny floating bar similar to "Spots" app appears at the edge of your screen regardless what app you are in, you just swipe the bar to switch languages.
Demo of it's usage:
http://youtu.be/Oz-WqXnpM0M
Enjoy!
Download below (Updated 2014-10-07):
View attachment floating_keyboard_switcher.apk
I've also just released it on android market:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=au.com.yougo.floatingkeyboardswitcher

An awesome way to switch to and from my lastpass keyboard. Excellent!

bixby icon / shortcut

is there a way of having an icon / shortcut for bixby....i have disabled the side button....but i'd like to have an icon somewhere to go in and play with it every now and then.

also this could be useful on a custom rom with bixby where the hardware just doesnt have the button on the side like on the S6 or the S7 that got the android 7 and a ported s8/note8 rom

Yes you can use a app to have a activities shortcut /widget. Nova launcher as the ability to do this built into it.
Also many apps on the Playstore do the same example: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ss.moreshortcuts. Just place shortcut on your home screen and choose your activity ie; Bixby Home .
You can also use gesture apps to do the same thing again Nova Launcher also as this built in.

[Guide]It's Time For Gesture Navigation Android

Good day everyone, so for years i wished for Android to adopt gesture navigation because it's so intuitive and natural. At the beginning it might require some effort to learn how to navigate but later on it becomes effortless it's like walking so to speak.
Anyway i wanted to create this Not Noob friendly :crying: tutorial for others who are interested in having gesture navigation replace the conventional old way but don't know where to begin or start and don't want to use custom roms. What i will be showing are the steps to how to remove the navigation bar using available apps and this method works on all Android rom versions.
Requirements
*Knowledge of how to root, install TWRP and flash zips.
*Rooted device.
Apps
*Gesture navigation app (Edge Gestures(No Root Required, Paid App), GMD Gesture Control(Root Required, Paid App), Swipe Navigation(Root Required, Free/Paid App) or any other gesture navigation app you like .
*GravityBox
*Substratum if you want to theme your rom.
Instructions
1- Install any Gesture Navigation app you like and setup the gestures you like for navigation on that app.
2- Install GravityBox we are going to need it to "hide/disable" the navigation bar. In GravityBox go to the "Navigation bar tweeks" section then under Dimentions heading move all the sliders to 0% and reboot the device for the affects to apply.
Now some of you will ask why not disable the navigation bar through GravityBox itself or from the build.prop using a string of command?, well disabling it will make "Tap On Now" feature not work any more that's why it's better to reduce the navigation bar height to zero and have no compromises, at the same time using the conventional build.prop method doesn't work on devices with Android Oreo and don't support project Treble.
3. Hide the status bar on all apps or some apps depending on which apps that don't play well, this is also an alternative method to still use the stock navigation bar but hide it from all apps.
Video of my Setup
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFtzPU3IYvk&feature=youtu.be
-Apps used to achieve my setup
*GravityBox
*Substratum theme engine.
*GMD GestureControl ★ root
*Nova Launcher Prime
*[Substratum] Greyce
*Popup Widget 3
*Wallpaper
*Xposed
*NeoPowerMenu
*Rugos Premium - Icon Pack
*Athanotify - prayer times
*Tiles
P.S: All thanks go to the developers of these wonderful apps. :good:

If I may an alternative is also pie control and gesture app like LMT which is on XDA too.
Getting rid of navigation bar is so pleasant agent you get used to it.

EMJI79 said:
If I may an alternative is also pie control and gesture app like LMT which is on XDA too.
Getting rid of navigation bar is so pleasant agent you get used to it.
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I love LMT i have been using it for years now, it and GMD i have been switching between the 2 back and forth i even have videos highlighting it.
But after using both apps i give the edge to GMD and apps like it because it's a 1 step action process compared to LMT pie 2 step process(swipe edge "step 1" + action click "step 2" depending on its position left,center,right) which is not so different from having the navigation bar hidden and then swiping from the bottom for it to pop up the difference though is that LMT is faster and has more flexibility and options.
The reason i didn't mention LMT is because i want a 1 action step "1 swipe only anywhere for action execution" which is easier and more intuitive in my opinion after some learning of course, another reason which is the point of this thread is a shout out to Google to head into this direction which i believe they will soon. Luckily for us Apple and OnePlus are heading the trend.
Anyway by using GravityBox you can enjoy "Pie Controls" which is basically LMT but with a different name.
Having said all that, LMT Launcher is my second choice salute:victory: to the app developer and thanks to you for mentioning it.

My favourite and current gesture setup without root.