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[Q] Notification bar pull down gesture

Hey all! Just switch over from my N5 to the OPO and loving the phone!
Just got a quick question. Tried search the existing threads but didnt see anything on this.
With the Nexus 5, there was the ability to pull down the notification bar via the pull down gesture from anywhere on the homescreen without the need to touch the notification bar.
the Stock OPO rom doesnt have this feature. would be good to have with the bigger screen.
Does anyone know or came across for a way to do this?
Thanks in advance!:good:

That's a launcher feature, and I don't think Trebuchet has it. You'd need to use Apex or Nova to accomplish that.
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timmaaa said:
That's a launcher feature, and I don't think Trebuchet has it. You'd need to use Apex or Nova to accomplish that.
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ah.. its a launcher feature?
always thought it was a stock android feature for my n5

You could install another launcher like Nova or Apex. Or you could simply download a shortcut app like DropDownStatusBar.

Nova 5.4 fixes NavigationBar issue

Nova Launcher 5.4 brings a feature to hide the NavigationBar ... so it's like it used to be before they skrewed it with the 5.3 update

Not quite. They did not bring back the dot, but it's the step in the right direction. It is good to have no nav bar on launcher, and available everywhere else where we actually need it.
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The point is that 5.4 features hiding the NavBar on Homescreen again.. that feature had been dropped with the previous update.

snydersdoc said:
The point is that 5.4 features hiding the NavBar on Homescreen again.. that feature had been dropped with the previous update.
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Have you got the Samsung weather widget on nova?

AFAIK the Samsung weather widget only works with TouchWiz.

snydersdoc said:
AFAIK the Samsung weather widget only works with TouchWiz.
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That's so strange, on my s6 i had the weather widget with Nova, shame it doesn't work on the s8/s8+

That is AFAIK.. correct me if I'm wrong

how to do quick app shortcuts?

is there a way to send quick messages by long pressing app icon like on regular Android 8.0 and iOS 3d touch? figured this would be a standard on miui

You'll need to change launchers to gain this feature. I use rootless pixel launcher.

Are the new gesture navigation options still available with a different launcher?

jhester1967 said:
Are the new gesture navigation options still available with a different launcher?
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Yep they work just fine.

Remove "At a glance" from Pixel launcher?

Does anyone know how to remove "At a glance" from Pixel launcher?
I want to replace it with "Another Widget" as it supports multiple different calendar sources and has more customisation.
I really like the stock 3 Pixel launcher for everything else. I tried using Nova etc. and I didn't like them as much.

Try Customized Pixel Launcher [CPL], that's the way I went to get rid of that widget (AND the google bar in dock).

CortexErroR said:
Try Customized Pixel Launcher [CPL], that's the way I went to get rid of that widget (AND the google bar in dock).
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Yes it is pretty good!
But it doesn't support the stock gesture navigation very well

I've been using Lawnchair v2. It does all of that, and also let me change the number of rows and columns of icons, icon size, and handles legacy icons better.

I don't think you can remove the whole widget, but you can change it to only show the date and time by holding down on the homescreen, clicking "home preferences", and then deselecting everything in the at a glance section.

tim.smart said:
Yes it is pretty good!
But it doesn't support the stock gesture navigation very well
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Which stock gesture navigation are you talking about? ? You mean the recent apps and switching between those? Because other than that, there is not much of gesture navigation on Pixel?

Question Microsoft Launcher and refresh of the screen

Hello,
I'm using ArrowOS 11 and Microsoft Launcher. When I return to the home screen by exiting the resource intensive apps, the launcher screen reloads and consequently my screen icons and widgets appear after about two seconds. How can I fix this?

Here is quote from Nova Launcher FAQ. (it applies to all custom launchers on Android not just Nova)
I guess you could try disabling gesture navigation but i'm not sure if it's gonna help.
It doesn't matter what 3rd party launcher or version of 3rd party launcher you use, it matters what your system/OEM does. If your system doesn't allow gesture navigation to work with 3rd party launchers, then no version of Nova will change that in any way. If it works inconsistently with 3rd party launchers, no version of Nova will change that either. A great source of information can be found via this article by Mishaal Rahman with input from Kevin Barry, the developer of Nova Launcher: https://www.xda-developers.com/third-party-launchers-animation-pixel-phones/ Notable issues with gestures on third party launchers include, but not limited to: • Close all/Clear app button not appearing(scroll all the way to verify it's not there) • Not being able to tap icons for a short time after returning to the home screen • Animations not being as fluid as expected • Home screen icons flashing • Home screen redraws Please understand, there is absolutely nothing Nova can do to fix or change this in any way! Contact Google or your device OEM directly with these issues as Nova have absolutely no control over it whatsoever. NOTE: These are system gestures only and are not related to Nova's personal gestures that you will find via Nova Settings -> Gestures & Inputs.
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Notice to Xiaomi/Redmi/Poco users: Xiaomi has completely disabled gestures with third party launchers on MIUI 12 with Android 11 (MIUI 12 on Android 10 seems to be unaffected). As you have read above, there is nothing we can do on our end to change or enable this.
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k3lcior said:
Here is quote from Nova Launcher FAQ. (it applies to all custom launchers on Android not just Nova)
I guess you could try disabling gesture navigation but i'm not sure if it's gonna help.
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I rly like to use gesture navigation. This issue is not present on Arrow launcher.

OEM (Stock) launcher is not affected by this, only custom ones.

k3lcior said:
OEM (Stock) launcher is not affected by this, only custom ones.
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Good to know. Why full screen gestues are that problematic, even on custom roms?

It's not that gestures are problematic, from what i understand it's just custom launchers that cannot take full advantage of the API. (?)
Did you read this? https://www.xda-developers.com/third-party-launchers-animation-pixel-phones/

Not yet, I just returned to Android after few years with iPhone, and it's quite confusing. I'm installing now Pixel Experience, it will be closer to Pixel feel.

I'd just use whatever stock launcher you like best from the available ROM's and stick to that.