Google testing iPhone-like gesture bar, swipe-to-go-back gesture in Android Q

The gesture doesn't currently piece of work, just there's an animation that plays

Android Pie gesture navigation

Google is testing more than changes to how Android handles gesture navigation in Q, and things could become more than like iOS.

According to XDA senior fellow member 'paphonb,' Google is developing an iOS-similar 'swipe-to-go-back' gesture. Currently, the gesture isn't functional, merely the animation is present.

paphonb was able to turn on the gesture in the Android Q system epitome and recorded a video of the animation in the Android Studio emulator.

XDA Developers was able to enable the gestures on a Pixel two XL running the second Android Q beta with the following ADB commands:

adb vanquish settings put global prototype_enabled ane adb shell settings put global quickstepcontroller_edge_width_sensitivity 48 adb reboot

It's worth noting that the 'sensitivity' number in the control, which measures how close you have to be to the edge of the screen to trigger the gesture, is dependant on screen resolution and density. For the purpose of this ADB command, XDA used the number for demonstration purposes.

Further, some Android phones, like those from Huawei, have like back-gesture

The video as well shows the iPhone X-style gesture bar Google is testing. In its current form, information technology doesn't have a back button. Likely, the back gesture is meant to work with it — although it doesn't work either, and then if you lot choose to enable that, be aware you won't have a dorsum push button.

That said, paphonb discovered that Google has changed how the gesture bar adapts its colour. Previously, the bar changed colour based on what the app told it to exist. Instead, the gesture bar changes colour based on what's really backside information technology.

You tin enable the gesture bar and the new color adaptation with the post-obit ADB commands:

adb shell settings put global quickstepcontroller_showhandle 1 adb shell settings put global navbar_color_adapt_enable 1

Ultimately, this could mark a meaning shift in Android's gestures. While some may dislike the iOS-like style of the new gestures, the iPhone is frankly a joy to use, and if Google follows Apple'due south lead on gestures, it'll make Android Q better. We'll likely learn more nearly Google'due south plans at I/O in May.

Source: XDA Developers