i have my HTC button mapped to the menu button. i've noticed that all the mods that remove the black 3-dot menu button that pops up across the bottom of the screen also remove the built-in 3-dot menu button in apps (like the one in the upper right of the Google Play Store, for instance). i assume this is because they are being told there is a hardware menu button, so they shouldn't show their built-in menus.
my question: is there a way to remove the annoying black bar across the bottom menu button, but keep the built-in app menu buttons?
Install a jellybean sense rom. Hold home for menu and keep the built in menu on apps that have it.
thanks, but i was hoping for a way that would work across ROMs.
build.prop change to fix this
I've managed to fix this by changing build.prop
Edit or add the entry
qemu.hw.mainkeys=0
In /system/buildprop, save and reboot
The value was 1 previously.
Edit: This is also with having the Bulletproof ROM installed.
Edit 2: On further inspection, I can't seem to get it to work while also hiding the three dot menu on the legacy apps. Gah.
CL0SeY said:
I've managed to fix this by changing build.prop
Edit or add the entry
qemu.hw.mainkeys=0
In /system/buildprop, save and reboot
The value was 1 previously.
Edit: This is also with having the Bulletproof ROM installed.
Edit 2: On further inspection, I can't seem to get it to work while also hiding the three dot menu on the legacy apps. Gah.
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OK so I have it working again as expected and I am not sure how I did it ... in the Play Store app I get the three dot menu up the top right and in other apps, the menu bar is missing. My build.prop file has no entry for qemu.hw.mainkeys anymore... so maybe it's something in my ROM? Currently Bulletproof 5.3.
So I am on a custom ROM (FireNote) and it changed my home button longpress to open up "Device options". I want to change it back to open my task manager/recent apps, just like it does on stock. I have installed several apps and I still cant get it to go back :/ I guess another thing to mention is that I am running NOVA launcher.
FIXED! In Wanam exposed under system you change long press home behavior to something else and then change it back to recent apps or whatever you want and reboot.
ZOOPidy said:
So I am on a custom ROM (FireNote) and it changed my home button longpress to open up "Device options". I want to change it back to open my task manager/recent apps, just like it does on stock. I have installed several apps and I still cant get it to go back :/ I guess another thing to mention is that I am running NOVA launcher.
FIXED! In Wanam exposed under system you change long press home behavior to something else and then change it back to recent apps or whatever you want and reboot.
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If you want to change/add more button functionality, you could try gravity box.
It has a navigation button section where you can change all the buttons.
I for example made the display turn off when long pressing menu button, which is pretty handy on a large device like the note 3
I've mapped 'double-tap home' as menu in GravityBox, and would like to remove the 3-dot menu button in Exdialer. Technically I think it a simple navbar, as removing navbar (via build.prop/UDN/GravityBox, etc) works fine in getting rid of it, but then 'double-tap home' no longer works.
My remappings for double-tap back, longpress home, and longpress back all work fine, and if I map Menu to one of those I can access menu, but double-tap home no longer work for anything until I restore the navbar. Any ideas on what might be causing this conflict.
Is there any way to add extra buttons to the nav bar in stock (.283) like you can in AOKP, Carbon, etc.? I don't even need all of them, just the last app button. There are some apps that do this by adding a floating button (LAS), but I want it on my nav bar. UDN doesn't work right, and doesn't let me customize the buttons for some reason. The only other way I've found is to decompile the SystemUI, but I'd rather not do something that risky if there's an alternative. I was on Carbon for a long time and I really loved this feature, but I need the battery life that stock gives. I've found Xposed modules for everything else I'm used to, this is the only thing missing. Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.
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Is there any way to add extra buttons to the nav bar in stock (.283) like you can in AOKP, Carbon, etc.? I don't even need all of them, just the last app button. There are some apps that do this by adding a floating button (LAS), but I want it on my nav bar. UDN doesn't work right, and doesn't let me customize the buttons for some reason. The only other way I've found is to decompile the SystemUI, but I'd rather not do something that risky if there's an alternative. I was on Carbon for a long time and I really loved this feature, but I need the battery life that stock gives. I've found Xposed modules for everything else I'm used to, this is the only thing missing. Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.
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use gravity box and add custom key to get it!
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I've tried that, and it's not suitable for several reasons. First off, GB causes layout problems in the recents panel, making the small apps inaccessible. No matter what I toggle, it doesn't go away unless I disable GB. Also, the button appears to the extreme side; I was hoping to get it as a main nav button, like in the custom ROMs.
Looks like I might have to decompile after all. Oh, well. Thanks for your reply, though!
I used this xposed module on sock 4.3 for modify navbar buttons:
Xperia/AOSP NavBar Buttons
I don't know is it working on 4.4 or not. I am using Carbon at the moment.
SirVer said:
I've tried that, and it's not suitable for several reasons. First off, GB causes layout problems in the recents panel, making the small apps inaccessible. No matter what I toggle, it doesn't go away unless I disable GB.
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This is a known bug in the latest GravityBox version. Download the ”no_translucent_recent” version from this post.
SirVer said:
Also, the button appears to the extreme side; I was hoping to get it as a main nav button, like in the custom ROMs.
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You might not even need a separate button — with GravityBox you can assign actions to the long press of the “Recent Apps” button, and to the long press and double tap of “Back” and “Home” buttons. There is also the “Navigation Bar Ring” feature (you can add more actions than just Google Now).
@kanyazsombor
That module doesn't have a last app button. Thanks anyway!
@sigprof
Long press takes too long, and double tap on anything other than the recent key for a recent app feels... Wrong. Picky, I know, but still. I hadn't thought of using the nav bar ring targets, will try that as soon as I can, and the bug fix you mentioned. Thanks for your help!
On previous phones xposed and gravity box would allow me to remap my navigation keys. A long press of back would bring me to the last used app, long pressing recents would kill the current app.
Since the S6 does not work with xposed, I am in a dire search for a way to do this.
Any suggestions?
Check out my thread > http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3099765
Sick Apps Directory
Specifically the 'All in one gestures' app.