Apologies if this has been addressed already, but is there any straightforward way of enabling soft navigation keys and disabling hard keys in Touchwiz ROMs?
Although i'm not sure there might be a Xposed module for this but I have used Ultimate Dynamic NavBar in the past and has worked well for me. There is a free version and a paid version although the difference between the two isn't that much.
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I've already got a great app to dim my capacitive buttons completely (there's only two, no need to awkwardly guess where they are), I would like to know if anyone has found a working solution for enabling Nexus-style software navigation keys.
If not, are there any developers willing to figure it out?
Anyone?
I tried the build.prop hack to no avail, so that's a no-go.
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.
SirVer said:
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.
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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!
I use the N6 as a righty so having to reach for the back button in one handed use is tough. Has anyone seen an easy way to swap the back and recents soft keys?
You'd have to root to swap. Try Pie controls from the app stote. Make sure to enable the back button in the settings.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330150
I always install this one on every Android device. Started with the note 2 [emoji2]
Only have home, back, and recent on the pie
LMT Launcher is on all my phones. It's not really a Launcher either, just the name.
Not yet available, will have to wait for custom ROMs with this feature or manually do the changes via code.
Hi Guys, I own Lg G flex korean version F340k
everything is good, battery life is awesome. Im on kitkat now f340k20d
But the only problems that frustating me is about the softkeys, sometimes it doesnt work when the keyboard open.
everything is fine, when i open menu and do anything with my phone, the softkeys is just fine, all is worked, the back, home and recent buttons are fine,,
butttt,, for example when i open message,or whatsapp or browsing or something, when i touch the column (to put a text) then after the keyboard open, the softkeys suddenly didnt work,,, all of them., the back , home or recent button are dead,,
but,,, when i leave the screeen ( off course the keyboard also closed) everything just back to normal,, the softkeys is normal again,,,
do anyone with same isssue? how to resolve it? because it seems to be software issue,,,
I flashed kdz back to jellybean, all is fine, for one day, then i update to latest kitkat, everything is fine, softkeys works fine, but now after 4 days in kitkat, it just back to error again,,
please helpp,,, hope its not digitizer issues,,,
Have you tried a different keyboard?
How about getting rid of the soft keys all together?
I use "all in one gestures" from the play store.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.phoenixstudios.aiogestures
Of course you'll have to hide/disable the navbar.
I use this xposed module:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2689890
Flexxin • LG D950G
Eun-Hjzjined said:
Have you tried a different keyboard?
How about getting rid of the soft keys all together?
I use "all in one gestures" from the play store.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.phoenixstudios.aiogestures
Of course you'll have to hide/disable the navbar.
I use this xposed module:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2689890
Flexxin • LG D950G
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Thank you very much for your response, yes, I've tried 3rd party keyboard like google keyboard or SwiftKey, but it just same, I'm just wondering is it a software issues or hardware, because the softkey back to normal when the keyboard is close,
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I'd certainly give my solution a try, at least. Nothing to lose but some time.
And yes, it sounds like a software glitch to me.
Flexxin • LG D950G
Soft Keys and Keyboards
Hey, I have the LG G Flex USA T-Mobile version, and it has the same problem. I think I know what caused the issue, but I don't know how to fix it. Everything was fine with my phone until I went into the settings to hide the soft keys while certain apps are open (kind of like full screen mode). Well, I checked the boxes next to all apps including the keyboards, and this is when it started.
It's my opinion (I could be right or I could be wrong) that this has occurred because of a coding glitch when hiding the soft keys when a keyboard is present. Disabling this option for keyboards is broken in that the soft keys become visible again, but the actionable view of them is still hidden.
My phone isn't rooted (there's no root option once updating to 4.4.2 except KingRoot which I'm suspicious of it being spyware due to unwarranted activities with it installed), so I can't install a different ROM; however, I did do a manufacturer reset a few days ago and the problem still remains.
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Eun-Hjzjined said:
Have you tried a different keyboard?
How about getting rid of the soft keys all together?
I use "all in one gestures" from the play store.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.phoenixstudios.aiogestures
Of course you'll have to hide/disable the navbar.
I use this xposed module:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2689890
Flexxin • LG D950G
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So I went ahead and applied King Root just to try this fix and I am very impressed with this set up! It feels so much better to be able to swipe the screen to perform these actions rather than press a button at the bottom. Opens up more screen realty and provides an overall better UI feeling since those button icons were outdated anyways! Thanks for this response!
Hi,
I've bought several Android devices and since 2014 I really hate how the multitasking button replaced the menu button.
I just want to bring the menu button back and bring the multitasking section by long-pressing the home button, I really don't care about the Google Search functions.
The problem is, the phones I bought don't have any on-screen buttons and I really don't want to add a bottom panel for that.
I also know that GravityBox may be the Xposed module which can do that, but since it mostly applies to AOSP-based ROMs, I'm affraid of having conflicts with my phones' stock ROMs (Zenfone Selfie -ZE551KL- on Marshmallow).
Some apps that I found in the internet are quite old -pre 2014-, making them surely unsuitable for Android Lollipop and above.
So the question is: Is there any Xposed module -or even an app !- that can remap the bottom hardware buttons without conflicts ?
Have you tried out Xposed Additions?