Question Changing bottom apps on home screen - Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra

New to the Ultra 21. Is there a way to swap positions of the app button and back button? I've looked everywhere. Basically want the back button on left and app button on right.

jkhawk said:
New to the Ultra 21. Is there a way to swap positions of the app button and back button? I've looked everywhere. Basically want the back button on left and app button on right.
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Go to settings, display and navigation bar
You can then change button order

Thank you very much.

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There are more apps in this family, Quickstar and Clockface are very useful.
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jkhawk said:
New to the Ultra 21. Is there a way to swap positions of the app button and back button? I've looked everywhere. Basically want the back button on left and app button on right.
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Software key panel

Don't know if anyone has tried this on there Nook but I got it up and running. Progam is call Button Savior and can be found in the market. Really liking this program versus soft keys. I have it set to trigger on the left versus the right. Right side was semi hidden versus the app launch button.
Here's a link from the HTC thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865525another
rswain64 said:
Don't know if anyone has tried this on there Nook but I got it up and running. Progam is call Button Savior and can be found in the market. Really liking this program versus soft keys. I have it set to trigger on the left versus the right. Right side was semi hidden versus the app launch button.
Here's a link from the HTC thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865525another
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I have no experience with button savior. Softkeys can do this as well though. You can drag the little launcher button as well as the pop up softkey panel anywhere you like, and it will remember that position.
rajendra82 said:
I have no experience with button savior. Softkeys can do this as well though. You can drag the little launcher button as well as the pop up softkey panel anywhere you like, and it will remember that position.
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Thats exactly why i picked this over softkeys, going to the circle in some games ended with it just following my finger and no reaction on the game. Not knocking it, still have it, but this is another good one if you like lack of choice.
(Hit thanks instead of quote -_-)
Thanks for this post. I have button savior on my HD2, but completely forgot about using it here. Great reminder. I will hit the thanks button next time I'm on the computer.
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I love having this set up on the left versus the right. You know us lefties can't do anything right!
I have softkeys set up to use the "n" button so i don't have the little on screen button anymore. Very convenient
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themirthfulswami said:
I have softkeys set up to use the "n" button so i don't have the little on screen button anymore. Very convenient
posted from my nook color using the official xda app
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I'd like to try this, but my physical button is mapped to ADW launcher. How can i change it?
thereddog said:
I'd like to try this, but my physical button is mapped to ADW launcher. How can i change it?
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Install the app "homeswitcher" it will allow you to change it.
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Remove navigation buttons when playing games?

Hey forum.
Had XZ för about 2 weeks now and I'm happy with it... but;
Is there any way to remove the navigation buttons when you play games?
I mean, when you look at videos, they are hidden.
This is so disturbing when you play a game where the controls are pretty much at that location, and you accidently
press "Home" and leaving the game, or "Back" button to go back
fieskmask said:
Hey forum.
Had XZ för about 2 weeks now and I'm happy with it... but;
Is there any way to remove the navigation buttons when you play games?
I mean, when you look at videos, they are hidden.
This is so disturbing when you play a game where the controls are pretty much at that location, and you accidently
press "Home" and leaving the game, or "Back" button to go back
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Hahaha I made the same mistake yesterday while playing Mario on my phone, it can be annoying indeed.
Btw, wrong section.
fieskmask said:
Hey forum.
Had XZ för about 2 weeks now and I'm happy with it... but;
Is there any way to remove the navigation buttons when you play games?
I mean, when you look at videos, they are hidden.
This is so disturbing when you play a game where the controls are pretty much at that location, and you accidently
press "Home" and leaving the game, or "Back" button to go back
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But how to exit the game later if there is not buttons
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Dsteppa said:
Hahaha I made the same mistake yesterday while playing Mario on my phone, it can be annoying indeed.
Btw, wrong section.
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Ye, really a pain in the ass sometimes.
Got the thread moved my moderator ^^
abd_alazeez2002 said:
But how to exit the game later if there is not buttons
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Well, as far as I know, all the games got menu that allows the player to exit the game.
You could mention one that doesn't have it?
fieskmask said:
Well, as far as I know, all the games got menu that allows the player to exit the game.
You could mention one that doesn't have it?
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devil's attorney for example
Check this topic: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39249117#post39249117
This app "full!screen" temporary hides the notification bar and replaces the navigation buttons, but does require root.
Did not really bother with the app "buttonsavior" because "full!screen" covers all functions I need.
All you will have left is the BACK button and HOME button, you can set size and transparency \ color.
(These should be set kinda small and transparant and placed in the left and right corner so you do not see them to much.)
Then you can as assign long press and swipe up to each button, so you basically have all functions covered.
- Restore systembar (So you can get your original navigation buttons back anytime you want.)
- Open apps menu (Opens the option menu of the current app.)
- Show notifications (Shows the on-going events of the notification bar.)
- Show recent apps
The only downsides I found are:
- When you restore systembar the battery percentage no longer shows on the official notification bar.
(This is fixed after rebooting the phone, perhaps anyone knows another way of getting it back?)
- I did not find out how to close apps from the recent apps function like you can with the build in task manager.
(This is not a big problem as you can regain the official bars anytime you want.)
I really love using the browser and games using this.
Kind regards, Stefan.
Thaevil0ne said:
Check this topic: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39249117#post39249117
This app "full!screen" temporary hides the notification bar and replaces the navigation buttons, but does require root.
Did not really bother with the app "buttonsavior" because "full!screen" covers all functions I need.
All you will have left is the BACK button and HOME button, you can set size and transparency \ color.
(These should be set kinda small and transparant and placed in the left and right corner so you do not see them to much.)
Then you can as assign long press and swipe up to each button, so you basically have all functions covered.
- Restore systembar (So you can get your original navigation buttons back anytime you want.)
- Open apps menu (Opens the option menu of the current app.)
- Show notifications (Shows the on-going events of the notification bar.)
- Show recent apps
The only downsides I found are:
- When you restore systembar the battery percentage no longer shows on the official notification bar.
(This is fixed after rebooting the phone, perhaps anyone knows another way of getting it back?)
- I did find out close apps from the recent apps function like you can with the build in task manager.
(This is not a big problem as you can regain the official bars anytime you want.)
I really love using the browser and games using this.
Kind regards, Stefan.
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Thank you, I will for sure check this out :good:

[REQUEST] Reachability

Hey all I was wondering if there was an app where we can double tap the home button and it brings the top half of the screen down so that way we can reach buttons easier. The iPhone six has this feature and I think it would come in handy on all big phones like the iPhone six.
Sometimes when your trying to use the phone one handed you just can't reach the hamburger button on the Play Store.
Nothing major but I'm sure it'll be something that people would use.
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Maybe for Xposed once it's released for ART
I know something better. Pie
Just need one to control the hamburger.
It's been working perfectly this whole week with the menu button.
Bjray said:
I know something better. Pie
Just need one to control the hamburger.
It's been working perfectly this whole week with the menu button.
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I've tried Pie and I just don't like it. This is why Android should have never abandoned the Menu button.
Baldilocks said:
I've tried Pie and I just don't like it. This is why Android should have never abandoned the Menu button.
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Long pressing the recent apps is the new menu button.
Pilz said:
Long pressing the recent apps is the new menu button.
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That only works with Samsung devices.
Baldilocks said:
That only works with Samsung devices.
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It works on my G3 (just tested it) but I haven't felt a need to use the menu button in along time.
Swipepad with Nova launcher
when you are adding a pad,go to shortcuts then nova action and then you can pick expand notification bar or/and expand quick settings

Disable Nav Bar but Keep Hard Press

I am using Pie Controls on the Note8, and have disabled the Navbar using the disable Navbar apk from this thread (https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...yers-themes-notifications-note8-t3678166/page). Unfortunately, that also disables the ability to hard press the home button. Is there any way that I can retain the hard press home functionality while still stopping the nav bar from appearing whenever I swipe up from the bottom of the screen?
Smrgling said:
I am using Pie Controls on the Note8, and have disabled the Navbar using the disable Navbar apk from this thread (https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...rs-themes-notifications-note8-t3678166/page). Unfortunately, that also disables the ability to hard press the home button. Is there any way that I can retain the hard press home functionality while still stopping the nav bar from appearing whenever I swipe up from the bottom of the screen?
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Map the pie control home longpress to do the same thing
RTbar said:
Map the pie control home longpress to do the same thing
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Sorry, I should have been more clear. What I want is the ability to hard press the home button again in order to press home, not just to do what it did before (which was just go home anyway). I was wondering if there was a way to, for example, make the navbar zero size or permanently hidden without disabling it, since it seems like it is the navbar itself that actually listens for the hard press.
Came here looking for the same thing. If you make the bottom bar activation area for pie larger than the nav bar it picks it up, so maybe a transparent 1px nav bar with no buttons would do the trick. That way technically it would still be present (allowing for the home hardpress) but still invoke the pie. I'm just researching this today so maybe someone has already come up with a solution and I haven't stumbled on it yet. Did you end up doing anything different?
Smrgling said:
I am using Pie Controls on the Note8, and have disabled the Navbar using the disable Navbar apk from this thread (https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...rs-themes-notifications-note8-t3678166/page). Unfortunately, that also disables the ability to hard press the home button. Is there any way that I can retain the hard press home functionality while still stopping the nav bar from appearing whenever I swipe up from the bottom of the screen?
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Mine works? Dunno if I'm the only one lol but when my nav bar is hidden I can still hard press home without opening nav bar back up , on any screen when my navbar is hidden I can hard press, didn't realise some people couldn't
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jacksskinz said:
Mine works? Dunno if I'm the only one lol but when my nav bar is hidden I can still hard press home without opening nav bar back up , on any screen when my navbar is hidden I can hard press, didn't realise some people couldn't
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Looking for hard press when the nav-bar is completely disabled, not just when it's hidden. The issue is that the the hard press functionality seems to be tied to the nav bar software, so if the nav bar process isn't running on the device the hard press isn't processed.
Smrgling said:
Looking for hard press when the nav-bar is completely disabled, not just when it's hidden. The issue is that the the hard press functionality seems to be tied to the nav bar software, so if the nav bar process isn't running on the device the hard press isn't processed.
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what's the reason for disabling, why not just hide the nav bar
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jacksskinz said:
what's the reason for disabling, why not just hide the nav bar
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Because if you just hide the nav bar by double tapping the little circle, then if you try to use pie controls on the bottom edge of your screen swiping up unhides the nav bar instead of bringing up pie controls, essentially making pie controls take more work to use than the nav bar when the point is that it's supposed to be faster and more comfortable.
Smrgling said:
Because if you just hide the nav bar by double tapping the little circle, then if you try to use pie controls on the bottom edge of your screen swiping up unhides the nav bar instead of bringing up pie controls, essentially making pie controls take more work to use than the nav bar when the point is that it's supposed to be faster and more comfortable.
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Ohh okay makes sense, when i used it i had recent apps on left side under bixby button and back button on right side under power button
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jacksskinz said:
Ohh okay makes sense, when i used it i had recent apps on left side under bixby button and back button on right side under power button
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Yes, that's similar to what I'm doing right now. I have a full navbar of back,home,and recent on each side of the screen (I also have the bixby button remapped to back,recents, and home. I've definitely gone overboard on this, but oh well) but I'd like to also replace the bottom nav-bar with pie controls without losing hard-press home functionality.
I ended up using the same apk listed above, I still have the 'hard home press' on the AOD, which is pretty much the only place I used it reliable. On to full time PIE baby!
Smrgling said:
Yes, that's similar to what I'm doing right now. I have a full navbar of back,home,and recent on each side of the screen (I also have the bixby button remapped to back,recents, and home. I've definitely gone overboard on this, but oh well) but I'd like to also replace the bottom nav-bar with pie controls without losing hard-press home functionality.
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Unfortunately i think it's impossible at least for now anyway :/
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Any way to reduce the size of the navigation bar?

I keep returning to home screen whenever I type too quick while pressing the space bar
This gets very annoying. I've searched for a nav bar to replace the stock one but then my dock apps get hidden behind my nav bars and the keyboard also messes up too.
Is there anything to reduce the size of the nav bar?
Why not remove the bar entirely? Just use the button. One tap for back, hold for home and swipe for multitasking.
dreamville said:
I keep returning to home screen whenever I type too quick while pressing the space bar
This gets very annoying. I've searched for a nav bar to replace the stock one but then my dock apps get hidden behind my nav bars and the keyboard also messes up too.
Is there anything to reduce the size of the nav bar?
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Not as far as I know. There are other options that can help. You can hide it altogether, which is how I have it. Loving it since day one. Or you could get it to hide in a floating dock. Or bring it up only on swipe up, I think.
I had a similar problem with a different phone. I ended up simply moving the keyboard up using the keyboards settings. Unfortunately I don't remember which keyboard app it was. I use SwiftKey now, and it lets me float the keyboard.
xsacha said:
Why not remove the bar entirely? Just use the button. One tap for back, hold for home and swipe for multitasking.
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Too confusing. They should let you customise the gestures
Honestly I've removed the nav bar I just use the single button, finger print reader.
Tap for back
Hold for home
Swipe for recents.
Don't think I could go back to a nav bar now.

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