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TheEntity@kbin.social 11 months ago
This is not Xiaomi's fault, it's Google's. It's the limitation of the gesture navigation in the older Android versions (Android 10 or so). Nothing Xiaomi can do about it on Android 10, even if they wanted. I'm not sure how much better it is these days, but I've heard now it can work with 3rd party launchers to some degree.
This is not Xiaomi’s fault, it’s Google’s Gestures worked fine on MIUI 11. In the initial A12 update gestures stopped working, but you could at least circumvent it by using 3rd party gestures app like Edge Gestures. Then, a few months later Xiaomi released the update that killed even app gestures. That’s when I said fuck it, and installed a custom ROM, where gestures work with any launchers.
What’s your experience with full screen gestures and custom launchers, Pixel owners?
I’m on a Pixel 6 pro with Android 13 and have tried both Lawnchair and Smart launcher, I personally haven’t had any issues with gesture navigation on either.
Does swiping up to go home collapse the app screen into the app icon? Or does it vanish to nowhere in the middle of the screen?
With smart launcher it disappears into the center. I think you can fix this for lawnchair by using the quickswitch magisk module, but that requires root.
Hunh? Some launchers already have had built-in gestures when Kitkat was still a thing.
why have i never encountered this in any other phone ever?
Have you tried using Android 10 with gesture navigation and 3rd party launchers before? Maybe you just never had this combination of factors. It happens for all smartphone brands, it's a problem with Android 10 itself.
i have many times actually, i got a nexus 6p which i keep updating and supports at least up to android 11
Buddy, the point being made here is specifically Android 10. I just made a comment on your thread about this exact thing.
At one point in time there was a version of Android that introduced gestures and it broke third party launchers that have gesture options themselves. People were freaking out because they thought Google was going to make Android natively kill 3rd party launchers.
In truth it was a bug with gestures and 3rd party launchers. It had to do with the fact that gestures were new and that version of Androids gestures didn’t disable or have issues with 3rd party gestures interfering with one another.
I get your frustration a lot of people at the time understood your frustration and were worried but newer versions of Android no longer have this issue because the third party launchers can take advantage of the built in 1st party gestures and add their own additional gestures.
Also, Xiaomi is not exactly what I would call an LTS phone if you want longer service for support Pixel and Galaxy (especially Galaxy) are about as good as it gets on Android.
I definitely ran in to this same issue on my old phone running Android 10 ( i think it was either a Nokia or Moto). It is definitely an Android thing rather than a Xiaomi thing
Yes, We have the same problem with samsung phones as well.
There are dozens of launchers on Play Store that work just fine. Is Xiaomi BS 💯
What version of Android did you test them on?
Might be android versions even older than that I think, my FP3 runs Android 10 and I can use fullscreen gesture navigation with my third party launcher (Niagara)
My LG V60 didn’t have this problem. I used Niagara and Nova launcher full time on it.
kaden_99@lemmy.world 11 months ago
This limitation exists on my Xiaomi phone that runs Android 13