Author: Dieter Bohn
Google has released Beta 5 for Android Q today, and the big change is a confirmation of what we’d already suspected: a tweak to how the back gesture will work. The back gesture will now work differently depending on what app you’re in, and Google has finally landed on what it thinks the gesture should be to invoke the Google Assistant.
Let’s start with the back gesture. Starting with this beta, swiping in from the left side of the screen will still act as a back gestures. But if you hold your finger down on the edge inside apps that utilize navigation drawers, then the drawer will “peek” out and your subsequent swipe will open the drawer. So fast swipe on the left edge: back. Hold and peek and swipe on the left edge only inside apps that...
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Google has released Beta 5 for Android Q today, and the big change is a confirmation of what we’d already suspected: a tweak to how the back gesture will work. The back gesture will now work differently depending on what app you’re in, and Google has finally landed on what it thinks the gesture should be to invoke the Google Assistant.
Let’s start with the back gesture. Starting with this beta, swiping in from the left side of the screen will still act as a back gestures. But if you hold your finger down on the edge inside apps that utilize navigation drawers, then the drawer will “peek” out and your subsequent swipe will open the drawer. So fast swipe on the left edge: back. Hold and peek and swipe on the left edge only inside apps that...
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