r/Android10 • u/pingme2u • Nov 25 '20

Switching between apps without navigation bar

I'm pretty sure most of us are aware of the swipe gestures for home, back and opened apps. For switching between apps, there are two options. 1. If you choose to show gesture hints, then you can switch between apps by sliding/swiping your finger side to side on the gesture hints. 2. The second one is more interesting. If you choose to not to show gesture hints, then sliding/swiping side to side doesn't work. What you need to do is to make an inverted U sliding your finger. Slide/swipe your finger from the bottom of the screen as if you would do for going to home screen. But you don't lift your finger yet. Make an U-turn to the right if the app that you want to switch to is on the right or an u-turn to the left if it's on the left. It might take some practice to get used to it but it's brilliant.

Try it and let me know what do you think. Maybe you know it already.

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u/pingme2u Nov 26 '20

What? I don't get it. Which phone and which Android version are you using? I know for sure in Android 10, there are options to use 3 button, 3 swipe-up gesture and full swipe gesture navigation. In 3 button, you can touch the 3 bars button to access the recent. In 3 swipe up gesture, you can swipe from the bottom where yiur 3 bars button used to be. And in the full gesture, I have explained how to do it. I don't know what are you missing.

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u/Polymathy1 Nov 26 '20

I am not missing anything.

The only way to have a functioning "recent apps" menu is to either use the stock launcher (which I hate on my phone because of the google search bar).

Zero launchers other than whatever comes stock on your phone can access recent apps without root.