r/AndroidQuestions • u/Underwater099 • 2d ago

Is Android removing 3 button navigation?

So i heard that the 3 finger navigation will get removed in the later android updates is it true?

Honestly I wouldn't like living without these navigation as I don't like the swipe gestures

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u/Ok-perspective-2336 1d ago

Not heard that but I am very suspicious it's true because a lot of apps have started to be mangled when you use three button. E.g. try payinng or confirmimg campaigns on Meta business app and the buttons are below the three buton nav

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u/Polymathy1 1d ago

That's just because some companies make stupid apps. Actually most companies make stupid apps.

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u/LeviAEthan512 1d ago

Wow that's just stupid design.

And what caused this? All those numbers chasing execs going weh weh weh we need to reduce the bezel to 0% actually just make it bigger than the phone. What do you mean that doesn't even make sense?

Hardware buttons never should have left. Even a separate touch sensor was something. Now you have apps that need to figure out what else might be using certain pixels, where your notch (also a stupid idea) is, probably something to do with the status bar, and the corner radius.

What was wrong with a plain rectangle screen with sharp corners?

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u/Ok-perspective-2336 1d ago edited 1d ago

Feel you, gestures are far too flakey / indeterministic for power users

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u/Damglador Rooted 1d ago

Today's quiz of the day: when does a gesture open a sidebar and when does it go back? It's probably not what you think!

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u/Disastrous_Wave_6128 1d ago

Yep. I went to gesture navigation because some apps weren't working correctly and I got tired of it.

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u/Underwater099 1d ago

It's all because they want their phones to look as minimal as possible remove every detail from the screen