26 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 67
ANDROID 10
- Use the gesture navigation like a pro
Google has a new gesture navigation system in
Android 10, and it can be much better than the
2-button gesture setup from Android Pie, as
long as you know how to use it. As this is a full
gesture setup similar to the iPhone, some of the
intricacies are unclear.
In addition to swiping on the gesture area up to
go home, you can swipe left and right to quickly
cycle between recent apps. The back gesture has
gotten a lot of attention because of the way it
interferes with opening navigation drawers on the
edge of the screen, but there’s a simple way to avoid
accidentally triggering the back gesture. Just drag in
and down toward the opposite corner of the screen.
As long as you’re far enough away from a horizontal
swipe, the back gesture won’t fire, and you can
open the drawer every time. - Save your eyes with Dark Theme
Google has teased us with dark mode options in
previous beta versions of Android, but Android 10
is the first one that stuck. The final version of the
operating system includes a Dark Theme system UI,
and there are already some apps that will respect
your dark mode setting.
To turn on dark mode, open the quick settings
and just tap the Dark Theme icon. You can also
find it under Settings > Display > Dark Mode. Sadly,
there’s no way to automatically schedule the Dark
Theme like there is on Samsung’s phones, but the
quick setting is easy enough.