XDA member @AL_IRAQI has shared a pretty awesome mod with the community involving the modding of SystemUI.APK to reveal some unreleased hidden options including a nice navigation bar customiser.
http://ift.tt/2bITGHT
Flashing the relevant modded SystemUI zip from the thread there (I compared the Nexus 9 LTE and Wifi versions of SystemUI.apk and they are identical) to an UNENCRYPTED Nexus 9 (on NRD90M) will reveal the hidden customiser in System UI Tuner.
Among other things, this allows for custom shortcuts to be added to the navigation bar.
One of the options is to add keycodes - some of which are, in fact, useful shortcuts. In addition to the more self-evident shortcuts such as a clipboard, increase brightness, People, Calendar, Camera & Calculator (the last two of which don't seem to work at the moment), there are a few less obvious ones which are pretty handy.
Example setup:
Left three: Keycode - Call (long press opens up voice search automatically), Keycode - Envelope (opens Gmail automatically), Clipboard.
Right three: Keycode - Explorer (opens Chrome automatically), Keycode - Music (opens Play Music automatically), Keycode - Sleep or Power (opens power button automatically i.e. single tap = screen off/sleep).
When we add the keycodes we are prompted to add an image for the shortcut as well.
I downloaded the app Material Icons and exported a few icons (hdpi) but you can use any (size matters).
In the below screenshot you can also see a few of the other working shortcuts - People, Calendar, Increase Brightness, and Menu
Zip file with the above icons - http://ift.tt/2bIU4Gf
Caveat - The Navbar tuner software in 7.0 is a bit buggy, it saves the shortcuts and icons OK, but after every reboot it is necessary to go back into the tuner and change something (anything) in order for the custom shortcuts to show up again. Also, certain keycodes don't seem to work, including Camera and Calculator.
There are probably a few other handy keycodes, if anyone finds any more of the less obvious ones, feel free to post them!
http://ift.tt/2bITGHT
Flashing the relevant modded SystemUI zip from the thread there (I compared the Nexus 9 LTE and Wifi versions of SystemUI.apk and they are identical) to an UNENCRYPTED Nexus 9 (on NRD90M) will reveal the hidden customiser in System UI Tuner.
Among other things, this allows for custom shortcuts to be added to the navigation bar.
One of the options is to add keycodes - some of which are, in fact, useful shortcuts. In addition to the more self-evident shortcuts such as a clipboard, increase brightness, People, Calendar, Camera & Calculator (the last two of which don't seem to work at the moment), there are a few less obvious ones which are pretty handy.
Example setup:
Left three: Keycode - Call (long press opens up voice search automatically), Keycode - Envelope (opens Gmail automatically), Clipboard.
Right three: Keycode - Explorer (opens Chrome automatically), Keycode - Music (opens Play Music automatically), Keycode - Sleep or Power (opens power button automatically i.e. single tap = screen off/sleep).
When we add the keycodes we are prompted to add an image for the shortcut as well.
I downloaded the app Material Icons and exported a few icons (hdpi) but you can use any (size matters).
In the below screenshot you can also see a few of the other working shortcuts - People, Calendar, Increase Brightness, and Menu
Zip file with the above icons - http://ift.tt/2bIU4Gf
Caveat - The Navbar tuner software in 7.0 is a bit buggy, it saves the shortcuts and icons OK, but after every reboot it is necessary to go back into the tuner and change something (anything) in order for the custom shortcuts to show up again. Also, certain keycodes don't seem to work, including Camera and Calculator.
There are probably a few other handy keycodes, if anyone finds any more of the less obvious ones, feel free to post them!
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