Dark theme & gesture navigation (Google I/O'19)

Learn Android Q's new customization and navigation features, understand how to make your apps work seamlessly with the system UI, and get familiar with new usability options.

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Speaker(s): Chris Banes, Nick Butcher, Rohan Shah

T8885B event: Google I/O 2019; re_ty: Publish; fullname: Chris Banes, Nick Butcher, Rohan Shah;

[dawg_gee_man]

Why not just make the "back" system gesture insets just the bottom 1/3 of the screen?

[GhanashyamSateesh]

Sincere request... Please consider adding a ‘panda’ theme... Places like the notifications, etc. let the toggles go black but keep the notifications white...

[kenankadirov]

Omg, I can't wait for that gesture navigations.🔥

[MrSerozka]

How do you make such a juicy picture for outdoor presentation? Is that projector or some lcd display? Looks so sharp!

[LiranBarsisa]

8:27 Why did you remove the MODE_NIGHT_AUTO_TIME ? It was useful !
Changing the color based on time, just like on navigation apps...
24:58 "Users want immersive experience." That's true, but for some reason, most phones nowadays have cut-outs on the screen of various types. Notches and rounded corners, even though there is no need for them.Even for phones with bezels, they add rounded corners. Really wish this trend will end. It reminds me of the old CRT screens...
36:58 back gesture while navigation drawer exists : I think it's not such a nice solution. When someone wishes to go back, why should it first open the navigation drawer? I think it's better if you could add an option to show the navigation drawer even if being dragged from the center of the screen, and let the edges work for back navigation
38:58 Why not provide a flag in such views, to tell the OS that the back gestures shouldn't work on them?

[aadityabrahmbhatt]

Pretty sad to see system taking over all three edges of display. Makes it harder for developer and designer.

[SoleR]

Have you uploaded the session about Dark Theme Design that they mention @ 5:13 ?

[zygibajeranamigi]

You recommned imersive experience now so do this in Google Photos App pleeeease! Photos are cropped to area above nav bar and belowe status bar.. It looks terrible on Galaxy S10 with edge to edge display!

[CRTIVMND]

Awesome can't wait . I hope we could still access Google assistant some how though.

[decebaltrandafir]

Google allow users to disable system anoincements received by user's app. I want to be able to do that without root.

[adnanfaysal]

I love the force dark option 😍
I'm in love with dark
But it's not pure dark.. it's greyish..
Will it be same on an Android one device like as the pixel?
And will the force dark option allows all the 3rd party app to use dark theme?
And a req...make an app for custom theming and fonts😍
I'm using an Android one device and I'm very excited to know 😍

[FedJimSmith]

waiting for Maps, Assisstant & Search dark modes, and please facebook do support native dark theme

[aritrammondal]

For hamburger menu better will be swipe untill a little before the half screen to trigger back gesture. And more than that to trigger hamburger menu.

Or swipe and hold any where to trigger hamburger menu.

[dannyv]

There is no dark mode only an inverted color mode that's an big differend!

[NikolaDespotoski]

I already don't like this new gesture nav. 🤨

[kripeshkumar]

In this video they told the navigation bar will disapper and the pill will be floated.... But since in the beta 4 of android q having the navigation bar which blocks or hides.. which is behind it .. why?

[The_Debug_Life]

we cant even press the nav bar pill for google assisntant. this just sucks

[raulzuzu]

Why do they copy the iOS system behaviour? Please, come up with something original

[maxwellmapako]

Gesture like Xiaomi :smug: I love them

[acheeblessyou]

gesture navigation is such a bad idea. ugh. users are going to get so frustrated.