When users perform
a gesture over your app's launcher icon, these shortcuts appear.
Not exact matches
Aside from the addition of
gestures for quickly switching between
apps, the iPad's operating system looks and feels and operates pretty much exactly the same as it did
over 3 years ago when the iPad 1 was first introduced.
Of these four e-reader
apps, Moon + Reader gives you the finest - grained control
over display settings and the greatest number of options for configuring control
gestures, along with a couple of unusual and useful features.
Asus ZenPad S 8.0 (Z580CA) features bluelight filter to counter possible fatigue in the eyes during long hours of reading, the ZenUI (user interface on top of Android) with a little
over 1000 features of its own, with
gesture support for starting
apps, plenty of customization options, Kids Mode with restrictions for users, and good control
over the essentials on a tablet.
There is now support for multiple user accounts on tablets, native settings shortcuts in the notifications pane,
gesture typing (ala Swype), wireless screen streaming via Wi - Fi Direct (
over the Miracast protocol), widgets on the lockscreen, support for USB audio docks, redesigned camera
app with HDR mode, Photo Sphere capturing and a built - in editor with filters, as well as further stability improvement.
The home screen launcher still swipes
over to Google Now, though you do lose the Pixel Launcher's long - press
app functions, as well as the swipe up
gesture to access the
app drawer — there's the old - fashioned button taking up space in your dock instead.
To enable that feature, you need to go to the Settings
app and head
over to the
gestures options.
To enable this feature, you have to launch the settings
app first and head
over to the
Gesture & Motion option under System section.
The mobile
apps provide both traditional interface support (spread
over several screens) and
gesture - based controls for common commands — volume control, channel changes, and the like.
The wake
gestures worked perfectly during testing, unlike the presumably Samsung - inspired Air
Gesture feature, where a wave of the hand
over the screen is supposed to scroll through whatever
app is open at the time.
Some additions
over stock Android include a few
gestures, as well as a Clear All
Apps button in the multi-tasking screen, which is certainly a very useful addition.
There's also the usual selection of touchscreen
gestures, like double - tapping to wake the phone, resting a palm
over the display to lock it, taking a screenshot by swiping up with three fingers and swiping across with three digits to switch
apps.
Five different motion
gestures will also launch
apps or perform actions, such as flipping the phone
over to silence the ringer, bringing it up to your ear to answer a call, turning off the loudspeaker when you hold it up to your ear, and more.