New features come out with each Android update. And among the latter recently appeared gesture navigation, a new method of moving through menus that is intended to be more intuitive and more functional. However, in the event that you are a fan of old buttons, note that it is still possible to choose your navigation system and suddenly disable gesture navigation on the screen of your Oppo A8 as we will find out now in this article. First of all we will see what the gesture navigation is for on your Oppo A8. And then we will see how to remove gesture navigation on your Oppo A8.
What is the use of gesture navigation on your Oppo A8?
Gesture navigation allows you to navigate more simply and faster on your Oppo A8. It will allow you to move around the menus of your phone without using the three buttons Back , Home et Multitask which are placed at the bottom of the screen. On several versions of your device, it is automatically installed. In that case, how to use gesture navigation on your Oppo A8?
There are basic gestures such as:
- Go to the next item on the screen: Swipe the screen to the right.
- Go to the previous item that appears on the screen: Swipe the screen to the left.
- Back: Swipe down and left on the screen.
- Home: Swipe up and left on the screen.
But there is still a large number of other gestures more or less technical to quickly access the functions of your phone. To learn about all the navigation gestures you can perform, tutorials exist on the internet. You can search on Google » Navigation gestures on an Oppo A8 " or " Talk Back navigation gestures ". On some versions of Android, a tutorial may also be offered when activating the feature.
How to disable gesture navigation on the screen of your Oppo A8?
In the event that you cannot use gesture navigation on your Oppo A8, this is not a problem. Android smartphones give you the option to turn off the feature. Below you will find the different ways to disable gesture navigation on your Oppo A8.
Remove gesture navigation on the screen of your Oppo A8 with TalkBack
It is sometimes not easy to navigate among all the navigation gestures integrated on our phone. If you ever prefer to use the three navigation buttons with which you are used to browsing, you will then have to remove the gesture navigation from your Oppo A8. Depending on the version of your Android phone, sometimes it happens that this gesture navigation option is installed under the name of TalkBack .
If so, to disable TalkBack you will need to perform the following procedure:
- Open the " Settings "
- Select » Accessibility »
- Press on " TalkBack "
- Disable TalkBack .
Disable gesture navigation via your Oppo A8 settings
In the event that your Oppo A8 has an operating system running Android 10, it is very likely that gesture navigation is integrated as standard. However, in the event that the latter bothers you and you prefer to use classic navigation, you will have the option to disable gesture navigation on the screen of your Oppo A8 via your settings.
Depending on the version of your Android, there are three different ways to remove gesture navigation . Discover them here.
The first most common technique for this is:
- Open the " Settings »
- Go to " System »
- Click on " Gestures »
- Select » System navigation "
- You have the choice between 3 options: » 2 navigation buttons "-" 3 navigation buttons " or " Gesture navigation ". Choose the 2 or 3 button option depending on your preference.
The second step to disable gesture navigation on your Oppo A8 mainly concerns devices running the latest version of Android. Here it is below:
- Open them " Settings " from your Android phone.
- Click the option " Display " .
- Choose " Navigation bar "
- Tap the option "Full screen movements"
- Tap on "Additional options"
- Deactivate "Slides from the sides to the bottom".
Finally, on some Android versions, you will need to perform a somewhat different operation to disable gesture navigation on the screen of your Oppo A8. Find out here:
- Go to the " Settings "
- Press on " Full screen view »
- And select the system navigation by » Buttons "
If you ever want as many tutorials as possible to become the absolute master of the Oppo A8, we invite you to watch the other tutorials in the category: Oppo A8.
