Gesture navigation best practices
summary
Covers concrete migration steps to use the Android 13 onBackInvoked / AndroidX ahead-of-time APIs, shows a WebView example that moves from onKeyDown/onBackPressed to registering and disabling callbacks so back sweeps navigate page history instead of exiting, and demonstrates using predictive back gesture with the developer option for animations. Explains edge-to-edge layout, immersive modes, and how to compute and apply setSystemGestureExclusionRects. Claims users swipe back ~300 times/day and warns Android 14 makes the new model mandatory.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction and overview
- 3:18Current state of gesture navigation
- 7:29Predictive back gesture introduction
- 11:40Enabling predictive back in apps
- 18:24Handling back gesture conflicts
- 24:06Maximizing screen real estate
- 31:08Key takeaways and next steps
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