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Published 20 hours ago • verified publisher icon rafaelvcaetano

Phone UI Obstruction

Open Spottyfriend opened this issue 3 years ago • 5 comments

Sometimes upon opening the app, all the buttons on the lowest level of the interface don't seem to work. The only way I can get an input to register is on the D-pad by pressing Up and then dragging down. I assume that this is something to do with the interaction between the app and my phone's (pixel 4a) UI which depends on the ability of the user to swipe up at the bottom of the screen as a replacement for a home button.

The odd thing is that the UI does not show up when this bug occurs (as you can see in the difference between the two screenshots). A second odd thing is that when I make it show up (by a certain gesture), the buttons are still affected, but less so: tapping above the visible UI now does make the buttons function.

Screenshot_20210320-144028 Screenshot_20210320-144500

Obviously customisable interfaces would fix this but I guess that'd be more of a workaround than a fix.

Spottyfriend avatar Mar 20 '21 14:03 Spottyfriend

I've never seen such behaviour. Is the bottom line always visible (like in the first screenshot)?

rafaelvcaetano avatar Mar 21 '21 01:03 rafaelvcaetano

The bottom line is always visible yes. That is part of the Pixel 4A UI and it replaces a home button. Since it is always visible, it's really a guess on my part that the phone ui is what is causing this problem. Although I think the fact that changing it (as described in my initial comment) does have an effect adds credence to the fact that it is this the phone UI messing with the button presses somehow.

Spottyfriend avatar Mar 21 '21 10:03 Spottyfriend

That line should definitely not be visible unless you swipe up from the bottom of the screen. So yeah, it must be interfering with touch interactions. What Android version are you running?

rafaelvcaetano avatar Mar 21 '21 14:03 rafaelvcaetano

I'm running Android 11.

Testing a few things I think it might be the interaction with the popular alternative launcher for Android - Nova Launcher. Using the default Pixel launcher seems to remove the problem. However, I can't confirm this since sometimes I open the app (while using Nova Launcher) and it is not a problem either.

Spottyfriend avatar Mar 21 '21 15:03 Spottyfriend

i have this issue too buttons are below the usable screen zone by default, but they can easily be moved back

griffi-gh avatar Sep 26 '21 15:09 griffi-gh