# Supporting Android Q gestural navigation

DevFeed: [Supporting Android Q gestural navigation](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/supporting-android-q-gestural-navigation-28683.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://jeroenmols.com/blog/2019/07/17/androidqgestures/>)

Author: info@jeroenmols.com (Jeroen Mols)

Published: 2019-07-17T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Jeroen Mols](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/jeroen-mols.md>)

Topics: [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [navigation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/navigation.md>), [screen](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/screen.md>), [ui](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ui.md>), [SDKs](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sdks.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [androidq](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/androidq.md>), [blogs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blogs.md>), [devices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/devices.md>), [gesture-navigation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gesture-navigation.md>), [gestures](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gestures.md>), [navigation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/navigation.md>), [screen](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/screen.md>), [sdk](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sdk.md>), [ui](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ui.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains how the Philips Hue app was adapted for Android Q's fully gestural system navigation. It focuses on preventing back gestures from interfering with edge-to-edge brightness sliders by excluding selected screen areas from system navigation gestures, and notes relevant layout, inset, and AndroidX requirements.

## Source excerpt

From Android Q onwards devices can now operate in a fully gestural system navigation mode. In that mode, there is no longer an on-screen back button, instead users can swipe from both edges to navigate back.