How to add on-screen Navigation buttons on any Android Device

On-screen Navigation keys is a built-in feature of Android, but some manufacturers have disabled this feature on their phone as it does take up some screen real estate, but in reality, it doesn’t. If your android phone does not have soft keys, but really like the functionality and want to enable them on your phone, then read on to know how to get it.

On-screen Navigation keys (also known software keys) are a waste of screen real estate, they are trendy and have few advantages over capacitive keys (also called hardware keys). For instance, it will not stop working, as well as the functions of software keys can be reassigned as per our requirements.

Do you know that you can now manually add on-screen navigation buttons to your Android devices without buying a new phone with the pre-installed feature?. To add this feature to your Android is very simple and easy because it doesn't require Rooting.

I use to remember that time that we make use of xposed installer to add this on-screen navigation bar and not only that, to change battery icon, network signal icon, time and date, and even notification bar of Android. This was fun but it's technical though.

So Android App developers are now working hard to develop software's or applications to base or perform one specific task. Meanwhile, some latest smartphones has the feature while some doesn't come with it and if you are among those whose their smartphone doesn't come with the feature like Tecno W3, w3lite, users and others, this article is highly recommended for you.

Advantages Of using On-screen Navigation Buttons

#1. If your smartphone physicial buttons are faulty, you can make use of this on-screen navigation buttons.
#2. It makes your smartphone stand out and unique because it beatifies phone. Imagine, using this feature on your smartphones.
#3. If your smartphone physical buttons doesn't light up at night, you can make use of the on-screen navigation buttons in order to also see your buttons in the night.

So you can perform this task with the help of this application called Virtual Softkeys. Why I recommend this app is because, it has more features and quality than other on-screen navigation buttons app on Google playstore.

Download Virtual Softkeys For Android Below

You can download Virtual Softkeys  from Google Playstore. Its file size is just 1.6MB. After download, you can now give it permission to accomplish it's mission by going to accessibility settings then enable.

Simple as that. The buttons come in handy, especially when your phone physical buttons are faulty. With the On-screen buttons, you can operate your phone flawlessly without worrying about the hardware issues. Also, it makes your phone stand out and unique. Imagine adding these buttons to your Samsung Galaxy devices or Infinix Hot Note Android phone, it will make your phone appear differently. It will just look like some of the new Google Nexus smartphones.

Now you can tweak the look and feel of your on-screen buttons and also set it to stay permanently or disappear after a duration. If this is set to duration-based, you would have to swipe up from the bottom edge of your display to bring up the buttons.

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