[APP] HTC Gesture Listener [concept]

MohammadAG · May 5, 2014

This is more of a proof of concept that might be useful to lock the screen.

Does not require root.

HTC's framework detects gestures while the screen is on, this is actually broadcasted to all applications, but the only app that reacts to it is HTC's Media Output (Three finger swipe up or left-right).

This app is both an implementation that reacts to a three finger click to lock the screen, and a dev concept that shows how to react to the gestures.

If you want to use this to lock the phone, just tap with three fingers anywhere after enabling device admin.

Download:
http://mohammadag.xceleo.org/public/Android/HTCOneM8/

Source:
https://github.com/MohammadAG/HTC-Gesture-Listener

More dev stuff:
If anyone is interested where this happens, it's in services.odex's com.htc.server.gesture package.

gx_rite · May 5, 2014

This is one of the best hacks I've used for the m8 so far ... Very simple yet tasty ?
Thanks..and keep up the good work

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Stephen · May 5, 2014

Agreed just installed and is working perfectly! A brilliantly simple way of locking the phone!

pantmunu · May 6, 2014

Pretty cool. Awesome work.

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jaythenut · May 6, 2014

Nice work love it thanks :good:

MaximN97 · May 6, 2014

Work great. Thanks

HTC M8 MaximusHD

captainreynolds · May 6, 2014

Amazing! Although I would prefer that it only make the screen turn off the phone and go to sleep rather than just lock it. This will open up a lot of interesting development work though, I'm sure!

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style154 · May 6, 2014

This it's awesome thanks!!

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droidkevlar · May 6, 2014

This is sweet! I use the double tap status bar xposed, but this is so much easier to use. Nice!

felonius · May 7, 2014

I tried but nothing happens.
Any ideas?

MohammadAG · May 7, 2014

felonius said:
I tried but nothing happens.
Any ideas?

Check if 3 Finger Media Gesture is disabled in Settings -> Display & gestures

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felonius · May 7, 2014

MohammadAG said:
Check if 3 Finger Media Gesture is disabled in Settings -> Display & gestures

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Yes u r right!
Think default is off.

Thanks!

iwalkthrowwalls · May 14, 2014

Thank you so much. This is an awesome feature add. The Media gesture is something that I have no use for and didn't want to change my kernel in order for this to work. I'm seeing how long I can go without rooting my phone. This will definitely prolong my challenge. ?

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zbremi · May 26, 2014

this is really so simple and so brilliant thanks

jaimeletelierhay · May 26, 2014

Does this affect battery life??

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droidkevlar · May 27, 2014

jaimeletelierhay said:
Does this affect battery life??

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Did for me. Was draining really bad and couldn't figure it out. Uninstalled and now batt life is back to being great.

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MohammadAG · May 27, 2014

jaimeletelierhay said:
Does this affect battery life??

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No. The app doesn't even run in the background.

droidkevlar said:
Did for me. Was draining really bad and couldn't figure it out. Uninstalled and now batt life is back to being great.

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Don't spread BS, thank you.

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droidkevlar · May 27, 2014

MohammadAG said:
No. The app doesn't even run in the background.

Don't spread BS, thank you.

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Look, I respect that you are a Dev and have done good work. But what I said is not BS. I have been having bad batt drain for a few weeks. Couldn't figure it out. I uninstalled this and poof, no more batt drain. So how is that BS?

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Snapperjacker · May 27, 2014

For some reason I can't get this to work for me. I have 3 finger media gesture enabled. Is there anything else I'm supposed to do???

MohammadAG · May 27, 2014

droidkevlar said:
Look, I respect that you are a Dev and have done good work. But what I said is not BS. I have been having bad batt drain for a few weeks. Couldn't figure it out. I uninstalled this and poof, no more batt drain. So how is that BS?

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The app is simply a listener, it does not enable anything, in fact, if a three finger gesture is not detected by the system, as far as the system is concerned, the app does not exist (it does not take CPU cycles, or memory, or any resources besides storage for the APK).

Therefore, it's technically impossible for it to cause any battery drain. I have no idea what happened on your phone, but it's likely a coincidence.

With that said, my reply was a bit rude, so apologies for that.

Snapperjacker said:
For some reason I can't get this to work for me. I have 3 finger media gesture enabled. Is there anything else I'm supposed to do???

You'll need to enable the app as a Device Policy Manager. You have to open the app once for Android to confirm it wasn't maliciously installed.

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