How To Guide Remove NavBar Gesture Pill (and more) for Pixel 6 Pro

[StrangerWeather]

Update: This only works if you are rooted now, since the January 2022 patch.

Hi guys, I've seen several posts asking how to remove the Gesture Pill. It's easy if you're rooted, but it's also possible if you're not rooted.
Here is a step by step guide. There is also a huge amount of UI mods that can be made using the same method.

1. Download the Shizuku app from the Playstore
2. Start the Shizuku app by running the following adb command:
adb shell sh /sdcard/Android/data/moe.shizuku.privileged.api/start.sh
3. Download and install FabricateOverlay release from Github.
4. In FabricateOverlay click “Add Overlay”
5. Choose Android System
6. Click “Add”
7. Set “android:dimen/navigation_bar_height” to 1. Apply. Save. Tick.
8. Set “android:dimen/navigation_bar_frame_height” to 0. Apply. Save. Tick.
9. Enjoy!

Let me know in the thread if anything is unclear.

Thanks to @squee666 for an alternative solution that does not affect the keyboard! Try it out!

Credits:
Zachary Wander for the FabricateOverlay app and the instructions.
RikkaW for the Shizuku Api.
MishaalRahman, Quinny898 and various Redditors (especially LankeeM9 and audie-tron171) for the relevant settings.

 

[dr_rick13]

Very nice, thank you for this!

 

[tids2k]

Points 8 and 9 xan you be more specific.

 

[ThugEsquire]

Damn, it's too bad that the overlay system can't change fonts. I don't even want to install custom fonts, I just want to change the system default to the new Google font instead of Roboto. Without root.

 

[Guyinlaca]

Can we enable Fluid Navigation Gestures after applying a similar tweak?

 

[StrangerWeather]

Points 8 and 9 xan you be more specific.

Basically you need to search "android:dimen/navigation_bar_height" by entering it in the search box. Then click on it. Then add the value in the value box and click "Apply". There are screenshots showing how it works here.

 

[tids2k]

Basically you need to search "android:dimen/navigation_bar_height" by entering it in the search box. Then click on it. Then add the value in the value box and click "Apply". There are screenshots showing how it works here.

Thank you figured out eventually.

 

[StrangerWeather]

Can we enable Fluid Navigation Gestures after applying a similar tweak?

What do you mean?

 

[foobar66]

Great! It works. Thanks!

 

[foobar66]

But there seems to be one down-side ... when you enable the overlay the Google keyboard does not longer show the "down" marker to make the keyboard disappear. The android:dimen/navigation_bar_frame_height (0) is causing that. See attached 2 screenshots. First one is without overlay enabled, second one has overlay enabled. Notice how the little downward pointing arrow is gone on the second one.

 

[StrangerWeather]

But there seems to be one down-side ... when you enable the overlay the Google keyboard does not longer show the "down" marker to make the keyboard disappear. The android:dimen/navigation_bar_frame_height (0) is causing that. See attached 2 screenshots. First one is without overlay enabled, second one has overlay enabled. Notice how the little downward pointing arrow is gone on the second one.

Good point. However, you just need to swipe back for the keyboard to disappear.

 

[cultofluna]

Hi guys, I've seen several posts asking how to remove the Gesture Pill. It's easy if you're rooted, but it's also possible if you're not rooted.
Here is a step by step guide. There is also a huge amount of UI mods that can be made using the same method.

1. Download the Shizuku app from the Playstore
2. Start the Shizuku app by running the following adb command:
adb shell sh /sdcard/Android/data/moe.shizuku.privileged.api/start.sh
3. Download and install the latest FabricateOverlay release from Github
4. In FabricateOverlay click “Add Overlay”
5. Choose Android System
6. Click “Add”
7. Set “android:dimen/navigation_bar_height” to 0. Apply. Save. Tick.
8. Set “android:dimen/navigation_bar_frame_height” to 0. Apply. Save. Tick.
9. Enjoy!

Let me know in the thread if anything is unclear.

Credits:
Zachary Wander for the FabricateOverlay app and the instructions.
RikkaW for the Shizuku Api.
MishaalRahman, Quinny898 and various Redditors (especially LankeeM9 and audie-tron171) for the relevant settings.

What is the workaround for me that im rooted?

 

[StrangerWeather]

But there seems to be one down-side ... when you enable the overlay the Google keyboard does not longer show the "down" marker to make the keyboard disappear. The android:dimen/navigation_bar_frame_height (0) is causing that. See attached 2 screenshots. First one is without overlay enabled, second one has overlay enabled. Notice how the little downward pointing arrow is gone on the second one.

It might be possible to increase the bottom margin of the keyboard in system.ui. I'll check in a bit.

Edit: Actually, the handle is part of the navbar, which is the reason why it disappears when removing the navbar.

 

[StrangerWeather]

What is the workaround for me that im rooted?

Just open the Shizuku app and press "Start" in "Start (for rooted devices)".

 

[Guyinlaca]

So on Android 10, there was an overscan feature that allowed the 3 button navigation to be hidden and replaced with 3rd party navigation apps such as Fluid Navigation Gestures. This allowed swipe up from the bottom navigation much like OnePlus and Samsung offer. My curiosity is if this mod allows third party apps the hide and utilize the navbar.

 

[StrangerWeather]

So on Android 10, there was an overscan feature that allowed the 3 button navigation to be hidden and replaced with 3rd party navigation apps such as Fluid Navigation Gestures. This allowed swipe up from the bottom navigation much like OnePlus and Samsung offer. My curiosity is if this mod allows third party apps the hide and utilize the navbar.

Only if they integrate the Shizuku library into their app afaik.

 

[tset351]

I can confirm this working on my Pixel 3 XL on Android 12, no root, locked bootloader. Thank you so much for this!

 

[foobar66]

Good point. However, you just need to swipe back for the keyboard to disappear.

Aha yes ... if you swipe above the keyboard it goes away ... did not know that! Thanks for that tip.

 

[foobar66]

One question, how come that this sticks after reboot (even when disabling Shizuku/FabricateOverlay)?

 

[StrangerWeather]

One question, how come that this sticks after reboot (even when disabling Shizuku/FabricateOverlay)?

Basically you only need to give the app permission to change the settings (i.e. write to secure settings). Once the system setting is written it sticks. But if you want to change the value again you will need to go through the same process with both apps.