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Xperia/AOSP NavBar Buttons on Windows Pc

Developed By: Andy Wong

License: Free

Rating: 3,8/5 - 2.059 votes

Last Updated: April 16, 2024

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version	6.3
Size	963.9 KB
Release Date	March 21, 18
Category	Personalization Apps
App Permissions: Allows an application to read from external storage. [see more (6)]
What's New: Fix the issue that customized navbar is not activated after a reboot for Nougat and higher devices [see more]
Description from Developer: This Xposed module allows you to change the NavBar buttons on your Xperia/AOSP devices. On stock ROM, there're only three buttons on the NavBar (Back, Home and Recent Apps). No... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download Xperia/AOSP NavBar Buttons and install on Windows PC. Xperia/AOSP NavBar Buttons is free Personalization app, developed by Andy Wong. Latest version of Xperia/AOSP NavBar Buttons is 6.3, was released on 2018-03-21 (updated on 2024-04-16). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 500,000. Overall rating of Xperia/AOSP NavBar Buttons is 3,8. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 2,059 users, 444 users had rated it 5*, 1,190 users had rated it 1*.

How to install Xperia/AOSP NavBar Buttons on Windows?

Instruction on how to install Xperia/AOSP NavBar Buttons on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Xperia/AOSP NavBar Buttons on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Install using BlueStacks
Install using NoxPlayer

Step By Step Guide To Install Xperia/AOSP NavBar Buttons using BlueStacks

Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
Once installed, click "Xperia/AOSP NavBar Buttons" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install Xperia/AOSP NavBar Buttons on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Xperia/AOSP NavBar Buttons" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 6.3.

Download Xperia/AOSP NavBar Buttons 6.3 on Windows PC – 963.9 KB

This Xposed module allows you to change the NavBar buttons on your Xperia/AOSP devices. On stock ROM, there're only three buttons on the NavBar (Back, Home and Recent Apps). Now you can have complete control of the buttons and how they look like.

Features
Show or hide Recent Apps, Menu and Search buttons
Re-order buttons
18 themes with different colors
Restart SystemUI to see changes immediately without rebooting (Busybox required)
Define left and right margin
Define navbar height
Define search button actions

Requirements
1. Your phone must be rooted
2. Xposed framework must be installed first http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1574401
3. Xposed library 2.2 is required

Instructions
Install the module
Run Xposed Installer and enable the module Xperia Stamina LED
Reboot the phone

Limitations & supported devices
I developed this module based on AOSP source code and tested only on my Xperia devices. I expect it to work also on AOSP devices such as Google Nexus. You can try it on other devices but I don't expect it to work universally, especially HTC and Samsung devices because their framework is heavily modified.

If you enable this module and Tinted Status Bar together, the color for the Home/Menu/Recent/Back buttons will be controlled by Tinted Status Bar while the Search button color will be controlled by this module.

If you're also using GravityBox, you must disable Navigation Bar Tweaks. Otherwise, this module won't work.

Currently the following devices are supported: (to be updated)
Sony Xperia ZR stock 4.3 ROM
Sony Xperia V stock 4.3 ROM
Sony Xperia ZL stock based custom ROM/eXistenZ
Sony Xperia SP ExistenZ 3.3.0
Sony Xperia T
Sony Xperia M dual stock 4.2.2 ROM
Sony Xperia Z1 4.4 ihackers 4.1
Sony Xperia Z1 Compact stock KK ROM
Sony Xperia Z stock 4.3 ROM
Nexus 5 stock 4.4.2
Nexus 7 (2013) stock 4.4.2
MUCH i5s
Moto G stock 4.4.2 ROM
Moto X stock 4.4.2 ROM
Samsung Galaxy devices (you need to set qemu.hw.mainkeys=0 in build.prop to enable Navbar)

Credits
Huge thanks to atticus182 for his great work of Softkey collection
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-nexus/themes-apps/softkeys-softkey-collection-t1413582

Thanks to C3C076 for his wonderful GravityBox! This module uses some of his codes for search button actions.

** I can only work on Xperia/AOSP devices at the moment, please don't send requests on other devices **
** CM ROM is not supported because it has its own implementation of NavBar **

Fix the issue that customized navbar is not activated after a reboot for Nougat and higher devices

Allows an application to read from external storage.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
This constant was deprecated in API level 21. No longer enforced.
Allows an application to change the Z-order of tasks.
Allows access to the vibrator.
Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting.