Google releases Android Q Beta 5, brings improved gesture navigation, dark boot screen for Pixel 3, Pixel 3 XL

Google released Android developer preview for Android ‘Q’ back in March, released Beta 2 in April, Android Q beta 3 in June during I/O and Beta 4 last month with final Android Q developer APIs (API level 29), the official API 29 SDK, and updated build tools for Android Studio. Today it has released beta 5 for Pixel devices that brings new gesture navigation and dark boot screen with dark background for Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL, but the rest of the animation is identical. The behavior of the exclusion APIs are changing. You can request what you like, but the system will now only honour X amount from the bottom (currently 200dp). pic.twitter.com/CXoCvQ5MlS — Chris Banes (@chrisbanes) July 2, 2019 New Gesture Navigation Beta 5 brings a swipe gesture from either corner to get to the Assistant, and there are indicators in the bottom corners. For apps using a navigation drawer, there is a new peek behavior when users have grabbed the drawer to indicate that a swipe will bring in the navigation drawer. Starting in Beta 6, Google will switch 3-button navigation when you are using a custom launcher by default. Google said that it will address the remaining issues in a post-launch update allowing all users to switch to gestural navigation. Google ...