Until now, the fingerprint reader of smartphones was used for little more than confirm the identity of the user Under the premise that the fingerprint is unique for each one and that it is more or less complicated to reproduce, these sensors have been used for field of mobile securityUnlocking the terminal and purchasing over the Internet are the maximum representatives of its usefulness.However, companies like Huawei and more recently Google have started using these sensors as authentic multifunction buttons: go to the next photo, launch a certain application, lock the terminal, etc. Questions that now almost any Android mobile can carry out thanks to the application Fingerprint Gestures.
This is an application that allows to customize the operation of this sensor of the terminals to be used in other uses beyond reading the user's fingerprint Something that seems to mimic the features of recent Google phones, the Pixel, and that enhances the use of this section for other very useful things.
Just install the application by downloading it directly from Google Play Store, where it is available completely free of charge.It is not necessary to have a mobile with root or superuser access, although there are some features and limited functions for those mobiles that have not activated this feature.
After that you have to access Fingerprint Gestures and activate your main option This allows you to keep the application active to detect any use of the sensor and respond as configured. And that is precisely the next step.
The application has three main functions suitable for all types of users (root and non-root). On the one hand there is the simple tap or a single press, a gesture that can be used to launch a certain application without having to search for it, for example. On the other hand, there is the double tap or double press, with which to launch any other service of interest.The third gesture is a swipe across the sensor, which can lead to being used to pull down the notification bar, among other features. Simply click on any of these actions and set the desired action.
The list of functions is extremely extensive, even for non-root users Thus it is possible to use the sensor for go back, to jump to the home screen of the mobile or to open recent applications That is, carry out the function of any of the buttons on the terminal. It also allows you to pop up the menu that pops up when you press the power off button, open the notifications menu, access quick settings and control music playback (pause and play and skip to the next or previous song).It also allows activate the flashlight, open a default application, switch between the silent, vibrate, or sound modes and finally enable screen partitioning
If you are a user root, any of the three aforementioned gestures can turn off the screen or scroll down and up a web page. Qualities with which the mobile could be controlled with the same hand that is holding it.
Another interesting point of this application is found in its settings And that is that it allows you to set the delay for the double function tap, making this characteristic more or less fast to adapt it to the taste and needs of each user. In addition, it has the possibility to save different profiles so you don't have to configure each gesture every time. It is possible to save three different actions in different profiles and activate the desired one when you are going to make more use of these features without having to reconfigure everything.
In short, a most useful tool for those who want to get more out of their phones with fingerprint sensor All of this in a simple way, although in an application that is not translated into Spanish. In the event that any of these features fail, simply turn off and on the screen of the terminal to restart its operation. Of course, it is necessary to have Android 6.0 Marshmallow for it to work.
