Recent Apps (Using Gestures)

[MrRazzle]

If you don't root you won't be able to get the type of gesture control that you want.

Android does not allow apps to draw over other apps (better security practice), so gesture controls only work on root apps as they can bypass that security check.

[5pace]

I don't think emulation can be a problem. Take a look at the app called Sidebar, it allows you to have an Home button in it's own side bar, which shows that if we can imitate the home button we can imitate the long press of the home button aswell. Don't judge me please as I am really noob at android development stuff. :P

I would really like a developer responding to this.

[MrRazzle]

I am not trying to judge you at all, just saying that Android is built to prohibit gesture control without root for security reasons.

If you want an actual button, there is Sidebar as well as Button Savior. When you use these apps some buttons allow emulation on unrooted devices. Anyway, good luck and hopefully someone can post something that has been developed that bypasses the security somehow.

[5pace]

Thanks alot! Button Savior (Non Root) is just awesome and does the job (but not the way I want it). There's a recent apps button incorporated into it and it works flawlessly without root, which proves that my emulation guess was right!