Fingerprint sensor page turns?

DiapDealer · 04-22-2020, 05:45 PM

While reading for a bit on my Google Pixel, I noticed that tapping the sensor on the back is a really comfortable/natural action for me. Got me wondering if there are any reading apps out there that will allow users to configure the fingerprint sensor to advance pages?

pazos · 04-22-2020, 06:08 PM

Not directly. There is an app called fingerprint gestures that can be installed to map specific gestures to certain key events. Most reading apps support vol up/down and page up/down to turn pages.

DiapDealer · 04-22-2020, 06:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pazos

Not directly. There is an app called fingerprint gestures that can be installed to map specific gestures to certain key events. Most reading apps support vol up/down and page up/down to turn pages.

You're saying the app could be used to map fingerprint gestures to volume up/down events?

DiapDealer · 04-22-2020, 06:36 PM

Just checked. Can't assign fingerprint gestures to vol +/- with that app. Good Idea, though. I'll keep looking. Thanks.

pazos · 04-22-2020, 07:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Just checked. Can't assign fingerprint gestures to vol +/- with that app. Good Idea, though. I'll keep looking. Thanks.

Indeed. My google foo is bad. Try 'fingerprint action pro'. I don't know if it works on your device but certainly has audio up/down gestures

DiapDealer · 04-22-2020, 07:32 PM

Dang. The option to map fingerprint swipes to audio control events is definitely there, but nothing seems to happen on my device. Judging from the reviews, it looks like Android Pie killed the app on a ton of devices.

Quoth · 04-23-2020, 04:44 AM

Seems a shame. I also found the fingerprint sensor on my phone could only be used as part of "unlock", which I didn't even want to test!
I tried a couple of apps and they did nothing. I did find apps to use the light sensor, accelerometers and microphone as a Light Meter, Spirit Level bubble and Sound level/noise meter.

DiapDealer · 04-23-2020, 08:25 AM

It's not that big of deal. I'll get by. It's just that for reading one-handed, the volume buttons are a little stiff, and not optimally positioned where my thumb wants to be. The fingerprint sensor would just be a more natural fit; especially if a single tap could be mapped to advancing the page. I don't really require an easy "go-back-a-page" gesture.

I guess for security purposes, it's not really that surprising that some phone manufacturers (or Android itself) would want to limit third-party apps' abilities to diddle with the fingerprint sensor api beyond its main purpose of unlocking.

Seems to be something being actively discouraged, now. It just would have been nice is all. Oh well. *shrug*

04-22-2020, 05:45 PM	#1
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,585 Karma: 204624552 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	Fingerprint sensor page turns? While reading for a bit on my Google Pixel, I noticed that tapping the sensor on the back is a really comfortable/natural action for me. Got me wondering if there are any reading apps out there that will allow users to configure the fingerprint sensor to advance pages?

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Aura One page turns	peaceridge	Kobo Reader	25	04-04-2019 05:13 PM
Help! Page Turns Gone	chantw0968	Calibre	7	11-17-2015 01:10 PM
Page Turns	Mtnguy	Marvin	4	08-28-2014 12:47 PM
Touch Page turns	Nate the great	Kobo Reader	9	04-02-2012 06:09 AM
PRS-T1 Can you make page-numbers correspond to page-turns?	bibahbuzemann	Sony Reader	13	01-01-2012 12:03 AM

04-22-2020, 06:08 PM	#2
pazos cosiñeiro Posts: 1,406 Karma: 2451781 Join Date: Apr 2014 Device: BQ Cervantes 4	Not directly. There is an app called fingerprint gestures that can be installed to map specific gestures to certain key events. Most reading apps support vol up/down and page up/down to turn pages.

04-22-2020, 06:36 PM	#4
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,585 Karma: 204624552 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	Just checked. Can't assign fingerprint gestures to vol +/- with that app. Good Idea, though. I'll keep looking. Thanks.

04-22-2020, 07:32 PM	#6
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,585 Karma: 204624552 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	Dang. The option to map fingerprint swipes to audio control events is definitely there, but nothing seems to happen on my device. Judging from the reviews, it looks like Android Pie killed the app on a ton of devices.

04-23-2020, 04:44 AM	#7
Quoth Still reading Posts: 14,111 Karma: 105211945 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	Seems a shame. I also found the fingerprint sensor on my phone could only be used as part of "unlock", which I didn't even want to test! I tried a couple of apps and they did nothing. I did find apps to use the light sensor, accelerometers and microphone as a Light Meter, Spirit Level bubble and Sound level/noise meter.

04-23-2020, 08:25 AM	#8
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,585 Karma: 204624552 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	It's not that big of deal. I'll get by. It's just that for reading one-handed, the volume buttons are a little stiff, and not optimally positioned where my thumb wants to be. The fingerprint sensor would just be a more natural fit; especially if a single tap could be mapped to advancing the page. I don't really require an easy "go-back-a-page" gesture. I guess for security purposes, it's not really that surprising that some phone manufacturers (or Android itself) would want to limit third-party apps' abilities to diddle with the fingerprint sensor api beyond its main purpose of unlocking. Seems to be something being actively discouraged, now. It just would have been nice is all. Oh well. shrug