The comfort and practical handling of our electronic devices have become essential for us. That is why phone manufacturers are focusing much more on this. In this way, a competition is opened for those who offer the best and most innovative functions and thus have market dominance.
One of the most innovative functions that have been released lately is to open applications through gestures with the screen off. This tool has been very well received by users because it makes it much easier to interact with our phone, since it offers options such as automatically answering a call with a gesture without touching the phone
How to open apps by gestures with the screen off using Knockr
To have this feature on our devices, you need to download the Knockr app. Which we can find available and for free in the Play Store.
This application is the one that allows us to interact with our phones even when in suspended mode. This through gestures, which we can configure to our liking and thus be able to open applications while the screen of our devices is off.
It is important to point out that it is available from versions of Android 4.1, this means that it can be downloaded on most devices, however it is important which Android version you have installed on your mobile device or tablet. With the difference that those with LED/LCD screens, instead of turning off their screens, they will show a black color to simulate being suspended, for which the battery will be consumed.
How to download the Knockr app
The application is available in the Play Store and best of all, it is completely free.
To download it we open Play Store, in the search engine we write Knockr and select download, we hope it downloads and installs.
If for some reason we cannot install it or we cannot find the application in the Play Store, we must download the APK from the browser of our devices. Not without first having activated the option of unknown sources.
To activate the unknown sources option we must open “Settings” on our phone, then enter the “Security” option, here we select “Unknown sources”. This action allows us to install applications from unknown sources.
How to use Knockr to open apps with gestures
Once the Knockr application is installed, we must configure it in order to open applications through gestures. To do this we open Knockr, as we can see we are presented with a simple interface without many options, only the gestures that can be configured.
The first option that we are presented with is the double-tap option that allows us to activate our phone, exit sleep mode to the main screen. We can activate or deactivate this option whenever we want.
Then there is the option swipe to the left, when we select it, all the applications that we have downloaded on our device will appear. Here we must select the application that we want to open when we slide our finger to the left.
And in the same way we will configure the other options
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Swipe right, the app will open when we swipe to the right of the screen.
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Swipe up, the application that we choose for this option will open when we swipe up.
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Swipe down, we need to select the app we want to open when you swipe down.
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Long press, we will select the application that we want to open when we leave the finger suspended for a few seconds on the screen.
By carefully following the above steps, we will have successfully configured the Knockr application and will have optimal use of it.
Suspending the phone using the Home button will turn off our screen, but since we have the Knockr application installed and configured. We can open our applications only with the simple gestures of sliding our finger up, down, right, left on the screen or leaving our finger pressed on it.
We invite you to download this great application, it is an innovative way to make the most of our time. If you are a person who needs to have everything at hand and you don’t like wasting a second, this application is for you.
Alternative to manage and open applications on my mobile using gestures on Android
We present some alternatives so that you can manage your mobile using gestures, in case the Knockr application does not work for you
- Swiftly switch – Pro
- X Home Bar – PRO
- Navigation Gestures Premium Add-On
It is important to know that you can activate and enable gesture navigation on Huawei, activate gesture navigation on Xiaomi on any Android without root and many other mobiles very easily.
Finally, we hope that this article has been to your liking, however, we would like to know, does this function of opening applications through gestures work on your smartphone? Leave your opinion in the comments.
