Virtual SoftKeys (no root)

Excellent app for a device with broken softkeys. May I suggest a countdown timer which starts counting after last press (resets with every press on the bar). Now the bar disappears after set seconds and it often happens just when I'm about to press one of the keys. So that it would stay visible as long as I keep pressing plus set seconds. Alternatively the bar could be thinner so that I can keep it on permanently. Anyhow, a lifesaver as it is. Thanks!

Works great! One suggestion: add a toggle to leave the activation area colours turned on all the time - - would make it easier during setup and testing with different apps. Edit: Another request: Ability to adjust the spacing between the buttons, ability to move the button group to the left or right side of the screen. That would make them more thumb-friendly on tablets.

OK but Some bugs. *It interferes with the keyboard making lower keys (space bar, return, comma etc unresponsive). *Sometimes the soft keys dont dissappear when programmed, they hang on screen requiring use of device keys to remove *No way of disabling. ie no on or off switch. You have to uninstall completely if you just want to switch off for a while.

Works very well! the only inconvenient I found is that the bar doesn't hide automatically until you push something outside the bar. In my opinion, the timeout should start immediatelly after sliding it up and removing your finger, not after unfocusing it.

A life saver! My navigation keys stopped working suddenly for some reason, and I was dreading having to get a new phone or paying to get this one repaired . Since I'm on a fixed income, either option would put me in the red.

The idea is excellent. Unfortunately, regularly get message "service is not working". For these cases, have to disable it in settings and then enable again. Would be better to correct this. Android 9.1 Sincerely, Andrey

I was frustrated that my One Plus navigation buttons disappeared after an upgrade. This made browser/phone use incredibly annoying. I am grateful I found this app to restore some sensible UI to my phone!

This works great. Combine with an app to hide soft keys and you get more screen real estate. The only bad thing is no visual feedback when pressing the keys.

It gets the job done but is very annoying that each time the phone is restarted you have to reset the app, then give the permit . Infuriating. I go to other suitors

It is a good app. But now the softkey bar only appears in landscape mode. It neither appears or disappears in portrait mode, please fix this

A great and a very helpfull app but i have a big querry about its permission s,I am using it on Nokia 6 (2017)and this app popped up a message while accesibility permission that enabling it would disable "Lock screen data encryption" or something,what is it and can that bother my device in any sense...?please help.

does exactly what its called. fantastic bit of software that adds software keys to your device. very simple to setup and just works.

Just downloaded it on my xiaomi redmi 4xand it works perfectly. I was so frustrated when the soft keys stopped working. Now I have peace of mind knowing that I don't have to buy another phone😄😄😄 thanks for the great app

Thank you for the virtual softkeys. I have had the app for over 1 year now. And working good. NO ads. Higly recommended for you Who wants virtual softkeys! Thank you to the developer.

The back button on my 2 year old phone finally stopped working. This app has saved me from having to replace phone. Thank you!

Used to work excellent until last update on Redmi 3s , Now keys don't appear at all in Portrait. That issue needs to be fixed.

Not good app. Cannot be resized and it's not for Android phones. On my phone, in landscape, the gesture area is bottom and the navigation bar is bottom. Uninstalled

Installed this today and so far its working incredibly! This has saved me from getting a new phone since its only the bottom buttons are broken on mine, thank you so much!

I was planning to buy a new phone when virtual buttons were broken(letv 1s). Salute to this idea and its execution. Thanks virtual softkey team.

Load of rubbish! Yes it creates virtual keys but you cannot swipe them down out of sight as told! Only way to do this is to uninstall!

This is amazing app, very helpful to me as my phone's soft keys are not visible at night. Thanks developer.

I like because my gesture button is not work. So I search on Google and I will have finally find this app and I will be used this app. I love you virtual SoftKeys app.......

Horrible to use, my hardware based buttons stopped working and this didnt help at all, using a different app now.

works awesomly with my device i have been using virtual soft keys since june 2017 and not a single problem thanks for giving me such great soft keys ☺☺

It works, i tried similar 2 to 3 apps which were failed. finally got the perfect app.

Thanks a lot works great it helped me because my both navigation button were not working.👌👍

Its convenient since my buttons dont work but my screen turns on sometimes. Is there a fix to this?

If you could increase the touch height by a little more it would be helpful