Changing screen for answering calls

[mojophone]

I find the stock interaction for answering a call from a locked phone screen to be counterintuitive. First, the indicators as to which way to slide (up/down) aren't always visible -- they pulse in/out (see screenshot). Second, because the button is at the bottom of the screen, the more natural action is to swipe up, which declines the call. I know I should know by now which way to swipe, but I've hung-up on too many calls by accident!

Is there any way to change the layout/function of the answer screen? I'm not sure why there aren't simply two buttons to accept or deny the call.

 

[fuzzylumpkin]

I don't believe there's a way to change it in the stock software unfortunately.

I agree that it is completely counterintuitive. Don't know why they changed from swipe right to answer and swipe left to deny.

 

[Maseroche]

Took me a while to get used to it but, like you guys, I wish I can change it.

 

[Morty2264]

It does appear pretty different. What I like about my Honor 8 is that you can either hit the "phone buttons" to answer a call; or swipe to answer or decline. I forget that other phones don't necessarily always do this; and so I've missed calls on my mom's S6 Edge because hers is very swipe-oriented.

 

[Albatross2]

Open Beta 5 allows one to change the direction in the phone app settings to swipe up or swipe down to answer.

 

[ODog2323]

Open Beta 5 allows one to change the direction in the phone app settings to swipe up or swipe down to answer.

Hopefully that makes it into a stable release. I've hung up on quite a few people too!

 

[fuzzylumpkin]

Hopefully that makes it into a stable release. I've hung up on quite a few people too!

I'd guess it'll be in the next one. Though having spent months swiping down the problem will probably persist for a while lol.

 

[chanchan05]

There used to be apps on earlier versions of Android like Big Caller ID that puts an overlay over the call answering screen, effectively changing the calling screen. I have no idea if those apps still work now though.

 

[Morty2264]

There used to be apps on earlier versions of Android like Big Caller ID that puts an overlay over the call answering screen, effectively changing the calling screen. I have no idea if those apps still work now though.

That sounds pretty cool. It'd be pretty neat if it they still worked!

 

[mojophone]

This setting may have been there all along and I just wasn't looking in the right place, but within the Phone app Settings is a switch to reverse the answer/decline motion. Even though I've gotten used to the default state, I switched mine to "swipe up to answer" -- principles.

 

[mr_nobody]

This setting may have been there all along and I just wasn't looking in the right place, but within the Phone app Settings is a switch to reverse the answer/decline motion. Even though I've gotten used to the default state, I switched mine to "swipe up to answer" -- principles.

It wasn't there all along, they added it in a recent update.