Splash guard (Android)
CrewNerd’s “splash guard” feature provides a measure of protection against problems caused by rain and water splashes during your workouts. When this feature is enabled, CrewNerd ignores all touch gestures when the timer is running. Another app setting determines how you unlock the screen. Depending on the setting you choose, you either unlock by pinching two fingers together on the bottom of the screen, or by pressing one of the up/down volume buttons on the phone.
Unfortunately, the splash guard feature alone can’t solve the problem completely. Certain system gestures are handled by Android regardless of what app is currently running, and apps have no way to disable these.
But there IS a solution! The “pinned windows” feature of Android provides a way to “pin” an application in a way that prevents you from exiting the app, and disables the kind of system gestures that could cause problems on the water. Once enabled, you are fully protected from water-related problems. The rest of this page describes how to set this up.
Android – “pinned” windows
On Android, you can use the “pin window” feature to disable the normal system gestures. Depending on your phone maker and Android version, this might also be called app pinning or screen pinning and may be located in different places in the settings app. The screenshots shown here are from a Samsung Galaxy S10e running Android 12. If you have trouble finding the setting, try searching for “pin” in the settings app.
On Android 12, look for “Biometrics and security” in the settings app, and then go to “Other security settings”. Enable the “Pin windows” setting.
Next, launch CrewNerd, press the “Recents” button, and scroll to CrewNerd in the app list. Press the CrewNerd icon above the app window to display a drop-down menu. One of the options will be “Pin this app”. After you press this, CrewNerd will be pinned and the status bar will be hidden. To unpin the app, press and hold the “Recents” and “Back” buttons at the same time. Depending on your Android settings, you may or may not be prompted to enter your PIN to complete the unpinning.
