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Looking for an app that allows me to open other apps by side swiping (slrpnk.net)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I currently use Swiftly Switch. It is an app that adds a small bar to the side of the device and by swiping that part, I am shown a list of apps of my choosing. This allows me to open apps much faster.

Sadly, it is not open source. Is there something similar but open source?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I've had something similar on MIUI for a while, but you had me curious because I remembered I used to use this Taskbar app in the past and it turns out it's actually open source and on F-droid! It seems to fit your description more or less

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Thank you for the recommendation!

I just tested it and, sadly, it is not quite what I want... Its UI/UX is not quite there yet.. Maybe I will do some feature requests in their repo.. But as it is it doesn't replace Swiftly Switch.

May I ask what you are using on MIUI? I am also on MIUI!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

You mean you need more than being able to launch apps?

If so, then what I use, MIUI's sidebar, is probably not good enough either

MIUI sidebar setting Found under Additional settings > Floating windows > Sidebar

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Do you not have this bar?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

No. I don't think I do.

I am using the Kiss launcher, that is probably a launcher specific bar?

I am looking for something like swiftly Switch, but open source.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's just the bar for gesture navigation, instead of those three buttons at the bottom. It's available in settings of Android 10 and above

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

This is not related. This is the stock Android "currently open/recently opened apps" display.

This bar, with gesture navigation, swiping up slightly and letting go
or swiping up normally with 2-button navigation (which sadly got dropped)
or pressing the ||| (Samsung) or ◻️ (Stock Android) using the still available legacy 3-button navigation

This does not replace a custom set list of apps you would like to quickly access. Maybe something like this could also be integrated as a notification.

I use a patched version of Nova Launcher Prime, working without a Google Account. GrapheneOS, has no internet access. I tried all FOSS launchers and still nothing comes close.

But the recent apps thing is not a launcher part, even though it is broken when removing Trebuchet on LinageOS (trust me, tried it)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

It is default android gesture controlls