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?

  • @guy
    4•1 year ago

    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•1 year 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)