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

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by beSyl to c/fdroid@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 4 points 1 year 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

[–] beSyl 2 points 1 year 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!

[–] QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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