A minimalistic one-touch app switcher
About this app
It is a floating widget on a upper right cornet of a screen. You swipe it left, but don't release a finger, and a list of recent apps will appear. The most recent app is always on the top of a stack. Then moving finger up or down you highlight a desired app you want to bring back to a foreground. By releasing a finger a selected app will be restored.
On the first run Gardine will request an "Accessibility service" permission in order to track switch between applications and a permission to display as a floating widget above all other windows.
Licensed under GPL-3.0-only.
What's New in v0.4
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- Added new settings:
- 1. Select position of the widget on the screen.
- 2. Customize size of the widget.
- 3. Switch to "point to select" mode instead of swiping applications list.
Version history
Oct 2, 2020 · 2.5 MB · Android API 21–28 · code 4
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- Added new settings:
- 1. Select position of the widget on the screen.
- 2. Customize size of the widget.
- 3. Switch to "point to select" mode instead of swiping applications list.
SHA-256 3b3d1b6e7113af817edb8322489139f6a6187b46cf7c119eaace046d0d8241cb
Sep 30, 2020 · 2.5 MB · Android API 21–28 · code 3
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- - Added new settings:
- 1. A switch to either use icons or titles of application
- 2. An expanded widget background color picker
SHA-256 59298b9fd91a2632db3522cd60fbaaea20b38eba7b3088c5ffadb5eb0303c576
Sep 24, 2020 · 2.5 MB · Android API 21–28 · code 2
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- - Main screen now contains settings:
- 1. A widget switch
- 2. A vibration on scroll switch
- 3. A collapsed widget background color picker
- - Dropped 'Close' button on the widget.
SHA-256 67008dd4e3d4aa014f5e267838cfce06d918074f1292431cd78a1819ced5e935
Will it run on your device?
73%
- Runs on a broad range of modern Android versions.
- ABI coverage is focused on newer 64-bit devices.
Installation Guide
Open Settings on your Android device
Go to Security → Unknown sources (or Install unknown apps)
Enable "Allow from this source" for your browser or file manager
Open the downloaded APK file from your Downloads folder
Tap "Install" and wait for installation to complete
Launch the app from your home screen
Make sure to re-enable Unknown Sources restrictions after installation for security.
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SHA-256 Hash
3b3d1b6e7113af817edb8322489139f6a6187b46cf7c119eaace046d0d8241cb
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472f893c3c25cc374b95c32097f206d86c2451aaa57185a4cc6119feb61d75e6
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