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F4uzan / HgLauncher

A launcher for a slow day.
https://f4uzan.github.io/HgLauncher
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[Feature Request] Gesture Function to open Recent Apps #88

Open CriticalComposer opened 3 years ago

CriticalComposer commented 3 years ago

There are quite a few functions we can assign to the gesture but the most glaring oversight, to me, is the lack of a Recent Apps function. All this should do is open the OS's task manager/recent apps menu, no different than pressing the Box/Square button in the navigation bar.

F4uzan commented 3 years ago

I have looked into this in the past. Implementing this means having an accessibility service hooked up to the launcher, which I don't really like doing at the moment.

A possible workaround would be to have a Gesture Handler that alleviates more closed-off or 'dangerous' permissions - which the user can optionally install if they want to extend the functionality of the launcher.

At the moment I am currently developing said Gesture Handler, but I have no concrete release date for that. That said, this functionality will not be baked directly in the launcher.

CriticalComposer commented 3 years ago

Thanks for that that clarification. I'm coming to HgLauncher from Smart Launcher and have a ton of muscle memory for double tapping to open Recent. It isn't a deal breaker if Hg never supports it in any shape though.

While I have your attention, thanks for making this launcher. It's the closest thing to an open source launcher that has the same functionality that I love from Smart Launcher -- no frills, straight to the point, not ugly. I've been trying to distance myself from applications that require the Play Store (with the end goal of ditching Google and moving to something like Guardian) and the launcher has easily been my biggest hangup. I've been using this for a few days now and I'm fairly happy with it. I'll be keeping an eye out for a support link in the future (if you decide to create one). I'd love to donate a few bucks to support your work with this software. :)

F4uzan commented 3 years ago

Hg itself might not support the feature, but rest assured, I do have lots of plans to enable these features (that require more, added permissions) in a separate add-on.

Thank you for the kind words! I'll try to keep up much of the same philosophy as that, since that's what I strive for in Hg. I hope it'll serve your usage as well as it did mine.