SearchBar Ex - Search Widget

Customize your Search Bar / Search Widget

SearchBar Ex - Search Widget

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By: devhomc

Users: 959,463

616

Rating: 4.04

(2,838)

3 new ratings

Version: 2.0.0 (Last updated: 2021-11-05)

Creation date: 2015-08-11

Email: de*****@gmail.com

URLs: Privacy policy

Permissions

Contacts: read your contacts

Other:

view network connections
full network access
run at startup
prevent device from sleeping
install shortcuts

Ranking

# 60,877 ▼ 101

Other rankings

#1 in search box keyword 37 #3 in search bar keyword 75 ▼ 1 #11 in default search keyword 86 ▼ 9 #24 in toolbar keyword 57 ▲

Other platforms

SearchBar (v0.12.0)

4.52

(459) 60,000

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App summary

Analyze keywords

Many types of search engines in one place! Search anytime by using search widget, home button gesture, and notification launcher. Highly customizable settings for creating your original search bar.

SearchBar Ex can search using Google, Google Images, Yahoo!, Bing, Wikipedia, Amazon, DuckDuckGo, and also in other apps like YouTube, Google Maps, Evernote, Music and Contact apps.

It can be used in many ways, not only as a search app, but as an app launcher or bookmark launcher.

Features
• Add and edit search engines
• Swipe up (or long press) the home button to launch the SearchBar
• Simple Search Widget
• Notification Launcher
• Keyword suggestions
• App / Shortcut / Bookmark launcher
• Add copy / paste / cut / share actions
• Type a command to switch between search engines
• Voice search
• Launch, manage, or uninstall apps directly from suggestions
• Chrome Custom Tabs
• Various color themes for the Search Widget
• Light, Dark and Black themes for the SearchBar
• Backup & Restore
• Material Design

Permissions
• INTERNET / ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE - Required to load keyword suggestions and ads on the settings screen
• WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE - Required for the Backup & Restore function
• BILLING - Required to upgrade to premium
• RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED - Required to start Notification Launcher after reboot
• INSTALL_SHORTCUT - Required to create app shortcut on the home screen

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User reviews

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Pros

Great functionality and convenience for searching multiple apps and websites in one place.
Customizable search options and the ability to use with various themes.
Long-time usage with satisfaction from many users.

Cons

Frequent bugs, particularly related to text input being cleared while typing.
Complicated setup process that is not intuitive for many users.
Issues with certain features not working correctly, such as backups and contact search.

Most mentioned

The search bar clears input unexpectedly while typing.
Difficulty in customizing widget appearance and settings.
A steep learning curve associated with the app's features and settings.

User reviews

I was excited to use this to add a custom search. Unfortunately there's no "submit" button to add a custom search provider, so it never actually gets added.

Evan Belcher, 2024-10-15

Make the search icons have an option for placement at the bottom right of the screen so we can access them easier. As now at the opposite side of where your thumb is. Update1: command functionality will open the app and search for the command itself. Strange, what really would be useful if you can type the command then the word you want to search for within the page you gave the command to search for!

Tor, 2024-02-09

Handy tool. Notification Launch does not work on my Samsung Galaxy S23+; oh, it just showed up after restarting the phone. No icon for the app on the notification panel, though. Just white. Contacts plug-in not available for this device, either. Would like to see shadow setting for frame, rounded corners, plus Google Lens icon options.