Edge Gestures

Just swipe the edge to do something!

Edge Gestures - Quick Actions at Your Fingertips

"Edge Gestures" is an Android app that enables users to perform quick actions through simple gestures on the screen edges. With support for various gestures like tap, double tap, and swipe, this app helps you launch applications, control soft keys, expand notifications, and adjust settings effortlessly. Customize the edge area and use essential permissions solely for detecting the app in the foreground, ensuring privacy and convenience. Perfect for enhancing multitasking and accessibility on your device.

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Users: 63,939

162

Rating: 4.57

(4,142)

0.07

Version: 1.13.2 (Last updated: 2024-12-18)

Creation date: 2016-11-29

Price: 1.99

Email: ch*****@gmail.com

URLs: Privacy policy

Permissions

Phone: directly call phone numbers, read phone status and identity

Photos/Media/Files: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage

Storage: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage

Device ID & call information: read phone status and identity

Other:

view network connections
full network access
draw over other apps
modify system settings
Google Play license check

Ranking

# 238,582 ▼ 135

Other rankings

#56 in Tools (Paid) ▼ 15

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App summary

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Now you can do something quickly just by simple gesture on the screen edge.
Supports many different gesture types: Tap, Double tap, Long press, Swipe, Swipe diagonally, Swipe and hold, Pull and slide, and Pie controls

* Supported actions:
1. launching an application or a shortcut.
2. soft key: back, home, recent apps.
3. expanding the status bar: notifications or quick settings.
4. scroll to start. (Android 6.0 or higher)
5. power dialog.
6. adjusting brightness or media volume.
7. fast scroll.
8. toggle split screen.
9. switch to the previous app.

The edge area also can be customized for thickness, length and position.
And this app requires only the permission that are needed!

* This app uses accessibility service API to implement the following features.
The permission is ONLY used to detect the app in foreground and command the system for the following actions:

- Expand notifications panel
- Expand quick settings
- Home
- Back
- Recent apps
- Screenshot
- Power dialog
- Scroll to start
- Fast scroll
- Toggle split screen
- Lock screen

No other information is processed from this permission.

User reviews

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Pros

Highly customizable gestures and navigation options.
Quick and responsive performance.
Useful for multitasking and fast access to apps.
Eliminates the need for traditional navigation bars.

Cons

Some gestures, like recent apps, don't work consistently.
Limited system shortcuts and some features are broken after updates.
Delays in opening apps, flagged as a security feature by Android.
Some users have issues with permissions and accessibility settings.

Most mentioned

Recent apps gesture malfunctioning or freezing.
Delays when launching applications.
Lack of certain gestures or functionalities compared to expectations.

User reviews

I had a pretty nice situation on my Galaxy phone with gestures (no buttons) and the One Handed Operations + app. This gets most of the way there. Toggle Split Screen doesn't work at all. And the very small panel length when overriding system panels is annoying. But hopefully with a few updates it'll be great!

Steve Bachmeier, 2024-11-28

All launchers are reverting to usage lacking some basic things such as setting extra pages/windows or just simple useability as implemented in the original android launcher design. Plus, all brands have different navigation arrangements. Egde Gestures is a powerful utility with lots of functionalities built in to address many navigation problems. It fills a lot of the gaps created by the recent launchers and the fractured android phone market. I could not efficiently use android without it.

J. M., 2024-10-24

works great. it has more gestures than Samsung's one hand operation, but doesn't support as many shortcuts. it also limits you to an annoyingly small handle if you want it to work with Android's native gestures. You can get around this by using both one hand operation and edge gestures, though. overall it barely ekes out one hand operation. Edge gestures would be perfect if it had more system shortcuts (pause/mute media) or if the existing ones (scroll to top/split screen) worked