Ever since I switched back to Android after a couple years of using an iPhone SE, i have been missing the iOS feature to open “control center” (iOS term for quick shortcuts) using a swipe up gesture from the bottom of the screen.

This is a great feature that eliminates the need to reach for the top of the screen to pull down the notification shade to access toggles for commonn settings (wifi, cellular, BT, hotspot, torch, etc.). Since we live in an era of huge phones such a feature would have been extremely convenient. Unfortunately it’s not implemented in Android.

But I accidentally stumbled upon an app called Neo Launcher that has implemented a similar functionality (kind of, since iPhone control center can be summoned no matter what app you’re using, but this only works on home screen).

A dashboard pops up from the bottom of screen, where your thumb can easily reach, with a user-defined shortcut! Toggling wifi and other settings are much easier this way.

I’d highly recommend everyone to give this a try. Personally I’ve set double tap on screen as a shortcut for the dash.

  • @[email protected]
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    31 year ago

    Swiping up from the bottom currently opens up the app tray, what does it do on your phone?

    I think it makes sense, but only if the app tray is removed like how it is on iOS.

    • mFatOP
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      11 year ago

      Yeah that’s true. Swiping up from the bottom opens up app drawer.

      I’ve set a shortcut using Neo Launcher to open the dashboard by double-tapping the screen.