Homeflip makes app switching on Android a breeze
Switching to an application while another is running is not really that comfortable of an operation on most Android devices as you need to open the apps listing page first or the start screen to access another app that is available on the device.
Newer versions of Android try to improve the process by improving application accessibility, e.g. by letting users swipe up to display apps.
While you can install launcher apps to improve that task, they may require some getting used to time before you can really benefit from using them on your device.
Update: Homeflip is no longer available. You can check out alternatives such as Sidebar, Edge Screen, Shortcuts - Swiftly Switch instead which offer similar functionality. End
Homeflip is a relatively new app for Android that maps a launcher like interface to the Home button. What it basically does is display the list of installed applications on the screen when you press the Home button of the phone so that you can quickly launch another application listed here.
You can swipe to the top or bottom of the screen to quickly browse the available applications, use a swipe to the left to add an application to the favorites, or a swipe to th right to remove it from the app listing. Last but not least it is possible to reorder applications by dragging them to another position on the screen. A tap on an app loads it directly on the device.
You can also swipe down from the very top right corner of the screen to the bottom to activate the feature without using the Home button of the phone or tablet which is the better solution if you do not want to lose the Home button's default functionality. You can customize the swipe zone in the options to suite your needs.
The button on the lower right of the toolbar on the screenshot above activates compact mode which only displays the application icons on the screen but not the titles.
This may be useful if you want to keep part of the page you are on visible while you are picking an application to launch using Homeflip. The button next to it opens the preferences where you can enable or disable the Home functionality, the swipe gesture and make theme related changes that define the size and spacing of tasks, the dimming of the background screen or if animations should be enabled or not.
Verdict
Homeflip can be an interesting option for Android users who want an unobtrusive way of launching apps on their device.
Uhh, this has already been possible – I am not sure how but remember my brother telling me about it. I’m not a whatsapp user so not sure of the specifics, but something about sending the image as a file and somehow bypassing the default compression settings that are applied to inbound photos.
He has also used this to share movies to whatsapp groups, and files 1Gb+.
Like I said, I never used whatsapp, but I know 100% this isn’t a “brand new feature”, my brother literally showed me him doing it, like… 5 months ago?
Martin, what happened to those: 12 Comments (https://www.ghacks.net/chatgpt-gets-schooled-by-princeton-university/#comments). Is there a specific justifiable reason why they were deleted?
Hmm, it looks like the gHacks website database is faulty, and not populating threads with their relevant cosponsoring posts.
The page on ghacks this is on represents the best of why it has become so worthless, fill of click-bait junk that it’s about to be deleted from my ‘daily reads’.
It’s really like “Press Release as re-written by some d*ck for clicks…poorly.” And the subjects are laughable. Can’t wait for “How to search for files on Windows”.
> The page on ghacks this is on represents the best of why it has become so worthless, fill of click-bait junk…
Sadly, I have to agree.
Only Martin and Ashwin are worth subscribing to.
Especially Emre Çitak and Shaun are the worst ones.
If ghacks.net intended “Clickbait”, it would mark the end of Ghacks Technology News.
Ghacks doesn’t need crappy clickbaits. Clearly separate articles from newer authors (perhaps AIs and external sales person or external advertising man) as just “Advertisements”!
We, the subscribers of Ghacks, urge Martin to make a decision.
because nevermore wants to “monetize” on every aspect of human life…
“Threads” is like the Walmart of Social Media.
How hard can it be to clone a twitter version of that as well? They’re slow.
Yes, why not mention how large the HD files can be?
Why, not mention what version of WhatsApp is needed?
These omissions make the article feel so bare. If not complete.
Sorry posted on the wrong page.
such a long article for such a simple matter. Worthless article ! waste of time
I already do this by attaching them via the ‘Document’ option.
I don’t know what’s going on here at Ghacks but it’s obvious that something is broken, comments are being mixed whatever the article, I am unable to find some of my later posts neither. :S
Quoting the article,
“As users gain popularity, the value of their tokens may increase, allowing investors to reap rewards.”
Besides, beyond the thrill and privacy risks or not, the point is to know how you gain popularity, be it on social sites as everywhere in life. Is it by being authentic, by remaining faithful to ourselves or is it to have this particular skill which is to understand what a majority likes, just like politicians, those who’d deny to the maximum extent compatible with their ideological partnership, in order to grab as many of the voters they can?
I see the very concept of this Friend.tech as unhealthy, propagating what is already an increasing flaw : the quest for fame. I won’t be the only one to count himself out, definitely.
@John G. is right : my comment was posted on [https://www.ghacks.net/2023/08/23/what-is-friend-tech/] and it appears there but as well here at [https://www.ghacks.net/2023/07/08/how-to-follow-everyone-on-threads/]
This has been lasting for several days. Fix it or at least provide some explanations if you don’t mind.
> Google Chrome is following in Safari’s footsteps by introducing a new feature that allows users to move the Chrome address bar to the bottom of the screen, enhancing user accessibility and interaction.
Firefox did this long before Safari.
Basically they’ll do anything except fair royalties.