Smart Edge: Sidebar & Gestures

A highly customizable Android side panel inspired by OriginOS.
Access your favorite apps, tools, and shortcuts with a single swipe.

Key Features

• Custom UI Themes: Choose from OriginOS, HyperOS (Glass), Realme UI, and Rich UI styles.
• Glassmorphic Blur: High-quality real-time background blur with adjustable intensity (Optimized for Android 12+).
• Material You: Full support for dynamic accent colors and Material 3 components (Supports Android 12+ dynamic colors).
• Smart App Picker: Integrated search and management system to pin your most-used apps.
• Utility Tools: Built-in tools like Screenshot (one-tap) shortcut, Volume and Brightness controls.
• Premium Motion: Physics-based spring animations with customizable feel (Calm to Instant).
• Edge Gestures: Responsive edge-swipe triggers with adjustable height, width, and position.
• Icon Customization: Full support for Icon Packs and custom icon shapes (Circle, Squircle, Square).
• Productivity Hub: Active notifications section with instant Freeform Window launching.
• Multitasking: Drag-and-drop apps to Split-Screen or Freeform mode.
• Manual Hide: Select specific apps where the sidebar handle will automatically hide itself.

How to Use

1. Install: Download and install the latest APK.
2. Permissions:
   • Grant "Display over other apps" to allow the panel to float.
   • Enable "Accessibility Service" for gesture auto-close and system shortcuts.
   • Enable "Notification Access" for the Productivity Hub.
3. Setup: Open the app and follow the onboarding guide to activate the service.
4. Gesture: Swipe from the edge of your screen (where the handle is) to open your new panel!

Customization

Smart Edge is built to be yours. In the settings, you can adjust:

• Interaction: Gesture sensitivity, haptic feedback, and scroll memory.
• Animation: Choose your preferred animation speed (Calm, Balanced, or Snappy).
• Appearance: Background opacity, corner radius, blur intensity, icon scaling, and grid columns.
• Position: Move the trigger handle to either the left or right side and adjust its vertical offset.

Requirements

• Android 8.0 (API 26) or higher: Standard requirement for core functionality.
• Accessibility Service: Required for core interaction and multi-window features.
• Android 12+: Recommended for native real-time background blur and Material You dynamic color support.

Technical Details

• Kotlin: Written entirely in Kotlin for safety and performance.
• Spring Physics: Powered by androidx.dynamicanimation for natural, fluid motion.
• Material 3: Implements the latest Material Design components and styling.
• Clean Architecture: Separated concerns between Service, Repository, and UI layers.
• Optimized Rendering: Uses hardware-accelerated layers and LruCache for smooth, lag-free icon loading.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Credits & Acknowledgments

This project is made possible thanks to the following open-source contributions and inspirations:

• SmartDock (Axel358): Conceptual inspiration and desktop-style interactions on Android.
• HiddenApiBypass (LSPosed): A critical library for enabling access to restricted windowing and system APIs.
• ColorPickerView (skydoves): Modern and effective color picker for UI customization.
• Glide: Efficient media management and image loading framework for Android.

Built for the Android Community

• fix(ui): Resolved crash in Handle settings by expanding vertical offset range and safely clamping out-of-bounds positions.
• fix(multitasking): Fixed freeform window feature to correctly spawn floating windows with system caption bars and better orientation detection.
• fix(multitasking): Restored the missing Multitasking & Windowing settings section (Freeform and Split-screen toggles) to the dashboard.
• fix(ui): Fixed invisible pill graphic issue by using correct system defaults for reset actions and forcing synchronous redraws.
• feat(automation): Improved Native Gesture Engine dialog feedback to accurately and instantly reflect Root/Shizuku active connection states.
• fix(multitasking): Smoothed out freeform window launches by switching to native system transitions instead of custom fade animations.