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[Android Apps and Games] alecot18:
Hi, please next time send an email to dev.touchbar@gmail.com, every bug you raised will be fixed!
[Android Apps and Games] Bruneba:
Nice

:good:
[Android Apps and Games] Wierius:
Awesome app!
[Android Apps and Games] mahanmantare:
there is not showing phone or whatsapp in selecting buttons in updated Touchbar for android??
[Android Apps and Games] alecot18:
Just fixed! Thanks for the info, update will be available soon!
[Android Apps and Games] mahanmantare:
1.by pressing selected phone button, only starred contacts come but pressing them, nothing happen. no messages or call. so phone is Still not working.please fix it. remember i did not check at clean installed. i checked this after direct updating the app.

phone should have t9 contacts search with option to sms or call.

2.i dont understand the value of whatsapp button because it does nothing except writting the message then Send To.. again see there your writing and press Send button again within whatsapp msg. with due respect i felt its useless when you have whatsapp shortcut in favorite app of touchbar for android.

there is written "Scrivi un messaggio" i think its mean Write message :)
[Android Apps and Games] dibt359:
Could specific actions / menus be triggered with an activity? I am particularly interested in volume and brightness. That would be mucho awesome.
[Android Apps and Games] mahanmantare:
Not working at vivo v11 pro android v 8.1.0

Just crashing

Any update to make it work around.

Thnx
[Android Apps and Games] thisisarjun:
ApI level- 24 ,nougat 7.0,Moto g4 plus stock rom
[Android Apps and Games] palmuse:
Neat idea.

Two thoughts.

Could you add the ability to resize the trigger? I cannot tap it with my phone's DPI. It lies between my navbar and dock on the home screen which is fine, but I cannot tap the thin line.

Second, could you add a open TouchBar activity so I can create a shortcut to a gesture GUI app? Only the main activity is available now.

Thx
[Android Apps and Games] paed808:
Good app.
[Android Apps and Games] jamiepotter:
would be great if we can use the Media controllers on different Players eg. Spotify :)
[Android Apps and Games] alecot18:
220 download in 24 hours wow!!! Thanks for everyone who download the app, this motivates me to do more!
[Android Apps and Games] AxeL_IT:
Nice!

Much usefull app! Just one problem the music player feature didn't work on Huawei P9 Lite, can you make an activity shortcut please?!? I would like to assign a shortcut icon to do that, cause it's not much comfortable the normal way. Thank You!
[Android Apps and Games] alecot18:
1.2 Alpha Version available! Here's the changelog:

- Minimum API reduced to 14

- Cleaner and improved code

- NEW Option to add shortcut on Home Screen to start/stop TouchBar (ShortcutActivity could also be used for gesture)

- NEW Swipe down from Handle to hide TouchBar

- NEW Close button text replaced with down arrow icon

I'm listening to all of your comments and reviews, follow the project to get updated about fixes and new features
[Android Apps and Games] @sumit@007:
Thanks you so much for the swipe down and close button .

:good:

One little problem the handle width is small .

I have on screen navbar on my device

Sometimes it becomes hard to trigger touchbar.
[Android Apps and Games] samcex:
Can't swipe up on Galaxy s8 to show. Please include other options eg. from right side.
[Android Apps and Games] tiniwings:
Hi, Where to get the 1.2 Alpha Version to test? I am able to download only 1.1 version from XDA Labs
[Android Apps and Games] alecot18:
Have you tried to put a background color to the handle? Maybe the problem is that you don't swipe in the correct area. Let me know, anyway I'm improving that feature (for example resizing that area) but swiping from another side could be an idea! Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] @sumit@007:
Just click alpha section
[Android Apps and Games] alecot18:
Hi, if you already installed 1.1 Beta you have to uninstall it and go to the bottom of the page to allow Alpha Channel
[Android Apps and Games] Imsaiprasad511:
working smooth but one bug

everything working fine but thing when i changing volume level and i taped outside screen and then i swiped from bottom it showing previous volume level that where i left Instead of showing actually home bar
[Android Apps and Games] DJJosephJumper:
This app is really cool. I agree with other users that it is difficult to swipe up, even on my Samsung device without a nav bar. But this is a much better alternative to other apps like this, even in beta.
[Android Apps and Games] pankajvg:
IAM unable to activate , it's greyed out !!!

IAM on Nougot custom rom
[Android Apps and Games] jerryn70:
Most of the time when I swipe up it didn't come up.

We need an option to adjust the length and width of the gesture area .
[Android Apps and Games] Still_living714:
T mobile LG v20

H918 MEGAROM

Pros:-Very fluid and response is quick!

Every toggle works

Way better than dragging down quick settings

Wishlist:

Have option to resize activation area to user liking

Option to set own toggles?

Option to rearrange toggles

Have area height taller more like ios?

I had to disable option in NOVA LAUNCHER to swipe from dock to bring up app drawer. Also having a hard time swiping from bottom to activate it, it's a 50/50. Anyways, GREAT JOB!!!
[Android Apps and Games] samcex:
Yes, I changed the color but have a look the handle is to small and I can't swipe all the times, please consider adding an option to resize it.
[Android Apps and Games] Animeshkr.:
This is awesome...bt I can't find alpha build
[Android Apps and Games] Prasansrini29:
Can't install the app! I'm on Nougat!
[Android Apps and Games] nik2512:
Issue with swiping to show the touchbar

Hi,

I am using Samsung S8 with nova launcher and it is really hard to make touchbar show up by swiping at the bottom of the screen. I liked the app but due to these issue, i had to remove it. Hope that these issues will be resolved soon.
[Android Apps and Games] Antibaka:
Tried it on my htc 10 and works fine!! Combo-ing it with the LMT pie and i do not need to use the other hand AT ALL. The google search is brilliant, no loading time needed.

Currently, not working with my spotify. Just fix the music control it'll be a six star app because it is already a 5-star for me!!
[Android Apps and Games] piotrus22:
Confirmed all works well except play/pause under music controls. Running Nexus 6p 7.1.2 stock with magisk.

Excellent work. I've been hoping for something like this since the quick controls app.
[Android Apps and Games] pankajvg:
Guys any suggestions as how to fix the issue. ???
[Android Apps and Games] wbarnes4393:
How do I do this? Go to the bottom of what page?
[Android Apps and Games] Mc corral:
Does not work on Moto Z Droid, option to enable is greyed out. Is a root needed as I am on stock Android.
[Android Apps and Games] GroovinChip:
Add onscreen nav buttons for Samsung phones and I'm in! Looks great
[Android Apps and Games] xPr0metheus:
After I installed and uninstalled this app because it doesn't fit with my S8+ my Google Assistant is now constantly crashing :(
[Android Apps and Games] apur32:
I can only open it from switching off and on from the app itself. It is not coming up by swipping from the bottom. I am using UMI super with Android 7.0.1.
[Android Apps and Games] Larg0x:
I tested it on an LG G3 and it worked well but it was not a huge fan of my software buttons. I would love it would activate only from swipe gesture so that I don't have to tap so close to the software buttons and of course if the buttons were more customizable (i.e. if I can move them around, make my own buttons for different things maybe even for tasker tasks).

Besides that I tried it out on my asus zenwatch because I would love to be able to adjust the volume from within any app but it crashes when ever I try to approve the permissions that it requires (I assume its because those menu's that it opens don't exist on wear). I don't know if you would ever be interested in doing something for that but the idea is users if you want it and if you have any questions feel free to PM me.
[Android Apps and Games] alecot18:
It was supposed to look like that, but could be an idea to go back automatically when TouchBar is hidden, thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] alecot18:
Hi, please attach a logcat and a screenshot of app main screen so I can find a solution
[Android Apps and Games] Bi0haZarD:
Give package installer storage permission. This problem has nothing to do with this app, you simply cannot install any apk file.
[Android Apps and Games] alecot18:
Hey thanks for this complete review, appreciate it! I'm using Nova Launcher too and yes, it's a lil bit complicated to not its swipe instead of launcher ones, swiping it's one of the main problem right now. About suggestions are very welcome and if possible I'll try to add them once all the problems will be fixed
[Android Apps and Games] alecot18:
Alpha build is available on Touchbar for Android page on XDA Labs: scroll at the bottom of the page and activate Alpha channel instead of Beta (if you previously installed 1.1 Beta, uninstall it before)
[Android Apps and Games] alecot18:
No root required, you only have to add Special Access if API > 21.
[Android Apps and Games] alecot18:
If you unistalled the app it should not be the problem! But try to clean Google Assistant cache or fc it
[Android Apps and Games] alecot18:
Really strange! Does your smartphone have a Security App to save battery life? Maybe you should add TouchBar on the whitelist to run in background
[Android Apps and Games] alecot18:
Thanks for trying the app and for giving suggestions! Yeah TouchBar is not supposed to run on smartwatch, I think it would be hard to click very little buttons on little display
[Android Apps and Games] alecot18:
So thanks everyone who installed or just tried TouchBar, I'm reading and trying to replying to all of your comments! There are two main problems: swiping from bottom it's difficult on many phones (some are too small, some other have nav bar, still some other have swipe app to access apps menu) so for the next update I thinked about a triple choice (small/medium/high) for height of the handle, and maybe other two for its width and little/med/long swipe detection.

The other problem reguards music player: my bad, I tried with stock Music Player and Google Play Music and it seemed to work, but does not for Spotify but keep calm, seems there's a way to make it work with it too, so it will probably come with next update!
[Android Apps and Games] wbarnes4393:
OK, help me. I really want to try the Alpha. But, I still don't see it. Attached is a screenshot of the page I assume you are talking about. Where is it on this page? (or am I still on the wrong page?)
[Android Apps and Games] alecot18:
You were right, it's not visible here, please install XDA Labs Apk
[Android Apps and Games] wbarnes4393:
Tried that, still don't see it. Oh well......
[Android Apps and Games] alecot18:
That's the page and here's the link: https://labs.xda-developers.com/store/app/com.touchbar

[MENTION=340041]pankajvg[/MENTION] here
[Android Apps and Games] wbarnes4393:
Found it finally! Thanks for the help.
[Android Apps and Games] SacBalan:
Lovely App

I like it. But i couldn't find a way to get it back after auto hide. There should be a gesture to pop up touch bar. And please remove Google search. We already have it in our device.
[Android Apps and Games] K4Y3R:
First of all i want to say that, after some practise, it works like 9/10 times for me..

But would it be possible to kinda like activate it when i swipe up on my fingerprint sensor?

Because i have a huawei mate 8 and swipe down means notification center and swipe up your little helper :)

Edit: little bug: when i press the auto rotate trigger the trigger works, but the picture doesnt change the way the current setting is
[Android Apps and Games] Still_living714:
For me the google shortcut toggle is awesome. Faster to use if you're using an app
[Android Apps and Games] maksimreder:
Hmm. I can't activate this. Get a grayed out switch. Restarted device and unable to enable touchbar.

Got a note 4 verizon running modest rom 6.0.1 touchwiz UI.
[Android Apps and Games] maksimreder:
To add to my above post. Running alpha 1.2 version
[Android Apps and Games] the.iff:
Hey how do I activate it outside the app?
[Android Apps and Games] KUSOsan:
On LG TMobile H918 V20 running WETA rom which is nougat 7.0 and the option to activate is grayed out but if I use the shortcut button to start/stop the app then it works.

Also for the rotation lock shortcut, the animation is pretty subtle to the point where it's kind of hard to differentiate between the 2 states by just glancing (minor annoyance but would come in handy imo)

Great app so far. Takes some finesse to work it but it's nice having controls @ the bottom especially on the V20 which is a rather tall phone
[Android Apps and Games] smartymcfly:
On nexus 6p, you can start your swipe on navbar, and it slides up. Navbar button is highlighted but does go back, home, or to recents so long as I swipe fast enough. I believe it works without any problem because as long as I swipe fast enough a long press is not recognized. I have long press assigned to all buttons.

Actually it only does not work when the navbar button does not have a long press assigned. It does not seem to matter when for menu button or cursor navigation arrows when keyboard is open, but if there is not a long press button assigned, or when keyboard is open and the down arrow is in place of the back button to close keyboard. It won't close the keyboard, but it also will not open touchbar.
[Android Apps and Games] jerryn70:
Grant Do No Distrub Access then the button will work.
[Android Apps and Games] maksimreder:
Ahhh. There ya go. Love this.

Especially the brightness. Now I'm able to increase brightness even when my battery is at 1%. Awesome. Overall love it. Great work.

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I'm in that boat my self. Any gestures that can be assigned to bring up the bar?
[Android Apps and Games] Akil97:
Swipe up not showing the bar
[Android Apps and Games] rohith.gm:
Same issue. Swiping up doesnt show up the touch bar. I have managed to use it once trying a couple of time swiping from the bottom of the screen and it worked.

Would be great if it pops up when i swipe for it :D

Great App indeed.
[Android Apps and Games] apur32:
Even closing and opening at the same time is not possible. I will try with security whitelist.

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Nope it is still not opening even after whitelisting the app under security.
[Android Apps and Games] alecot18:
The gesture is swipe from the bottom (bottom of the phone if it doesn't have nav bar, over them if you have it). Google Search is one of the main feature of TouchBar, as not all the devices have Google Assistant or Google now integrated in the home button!
[Android Apps and Games] alecot18:
Swiping on the fingerprint it's a good idea, but won't be available for everyone and I don't know if this kind of action requires root. Do you not see the locket opened? And what happens if you change auto rotate from the phone settings?
[Android Apps and Games] alecot18:
Did you provide all the special access? Without them, switch will be always greyed
[Android Apps and Games] alecot18:
Please give DND access too and... :cool:
[Android Apps and Games] alecot18:
Swipe from the bottom or if you have nav bar a little over it. Try using a color for the handle if you have problem
[Android Apps and Games] alecot18:
Thanks for this review, if switch it's greyed means you didn't give permissions (special access)!

There's no animation ATM for buttons, the only difference between autorotation locked or not is the locket closed or opened and yeah it could be difficult to recognise, thanks for pointing out that!
[Android Apps and Games] J V A:
Swiping up from bottom doesnt show the touchbar. How do I fix it?

EDIT: Swiping above the nav bar activates it. Is there a way to change to swiping below the navbar. That would be easier. Nice app, btw!
[Android Apps and Games] jerryn70:
It's not working after boot. Plz add auto start after boot .
[Android Apps and Games] K4Y3R:
The bug i mentioned was my mistake, the symbol changes regardless where i switched the setting

And i think you are right concerning the gesture with the fingerprint , but maybe when you press the fingerprint sensor you kinda unlock the app and the bar shows
[Android Apps and Games] cdnron:
As others have posted, I can't get the touchbar back after auto-hide.
[Android Apps and Games] gettingerr:
Is it possible to add a "system activity" that brings up the bar? This cannot be used with a pie control at the bottom since the pie co tell takes precedence of the swipe up gesture, however, if there's an activity, one could assign a long press on the pie to bring up the bar. Great concept!
[Android Apps and Games] waleed.ibrahim:
Great app mate. Needs some customizations. Music controls are not working. Iam on NOS 7.1.2 on Redmi note 3. Please add whitelisting apps so that it doesnt activates if iam using that app.
[Android Apps and Games] Christian Nothing:
Thank you OP for this amazing app you've made, it's really useful and good looking too :D

I have a request/question if it's possible?

Could you implement mobile data toggle into the app?

There are some users who closes their mobile dates through the day or night.

Anyway thanks again for this app :)
[Android Apps and Games] KUSOsan:
Ah gotcha I did the 1st 2 but left the DND one off cause I don't ever use DND, that did the trick, thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] Busyboybean:
Whenever I try and give a permission it crashes my settings
[Android Apps and Games] sivakishore:
Not for my phone

I am a Coolpad mega user and my phone has control center like thing whenever I try to open touch bar control centre opens I think it needs other triggers to open
[Android Apps and Games] asjstian:
Love the idea, and the looks of the app. But difficult to use on galaxy s8 because the virtual navigation panel pops up over. Great if there where some other launch method.. Implement the Bixby button would be awesome for me ?
[Android Apps and Games] shivambaba:
First of all thank you brother for this amazing app. We all needed this.

Second, request. Can you somehow modify it to become the notification bar?

As in instead of top(by enabling expanded desktop) the notification bar is on the bottom.

Like we flick it more to get to notifications
[Android Apps and Games] b.raja.yup:
Great app. I wish I could pay for your coffee :P but please add some more options like mobile data connection and screen timeout and rotation in next update.
[Android Apps and Games] AxeL_IT:
Very Useful!

Very useful app! Need just few custom things to add, like themes, the ability to have more widgets choice instead of the default ones, also need more compatibility with the non native music players and adding a shortcut method please, cause i don't like too much the trigger slide way i will prefer adding a shortcut to an icon with nova launcher to use it, anyway congratulations and thank you for share! ;)
[Android Apps and Games] Rayanx:
Great App, seriously one of the best ideas that come to life to Android users.

But still lots of customisations needed if it's possible.

1- a button to switch between apps.

2- add support to thumbnail (gifs) and pictures inside the panels, so we could be able to have much touchbar-like experience.

3-easy access to the panel (I'm using s8+ with vertual navbar), draggable panel so we can choose where to have it.

And I would really like to help in testing if you need one.

Good job.
[Android Apps and Games] jimbob_sf:
Brilliant take on toggles. Rather than list out things to add, take a look at: Power Toggles.

It was the best, IMHO, shortcut /toggle app, but the dev. moved on and opened the code up.
[Android Apps and Games] pritamdutt:
Doesnt work

Running a stock 5.1.1 touchwizm and not working. The touchbar suddenly appears sometimes,
[Android Apps and Games] alecot18:
Sorry I didn't read new comments but I will do for sure! I was busy with the new version with a very long name "1.2 Alpha Version 2" with the following changes:

- NEW option to resize Handle height (a first step to find a better way for swiping... needs more work anyway)

- Changed "Add shortcut" from a check to a single click

- NEW Spotify is under control!! You can now select what Music Player want to control between Stock and Spotify
[Android Apps and Games] alecot18:
What phone? Please send a logcat
[Android Apps and Games] Debystander:
I've tried the new version and it's a lot easier to activate now! However, i realise the play/pause button always remain as a pause symbol. Anyway, kudos to you for making quick setting so accessible on my Mi Mix! :)
[Android Apps and Games] GroovinChip:
Any chance of bringing navigation controls?
[Android Apps and Games] thisisarjun:
It's nice that you have added support for Spotify, but people use different players like jio music which cannot be controlled, so please add universal support to all music player
[Android Apps and Games] Busyboybean:
My phone is LG G4 not sure how to get a logcat
[Android Apps and Games] @sumit@007:
[MENTION=6184663]alecot18[/MENTION]

Whenever i set handle height it changes to small itself.

Needed an option to change the buttons color.
[Android Apps and Games] TimelessPWN:
Awesome app! Love that we can resize the handle now, another suggestion? Be able to position the handle where we want it on the navbar?
[Android Apps and Games] hallrob1:
Great app, switched to the Alpha version and set the handle to tall and it works great on my Galaxy Note 4
[Android Apps and Games] pankajvg:
How do I get logcat? , Is it via ADB ?
[Android Apps and Games] shaggyskunk:
You could use Mat Log or Sys Log etc from the store.

Sent by my SM-G930W8 From Down The Rabbit Hole ??
[Android Apps and Games] coderus:
Nice app. But why not to make it to work with any music players? I don't use Google player or Spotify and don't plan to use it.
[Android Apps and Games] pankajvg:
How did u get Alpha version, searched a lot but unable to get it
[Android Apps and Games] hallrob1:
XDA labs, you have to uninstall previous version and switch to alpha
[Android Apps and Games] Still_living714:
Make sure you grant all permissions
[Android Apps and Games] alecot18:
Grant all permission as other said, I've updated the main thread and TouchBar page on XDA Labs to make it easier to understand
[Android Apps and Games] alecot18:
Try 1.2 Alpha Version 2
[Android Apps and Games] pankajvg:
Still unable to download it,

IAM unable to find download link for Alpha

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Can you give me direct link, searched at least 20 times ...
[Android Apps and Games] pankajvg:
I get completely different page , attached screenshot

It's a white color page, with Blue download linl
[Android Apps and Games] hallrob1:
you can download the app XDA labs from the play store. You may have to upgrade from the playstore edition, then just look under apps in the in XDA labs app and install from there. Uninstall the beta version before you try the alpha.
[Android Apps and Games] pankajvg:
There is nothing called as Xda labs in play store..

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Anyway I searched web & downloaded app from Xda forum..

Alpha version anyway doesn't help, it's the same issue ...

Unable to activate switch..
[Android Apps and Games] hallrob1:
did you give it do not disturb permission
[Android Apps and Games] pankajvg:
Yes
[Android Apps and Games] nNeFeroN:
Swipe not working :( all permissions are allowed. Android 7.1.2 . Nuclear ROM

Sorry , just updated to latest experimental , everything works like a charm.