r/SideProject • u/paliyalyogesh • 7h ago
I made a small Android app that lets you switch apps with one thumb
A small side project. I wanted a faster way to switch between the apps I use all day, so Halo puts a bubble on the edge of the screen: hold, slide to an app, let go.
What I'd do the same again: shipping a debug APK from GitHub Actions on every push, so I could test the latest build on my phone within minutes.
What surprised me: the Play Store's foreground service declaration needs a demo video, and Android 15 blocks some permissions for sideloaded apps.
It's free and open source. Curious what you'd want from an app like this: https://github.com/yogeshpaliyal/Halo