Glance

Glance is a lightweight, efficient launcher utility designed to give you quick access to your installed applications. It features a sleek, alphabetical sidebar for fast navigation and a powerful settings system for deep personalization.

Features

• Alphabetical Wave Sidebar: Navigate the app list by letter using a fluid, responsive sidebar with interactive scale feedback.
• Search Bar Positioning: Toggle the search bar position between the top and bottom of the screen via settings.
• Icon Size Customization: Adjust icon size from 0% to 100%. At 0%, icons are completely removed and text margins are optimized for a clean, text-only list.
• Favorites System: Long-press any app to add it to favorites. A star icon appears next to favorite apps in the main list.
• Favorites-Only View: Double-tap on the sidebar to toggle between the full list and a favorites-only view. In favorites-only mode, the star icons are hidden for a cleaner layout.
• Hidden Apps: Hide apps from the main list via the long-press menu. Toggle "Show only hidden apps" in settings to manage and launch them.
• Global Search: Type in the search bar to query all installed apps globally, overriding active filters (favorites-only/hidden-only) and displaying stars on favorites. Clearing the search automatically restores the active filter.
• Bottom Alignment: Custom views (Favorites-only and Hidden-only) stack apps from the bottom of the screen up, while preserving alphabetical (A-Z) ordering.
• Dynamic Scroll and Sidebar Control: If the current list fits completely on the screen, scrolling and overscroll stretch animations are automatically disabled, and the sidebar fades out while remaining functional for the double-tap gesture.
• Startup Customization: Configure Glance to display only favorite apps on startup.
• Gesture Control: Toggle the double-tap gesture on the sidebar on or off in settings to prevent accidental triggers.
• System Launcher Support: Configurable as the default system Home Screen launcher.
• System Wallpaper Rendering: Option to display the device's system wallpaper behind the launcher layout.
• Background Opacity & Dimming: Customize launcher background opacity, allowing you to dim the system wallpaper to any level.

Recommended Usage

Glance is optimized to be used as a quick-access overlay launcher:

• Gestures: Bind Glance to launch on a swipe gesture (e.g., swipe up from the bottom).
• Physical Keys: Map it to an extra hardware button or accessibility shortcut for instant access from any screen.

Technical Details

• Language: Kotlin
• UI Structure: XML layouts, custom views (WaveSideBar), ConstraintLayout configurations
• Minimum SDK: 24 (Android 7.0)
• Target SDK: 34 (Android 14)
• Build System: Gradle (Kotlin DSL)

Build and Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/Waph1/glance.git

2. Open the project in Android Studio.
3. Build the debug APK or run the application directly on your device.