[APP] QuickSwitch (App Switcher) - ALT-TAB behaviour

Stratrix · Nov 24, 2010

What is QuickSwitch?

It's an app I developed to mimic ALT-TAB behaviour.
More info at http://bit.ly/quickswitch

Story:

I am a proud Desire Z owner and have to say the Vision is amazing with its keyboard. One thing I still hate about day to day tasks is switching between Google Talk and MSN apps. I hate reaching up to the notification bar from the keyboard.

So I wrote an app to solve this problem. I call it QuickSwitch.

By taking advantage of the quick keys on the keyboard, I wrote an app that basically launches other apps. It's configurable which apps you want favourit-ed and how many running apps to show. I also made it mimic alt-tab function by pressing Quick key 1 and comma. This would switch back and forth between apps very quickly.

Quick Tutorial

Download:

Donate
If you like QuickSwitch, You can send me a donation to my Paypal http://bit.ly/quickswitch-donate-paypal or through the Android Market and search for "QuickSwitch (Donate Only)". The donate version does not add any functionality.

Questions / Comments
If you want to provide any comments and/or feedback, please post in this thread. New feature requests can be submitted at http://bit.ly/quickswitch-request.

If you could, please add comments and ratings on Market as it can encourage me to develop better stuff!

Thanks!

Lennyuk · Nov 24, 2010

nice idea, but if your just using it to switch between gtalk and msn why don't you just install ebuddy and run both together?

Stratrix · Nov 24, 2010

its configuable to switch between any app.

roadrunnerx7 · Nov 24, 2010

i like the ability to make the quick keys function like alt and tab. im downloading it right now, will come back with comments

edit:

i think i misunderstood, can this make the quick keys function as alt or shift? i hate the placement of they keys and i hate the quick keys theyre pointless, i like better the keyboard layout on the merge
is there anyway to assign the quick keys the alt or tab function?

aside from that though, its pretty cool app and its fast too. good job

Stratrix · Nov 24, 2010

do you mean using TAB to switch versus comma and period key? I can look into making that possible. did I understand you correctly?

dietotherhythm · Nov 24, 2010

so it kinda mimics what happens when you hold the home key?

Stratrix · Nov 24, 2010

yes. there's recent running apps as well as favorite apps. its makes toggling apps a lot easier.

roadrunnerx7 · Nov 24, 2010

no i meant more like a keyboard remapping. i want the two center quick keys to act as either alt or shift

mikef1182 · Nov 24, 2010

Very cool app! Thanks!!

jopherr · Nov 24, 2010

would this only work on the g2 or would it work on the epic 4g or the droid

Stratrix · Nov 25, 2010

jopherr said:
would this only work on the g2 or would it work on the epic 4g or the droid

I think it should work on the epic 4g and droid. Do those devices have a Quick Key / custom app key?

ImSoHungry · Nov 25, 2010

Stratrix said:
I think it should work on the epic 4g and droid. Do those devices have a Quick Key / custom app key?

No it dosnt, but you can remap the keyboard and make the smily face a quick key maybe.
I installed your app on my G2, absolutely love it, i would have paid for it, thats how good.

Stratrix · Nov 25, 2010

ImSoHungry said:
No it dosnt, but you can remap the keyboard and make the smily face a quick key maybe.
I installed your app on my G2, absolutely love it, i would have paid for it, thats how good.

Thanks! If you could add a rating / comment in the market, that would be appreciated.

How can I make it better? I am adding icon overlays to indicate which ones are Favourites and which ones are Running. Next, I'm thinking about long press running icons to add them as Favourites.

ImSoHungry · Nov 25, 2010

Stratrix said:
Thanks! If you could add a rating / comment in the market, that would be appreciated.

How can I make it better? I am adding icon overlays to indicate which ones are Favourites and which ones are Running. Next, I'm thinking about long press running icons to add them as Favourites.

Done. A well earned 5 *'s
As for making it better, I honestly think it is one of those rare gems that comes out the box 100%, its perfect for what it is used for. I like the clean look it has so I would have to see what overlay you use to judge if it will be good. Long pressing an app to add does sound good however.

You get these kind of apps once in a blue and what ends up happening is the dev always thinks that he/she has to improve it and just adds up making it bloated. I like it as is. Here's a great piece of advice; make a version with what you plan to add and put it up as a donate version, feel out the market, then just tidy the code up for this one and sit on it. You do great work.

mcjerica · Nov 25, 2010

This is pro. Fantastic app.

How about one quick key for favorites, another for running...thoughts?

Stratrix · Nov 25, 2010

mcjerica said:
This is pro. Fantastic app.

How about one quick key for favorites, another for running...thoughts?

Thanks for your feedback. Your suggestion is a good one. I can certainly split it up into two apps.

I am also thinking about how this can be used for devices with no keyboard. Maybe splitting the screen into two halfs - left selects from favourites and right selects from running. Hmm...

Smokuevo · Nov 26, 2010

I love your app. Idk if it goes into two rows when u got a lot of shortcuts set but would be nice. Thank you for this wonderful app!

Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App

Stratrix · Nov 26, 2010

Smokuevo said:
I love your app. Idk if it goes into two rows when u got a lot of shortcuts set but would be nice. Thank you for this wonderful app!

Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App

The apps panel becomes scrollable once its too wide to fit on the screen.

Stratrix · Nov 26, 2010

Feature Requests and Donation Links

<shameless plug>
I've added links to a quick start youtube video, feature request form and donate options on the original post.
</shamless plug>

Thank you all for the supportive comments!

ImSoHungry · Nov 26, 2010

mcjerica said:
This is pro. Fantastic app.

How about one quick key for favorites, another for running...thoughts?

You can already bring up all your running apps by holding home button, to add a second key would be redundant.

Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA App

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