Essential Layout Whitelist Editor

[tw1tch175]

This is an app made by a reddit user to manage the ESSENTIAL_LAYOUT_WHITELIST setting.
You can use this app to only whitelist apps that you need, instead of whitelisting all apps.
Note that you will still need ADB to grant permission to this app:
adb shell pm grant in.tsdo.elw android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS
You only need to do this once, then you can use the app normally.
This app only shows user apps. Please do give feedback if you find any system app that behaves differently than it was.
Google Play
Download(Github)
edit: credits to oracleicom


All credit for this app goes to /u/TsFreddie over on the /r/essential subreddit.

 

[frhoward]

Yes. First up Nova!!!

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[ack154]

This is now on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.tsdo.elw

But you still MUST run that permissions code in ADB.

adb shell pm grant in.tsdo.elw android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS

 

[TsFreddie]

I was wondering when will this get posted here since I can't post link.

But, just a heads up: the old package name got suspended by google. So the package name changed, and the ADB command should change correspondingly.

adb shell pm grant in.tsdo.elw android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS

 

[tw1tch175]

I was wondering when will this get posted here since I can't post link.

But, just a heads up: the old package name got suspended by google. So the package name changed, and the ADB command should change correspondingly.

adb shell pm grant in.tsdo.elw android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS

I updated the OP with this :good:

 

[kirdroid]

This is great !! Is there a reason why essential didn't do this out of the box?

 

[gqukyo]

How'd you guys get ADB drivers to work. I can't locate any that'll work for some reason. Could be my current adb drivers are messing with it. It works fine for my LG and Samsung phones but my adb won't show the Essential phone...

 

[tardis_42]

How'd you guys get ADB drivers to work. I can't locate any that'll work for some reason. Could be my current adb drivers are messing with it. It works fine for my LG and Samsung phones but my adb won't show the Essential phone...

Assuming you're on Windows, reboot with driver signing disabled and force update drivers to the one Google distributes with the sdk.

 

[gqukyo]

I got some universal ones to work. However, now my issue is that the authorize PC pop up doesn't actually pop up when I connect. I've google and none of the solutions worked... I just want to swap out the app switcher and back buttons... :T

 

[daverup]

How'd you guys get ADB drivers to work. I can't locate any that'll work for some reason. Could be my current adb drivers are messing with it. It works fine for my LG and Samsung phones but my adb won't show the Essential phone...

The older minimal adb packages won't work, and the failures look like driver issues.
Get the new adb and try again.

 

[gqukyo]

I got it working now. Just had to use another PC.

 

[808phoneaddict]

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this app worked perfectly! Love it when it's using the extra room! Thanks for the help!

 

[vexx109]

So, my question. Since I did the whitelist all (with the *) what's the remove command for that line? so that I can actually use this selective whitelist?

 

[Vertzile]

So, my question. Since I did the whitelist all (with the *) what's the remove command for that line? so that I can actually use this selective whitelist?

Uploading the new list will over write the existing values.

If you want return the value to stock use,
adb shell settings delete global ESSENTIAL_LAYOUT_WHITELIST

 

[lpasq]

After you guys changed permissions, did you get the OTA update no problem? Did the hack stick or did you need to reapply the shell command?

 

[bugsy]

I did the mods via ADB and they have stuck after the upgrade, either that or Essential has added apps to their whitelist as part of this upgrade.

 

[DROIDESP]

Thank you so much for this easy way to whitelist without having to wait for Essential!!

Curious what other apps you all have white-listed to full screen (I have only done Nova Prime) with good results...

---------- Post added at 07:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:08 PM ----------

I was wondering when will this get posted here since I can't post link.

But, just a heads up: the old package name got suspended by google. So the package name changed, and the ADB command should change correspondingly.

adb shell pm grant in.tsdo.elw android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS

Thank you!

 

[bugsy]

I whitelisted Nova, Textra, calander and instapaper. Thinking of switching to the global whitelist, but haven't done that yet.

 

[njgill05]

This is so much nicer than fighting with the ADB permissions. I kept missing an app here or there editing it manually. Thank you brilliant lovely folks.

 

[tw1tch175]

I whitelisted Nova, Textra, calander and instapaper. Thinking of switching to the global whitelist, but haven't done that yet.

A few apps don't work properly. Personally I would just use this app and select all by default, then turn off any apps that you notice has glitches as you see them.