[Module][3.3.1] QuickSwitch - Quickstep enabler for supported launchers

[KasunCS]

I recently installed Lawnchair 2 10 alpha version and installed latest quickswitch. It successfully installed and pie recents are working.. But the phone horribly lags and too many anr's in /data/anr from process crash of com.google.android.gms.presistent.. and random crashes also occurs on some google apps plus other apps... Can you please privide a solution?? I tried many ways to fix but everything gone wrong. Please help...

 

[KasunCS]

Finally I found myself a workaround for quickswitch lag issue.. This results multiple apps to crash including google play services and most of google apps. The root cause of the issue seems the mount issue of the magisk app on some critical system paths like /system/product/overlay ... There are depreciated modules to mitigate issue but mose of them gave no success.. Without further bla bla bla here's the solution

1. Install latest QuickSwitch app + magisk module and reboot
2. Navigate /data/adb/modules/quicstepswitcher/system
3. Copy all files inside and folders to internal storage
4. Now uninstall module and quicsiwtch app completely
5. Navigate to /system and create temporary folder (You need root browser for this operations)
6. Copy all files of the module you just copied earlier
7. Change permissions of the files according to the path (ex: Lawnchair app and overlay app rw_r_r_ 644 owner and group as root 0)
8. Cut and paste files to their respective directories (/system/etc/permissions, /sysconfig, /system/product/overlay etc)
9. Delete the temp folder and reboot...

Voila! Enjoy!
note: you need to repeat this in every firmware update. If you done correctly, you won't stuck in a bootloop.

 

[Yeedatoy]

Lg pie. Create product folder and move quickswitch overlay and lg launcher there. Open quickswitch again and set recents provider. Done

 

[MarkMRL]

Does this even do anything? I tried a bunch of different launchers including Lawnchair (apk from telegram, play store, github alpha 5), hyperion, shade, and more, they all show up as "not compatible with android 10".
Running LineageOs 17.1 on XZ1C.

 

[Yeedatoy]

Does this even do anything? I tried a bunch of different launchers including Lawnchair (apk from telegram, play store, github alpha 5), hyperion, shade, and more, they all show up as "not compatible with android 10".
Running LineageOs 17.1 on XZ1C.

Many launchers have had to update because of changes made to the launcher3 base by Google. You'll just have to download older versions of those launchers that were released during the a10 timeframe.

 

[MarkMRL]

Many launchers have had to update because of changes made to the launcher3 base by Google. You'll just have to download older versions of those launchers that were released during the a10 timeframe.

So I have to find a launcher that was made around when the time Android 10 was the latest version. Thank you for the clarification, I thought the only requirement was for the launcher to have recents providing capabilities.

 

[Robbo.5000]

Please forgive my stupidity, but this is confusing me.
Back in the day QuickSwitch came as a zip file that was flashed as a Magisk module, which the installation would also have the apk included in the bundle and would be installed automatically.
Now, QuickSwitch is still being described as a Magisk module, but recent releases on Telegram only have the apk file, with instructions to only install the apk (I assume just as a standard app package)
Can it be confirmed that there is no longer any Magisk module that needs to be flashed, or am I being stupid and missing something?

 

[osm0sis]

Please forgive my stupidity, but this is confusing me.
Back in the day QuickSwitch came as a zip file that was flashed as a Magisk module, which the installation would also have the apk included in the bundle and would be installed automatically.
Now, QuickSwitch is still being described as a Magisk module, but recent releases on Telegram only have the apk file, with instructions to only install the apk (I assume just as a standard app package)
Can it be confirmed that there is no longer any Magisk module that needs to be flashed, or am I being stupid and missing something?

Both are available again: https://github.com/skittles9823/QuickSwitch/releases

 

[Robbo.5000]

Both are available again: https://github.com/skittles9823/QuickSwitch/releases

So, the QuickSwitch-Updater.zip is the standard QuickSwitch Magisk module?
Is there any reason why there's no mention of it in the installation instructions?
Does it still contain the app too, or will that need to be installed separately?

EDIT:
So the zip file is the Magisk module and it still automatically installs the app. Got the latest Lawnchair installed and happy.

Don't understand why the installation instructions assume you've already got the module installed and step 1 is install the apk, or are the latest app versions able to install the module themselves, a bit like the new Magisk module manager app?

 

[Lughnasadh]

So, the QuickSwitch-Updater.zip is the standard QuickSwitch Magisk module?
Is there any reason why there's no mention of it in the installation instructions?
Does it still contain the app too, or will that need to be installed separately?

EDIT:
So the zip file is the Magisk module and it still automatically installs the app. Got the latest Lawnchair installed and happy.

Don't understand why the installation instructions assume you've already got the module installed and step 1 is install the apk, or are the latest app versions able to install the module themselves, a bit like the new Magisk module manager app?

If I'm not mistaken, if you install the app and then choose your recents provider and reboot, upon reboot the Magisk mod will be installed. The app now installs the Magisk mod.

 

[Robbo.5000]

If I'm not mistaken, if you install the app and then choose your recents provider and reboot, upon reboot the Magisk mod will be installed. The app now installs the Magisk mod.

OK, thanks for the confirmation. I had previously scanned back over the change log at around the time the zip file got replaced by the apk, but couldn't see anything obvious to suggest that there had been a change in how it is installed.
It would probably be useful for the OP to be updated to clarify that the app now installs the Magisk module and that it doesn't need installing manually through Magisk manager.

 

[lennygreen]

maybe some one knows where to get recent provider to get like android oreo (vertical recent apps)
i have lineage os 19.1

 

[kasth]

Finally I found myself a workaround for quickswitch lag issue.. This results multiple apps to crash including google play services and most of google apps. The root cause of the issue seems the mount issue of the magisk app on some critical system paths like /system/product/overlay ... There are depreciated modules to mitigate issue but mose of them gave no success.. Without further bla bla bla here's the solution

1. Install latest QuickSwitch app + magisk module and reboot
2. Navigate /data/adb/modules/quicstepswitcher/system
3. Copy all files inside and folders to internal storage
4. Now uninstall module and quicsiwtch app completely
5. Navigate to /system and create temporary folder (You need root browser for this operations)
6. Copy all files of the module you just copied earlier
7. Change permissions of the files according to the path (ex: Lawnchair app and overlay app rw_r_r_ 644 owner and group as root 0)
8. Cut and paste files to their respective directories (/system/etc/permissions, /sysconfig, /system/product/overlay etc)
9. Delete the temp folder and reboot...

Voila! Enjoy!
note: you need to repeat this in every firmware update. If you done correctly, you won't stuck in a bootloop.

Sadly this didn't work for me since some of the files are deleted from /system/* after a reboot. Thank you though.

 

[KasunCS]

Sadly this didn't work for me since some of the files are deleted from /system/* after a reboot. Thank you though.

Have you moved every file to its corresponding directory? Or just moved them to the temporary /system directory? After moving files to the /system temporarily, there's a chance to be removed itself upon reboot. So you need to move the files to their respective directories before that.

 

[kasth]

Have you moved every file to its corresponding directory? Or just moved them to the temporary /system directory? After moving files to the /system temporarily, there's a chance to be removed itself upon reboot. So you need to move the files to their respective directories before that.

Have you moved every file to its corresponding directory? Or just moved them to the temporary /system directory? After moving files to the /system temporarily, there's a chance to be removed itself upon reboot. So you need to move the files to their respective directories before that.

It's working now! After I did all the stuff you posted I had to use app systemizer to make the launcher a system app. Thanks a lot!

 

[4qx]

maybe some one knows where to get recent provider to get like android oreo (vertical recent apps)
i have lineage os 19.1

Been looking for exact same thing, and I'm not the only one. No luck so far.

@Skittles9823 or anyone here, guys, do you happen to know an Android 12-compatible launcher or a method that turns recents menu into a cascading list, as it was on Android 9/Oreo and earlier?

 

[Skittles9823]

Been looking for exact same thing, and I'm not the only one. No luck so far.

@Skittles9823 or anyone here, guys, do you happen to know an Android 12-compatible launcher or a method that turns recents menu into a cascading list, as it was on Android 9/Oreo and earlier?

I've not seen any launcher or recents provider that drastically changes recents at all. No developer has really tried to do anything really custom yet.

Someone might be able to make a standalone recents view like Oreo if they check the SystemUI changes when Oreo recents was removed in either Android 10 or 11, I forget which version it was yeeted in exactly.

 

[Skittles9823]

Updated the main post and other helper posts in advance for 3.3.0. Will release soon if no issues arise, changes are already up on github though if anyone wants to test or just have a look see at whats new

 

[Skittles9823]

QuickSwitch 3.3.0 released

Note, this update will reset the current provider

Changelog:
- better support some LG devices on Android 9
- allow installation on MIUI 12.5+ (oops forgot the check was there)
- remove sepolicy rules as they didn't help most of the time
- increase overlay priority again
- format scripts to be more readable
- the QuickSwitch app will now correctly specify Android 12.1 instead of 12 where applicable
- change module ID to `quickswitch`, order has been restored
- for module developers who check for the modID, I'd recommend instead looking for the `/data/adb/modules/**/quickswitch` binary instead
- update README to better explain the modules functionality
- update the modules update-binary because it was 2 years outdated xd

 

[Skittles9823]

QuickSwitch 3.3.1 released

In classic me fashion, a large update followed by a fix patch.

Changelog:
- lower overlay priority as it was too high for some devices
- side note of an ommision from the 3.3.0 changelog, the app can detect conflicting quickstep modules so a high overlay priority is redundant