Multi-action Home Button APK
App information
Version 2.5.0 (#50)
Updated 2019-03-16
APK Size 3.5 MB
Requires Android Android 4.0+ (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Offered by Sylvain Lagache
Category Free Tools App
App id com.home.button.bottom
Developer's notes Your home button is dead ? Just add a new home above it !
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Latest updates
What's new in Multi-action Home Button 2.5.0
* New Suggestion screen
Editor's review
Download the latest Multi-action Home Button application, version 2.5.0, compatible with Windows 10/11 (using emulators such as Bluestacks), Android devices. This free Tools app is developed by Sylvain Lagache and is easy to download and install.
Previous versions, including 2.5.0, are also available. If you need help or have any problems, please let us know.
Description
It\'s very simple:
The app create a software button in the center bottom of you screen and add several actions to this button.
Actions you can do with the button :
_Home
_Recent apps
_Back
_Settings
_Pull down notification panel
_Start a selected app
_[Pro version] take a screenshot
_[Pro version] lock the screen
_[Pro version] display quick settings
_[Pro version] start power menu
Pro version
The pro version gives you more actions as well as other buttons to place on the right and left bottom corners of your screen.
/!\ If your device has a navigation bar (Home, Back and Recent apps buttons) on the screen, the button will be above the navigation bar! /!\
This app uses the Device Administrator permission.
The only administrator policy used is \"force-lock\" and it is used to lock the device when the user has done the selected action.
Permission :
_Read Phone State => Needed (and only used) to load applications list because of some manufacturers limitations.
_Write Internal Storage => Save screenshots in the device.
This app uses Accessibility services.
Accessibility services are used to start several actions (start multi-task, pull down notification panel, pull down quick settings, open power menu, simulate back). These actions can help people that need to use their phone with only one hand to start actions that are not easy to do with only one hand (for example pull down notifications). Accessibility services are only used to these actions.
App permissions
Multi-action Home Button 2.5.0 APK requires following permissions:
Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting.
Allows an app to create windows using the type TYPE_APPLICATION_OVERLAY, shown on top of all other apps.
Allows access to the vibrator.
Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows an application to expand or collapse the status bar.
Must be required by an AccessibilityService, to ensure that only the system can bind to it.
Allows an application to read from external storage.
Ratings and Reviews
Rating: 4.5/5 based on 17K+ reviews
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4 ★ It works. I install this because I don't want to over use my physical home button. The software home button is at the bottom. There is a little problem though... I got a movie player that has its navigation bar at the bottom too, sometime I miss press the home button and the movie navigation buttons. Other than this, everything is fine
5 ★ This is an excellent app. Not just a way around broken buttons, but a way of preventing button wear and breakage. The placement of the tiny cloud that is adjustable works great, as it is on the very edge of the screen. Rarely interferes with other screen buttons usage. I have a good setup on my phone where the center icon in the dock has been removed for easier use of the "cloud button".
3 ★ Amazing,my only home button is dead,so i dont need all 3,so amazing But as soon as i restart my phone,it stops working😕
4 ★ It was like boon to my mobile as in my mobile All the three back middle and recent app button are not working ....🤗🤗😚😚
5 ★ Works well; I haven't had a problem with it, and the customization options make it even better. However (I decided this isn't enough to take off a star but it's worth mentioning), I would prefer if it offered different styles of home buttons instead of only the translucent light. This might be available in the paid version, but I'm not planning on checking because I won't be spending money on this.
5 ★ It works on my Galaxy Note 4 and is very consistent. I like very much that it does not require network access. It does not work as a home button when taking a screen shot with the Samsung's native software or using it as a home button for a downloaded screenshot program. But it very reliably brings up the home screen. I intend to buy the pro version so I won't have to use my phone's aging home button for screenshots once I determine that the pro version also does not use network access.
5 ★ great app. no extra ads. my phone is nearly 4 years old and works well but the home button was getting tetchy and not always reacting. I tried a few apps and some annoyingly had ads, changed home screen, or the button was in the way over every app. this one doesn't ad you to death, and is perfectly discreet and still works and doesn't explode your phone with notifications. A plus
5 ★ I had to pull the drop down menu, go into settings, then the apps setting and then look through every running application to even be able to make a phone call for so long, that writing a lengthy review won't take any time at all. Lol, I love this app! It truly saved me from spending money because this phone was about to be junked. Thank you so much! It's a clean, user-friendly, and super efficient app that I recommend to anyone having issues with their home and back buttons. This is awesome😊
4 ★ So far it is working perfect. It does exactly as it says. my Samsung Galaxy's home button stopped working. I tried everything to fix it but to no prevail. This home button app is great. Having no home button is very frustrating. Thanks for this easy fix. It is an app I would gladly pay a one time fee for.
5 ★ This app has saved me an enormous amount of irritation. Although the mission was already fulfilled in bypassing the capacitive button the author put forth a great deal of effort in adding additional functionality. I feel duty bound now to pay for it simply because it has become a ubiquitous feature of use with my Galaxy S3 Tablet. You can actually get 3 overlay buttons at the same time with multiple features (You may not figure this out if the margins are tiny or the button is invisible).
1 ★ This button is in the way and you can't move it. No matter where you put it ir how small you make it, it will block something important on an app you use all the time. (I have something similar on my ipad and I can just move it around like a mouse.) I really wanted to like this and wanted it to work for me. I even bought the premium one for more features. .
1 ★ will change my rating if its fixed. purchased the pro for 2.39, as I only needed the screenshot feature. turns out there is a pop up which developer says you should not disable (may cause app to crash then you need to reinstall). this pop up pops up EVERY time you do a screen shot. not very happy, its a pain and hopefully its fixed, soon. smh? had I known this I would NOT have purchased.
3 ★ I had a problem with the notification. I am using Android 10, and turned of the notification via "app info" (not from the setting inside the app). Then the system had a notification that said this app is running background balabala. This setting should be able to turn off (system provided a switch). However every time I turned the switch off, it turned on automatically. I believe above is this app's problem because I used other background apps which were working fine using the above setting.
5 ★ So far so good. I lost home button function on my phone from a drop of water. What I like most about this app is that I can show all recent apps running in the background to either jump to one quickly or close them. You also can customize the color & size of the new 'home button'. Thanks!
5 ★ Ok guys you need to add option to switch back to previous app!! When you do that I'll buy the app since you have option to get into split screen which I need a lot but I don't have anymore on One UI so as soon as you add that option to switch to previous app that will be amazing! otherwise I like the app.. Also it works perfectly with gesture based system on one ui ater you disable tap option.. Nice one! Also if you can implement demo test for pro options (like let me try it for 10 times or so)
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