SwipeLaunch Disabler APK
App information
Version 0.4.0 (#4)
Updated 2015-04-02
APK Size 6.8 KB
Requires Android Android 4.1+ (Jelly Bean)
Offered by Hairy Robot
Category Free Tools App
App id hk.sld.SwipeLaunchDisabler
Developer's notes Being useful by doing nothing.
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Latest updates
What's new in SwipeLaunch Disabler 0.4.0
* Removed UI
v0.3.0
* Removed assist icon
v0.2.0
* Reduced icon size
v0.1.0
* First release (2012-10-25)
Editor's review
Download the latest SwipeLaunch Disabler application, version 0.4.0, compatible with Windows 10/11 (using emulators such as Bluestacks), Android devices. This free Tools app is developed by Hairy Robot and is easy to download and install.
Previous versions, including 0.4.0, are also available. If you need help or have any problems, please let us know.
Description
Follow below steps:
(1) goto "Settings > Apps > Advanced (the small gear icon) > Default Apps > Assists & voice input"
(2) select "none"
My thanks to robojumper for the above information.
The exact location of the settings may differ between Android version, for example, on Android 7, the settings is located at
"Settings > Apps > Advanced (top right gear icon) > Assist & voice input > Assist app"
So a little searching maybe necessary.
As of Jelly Bean, it is possible to quick launch an app (Google Now by default) by a swipe up gesture from the navigation bar, this feature can be annoying.
This app is developed to "disable" this feature. Actually the feature is not disabled, but instead launches this app that does nothing.
*** Important notes ***
This app does not provide a launch icon in the app drawer, so it is not possible to uninstall it in the conventional way.
Can use below methods to uninstall:
(1) Use an uninstaller app, there are many on Play Store, and AppWererabbit is a good choice.
(2) Goto "Settings > Apps > ALL", locate "SwipeLaunch Disabler", select to uninstall from App info screen.
This app may not be applicable to devices with a physical HOME button, mostly Samsung devices.
On devices with physical HOME button, long pressing the HOME button is equivalent to swipe launch action on buttonless devices, which maybe less prone to launching of Google Now by mistake.
The "semi-circle ring" on pre-Lollipop and "exploding circle" on Lollipop is animation prior to launching this app, therefore, out of control of this app.
The code is open source and available on github: https://github.com/HairyRobot/SwipeLaunchDisabler
Ratings and Reviews
Rating: 3.9/5 based on 2K+ reviews
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5 ★ Very useful modification wnich it is disabling default Swipe Seach in my HTC Sense 6. Lovely
5 ★ works on s10+, no more Google assistant swipe up!
5 ★ Cannot thank you enough. I was ready to go nuclear at Google overtaking my home button with no way of stopping it. How is that legal? I now hate them as much as fb. You've turned my phone back into a useful device as i was ready to throw it out the window due to every time i picked it up the damn assist launched after I'd turned it off!!!
5 ★ Does what it does.... Upswipe launches nothing. Thanks
5 ★ Praise jesus, this app has fixed the utter BS Google has inflicted on me
1 ★ What is this ????? It's not working. Time Waste.
1 ★ Doesn't work
5 ★ This app saves lives.
5 ★ 👍💯 👉📱 helped a lot
1 ★ its not working
5 ★ Lenovo Tab3 Pro Love it. No more annoying Google Swipe. No more being kicked out of what I'm doing just to have the Google search page come up. If I swipe, the screen flickers white for a split second, then carries on as if nothing has happened. It works even better on my Lenovo S6000.
5 ★ I love what this app does when I accidentally swipe up from the home button: ABSOLUTELY NOTHING opens! I was soooo tired of seeing the Get Started page of Google Now. Don't use Now cards and never will. This gem of an app substitutes a great big nothing for an obnoxious promotion. Thanks, developer. Keep that hair growing! Moto E (2015) with Lollipop 5.0.2.
5 ★ I was at the point of disabling my Google search due to this frustrating "feature" foisted on me by my new phone. I have motor coordination issues anyhow, guarding my swiping wasn't going to work, not when my last phone didn't have this irritant. Highly recommended, A+++.
5 ★ Many thanks for this apps, never use that ****ing google search, it is very annoying wrongly swipe up come up google apps. On my first device have official MM update that can disable on phone setting. Use this apps on lollipop device.
4 ★ Well, almost. Epic launcher on my nexus 9 worth marshmallow started launching Google now on a home secret swipe, with no setting to change it. This stops that. Doesn't work on a long press on the home screen button, but that's much less annoying.
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