Panels

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About this app

Panels is the most customizable sidebar (edge screen) on the market!
Panels is a launcher on the edge of your screen that will change the way you use your phone. Our tool provides a quick access to your favorite apps, shortcuts, contacts and widgets. No more scrolling through the launcher pages, contacts and settings, simply swipe the edge screen. Boost your multitasking and increase productivity!

And the many ways to multitask is not all. Unlike other sidebar apps our edge screen has many features for you to customize. You can alter sidebar's row and column counts and make the edge screen as big or small as you like. You can also customize colors and position of each and every panel, change icon and text sizes, set individual gestures for any app, contact, panel or tool.

Panels Features
• Multitasking and productivity booster
• Works with any launcher
• One hand operation with intuitive gestures
• Always-on-top launcher on the edge of your screen
• Quick access to apps and shortcuts
• Edge screen gestures
• Folders
• Website shortcuts
• Widgets on the edge of your screen
• Floating widgets
• A-Z app drawer
• Contacts
• Notification badges
• Accessibility shortcuts
• System settings shortcuts
• Adjustable item count
• Custom colors
• Position - Left, Right, Bottom
• Icon pack support
• Auto-start on boot
• Blacklist
• Backup locally or using Drive
• Automation apps support
• Dark theme support


Apps and shortcuts - long press and add any apps or your favorite games to fast access and launch them from any other application and without navigating through your home launcher. Boost your multitasking!

Widgets - from google calendar to calculators, add any widgets to the sidebar and launch them with a single edge swipe

Floating widgets - Launch widgets in a separate window on top of other apps, minimize the widget to icon size while browsing your device

Gestures - use gestures to trigger individual items. Or set a gesture to call any panel

Folders - group similar apps using built-in folders

A to Z App Drawer - with only a single tap, A to Z app drawer is the quickest way to launch installed apps

Contacts - add your favorite contacts to the sidebar and access phone, sms, email apps, Whatsapp and Viber

Position - place any sidebar panel on the Left, Right or at the Bottom edge of your screen

Accessibility shortcuts - this includes Home, Back, Recent, Power, Screenshot(Android P+), Lock screen(Android P+) and more

Notification badges - long press any app icon to preview notifications

Icon Packs - download any Icon Pack from the Play Store and apply all icons with one click or customize individual icons. You can also turn any photo from your gallery into an icon

System settings shortcuts - access system preferences with one click and without searching through the settings

Adjustable item count - change the position, item rows and columns counts and make Panels look and feel the way you like.

Color schemes - you can customize each and every panel individually or all at once. Ability to load and save sidebar colors.

Other customization options - you can customize icon and panel size, hide labels, haptic feedback and more

One hand operation - place your sidebars wherever you like, adjust the size and navigate with a single hand

Automation and third party apps support - You can launch individual panels using the shortcut from any third party tool

Use this site if you have issues with the app not staying alive:
https://dontkillmyapp.com/?app=Panels

Don't forget to check the tutorial videos!

Go to Settings - FAQ to find out solutions for some common problems

Accessibility API
Accessibility Service is required to determine the current top app when using the blacklist. Accessibility shortcuts also require this service. No user data being used or collected.

Ratings and reviews

A really useful, easy to use app that does far more than than the standard Samsung edge panel on my S24 (and looks much better due to the wide range of customisation available). The developer responded very quickly when I had a small problem that I couldn't figure out. Highly recommended.

Thanks for the quick reply. I already have that selected (prioritise back gesture in triggers). It started happening when I got my phone updated to android 15. I've been using your app for years. I'll uninstall and reinstall to see if it fixes issue.

Came from Samsung. I miss some features like a scrolling sidebar, and larger interaction zone but managed to replicate the look mostly. Had issues with app not launching on boot, but discovered it was a very specific battery optimisation function on my device not common among phones. Appreciate the effort developer has made to make this the defacto sidebar app. Can't please everybody, but this should please most!

What's new

1.478
Color and animation tweaks
Bug fixes

1.462
App pair (split screen) shortcuts

1.458
Apps can now be hidden directly from the A-Z list (Go to View - List settings to unhide)
Updated scrolling

1.442
Updated folder icon. Added 2 trigger intents

1.430
Further support for dynamic wallpaper colors

1.426
Quick search - apps, contacts, settings. Can be set directly via gestures

1.422
View section UI changes