Safe Home Button

Gentle Tech

About this app

**Navigate your phone with just one tap!**

Safe Home Button provides a floating button that makes Android navigation easier for seniors and users with motor impairments. Navigate with simple gestures - no complex controls needed.

### 🎓 Easy to Learn
- **Interactive Tutorial**: Helpful tooltip shows you all gestures on first use
- **Visual Guidance**: Clear instructions appear right when you need them

### 🏠 Safe & Simple Navigation
- **Safe Home Mode**: Every tap takes you home - maximum safety
- **One-Handed Use**: Navigate your entire phone with one hand
- **Always Available**: Floating button stays accessible in every app
- **Smart Positioning**: Automatically moves above keyboard when typing

### 👆 Simple Gestures
**Safe Home Mode** (Default):
- Tap/Long press → Go home
- Drag → Move button

**Navigation Mode** (Advanced):
- Tap → Back
- Double tap → Previous app
- 3 taps → Recent apps
- Long press → Home

### 🎨 Personalize
- **Easy Color Picker**: Choose any color
- **Transparency**: Adjust visibility
- **Free Positioning**: Place anywhere, remembered across restarts

### ♿ Accessibility First
- **WCAG 2.1 AA Compliant**
- **TalkBack Support**
- **Large Touch Targets**
- **High Contrast** & **Dark Mode**

### 🔒 Privacy & Safety
- **No Data Collection**
- **No Ads** & **No Tracking**
- **Open Source**
- **Battery Friendly** & **Crash-Free**

### 📱 Requirements
- Android 8.0 or newer
- Overlay & Accessibility permissions

### 💡 Perfect For
- Seniors finding navigation difficult
- Users with hand tremors or limited mobility
- One-handed use

### 🎯 Why Safe Home Button?
Unlike other apps, this is designed specifically for accessibility. The default mode prevents getting lost by always returning home.

### 🆓 Free & Open Source
All features are free. No ads, no purchases.

*Made with ❤️ for accessibility*

**Note**: This app is an assistive tool and does not replace professional medical advice.

### ⚠️ Accessibility Service Disclosure
This app uses the Android AccessibilityService API.
The AccessibilityService API is used exclusively to provide the following core features:
- Floating overlay button for one-handed navigation
- Global gestures to perform actions like Go Back, Go Home, and Show Recent Apps
- Performing global navigation actions on behalf of the user

This app does not use the AccessibilityService API to collect, store, or share any personal user data. All settings are stored locally on the device only.

What’s new

- Improved accessibility by moving transparency settings to the main settings screen for easier access.
- Fixed navigation bar height to prevent issues when dragging items on screen.
- Ensured app release notes are correctly displayed in the Play Store for better clarity.