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About this app

Tired of sidebars? - Customize your device with a Wheel!
Wheel Launcher is an edge screen, a slide out panel that is floating on top of everything on your device and provides a quick access to your favorite apps, shortcuts, contacts, tools and quick settings - just pull the icon on the vertical edge of your screen.
Unlike other sidebars Wheel Launcher is designed to operate with a single hand, it is highly customizable with support for icon packs and themes. Wheel Launcher does not interfere with your main launcher. Wheel Launcher allows you to add any shortcuts provided by your apps, like direct dial, any of your contacts or settings shortcuts, like battery, sound, WiFi and so on. Wheel Launcher is the most comprehensive sidebar on Google Play! Auto hide in landscape mode option when watching movies or playing games.
Wheel Launcher is a lightweight edge screen, no unnecessary services and processes that occupy your RAM. Less RAM used - more battery saved!
If you have anything to ask, suggest or if you found a bug, please be free to drop me an email.

Wheel Launcher Features
• Fancy slide out circle design
• Easy single-handed operation
• Quick access to apps and shortcuts
• Contacts
• Accessibility shortcuts
• Quick settings toggles
• System settings shortcuts
• Notification badges [Android O+]
• Audio controls
• Gestures
• Themes
• Left/Right sided panel
• Icon pack support
• Icon or shape trigger support
• Autostart on boot
• Recent apps.
• Open and close the Wheel Launcher by shaking your device.
• The panel is resizable with adjustable item count.
• Backup and Restore

Full version
• Unlimited number of items on the main panel
• Folders support
• No Ads

Apps - Touch the + button and add any apps or favorite games. Quickly access sidebar from any other application and without navigating through your phone.

Gestures - Apply motion gestures and start items directly from the trigger. Select a gesture for any app, shortcut, contact or tool and launch it with one quick motion.

Notification badges - Long press on any app icon to preview available notifications.

Contacts - Add your favorite contacts and access phone, sms, email apps, Whatsapp and Viber.

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

Icon Packs - Download any Icon Pack from the Play store and apply all icons with one click or change individual icons. You can also turn any photo from your gallery into an icon and set it's shape.

Quick settings toggles - 6 quick settings toggles Sound, WiFi, Flashlight, Bluetooth, Location and Orientation.

System settings shortcuts - Access often used system preferences with one click and without searching through device settings.

Item count and appearance - Change position, item count, size or hide labels and make the Wheel Launcher look and feel like you wish.

Themes - Customize your phone! Wheel Launcher has a handful of themes to compliment you device's look. You can even change individual colors on some themes, pick colors from your wallpaper, etc. You can also change trigger appearance, making it any color or transparency.

Folders(available in full version) - Create folders and add apps, shortcuts and contacts to organize your Wheel Launcher even more.

Recent apps - navigate and access recently used apps.

Audio controls - After starting you favorite music/audio app you can control the playback using Wheel Launcher audio controls.

Backup and Restore - Save and load your settings and items.

MIUI devices require a special permission to be granted
MIUI 10: Go to Settings - Permissions - Other permissions - find Wheel Launcher, Tick Display pop-up window.
MIUI 11: Go to Settings - Apps - Permissions - Other permissions - find Wheel Launcher, Tick Display pop-up window.

Ratings and reviews

Great app so far! One thing though is that I've made the trigger area visible and sometimes, it doesn't display... so I can't bring up Wheel Launcher. Anyway, what I'd like to see is the ability to swipe right (on a wheel placed on the left side) which then switches wheels... For example, I could have a navigation/travel wheel, and then a mail/communication wheel, and a social media wheel, etc. Also, perhaps one of these wheels would be recents. I know there are folders but I have folders on my launcher and they are not the most convenient in quickly navigating. This feature would definitely make the paid version worth it!

Love the app! Nice graphics, smooth animation, and easy to use. You can buy the full version, and also download and use the Lite version at the same time for Double the interface! Only issue I have so far is that both the "triggers" keep auto re-positioning to the top corners of the screen, even though I keep positioning them on the lower sides corners. Workaround is to position the trigger(s) where you want in the apps Settings, then turn off the "Movable" function. Great app regardless!

I really did like this app, but I have to uninstall it for 2 reasons. First, it keeps closing even though I have it excluded from battery saving and do not disturb. Second, when I allow this app permission to Draw Over Other Apps, it negatively affects the touchscreen capability in other apps. If you can use it without those problems, it's a great app. Developer, if you see this, I tried to send you an email at the address listed but it was rejected. If we can fix this I'll change my rating.

What's new

1.448
Bug fixes

1.440
New utility - Contacts (browse all the contacts)

1.438
Wheel Launcher shortcuts - show trigger and show wheel
Option to show scrollbar in folders and on the main wheel
Option to align items to center, instead of spreading
Blacklist is now using the Accessibility service - should work better.

1.432
Improved wheel animation

1.430
Website shortcuts

1.428
Volume buttons in Audio controls
Cut/Paste items from/into folders (Full version)