App Search: Floating Launcher

LuX Studio

About this app

Stop swiping through pages of icons. App Search finds any app on your phone in seconds—from the home screen, inside another app, a floating bubble, or the notification shade.

Type just 2–3 letters and your app is ready. Press Enter or let App Search launch it automatically when only one result remains.

🔍 Instant App Search
• Real-time results as you type
• Matches anywhere in app names (e.g. "tube" finds YouTube)
• Recently opened apps shown first
• Frequently used apps ranked higher
• Auto-launch when only one match remains
• Open App Info or uninstall directly from results

🫧 Floating Search Bubble
Search without leaving your current app.
• Drag anywhere—it snaps to screen edges
• Tap to open search over any app
• Double-tap for quick controls
• Remove by dragging to ✕
• Mini, Small and Large sizes
• Automatically hides in fullscreen apps and games

⚡ Quick Controls
Double-tap the bubble to access:
• Brightness & Auto Brightness
• Media & Ring Volume
• Ringer Mode
• Do Not Disturb
• Flashlight
• Auto Rotate
• Screen Timeout
• Play/Pause, Next & Previous Track

Choose any six controls and arrange them your way. Controls work instantly without opening Settings.

🚀 Launch From Anywhere
• Floating popup over any app
• Full-screen search
• Home screen widget
• Quick Settings tile
• App icon

🎨 Designed for Android
• Light, Dark & AMOLED themes
• Follow System theme
• 8 accent colors
• Uses your system font
• Material Design UI

🔒 Fast, Offline & Private
• Works completely offline
• No ads, accounts or sign-up
• Search history stays on your device
• Disable history anytime
• Lightweight with minimal battery usage

📋 Permissions
• Display over other apps – enables the floating bubble and popup
• Notifications – keeps the bubble service running
• Modify system settings & Do Not Disturb – required only for supported quick controls
• App list access – finds installed apps

Whether you call it an app finder, launcher, search launcher or quick launch bar, App Search is the fastest way to open any app.

Questions or feedback? [e-mail]

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Foreground Service Declaration

App Search uses FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE only for its optional floating search bubble.

What it does
The foreground service displays a small draggable overlay that users enable themselves. Tapping the bubble opens App Search over the current app, while double-tapping shows customizable quick controls. The service performs no background work—no networking, location, sensors, analytics or data processing. It exists solely to keep the overlay visible and stops immediately when the bubble is disabled.

Why it starts immediately
The service starts only when the user enables the floating bubble or after device reboot if they previously chose to keep it active. Users expect the bubble to appear instantly. Delaying startup makes the feature appear broken.

Why it must remain running
The bubble itself is the feature. If the service stops, the overlay disappears and there is no other way for the user to reopen it while using other apps. Since the service has no background tasks to defer, batching or pausing provides no benefit.

Why Special Use
The service is not media playback, camera, microphone, location, health, phone, remote messaging, connected device, media projection, data sync or a short-lived service. It exists only to maintain a persistent user-controlled overlay, making specialUse the appropriate foreground service type.

User Control
The floating bubble is disabled by default. Users must explicitly enable it and grant the Display over other apps permission, and they can turn it off at any time.

Ratings and reviews

Does exactly what it says! The automatic app open is a great feature. Although I wish I could exit the search by tapping outside the search box inside of pressing the back button. Nevertheless pretty great and simple app for searching apps. Also I wish there were some options to customize the look and feel of the app like choosing font and color.

Not a fan of the new UI because it does not work behind apps as before. Now it kicks me out of whatever app I am on to app search. Really bummed, this app was a staple of mine. Would be cool to see an option in which we can choose between different themes/ have it work behind apps as before

Update: The screen no longer looks like it "flickers" when it is triggered/opened as a full page through the assistive touch button. Great!

What’s new

Quick controlls on double tap
Floating popup
🎨 Beautiful new modern interface
⚡ Faster and smoother experience
✨ New features and usability improvements
🐞 Bug fixes and stability enhancements
💧 Overall performance optimisations for a better experience every day