Hidden apps should not show as icons in the "recently used" / "app overview" menu

[xipe-totec-gnu]

Checklist

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Affected app version

1.1.3

Affected Android/Custom ROM version

Android 14

Affected device model

I don't want to disclose this information, unless it's relevant, but I don't think so. Otherwise please let me know!

How did you install the app?

GitHub releases

Steps to reproduce the bug

1. Press the "app overview" button
2. Look at the app icons that show up at the bottom of the screen
3. Go to the app drawer, long press one of the apps that showed up in step 2 and click hide
4. Press the "app overview" button
5. Look at the app icons that show up at the bottom of the screen

Expected behavior

The icon of the hidden app should not show up

Actual behavior

The icon of the hidden app still shows up

Additional information

By "app overview" I mean the button that is usually at the bottom of Android phones, along with "back" and "home"

One could probably think of different use cases to the "hide app" function, and while I think that simply hiding an app isn't a good security measure, maybe someone does. How to solve that is a different issue, but I think that fixing this could be an improvement. I also feel like not having this makes the "hide app" function a little bit less useful.

I also noticed that hidden apps can be found via the magnifying glass in the "app overview". Should I open another issue?

Thanks a lot for the launcher

Screenshots/Screen recordings

[Aga-C]

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[xipe-totec-gnu]

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Could you help me to figure out what's incorrect?

[Aga-C]

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[xipe-totec-gnu]

• Don't remove any parts of the template (Steps to reproduce the bug is missing).

  • Don't copy-paste contents between sections. Actual and expected behavior are meant to contain straightforward descriptions. It's easier for maintainers and developers to have it concisely described than putting everything in Additional information, which should contain only additional information (hence the name).

Please read instructions in the form, as they clearly describe it.

Ok, I think I did better this time. Please let me know if there are still errors.

[naveensingh]

The system is responsible for what appears in the overview/recents screen. There's no standard way to override this.

One could probably think of different use cases to the "hide app" function

It should be clarified in the UI that this is a visual/convenience feature that only hides app icons. It's not a security feature.

You might be interested in private space (available only on Android 15 and above).