0.1.0-alpha04

The fourth published build. One change since alpha03, and it is the swipe that opens the shade without the status bar.

Changes in this release

• Swipe down for notifications and quick settings (#93). A swipe down that starts in the upper half of Home opens the notification shade from the left half and quick settings from the right, the two panels the status bar would open. It uses the same accessibility service the double tap already holds, and does nothing while that service is off. A swipe that starts in the lower half still scrolls.

Install

Download the APK below, allow your browser to install unknown applications when Android asks, then open it. To make it your home screen: Settings → Apps → Default apps → Home app → Terminal Launcher, or press Home once and pick it from the chooser.

This one updates alpha03 in place. Both are signed with the same debug key, verified certificate against certificate, so Android accepts the update and your settings and pins survive it.

Still a debug build, with the same consequences

It is what CI builds and verifies on every commit, signed with the Android debug key and debuggable, so:

• on a device with USB debugging on, any connected host can attach to the launcher and read what it stored, which is your settings and what you pinned, nothing else;
• a properly signed release will still not be able to update this build. Android refuses an update whose signature does not match, so moving to the signed build will mean uninstalling this one first, which takes your settings and pins with it.

It is also unoptimised, which is why it weighs around 25 MB.

What it does

Two shells, Unix and DOS, chosen in the settings, with the prompt, the command names, the application names, and every message written in that style. Search while you type. Only registered commands run: there is no shell behind the prompt, no Runtime.exec, no arbitrary intent. Pinned applications and shortcuts survive restarts, settings persist, a double tap on Home locks the screen, and a swipe down opens the notification shade or quick settings. Those three actions share one accessibility service that reads nothing on screen.

help lists the commands.