is there a way of having an icon / shortcut for bixby....i have disabled the side button....but i'd like to have an icon somewhere to go in and play with it every now and then.
also this could be useful on a custom rom with bixby where the hardware just doesnt have the button on the side like on the S6 or the S7 that got the android 7 and a ported s8/note8 rom
Yes you can use a app to have a activities shortcut /widget. Nova launcher as the ability to do this built into it.
Also many apps on the Playstore do the same example: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ss.moreshortcuts. Just place shortcut on your home screen and choose your activity ie; Bixby Home .
You can also use gesture apps to do the same thing again Nova Launcher also as this built in.
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Here is a foolproof way to put a Bixby floating icon on your home screen.
No need for button remappers, no need to flash or install anything at all.
This method works on all versions of the S7 Flat G930 and S7 Edge G935 phones.
No root required, the only thing which is required is to have Bixby installed.
Here are the easy step by step instructions:
1: Go into settings>acessibility>dexterity and interaction>assistant menu
and enable it, there you will see another assistant menu so enable it again.
2: Then click on the assistant menu options and select the Bixby icon.
3: Click the back button and you will see the assistant menu again.
4: Now you can select how much transparency you want for the new
Bixby floating icon to have on your home screen.
Once you are done you will see a Bixby icon on your home screen
that you can move to any location on your home screen.
When you click this new Bixby icon it will open Bixby Home and if you
like, you can set the right swipe to google assisant instead of Bixby.
If you choose more than one floating icon then clicking on it will just
open the icon and display more icon buttons, so only select Bixby.
Good luck, have a great day
nice find man!!! butt maybe you can help me to putt bixby in my press and hold back key in nova launcher?
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demon2112 said:
nice find man!!! butt maybe you can help me to putt bixby in my press and hold back key in nova launcher?
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If you want to use the long "press back button" for Bixby in Nova launcher you need to go
to the playstore and download "Sesame", it's the best way to map any of the phone's keys
or gestures in Nova launcher's "Gestures and Input" options.
Using Sesame you can also use Nova launchers "double tap home screen" for Bixby too.
Sesame is a paid playstore app, it has a 14 day trial to make sure it works well for you.
It's not specifically designed only for Bixby, it can be used to launch almost any of the
phone's options or features that cannot be selected or accessed by simply clicking on
the apps in your app drawer creating shortcuts on your home screen.
Sesame integrates itself into Nova launcher. It's an add-on created for Nova launcher.
Good luck, have a great day!
Misterjunky said:
If you want to use the long "press back button" for Bixby in Nova launcher you need to go
to the playstore and download "Sesame", it's the best way to map any of the phone's keys
or gestures in Nova launcher's "Gestures and Input" options.
Using Sesame you can also use Nova launchers "double tap home screen" for Bixby too.
Sesame is a paid playstore app, it has a 14 day trial to make sure it works well for you.
It's not specifically designed only for Bixby, it can be used to launch almost any of the
phone's options or features that cannot be selected or accessed by simply clicking on
the apps in your app drawer creating shortcuts on your home screen.
Sesame integrates itself into Nova launcher. It's an add-on created for Nova launcher.
Good luck, have a great day!
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thanks butt bixby isnt shiwing in any menu to set it up, the same thing with the samsung wheater widget in nova launcher
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demon2112 said:
thanks butt bixby isnt shiwing in any menu to set it up, the same thing with the samsung wheater widget in nova launcher
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Bixby does not need to be viewable in menus or the app drawer if you use Sesame.
In Sesame Bixby is a selectable "action" not a icon button in menus or app drawer.
Bixby is not in any of the widgets and has nothing to do with widgets or with any apps.
That's the beauty of Sesame, it creates shortcuts to ACTIONS and GESTURES that
do not have corresponding apps that you can associate them with.
Sesame is a add-on to Nova Launcher making it possible to create normal shortcuts
of actions and gestures which do not appear in the menus, app drawer or widgets.
Good luck, have a great day!
Misterjunky said:
Bixby does not need to be viewable in menus or the app drawer if you use Sesame.
In Sesame Bixby is a selectable "action" not a icon button in menus or app drawer.
Bixby is not in any of the widgets and has nothing to do with widgets or with any apps.
That's the beauty of Sesame, it creates shortcuts to ACTIONS and GESTURES that
do not have corresponding apps that you can associate them with.
Sesame is a add-on to Nova Launcher making it possible to create normal shortcuts
of actions and gestures which do not appear in the menus, app drawer or widgets.
Good luck, have a great day!
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thanks dude butt i really struggle with sesame.......i dont get the point of it so i dont see how it works...its a mindf#ck....stilll i cant get bixby to stick on a longpress action or similar. butt thanks for the effort dude
I was able to get Sesame & Nova Prime to give me Bixby on double tap!
install Nova (Prime), follow all prompts.
install Sesame, follow all set up directions.
then:
Nova settings, Gestures & inputs, click Double tap, "Activities" tab, click "Bixby Home", and fine and chose, ".main.MainActivity" Save.
I have bxactions for the Bixby button doing multiple things, and now can still open Bixby when I want to!
and, this doesn't even begin to touch all the awesome stuff i'm seeing from Sesame! <--I bought it!
thanks misterjunky!
Hi, Have looked around the internet and have found plenty of reference to the S7 and how to fix this but those fixes dont seem to work for the S8+. Anyway the issue is that having installed Nova Launcher and tried to add the Google Calendar and MyFitnessPal Widgets I have noticed that they are quite large in comparison to that of the stock launcher, they seem out of place, even the google search bar looks odd. Does anyone know of a way to fix this?
Found this in web "Support response: *That's something that Samsung does to either try and prevent you from using 3rd party launchers like Nova, or to stop you from using their widgets within 3rd party launchers. *. I also want to use nova launcher but widgets' resolution is too high, any solutions ?
This particular issue is annoying to say the least. Widgets look like crap on Nova vs stock...BUT I did find a workaround with my S8 and just did it on my S10. I haven't seen this solution posted anywhere, but I'm sure many OCD people like myself will be happy:
Create a new Nova widget for "activities". Scroll down to "touchwiz" or "One UI" (for Samsung, may differ depending on what your stock launcher is called). Expand "One UI" and select the activity that ends with ".Launcher. "
That's it! now you can load your stock launcher with a tap of a button. I use this button to load all my widgets (with the mentioned resolution issue) since they are all organized on the stock launcher just they way I like. A press of the home button will take you back to Nova home screen.
Depending on your icon packs, you can make the icon disappear by selecting no icon so you have a "secret" location to launch your widgets or select any icon you wish.
Alternatively, If you don't want to use an icon, you can do the same with Gestures if you have Nova Prime. Just select the gesture to be an "activity" from the shortcuts tab and select that launcher activity as noted above.
Thank you!
You're brilliant. That's all I wanted t express and I made an account to say this. This had been bugging me for so long!
palakb said:
This particular issue is annoying to say the least. Widgets look like crap on Nova vs stock...BUT I did find a workaround with my S8 and just did it on my S10. I haven't seen this solution posted anywhere, but I'm sure many OCD people like myself will be happy:
Create a new Nova widget for "activities". Scroll down to "touchwiz" or "One UI" (for Samsung, may differ depending on what your stock launcher is called). Expand "One UI" and select the activity that ends with ".Launcher. "
That's it! now you can load your stock launcher with a tap of a button. I use this button to load all my widgets (with the mentioned resolution issue) since they are all organized on the stock launcher just they way I like. A press of the home button will take you back to Nova home screen.
Depending on your icon packs, you can make the icon disappear by selecting no icon so you have a "secret" location to launch your widgets or select any icon you wish.
Alternatively, If you don't want to use an icon, you can do the same with Gestures if you have Nova Prime. Just select the gesture to be an "activity" from the shortcuts tab and select that launcher activity as noted above.
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Brilliant solution. I might say this workaround is even better than solving the actual problem. I love android.
Samsung C7 Customization Oreo
Bixby Home
replace flipboard to bixby
Task Changer
Changes your task view to latest s9 task changer
LockStar
New Beautifull lockscreen
QuickStar
Customise your status dropdown menu
Samsung Experience home 10
Latest Samsung Experience 10 For c7
Simply
Install the mod apks which you want then
install nova launcher Dont run it.
1- goto home screen to make a widget
search nova launcer widget and select activites to make a shortcut for every mod.
for Bixby
in activies find bixby home
then click on 1st bixby home icon (main.main.activity) to make a shortcut at home screen
then open it and set it up. after you restart your device flipboard will be replaced with bixby.
for task changer
do the same goto widget from activites then find task changer
and click on the 2nd one task changer settings then open it disable then unable at the top your task menu will be changed
for lockstar
goto activities find lockstar click on the first lockstar (settings.main.settingsactivity)
turn it on click on + icon to make a new lock screen after that your lockscreen will be changed.
For QuickStar
goto Activities find quickstar, click on the first one quickstar (Qstuneractivity)
open it select coloring . enable it and select any recomanded color option your status style will be changed.
in my coloring you can make your own color scheme, use a wallpaper or make background transparent.
for samsung experience 10
after installing samsung home experiece sometime it shows blank screen saying homescreen crashed
goto settings click on display. click on home screen and select the new home screen as always after that experince ui10 home screen will be activated.
:good:Links Added. Do Post Your Home Screens.
I use Square Launcher 2 but I imagine this works with any launcher. Also tested with lawn chair launcher, a pixel launcher immigration. I'm using a Verizon Pixel 2 XL, stock ota with a locked bootloader and no-root on the latest version of Android 10.
You'll need 3 button navigation enabled, I haven't tested any other navbar setup.
You'll need SD Maid Pro or a way to clear system cache files, normally inaccessible without root.
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1) Install the 3rd party launcher of your choice and set it as the default so you return to it when the home button is pressed.
2) Press the recent button to confirm you can't view the 5 icons and Google search bar found in the stock Pixel/Q Launcher Recent Apps screen. If you see the 5 icon choices and Google search bar when you view the recent apps screen, try this again. By default Android 10 doesn't allow the use of the Pixel/Q stock recent apps screen when using 3rd party launchers.
3) Run SD Maid Pro (an app I highly recommend). Navigate to SD Maid Pro Settings, App Cleaner, checkbox: include system apps, show inaccessible items, accessibility services (see screenshot).
4) Run the app cleaner and let it cycle through the various system app caches and clean up your device. You should have your entire screen greyed out with a transparent SD maid logo animation going.
5) Once completed navigate to your phone settings default launcher selection screen (see screenshot). Confirm that neither the Pixel Launcher or your preferred 3rd party app is selected.
You've done it!
6) Testing:
a) Pressing the home button will now return you to your 3rd party launcher
b) Pressing the recent apps/overview button on the navbar will now display the pixel/q launcher recent apps screen, which contains 5 icons and a google search bar at the bottom.
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Anyone tested it?
Just tried with Action Launcher on Android 10 AOSP and it didn't worked
After cleaning apps, Action Launcher is still selected as the default launcher.
I have tried several with no luck and for whatever reason any 3rd party launcher seems to not consistently work, ie default launcher gets "un-selected". So anyone using a shortcut maker that allows you to select an image?
I've had no problems with Nova Launcher. I use the Samsung swipe up navigation gestures and all seems great.
Guyinlaca said:
I've had no problems with Nova Launcher. I use the Samsung swipe up navigation gestures and all seems great.
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If you install goodlock (and the taskchanger sub app) from the Samsung app store then all of the gestures work reliably