I don't like cluttering my Android phone's screen with a lot of icons
I like to have a single search for web search and apps search
I use Action Launcher
I set a gesture that will open Google Search
Until about January 20, 2021, I was able to just open Google Search either via the gesture I set, the Google search widget, or the Google app itself and start searching for the name of an application I have installed on my phone. For example if I typed "tele", in the suggestions the "telegram" app would show up. This was also working with Actions Search, no issues.
However, at around the date I mentioned above, this feature disappeared both from Google Search and Action Search. I guess Action Launcher's search uses Google to do the search and get the suggestions.
Now, if I do search with Google Search for "telegram app" and click search, the app will be the first result and I can click the card in the results and the app starts. But this introduces more typing and at least one more tap as well.
Interestingly enough, if I fire up the Google Assistant, switch to keyboard and type "telegram" the app will start. Further searches will suggest it, so I can type just "tele", but it still requires an extra click (I have to click the keyboard because assistant starts in voice mode, and starting in text mode is even worse because it start without focusing the text field so I have to click twice, once to focus the input field and once more on the field to fire up the keyboard)
So far I tried clearing Google app's cache and restarting the phone several times. It didn't help.
I also checked in settings -> Personal Results that installed apps are checked. I even unchecked/rechecked it with a Google app cache clean in-between.
Do you guys and girls have any suggestions?
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So as most of you do, I'm reading about apps in XDA and various other android blogs. I kept running into the whole "highlight-app-name-copy-app-name-open-new-tap-go-to-google-play-click-search-field-paste-app-name-hit-search" game and it thought there has to be a better way.
Enter "Context Search": https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/dbpfafcplnjmakknnonpegphpmpmhjhj?utm_source=gmail
Add Google play, you don't need the "https://" (see screenshot). Now i can just highlight the app name, click down arrow, choose Google Play and BAM it goes to google play store and searches for the app name.
Go ahead and try it. Its prettly slick.
Open http://play.google.com, right click in the search box, add as a search engine. I use play as keyword. Want to search app named QWERTY: Ctrl+t, play TAB QWERTY INTRO.
I'm a keyboard user when on a computer.
Open http://play.google.com, right click in the search box, add as a search engine. I use play as keyword. Want to search app named QWERTY: Ctrl+t, play TAB QWERTY INTRO.
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Oh nice! I never used the TAB to search in chrome. This may now change. Thanks!
(cross-posted from Galaxy S4 board because this may be a more appropriate area)
I wanted the old, ICS style google search where you tap on the widget, type, and are taken straight to your browser.
I downloaded a googlequickboxsearch.apk, changed permissions to rw-r-r, and installed to system/app, then i removed velvet.apk (the jellybean google search app) & rebooted.
Upon restart, it mostly works- i can click on the widget and type straight to my browser. But, the voice search does not appear to work now. When i click on the mic (on the search widget) most of the time some text pops up saying "app not installed", but sometimes it will direct me to the play store to download the app.
The play store shows voice search as "installed", yet when i click on it's entry from the play store there is no option to open/update/uninstall.
To remedy this, I tried to install voicesearch.apk 2.1.4 (i believe this is the latest version) into system/app, but it will not install.
Can someone please help me with this? I really prefer the old ICS style search (as i have no use for Google Now) but also dont wan to gimp the search functionality of my phone either. Thanks
sorry if bumping isn't allowed, i've been googling this all day and cant figure it out
I have been a long time Android user. One very minor but still annoying thing that I can't get to work is having Waze open up and navigate whenever I say "Navigate to [location]". I have cleared Maps as default app but what I am seeing is whenever I say that command, it opens Chrome, looks for the location, and launches Google Maps (as I think it uses a Google Maps link on the Chrome search results).
Any workaround for this?
t43m4n said:
I have been a long time Android user. One very minor but still annoying thing that I can't get to work is having Waze open up and navigate whenever I say "Navigate to [location]". I have cleared Maps as default app but what I am seeing is whenever I say that command, it opens Chrome, looks for the location, and launches Google Maps (as I think it uses a Google Maps link on the Chrome search results).
Any workaround for this?
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Hi, Thank for using XDA assist
There is a general forum for android here http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help where you can try to ask to get expert's help.
Good luck
Hello xda,
I recently upgraded to the S7 (from 1st gen Moto G lol) and loving it. It serves as a work phone, mainly for contacts, spreadsheets and navigation.
I therefore have two questions:
1) links to either google drive or google sheets implemented in my contacts are always initially opened by a built in browser based on the Samsung Internet app. It's a real pain to have to click through 4 menu's to finally have the sheet open. I reset defaults of all apps involved many a time. Any suggestions?
2) is there any way to force Google Now navigation voice commands to directly open Waze instead of Google Maps navigation?
Sorry if those questions arose somewhere else already, a quick forum search did not reveal any similar topics to me.
Cheers have a great day oll0
This video tells you how we can revert back from the new Google Assistant and replace it with the older Search widget.
This does not require root at all!
The reason for me to revert back is that I prefer to use text commands rather than voice commands. Also, I like to often bring up the text based search widget when I am in other apps. Google Assistant has this limitation that we cannot type our query. Till the Assistant brings the typing functionality, we can fall back to our old but working Google Now.
Note that this will not enable the NOW ON TAP option, but it will enable us to use the other features, like searching and using the text based commands available in Google Now.
Link to Home Button Launcher (I am not the developer):
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dynamicg.homebuttonlauncher&hl=en