Smart Edge: Sidebar & Gestures

Smart Edge: Sidebar & Gestures

A highly customizable Android side panel inspired by OriginOS.

Imtiaz System

Screenshots

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Description

Smart Edge is a highly customizable Android side panel inspired by OriginOS. Access your favorite apps, tools, and shortcuts with a single swipe from the edge of your screen.

Key Features:
* Custom UI Themes: Choose from OriginOS, HyperOS, Realme UI, and Rich UI styles.
* Productivity Hub: Dedicated active notifications section with instant Freeform Window launching.
* Drag-to-Split: Drag app icons to the top or bottom of the screen to launch in split-screen mode.
* Glassmorphic Blur: High-quality real-time background blur with adjustable intensity.
* Material You: Full support for dynamic accent colors and Material 3 components.
* Smart App Picker: Integrated search and management system to pin your most-used apps.
* Superior Icon Packs: Advanced support for appfilter.xml and icon masking for a consistent look.
* Utility Tools: Built-in tools like Screenshot, Volume/Brightness controls, and Power Menu.
* System Automation: Advanced ADB/Root integration to automatically toggle system multitasking settings.
* Premium Motion: Physics-based spring animations with customizable feel.
* Dynamic Layouts: Highly customizable sidebar width, maximum height, and icon scaling.

Smart Edge is built for performance and safety, using modern Kotlin and Material Design 3.

What’s new (1.3.6)

- Reorganized Interaction settings into logical groups.
- Restored missing Panel Experience and System features.
- Restored Desktop Shortcuts to pin a Toggle Sidebar shortcut.
- Centralized action logic to unify Edge and Notch handle behaviors.
- Added a mandatory engine check (Accessibility or Automation) before displaying the handle.
- fix(ui): Resolved crash in Handle settings by expanding vertical offset range and safely clamping out-of-bounds positions.
- fix(multitasking): Fixed freeform w

Versions

Version Date Size Requires Android Download
1.3.6 current
56ec2b2981aa77ff…
2026-06-16 2.5 MB API 26
1.3.5.1
a4c1e3d87a67dbb4…
2026-06-12 2.5 MB API 26
1.3.5
278f1d41ac27a2ca…
2026-06-05 2.7 MB API 26

Permissions

What the app asks the system for. Android only grants sensitive access after you confirm it.

  • Display over other appsDraw content on top of other apps.
  • Foreground serviceKeep running in the background, visible in the status bar.
  • FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE
  • Run at startupStart automatically after the device is switched on.
  • VibrationControl the vibration alert.
  • CameraTake photos and videos.
  • FLASHLIGHT
  • REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS
Show 6 more permissions
  • Installed appsSee which apps are installed.
  • WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS
  • System settingsChange system settings.
  • launcher.permission.INSTALL_SHORTCUT
  • panel.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
  • permission.API_V23

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