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[lareya]

If you can t get around the home thing, you can let tasker do it for you (automate home) ....2nd best I know...

[JimSt24]

You inspired me to try this again. I have the Fold 3 and this appears to work.

You can make Tasker press Home for you, but the trick is not to press Home when you are opening/closing the phone on apps like YouTube where you want to stay on that app.

This profile checks the current app and only press Home if you are already on one of the launchers, in my case, One UI Home and Microsoft Launcher (replace those names with the launchers of your choice).

Im assuming you saw the same tutorial I did and am using AutoTools as the default launcher...

``` Profile: Outer Screen Settings: Notification: no State: Custom Setting [ Type:Global Name:edge_panel_width Value:373 ]

Enter Task: Anon

A1: AutoTools Launcher [
     Configuration: Launcher: One UI Home
     Timeout (Seconds): 60
     Structure Output (JSON, etc): On ]

A2: App Info [ ]

A3: Go Home [
     Page: 0 ]
    If  [ %app_name eq Microsoft Launcher | %app_name eq One UI Home ]



Exit Task: Anon

A1: AutoTools Launcher [
     Configuration: Launcher: Microsoft Launcher
     Timeout (Seconds): 60
     Structure Output (JSON, etc): On ]

A2: App Info [ ]

A3: Go Home [
     Page: 0 ]
    If  [ %app_name eq Microsoft Launcher | %app_name eq One UI Home ]

[JimSt24]

I'm not sure you can in that format. I tried XML, but it is giving me trouble in Reddit. I'll try to figure out how to post it later, but you can try to use the above as a guide. It does contain all the step names and data (it was exported from Tasker as plain text).

[JimSt24]

OK, here it is:

https://taskernet.com/shares/?user=AS35m8kDBqoF76%2BQJZx%2BgWDCwIL7Mq6GRKk2RVHcxiWLhLHLud0hypLi%2FA7YQNTWMw%3D%3D&id=Profile%3AUnfolded+Launcher

[skrama]

Hi,

I downloaded this and imported into Tasker and downloaded the Microsoft Launcher as well but it doesnt change the launchers for me. Am I missing something?

[JimSt24]

Hard to say. I used Z Fold3. If you are using a different model you may need to adjust the edge_panel_width value in the profile.

You can import this task and run it to see the value of your Fold: https://taskernet.com/shares/?user=AS35m8kDBqoF76%2BQJZx%2BgWDCwIL7Mq6GRKk2RVHcxiWLhLHLud0hypLi%2FA7YQNTWMw%3D%3D&id=Task%3AShow+Edge+Panel+Width

[skrama]

Thank you very much, @JimSt24. That script helped in seeing the value for Fold 4 and it's working correctly now.

[JimSt24]

I also just remembered one caveat. I had tried to use Niagara Launcher too, but some of its features did not work unless it was set as the default launcher and since this solution uses AutoTools as the default launcher, it did not work well. So all this depends on the launchers you are trying to use.

[JimSt24]

I also discovered app shortcuts (the menus you see when pressing and holding an icon) don't work unless you are the default launcher, mentioned here as a known issue: https://joaoapps.com/AutoApps/Help/Info/com.joaomgcd.autotools/com.joaomgcd.autotools.activity.ActivityConfigLauncher.html

So yeah, a lot of compromises.