If you are a hardcore fan of Ubuntu then you must have known that a new responsive Ubuntu OS has been designed for mobile phones and is being released soon.The best feature of the Ubuntu OS is that it has a sidebar panel or dock which allows multitasking further easier.A good news is that the Android users can now add a customized Ubuntu styled sidebar dock in their mobile phones.”Glove Box” is the application that will replicate the design of the dock which was developed by a member of XDA Developer.
Adding Ubuntu Styled Sidebar Dock in Android
Get the GloveBox application from the playstore link and install it.
You won’t see any changes on your mobile until you set the application shortcuts inside the “Bar Contents” .To do so open the Glovebox application and select Bar Contents. Add your favorite applications and come back to your homescreen. (You can avoid this but homescreen gives you good visibility)
Slide the top left of your screen and you must see the added applications in the sidebar.Hold on to your finger and move it up and down to navigate through the applications.I’m sorry you can have upto 8 applications only in free version.
To change the place on the screen to trigger the application you must select “Configuration” and then “Edit trigger area“.
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Set the desired size on the screen to trigger the sidebar.Make sure you keep minimum sensitivity level else the panel wouldn’t appear.
You can select your favorite theme for the sidebar out of the available themes.Just click on your desired theme and it’s automatically added.
The sidebar panel can be opened on any active screens and will be helpful to perform multiple tasks on your powerful android phones.
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