Searching for an app to switch OFF and ON screens with taps

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I have just joined the f-droid forum.

I have two smartphones, one Redmi6A, the other, Nokia C12.

Redmi6A has a feature that switches ON the screen by 3-taps by default to submit my passcode, and 2-taps to turn OFF the screen. Version is as follows:
MIUI Global 11.0.8
MIUI version | Stable 11.0.8.0(PCBMIX M)
Android version 9
This saves the power button from being overused.

Nokia C12 has Android version 12. It doesn’t have this nifty feature. I always have to use the power button to activate the screen to enter passcode.

Android playstore has a few apps to address the said need, the search link given.

However, I am not very comfortable using Android, as the environment tracks my activities and forces adverts and sales offers. Also, malicious 3rd parties exploit backdoors to exploit my personal data. I have once observed my phone activating the Calling App to call an unknown number all by itself.

I am unable to find a similar tapping app on f-droid platform. Is there any app that I am missing out?

Any advice would be welcome.

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Turning ON: think this needs to be a system feature

Turning OFF: many launchers have such a thing, eg. KISS

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Thank you, Mr. Licaon_Kter, for responding so promptly to my post.

KISS launcher? Ok. I observed the note,

…This app makes use of Android Accessibility API to allow “double tap to lock” feature…

Aren’t there any?:

…This app makes use of Android Accessibility API to allow “triple tap to unlock” feature…

Thank you for the advice. Much appreciated.

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do tell us when you find them, maybe that’s a thing :slight_smile:

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Followers generally walk along the path set out by the leaders, Mr. Licaon_Kter :smile:

I am not a programmer by profession. So would step aside for leaders to take charge.

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Which operating system are you using? I know that at least DivestOS is able to use tap to unlock on my LG G6 with neo-launcher.

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read first post

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Sorry, I misread part of it.

Try neo-launcher found in the IzzyOnDroid repository. It does have the tap to wake and tap to sleep feature toggles in the display settings and they work well. If you try the launcher and it does not show the tap to wake setting, then your phone’s kernel may not support it. Tap to sleep should work regardless of phone.

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Thank you, Mr. Cue, for your advice, I am not ignoring your advice, but the contributor, Mr. Licaon_Kter, is here. He would be the right person to suggest on whether I should try the said repo, considering the security-safety aspect.

No slight intended. Still, I apologise for the unintended hurt caused.

You all are probably competent professional programmers and are well-read in the contiguous domains. I use computing to fulfill my other objectives. I am not a programmer by profession.

So, just being careful, that’s all. But thank you, once more.

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I’m no developer :slight_smile: but you can test them all and get a result

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Yes, I corrected, but by the time you also posted.
I checked. neo-launcher doesn’t work.
Any suggestion, Mr. Licaon_Kter? I was already cautioned that a limitation in my smartphone’s kernel might not yield the intended result.

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that might be as well, as it depends on kernel and hardware to keep the touch area sensitive when screen is off

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I meant that I asked for a solution with my rhetoric, Mr. Kter.
Would be very kind of you to suggest a solution. Any relevant output you desire from my smartphone’s kernel could be posted.

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no idea, try to look on the XDA forums in the section related to your device, if such exists