bjarneo / detent

# Detent
Detent is a home screen for Android that you turn. Your apps sit on a dial at the edge of the screen. Turn the dial to find an app. Tap the app to open it.
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## Install
You need Android 10 or later.
1. Download `detent.apk` from the latest release.
2. Open the file on your phone.
3. If Android asks, allow your browser or file manager to install apps.
4. Open Detent and follow the setup.
5. On the `ready` step, tap `set as home app`.
To install from a computer, connect the phone with USB debugging on and run this command:
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## Use the dial
| Action | Result |
| --- | --- |
| Drag or flick the dial | The dial turns. Each app clicks into the notch. |
| Tap any app on the dial | The app opens. Its name lifts off the dial, and the dial turns the app into the notch. |
| Tap the readout | On `grid · readout`, the app in the notch opens. |
| Tap the dial while it turns | The dial stops. No app opens. |
| Hold the dial | Letters replace the apps. Slide to a letter and release to jump to it. |
| Hold the app in the notch | A menu shows the app shortcuts, `app info`, and `remove from dial`. |
| Hold the clock or an empty area | The setup opens: shape, theme, apps, and feel. |
| Tap `search` | Search all your apps. The 5 apps that you last opened from search sit at the top. Tap the cross on a recent app to remove it, or tap `clear`. Tap `+ dial` to add an app to the dial. |
| Tap the quick button | The quick app opens. If the button has no app, pick one. |
| Hold the quick button | Pick a different quick app, or tap `clear`. |
| Tap the mic button and say an app name | The dial swells with your voice, and your words show at the top. When the words name one app, the dial turns to it and the app opens. If not, search opens with the words. |
The quick button sits in the bottom corner on the dial side. It holds one app that you need fast, such as the camera. The mic button sits between `search` and the quick button.
With a hardware keyboard, `j` and `k` turn the dial. `l` or `Enter` opens the app. `/` opens search. `Esc` goes back.
## Shapes and themes
Detent has 8 layouts. Layouts 1 to 5 put a radial dial over the wallpaper. Each name follows the curve of the dial.
| Layout | Look |
| --- | --- |
| `soft · radial · double` | The default. Dots swell toward the notch, with a fainter inner arc. |
| `round · radial · double` | The same dots on a tighter curve. |
| `soft · radial · ticks` | Hairline ticks on a thin rim. |
| `flat · radial · dots` | A dot matrix on a wide curve. |
| `flat · radial · nodes` | Small nodes on a wide curve. |
Layouts 6 to 8 draw the whole screen as one grid of dots. The clock is a dot-matrix readout. The grid layouts do not show a wallpaper.
| Layout | Look |
| --- | --- |
| `grid · field` | The grid draws the dial. A swell runs through the dots as you turn. The names sit on spokes. |
| `grid · lens` | Each app is one dot in a column at the e