As lovers of ongoing interfaces modifications all through iOS iterations, we wouldn’t fault you for beginning to get tired of the iPhone’s standard App Switcher interface. In spite of everything, it’s starting to indicate its age. Luckily, iOS developer SparkDev is out with a brand new rootless jailbreak-supported tweak referred to as Aion that now solely offers a novel consumer expertise, however might even evoke some hints of nostalgia if you happen to’ve ever used iOS 6.
As you’re going to see within the screenshot examples above, Aion opens from the underside of the show identical to the basic App Switcher in iOS 6 and earlier did earlier than altering to the newer page-style App Switcher in iOS 7. However Aion does extra than simply carry again a basic App Switcher appear and feel — it additionally builds novel options into it, akin to the power to web page between varied widgets, that are proven within the screenshot examples above.
The screenshots you see above depict simply a number of the widgets which might be provided by Aion, together with the App Switcher itself, the Now Taking part in interface for background media playback, and the Siri interface (whether or not you like the trendy orb, or the basic waveform). Extra widgets, akin to one for displaying the climate, could be downloaded individually.
As you would possibly come to anticipate, Aion is summoned by swiping up and pausing on the House Bar. Tapping and holding on an app icon in Aion invokes a ‘jiggle’ mode that feels just like the House Display screen’s enhancing mode. Once you do that, it is possible for you to to faucet on the ‘x’ buttons on any app icon to pressure shut the app’s suspension in your gadget’s reminiscence. Alternatively, you may swipe up on any app preview on the highest half of the interface to perform the identical factor.
As soon as put in, Aion provides a desire pane to the Settings app the place customers can configure a couple of choices to their liking:
Issues you are able to do right here embody:
- Allow or disable Aion on demand
- Cover or present App Switcher snapshots of apps
- Cover or present notification badges on App Switcher app icons
- Configure favourite widgets
- Cover snapshots for favorites
- Select what occurs on first activation
- Preserve present web page
- Return to first app web page
- Set a default music app
- Allow or disable the fast switcher
- Swipe up from left to activate
- Swipe up from proper to activate
- Customise the Aion consumer interface (extra on that under)
- Respring your gadget to save lots of any modifications you’ve made
As we famous above, the Aion consumer interface could be personalized to your liking. The desire pane for configuring these choices seems to be one thing like this:
The issues you may customise right here embody:
- Deciding on presents
- Clearing all present settings and resetting them to default
- Enabling and choosing a customized background picture
- Selecting a background picture fill mode:
- Side fill
- Side match
- Scale to fill
- Middle
- Configuring a background coloration
- Cover or present app icon shadows
- Override app icon shadow coloration
- Select a customized app icon shadow coloration
- Alter the app icon shadow opacity
- Alter the app icon shadow radius
- Alter the app icon shadow X & Y offsets independently of each other
- Present Music icon shadows
- Override Music icon shadow coloration
- Select a customized Music icon shadow coloration
- Alter the Music app icon shadow opacity
- Alter the Music app icon shadow radius
- Alter the Music app icon shadow X & Y offsets independently of each other
- Present the app card shadow
- Override the app card shadow coloration
- Select a customized app card shadow coloration
- Alter the app card shadow opacity
- Alter the app card shadow radius
- Alter the app card shadow X & Y offsets independently of each other
Whereas Aion definitely seems to be like an iOS 6 App Switcher at first look, it’s obvious with the addition of all the trendy widget options, top-based app card, and customization options that you just’re getting a lot greater than iOS 6 ever offered. With that in thoughts, Aion doesn’t really feel such as you’re shifting again in time, however reasonably combining a number of the finest features of the basic App Switcher with trendy options of iOS. The end result if oddly satisfying.
Anybody who is likely to be curious about giving Aion a attempt can obtain it from SparkDev’s private repository by way of their favourite bundle supervisor app. The tweak helps jailbroken units utilizing rootless jailbreaks on iOS or iPadOS 15 or 16. Whereas Aion is a free obtain, you will want to pay to activate it after the actual fact by turning into a Member Plus Patron member for $4.00. Add-ons for Aion, such because the Climate widget, are free downloads so as to add to Aion afterward.
These not already making the most of SparkDev’s private repository can add it to their bundle supervisor app of selection through the use of the URL offered under:
https://sparkdev.me/
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