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Pie Controls Gestures on Windows Pc

Developed By: Manuel Wrage

License: Free

Rating: 4,6/5 - 211 votes

Last Updated: April 18, 2024

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 2.5.4
Size 2.7 MB
Release Date March 19, 24
Category Tools Apps

What's New:
• Stability improvements [see more]

Description from Developer:
"Pie Control" is the perfect companion for your day to day phone usage.

It gives you the ability to use your phone with just one hand via gestures.

Simply swipe from on... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download Pie Controls Gestures and install on Windows PC. Pie Controls Gestures is free Tools app, developed by Manuel Wrage. Latest version of Pie Controls Gestures is 2.5.4, was released on 2024-03-19 (updated on 2024-04-18). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 1,000. Overall rating of Pie Controls Gestures is 4,6. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 211 users, 6 users had rated it 5*, 171 users had rated it 1*.

How to install Pie Controls Gestures on Windows?

Instruction on how to install Pie Controls Gestures on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Pie Controls Gestures on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Step By Step Guide To Install Pie Controls Gestures using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "Pie Controls Gestures" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install Pie Controls Gestures on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Pie Controls Gestures" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 2.5.4.

Download Pie Controls Gestures 2.5.4 on Windows PC – 2.7 MB

"Pie Control" is the perfect companion for your day to day phone usage.

It gives you the ability to use your phone with just one hand via gestures.

Simply swipe from one of the edges of your screen to reveal a functional and visually pleasing menu which shows your favorite actions, notifications and status information.


Features
• Color settings to make the "Pie Control" yours
• You can view all of your notifications inside the "Pie Control"
• Multiple pies
• Two Rows
• Pie Points
• Stateful icons
• Trigger area settings
• Tons of customization options to fine grain your "Pie Control" experience
• Material Design
• Custom icons
• Broadcast support to toggle pie from "Tasker" and other automation apps
• "Xposed Framework" support to enhance functionality and compatibility
• It's possible to hide the navigation bar without root by using the integration with "Hide Navigation Bar"


Actions
• Back
• Home
• Recents
• Torch
• Lock Screen
• Screenshot
• Open notification shade
• Open quick settings
• Open power dialog
• Launch apps
• App Shortcuts
• Nougat App Shortcuts
• Open camera
• Open dialer
• Open call log
• Open contacts
• Screenshot
• Switch to last app
• Toggle Bluetooth
• Toggle WiFi


Colors
• Custom colors
• Light and Dark
• Per App which tints the "Pie Control" in the colors of the foreground app
• Shuffled Material which tints the "Pie Control" in random colors
• Twilight which automatically switches between light and dark
• Sky which matches the color of the sky


Special thanks
A special thanks goes out to the "Paranoid Android" team. Their beautiful pie redesign inspired me to built this application.

Accessibility services
This app uses accessibility services to programmatically execute actions such as back, home or quick settings.
This app does not collect any data via accessibility services

Hide the navigation bar
"Vivid Navigation Gestures" allows you to hide your stock nav bar as long as the gestures are enabled.
You need ADB or Root in order to use that feature.


Android ADB PC instructions
1 - Enable Developer Mode in the Android settings.
2 - Enable USB Debugging
3 - Setup ADB on your PC
4 - Run the following adb command to grant the permission:
adb shell pm grant com.ivianuu.pie android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS

To restore the navigation keys disable the app or run this command:
adb shell wm overscan 0,0,0,0


How to install ADB
Gadget Hacks - https://youtu.be/CDuxcrrWLnY
Lifehacker - https://lifehacker.com/the-easiest-way-to-install-androids-adb-and-fastboot-to-1586992378
Xda developers - https://www.xda-developers.com/install-adb-windows-macos-linux/


Links

Reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/manuelwrageapps/
• Stability improvements