Changelog
Folio 0.5.1
Released 2026-09-16.
Added
- Software Update (Settings › Software Update): check GitHub for a new Folio, download and install it after verifying its checksum and signing key, with optional daily checks, update notifications and automatic installs. Beta Updates lets you try pre-releases.
- Support Folio in Settings, for buying me a coffee on Ko-fi.
- Hidden Apps and Work Apps in Settings › Search & App Library.
Changed
- Friendlier setup: Folio's icon on the welcome page, Skip on every step, setup moves on by itself after you allow something, and clearer tips at the end.
- Turning on Folio gestures explains Android's "Allow restricted settings" step for apps installed from a file, with a button to App Info.
- Hidden apps no longer appear in the App Library; they're listed in Settings after you unlock with your fingerprint, face or PIN.
- Choosing a wallpaper no longer restarts the screen.
Fixed
- Setup no longer leaves the screen blurry and frozen until you restart the phone. The Home button now also closes anything Folio has open.
- Setup and full-screen Settings pages are smoother.
- Apps you switched to the Dynamic Island can go back to Android's own pop-ups: Settings › Dynamic Island lists each messaging app with a button to change it, even while the island is off.
- The App Library on the unfolded screen shows phone-sized category tiles instead of two giant columns (issue #9).
- Phone-sized screens keep the phone layout when Developer options' Smallest width or Display size is changed.
- Folders take more than two apps: Create Folder becomes Add to Folder once you have one.
- App Library folders open without building every app at once, and holding an app there opens its menu.
- With Dock Magnification on, sliding along the side dock no longer opens Spotlight.
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