A tiny Android helper for the rooted TCL Flip 2 / Flip Plus (Gflip6_USCC, Android 11). It adds a normal Recent Apps icon to the launcher and opens TCL's hidden task-switcher UI.
The stock firmware contains a working recent-apps activity:
com.android.systemui/com.tcl.recents.RecentsListActivity
However, Android's standard KEYCODE_APP_SWITCH route points at a missing Quickstep activity on this build. This helper launches TCL's real activity explicitly.
The TCL screen exposes:
- Open — return to the selected task
- Clear — remove the selected task
- Clear All — remove all recent tasks
The helper itself:
- requests no permissions;
- stores no data;
- immediately finishes after opening TCL's SystemUI activity;
- excludes itself from the recent-task list.
Download RecentApps.apk from the repository's latest release, then install it with ADB:
adb install -r RecentApps.apkOpen the phone's app list and select Recent Apps.
Requirements:
- JDK
- Android SDK Platform 35
- Android SDK Build Tools 35.0.0
The build uses only the SDK command-line tools—no Gradle project is required.
export ANDROID_SDK_ROOT="$HOME/Library/Android/sdk"
export RECENTS_STOREPASS='choose-a-keystore-password'
./build.shThe first build creates recents-launcher.jks. Preserve that keystore and password privately if you want future APKs to update an existing installation. The keystore, passwords, build directory, and signed APK are intentionally excluded from Git.
Optional overrides:
export BUILD_TOOLS_VERSION=35.0.0
export ANDROID_PLATFORM_VERSION=35
export RECENTS_KEYSTORE=/secure/path/recents-launcher.jks
export RECENTS_KEY_ALIAS=recents
export RECENTS_KEYPASS='key-password-if-different'adb uninstall com.dumbphone.recentslauncherThis app is intentionally device-specific. It requires the exported TCL SystemUI component above; on other Android builds it displays Recent apps is unavailable and exits safely.
This repository is published as-is. I am not offering support through GitHub Issues and I am not accepting pull requests. If you want to modify or extend the project, fork it and maintain your own version.
MIT