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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e12408f --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,79 @@ +# Awesome Rebind + +Extensions and companions for [Rebind](https://github.com/equwal/rebind), the +button remapper for e-ink readers and any Android 12+ device. + +An extension is an app of its own. Rebind puts it on a hardware button. The +build of Rebind for direct install carries most of them and installs them when +you ask. + +## Contents + +- [Core](#core) +- [Extensions by the maker of Rebind](#extensions-by-the-maker-of-rebind) +- [Apps of other makers that Rebind carries](#apps-of-other-makers-that-rebind-carries) +- [Works well with Rebind](#works-well-with-rebind) +- [Actions to bind](#actions-to-bind) +- [Add an extension](#add-an-extension) + +## Core + +- [Rebind](https://github.com/equwal/rebind) - Remaps volume keys, the Power + button, page-turn buttons, the Viwoods AI key and an on-screen button. Tap, + double tap, triple tap, hold and two-button combinations. Free beta APK. + +## Extensions by the maker of Rebind + +- [Ink Recents](https://github.com/equwal/ink-recents) - A recent-apps switcher + drawn for e-ink. One card for each swipe with no glide. Swipe up closes an + app. Swipe down closes all the others. GPL-3.0. *In Rebind.* +- [Ink Dim](https://github.com/equwal/ink-dim) - Tap to set the frontlight of + a Viwoods AiPaper reader below the lowest level of the system. Tap again to + go back. Needs Shizuku. GPL-3.0. + +## Apps of other makers that Rebind carries + +Rebind carries the release file of the maker, not changed, and hands it to the +installer of Android. Android asks you first. Rebind downloads nothing. + +- [CLauncher](https://github.com/mlm-games/CLauncher) - A minimal text home + screen. GPL-3.0. *In Rebind.* +- [Whisper](https://github.com/woheller69/whisperIME) - Speech to text on the + device, with no cloud. It does the listening for the Voice typing action of + Rebind. MIT. Also on [F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/org.woheller69.whisper/). + *In Rebind.* + +## Works well with Rebind + +- [Shizuku](https://github.com/RikkaApps/Shizuku) - Gives an app a shell with + no root and no computer. With it, Rebind gets every press of the Power + button and can switch the navigation bar and gestures. Ink Recents and Ink + Dim use it too. Apache-2.0. + +## Actions to bind + +In Rebind: set up a button, choose **Advanced**, then **Send an intent action**, and +type the action. An extension that is *In Rebind* has a ready action and needs +none of this. + +| Extension | Intent action | What it does | +|---|---|---| +| Ink Recents | `dev.equwal.inkrecents.OPEN` | Opens the recent-apps cards | +| Ink Dim | `dev.equwal.inkdim.TOGGLE` | Lowest light, or back to the system level | +| Ink Dim | `dev.equwal.inkdim.ON` | Lowest light | +| Ink Dim | `dev.equwal.inkdim.OFF` | Back to the system level | + +## Add an extension + +Open an issue or a pull request. An extension fits the list when: + +- it is an app of its own that does one thing; +- a button can start it: it has a launcher icon or an exported intent action; +- it is useful on an e-ink reader: no animation is needed to use it; +- its source code is public, or its maker is named and the download is from + the maker. + +## Say thanks + +Rebind, Ink Recents and Ink Dim are made by one person. If they made your +device better, you can [buy me a coffee](https://ko-fi.com/truex).