# Floating Dock - Taskbar
> A floating dock/taskbar for Android that renders above all other apps
Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.alkisstam.taskbar](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.alkisstam.taskbar)
## Overview
- **ID:** `com.alkisstam.taskbar`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** alkisstam
- **Category:** PERSONALIZATION
- **Downloads:** 1,375
- **Rating:** 4.00 / 5 (66 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.5.8
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-09
- **First published:** 2026-06-10
- **Publisher country:** NL
- **Size:** 3.91 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-14
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alkisstam.taskbar)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://github.com/alkisstam/taskbarandroid/blob/main/docs/privacy-policy.html](https://github.com/alkisstam/taskbarandroid/blob/main/docs/privacy-policy.html)
## Description
FEATURES
Dock
- Persistent overlay dock/taskbar fixed at the bottom of the screen
- Status bar strip at the bottom of the dock: current time & date (left), battery level + icon (right)
- Swipe up on the dock to expand a Quick Controls row above the pinned apps; swipe down to collapse
Trigger Pill
- Small pill that reveals the dock without opening the App Menu
- Bottom position: double-tap pill or Home button to activate
- Left / Right / Both: swipe up in the trigger area to activate
- Configurable size, opacity, and position along the edge
App Menu
- Floating panel that slides up from above the dock
- Full-screen app search
- Long-press any app to pin/unpin from the dock
Quick Controls
- Expandable row above pinned apps (swipe up on dock to reveal)
- Controls: Music, Torch, Ringer, Rotate, Brightness, DND, QR Code, Power, Volume, Screenshot, Lock Screen, Clipboard, Wifi, Bluetooth, Share, Calculator
- Tapping Wifi, Bluetooth, or Share auto-hides the dock and Music Panel, same as QR Code, Power, Screenshot, and Lock Screen
- Music Panel: floating player with album art, playback controls (prev/play-pause/next); follows the dock's Corner Radius/Edge Padding design settings; tap the album art to open the currently playing app
- Clipboard Panel: four-tab panel (Clips / Favorites / Notes / To-D0) — capture content via the Android share sheet, open URLs/images/PDFs/files in-place, compose and edit notes; text/link clips and notes can be edited in place
- Volume Panel: per-stream vertical sliders (Media, Notifications, Ring, Alarm)
- Brightness Panel: horizontal slider with auto-brightness toggle
Theming
- Material You – Dynamic Color (Android 12+), fallback palette for older devices
- Translucent - Transparent panels with customizable transparency level
- Dark / Light / System theme toggle in Design → Theme
- Surface Tint Color – nine preset color swatches that tint the dock, app menu, search, volume/brightness, calculator, and clipboard panels
Behaviour
- Auto-hide in Fullscreen – hides when the foreground app goes fullscreen
- Auto-hide in Landscape – hides when the device rotates to landscape
- Hide on screen-off / lockscreen – overlay hidden on screen-off, restored on unlock
- Boot autostart – re-enables the overlay after reboot (requires Accessibility Service)
- Vibrate Feedback – haptic tick on long-press, drag-reorder, and slider drags; toggle in General
- Search supports fuzzy search, optional show recent apps in search
Settings
Four-tab settings screen: General, Apps, Controls, Design
- Apps tab: manage pinned apps (drag-to-reorder, tap to pin/unpin); browse all installed apps
- Controls tab: Quick Controls master toggle, show/hide labels, reorder Active Controls, enable/disable individual controls
- Design tab: Theme, Pill Size & Appearance, Dock Size & Appearance
ACCESSIBILITY SERVICE
Accessibility Service it's not required for the app to run, but it can enable some additional features.
We respect your privacy. Our app does not collect, store or share any of your personal data.
The permissions requested are only used to make Floating Dock work as intended on your device.
## Rankings
- #1,059,579 — Overall
## Permissions and access
### Permissions
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NOTIFICATION_POLICY`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.BLUETOOTH_CONNECT`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE`
- `android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW`
- `android.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS`
- `com.alkisstam.taskbar.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
- `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE`
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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.alkisstam.taskbar)