madduck the option on the issue tracker is marked as enhancement Priority low. As a project with only 5 full time devs all focused on the fast moving dynamic environment of privacy and security focused research and protection and with that expertise it is best suited to focusing their time/energy efficiently. Don't take abrupt objective responses as offensive just take from it the fact that if you want a feature create it and make a PR or weigh up the pros and cons of a flash light shortcut removing a simple swipe and tap with the standard benefits as well as the pace of developing things like sandboxed play services, storage scopes, cross user notifications etc.

Probably best not taking what occurs on the issue tracker in the main over experiences in the community at large. Mods for example have more time to discuss things a little more philosophically where devs won't.

      madduck If you ever find a solution, let me know. I've installed GOS a week ago and I very much miss the squeeze gesture for quick access to the flashlight on my Pixel 4 XL.

      I do understand though implementing such a feature is probably out of scope of this project.

          10 days later

          aika KeyMapper, as suggested by others, can be set to turn the torch on. It doesn't work for power, or when the screen is off, but I can now turn the screen on and hold down vol-down to toggle. Better than nothing.

            thrik Thanks, it works, except for when the device is locked. But I think this is a Pixel 6 Pro problem, and also I cannot use the fingerprint gestures on this device.

                madduck I think it's a limitation of what Keymapper is able to do. But yes, it is better than needing to go all the way into the dropdown menu toggles IMO. Glad it's working out for you

                  DigitalSoup

                  Works like advertised. But I am a little sceptical about accidentally turning the torch on when e.g. mounted to my bike's handlebar. KeyMapper works okay for now, despite requiring two keys to be pressed.

                    Keymapper, great tip! Vol up is now toggle bluetooth at my pixel 6

                    5 months later

                    I got used to toggling the torch with a lock screen gesture. But I understand this is out of scope for GrapheneOS. Automation can be done with 3rd party apps.

                    Starting with Android 13, it's possible to control multiple brightness levels of the flashlight.

                    The links provided are for a cool little app that has the following features:

                    Features:

                    • dimming your flashlight level by level
                    • shortcut buttons for different brightness levels
                    • SOS flash button
                    • morse code flash mode
                    • quick settings tile for fast access
                    • private, no ads, no internet connection
                    • modern Material You (M3) design elements
                    • app colors adapt to device's system colors

                    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cyb3rko.flashdim&hl=en

                    https://f-droid.org/packages/com.cyb3rko.flashdim/

                    https://github.com/cyb3rko/flashdim

                    A little OFF topic, but I thought some may find it useful...

                      rbird2 not off topic at all and very useful for those interested. Love to see people so passionate to help others like this. Makes the community a valuable appreciable resource having people offering solutions.

                          12 days later

                          Torchie toggles the flashlight with a simultaneous volume key press, and TapTap replicates the latest Pixels' feature of double-tapping the back of the phone, and can be set to toggle the flashlight. Both have a few minor quirks and I'm still deciding which I like better, but you can check those out too!

                          Regarding the dev's behavior: Yeah, that person is known for being... brusque. I've noticed they have particularly little patience for issues about UX bugs. Those interactions tend to go similarly to what you saw, if the dev doesn't just delete your bug report completely. (Guess that's one way to keep the issue tracker tidy?) Tldr: If you have any concerns about usability or glitches, you'll get more help if you post it here in the discussion forum than on the github.

                          5 months later

                          Hey all, I just installed GrapheneOS for the first time (Pixel 7 Pro user), so this is all a bit new to me, but so far I'm absolutely loving it! :D I was wondering about a quick access way to toggle the flashlight (having used OnePlus in the past, I'm used to doing a "V" swipe on the lockscreen to toggle the flashlight), so I dug up this thread.

                          Using the beforementioned Keymapper/Torchie/TapTap all sounds great, however I cannot get them to work, since GrapheneOS seems to compeltely block Accessibility setting access for downloaded apps. (Settings -> Accessibility -> Downloaded Apps shows me a greyed out app with the message "Restricted setting - For your security, this setting is currently unavailable"). Is there a way to bypass this? Or would this be a major security risk and is this no longer allowed in the most recent version of GrapheneOS?