You’ve undoubtedly happened upon an app on your iPhone in which tabs appear at the bottom of the interface for navigating said app. Many native apps, in addition to third-party downloads from theApp Store, use this type of navigation interface.
Users generally tap on the tabs at the bottom of the app to get from one view to another, but a newly-released and freejailbreak tweakcalledFluidTabsby iOS developertomt000brings this concept to the 21stcentury by allowing users to ‘swipe’ between an open app’s tabs.
As you might come to expect, you can swipe virtually anywhere in a supported app to move between tabs. In the screenshot example above, you’ll notice an arrow indicating where the swipe gesture is taking place.
Below, you’ll find an animatedGIFthat demonstrates the tab-switching effect:
The animations are a bit choppy at first glance, and they could undoubtedly do with some refining. But keep in mind that this is just v1.0 of FluidTabs, and we expect that future versions could clean this up a bit.
Upon installing FluidTabs, you’ll find a preference pane in the Settings app where you may configure a few options:
Here, you can:
The developer provides a Respring button at the top right of the preference pane such that you may save any changes you make.
One thing to note is that while the tweak works in most tabbed apps, some, such as Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube, use third-party tab UIs that aren’t compatible. The tweak only works with apps that use native tab UIs.
If you’re interested in trying FluidTabs for yourself, then you candownload it free of cost from the Packix repositoryin Cydia or Sileo. The tweak supports alljailbrokenhandsets running iOS 10 or later.
What are your initial thoughts regarding FluidTabs? Let us know in the comments section below.
