If I was able to choose icons for some apps myself after applying a theme, I would immediately switch to Lawn Chair. But for now it’s still Nova Launcher without internet access for me…
Love this list and I use Pear launcher currently on my Android 15 beta device. It has some quirks but overall I am happy with it over stock. Especially since I can add folders to the bottom bar.
Anyone know if any alternative supports app-drawer paging? Ive tried around six in the last few days, and none so far have. I’m open to trying other workflows but the “catch all” dock isn’t it.
I like to keep my home screen with a few widgets and the dock - stuff I want to see often, but not open an app for like weather and calandar.
When I open the app drawer I see a page full of everything I use daily, then I can swipe to the other pages organized for work apps, games, and other crap.
Folders don’t work as well because they usually sorted at the top of the screen and not quickly reached.
I’ve tried some of the minimislt scrolling launchers, but 1) I dont remember the exact name of every app and 2) for me, having to scroll through a list 100+ apps to get to “outlook”(for work) is not faster than having a page of my 20 most used apps.
Long answer, summarized from a form post: the original dev got sick and launcher was left in limbo. Someone eventually contacted dev, the dev got better but “left android” and gave the person permission to open source it.
It is now avalible on GitHub, but does not seem to have an apk for download.
id imagine it would work till google force deprecates it due to not being updated in a recent time window, which them it would be delisted on the play store
Lawnchair is open source and basically identical in my experience, though i think i’m using some new version of it that’s technically not stable or something?
you can’t change the main home screen. there are threads going back 6 years asking for that feature and they’ve just been ignored so I think I’ll avoid it
Wish Lawnchair didn’t have some sort of ghosting when it won’t react to any inputs for like quarter of a second after minimizing the currently active app. Guess it’s a Samsung thing but still, not found on a default launcher. Otherwise would definitely switch to Lawnchair.
It’s a shame. Years ago, I adored their luncher, before I found Niagara and found how amazing it was. It will be sad to see it go, but these things happen. The luncher market is so full, you need to be special to stand out.
I felt like Nova’s not being special was what made it special. It was the closest to stock android while having a bunch of little tweaks here and there that allowed for more custom setups.
I’m Kevin Barry, the original creator and primary developer of Nova Launcher. (…) This week Branch parted ways with some employees, including people involved with Nova. (…) However, I’ve always been the lead and primary contributor to Nova Launcher and that hasn’t changed. I will continue to control the direction and development of Nova Launcher.
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