I’m looking for something as close to Nova Launcher as possible.
Out of the loop: Is there a problem with nova launcher?
It’s proprietary I guess? That’s never good.
Proprietary isn’t always a bad thing, but the developer(s) of the proprietary product have to have decent intentions which is not usually the case.
Note how I said that it’s never good. Being proprietary might not be bad in some cases but it’s never good either.
ah, got you
I just found Lawnchair. I’m going to try it out today. Thanks for letting me know of Nova’s potential privacy concerns.
Edit: looks like Lawnchair has not been updated in 4 years. I will be trying Olauncher instead.
So lawnchair is still maintained here’s their github
And if you want to try Olaucher try the clutter free version on fdroid
I did not check github, just the info on f-droid. I may try Lawnchair again.
I like the minimalist way of Olauncher, but I would like to see app icons on my home screen instead of just the names of the apps. In the few minutes of trying Olauncher I was not able to find a setting to switch to icons.
Now, I’m trying Kvaesitso. So far I like it. Again there are no icons on the home screen. There are no app names either. For some reason I like this better. I’m going to have to try and get used to swipping up to see my widgets and swipping down to get to the app drawer. This is reversed from what I’m used to.
Olauncher doesnt support icons
They released a more recent Lawnchair 2 last year.
https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/app.lawnchair
The repository is updated I think, but the release apk is already a year ago.
Oh. My. God.
Lawnchair. Launcher.
I finally got the pun.
How the fuck did I miss this pun. I used this launcher for like 2 years and always just thought it was some random weird name.
Ive been using lawnchair since they sold out, its not perfect but it gets the job done
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There are no privacy concerns, if you dont trust it, firewall it.
I have been concerned about this but every launcher alternative I have tried is always missing at least one function I use a lot.
I am on graphene and have nova launcher locked down so it has access to absolutely nothing, should I still be worried?
Not at all, in fact so far they’ve changed nothing even in the new beta. Keep an eye on it, but while they bought the launcher, they’re not doing anything with it except fund development a bit and get some of the purchase money it seems.
Nice. Appreciate the clarification, I didn’t think it would be an issue with everything revoked in graphene but it’s nice to get another opinion xD
I’ve been meaning to ask a graphene user, is the camera still as full featured and capable as the stock camera or does it lose the post processing that Google does?
No idea I’m afraid, I’m the kind of person who doesn’t use the camera and I wouldn’t mind or miss it if phones didn’t have them xD
Sorry I can’t help, there is a grapheneos community on Lemmy that may be able to answer it for you though.
Nope, no shortage of us on Nova and Graphene.
I switched from nova to niagara and I love it. It is very different, but if you give it a shot for a few days you might just fall in love too.
I did the same and fell in love too. Niagara is the best!
Agreed. I’ve been using it for years now, and it just feels like what a launcher should be. I’m surprised it’s not been adopted as the default, or even an available mode, since it’s so intuitive.
Niagara Launcher is great. I used to use Nova, but found myself only using one home screen page and only like one widget. Niagara does take some getting used to, but I also suggest giving it a try.
I can echo this. I used Nova for close to a decade, and everybody talked about Niagara so I tried it a couple of times but it didn’t stick. I guess it took three tries for me, because I realized that the one-handed navigation for any app, the ability to easily find things alphabetically, and the fact that I could have my home screen apps pinned to the top of the list all make it way cleaner
I can echo echo this.
Once you figure out how Niagara works and all the little shortcuts you have available, the workflow is so quick and easy to use.
I’ve tried going back to default launchers and they just feel bloated and disorganized by comparison
I tried a handful, but keep going back to Action Launcher
Action Launcher had lots of the good stuff Nova has first, anyway. Heartily recommend. Tbf as long as the launcher has covers/smart folders/whatever they’re called then I’m happy
+1 but not updated since 1 year now 🫤
Like really, I tried every launcher, but Nova is the best, and I actually use the Prime Hack 7.x
What’s Prime hack?
I bought Nova Launcher Pro and used to happily donate to them because there really was nothing else that could compare.
It sucks that Branch bought them, and why I stick with the Stock Google launcher now.
Does the Prime hack give you Nova Launcher again without anything going back to Branch?
It just unlocks pro haha. On GrapheneOS I just block internet permission for the app.
I’ve really enjoyed Smart Launcher. Customization flexibility is on-par or better than Nova, and I really enjoy their app tray
Does it have gesture shortcuts? Like two finger swipe down opens Y app and 2 finger swipe up opens Z?
Yeah, proper customization for one and two finger swipes in each of the four directions
I miss the tap-then-swipe gesture but overall in digging smart!
Highly recommend Kvaesitso!!
Kvaesitso is a search focused, free and open source launcher for Android. -> https://github.com/MM2-0/Kvaesitso
Agree, it’s not particularly customizable, but I’ve been using it for a week now, and it’s been the launcher I’ve been looking for.
Only issue I’ve had with it is that sometimes, the web search tries to search as if the query was a domain and not a question. Though that’s not a deal breaker.
I’ve given Neo a shot. Hasn’t got as many features sadly. The main one I miss is infinite scroll through home screens.
Neo Launcher is the closest to Nova I used, but its feel like a work in progress
I’m using Action Launcher and despite one or two differences that made it a little difficult at first (folders!) it works for me.
I’m building one right now, which key features/ new feature would you all like to see in a launcher?
For me, I’d like:
- Multiple pages
- A dock at the bottom w/ wraparound scrolling
- Ability to set grid size
- Smart theming for icons
- Flexibility with resizing and location of widgets
Can you elaborate on smart theming for icons?
Like if I choose a particular theme, all of my icons match that theme. I’m not sure if that’s possible or not.
Thanks! By theme you mean color theming right?
Yep!
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Where can I get this from? Thanks
I am pretty happy with Hyperion Launcher