Free download here:
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.betterapps.betterlauncher
Description
Better Launcher is a new home screen replacement app for Android 4.1+ . It's based from the Launcher app from Android 4.4 (code name KitKat) , it supports all the functions of the home app in Android 4.4:
Main features:
• Scrollable dock with up to 9 icons per page and up to 5 pages
• Enhanced performance and stabilities over the default launcher
• Tons of fun animations, effects and other eye candy
• Homescreen gestures (pinch, swipe up/down, double tap)
• Theme engine compatible with many Launcher themes, including GO Launcher, Adw Launcher, Nova Launcher, Apex Launcher, Holo Launcher etc
• Change folder preview, icon size, animation speed, and many other things that you won't be able to change with the default launcher
• Unread Counts
• Backup/restore settings and data
• Optimized for both phones and tablets
• Lots of other customization options!
Why use Better Launcher over the other launchers?
• It's has many bug fixes and performance/stabilities updates from Android 4.4
• It's lean and small in size
• Allow widgets in the dock
• Better theme support, it loads most of the launcher themes on the play store with no problems
• Supports all of the Next Live Wallpapers
[Change logs]
[Change logs]
2/7
- Beta release
6/20
- Say "Ok, Google" to start voice search on the home screen
- Setting (Homescreen) to turn off the screen fade effect during screen transition
Dawood Al Amri said:
Great job man
Nice nice nice
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Thanks for your support. Please test it more and let me know if there're any issues.
thanks i will test for three days for any bugs on htc one
This is huge
This is the first time I test a launcher and it is so effective and exceeds the best like nova or apex
Thanks
Edit: one hour after, high consumption 100 mb and it will up 180MB and battery drain
Urticant2 said:
This is huge
This is the first time I test a launcher and it is so effective and exceeds the best like nova or apex
Thanks
Edit: one hour after, high consumption 100 mb and it will up 180MB and battery drain
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It's designed to use any much ram as it's available (i.e. aggressive/persistent mode in other launcher) by keeping things in memory so that things run smoothly. If other apps need memory, the launcher will release the memory for other apps.
Which device do you have? The launcher will use the memory if your device has lots of free memory.
Is there a way to remove the Google search bar from the top of every homepage? I know that's stock kitkat but it's a real waste of space.
In other respects though, this is a very nice launcher.
Edit:
I've worked it out. Under launcher settings-homescreen-search bar I've selected "Invisible" & the search bar not only disappears but the rest of the homescreen expands into the vacant space.
I'm going to see how I get on with Better Launcher as my default launcher for a few days.
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This is the best launcher for now !! 5 stars from me on Google play
Envoyé de mon GT-I9505
Awesome! Please remove elasticity/bounce in home screens and drawer and it's perfect! By far the best kitkat launcher I've seen.
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Clean look, awesome theme support. Animations are wicked and customizations from the next level.
Only thing that bothers me is that the homescreen animation lags, no idea why. The app drawer is insanely smooth.
Using it on my Xperia P with Carbon Rom.
Great launcher with lots of customization. There is some lag with the gestures and when you press the menu button while at app drawer, the regular kitkat settings appears behind the apps. Please remove the bounce animation at homescreen and app drawer screens
after one day - it's like hybrid between Google launcher and ADW launcher it's laggy not smooth at all
but 100% themes supports :angel:
i prefer LAUNCHER 3 FROM cm11 :silly:
Awesome start for a beta! Beats the rest out there kitkat wise.
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Better-Apps said:
It's designed to use any much ram as it's available (i.e. aggressive/persistent mode in other launcher) by keeping things in memory so that things run smoothly. If other apps need memory, the launcher will release the memory for other apps.
Which device do you have? The launcher will use the memory if your device has lots of free memory.
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I have nexus 5 so I have enough memory
Yes this is what I have seen and finally memory is controlled
Congratulation for this first launcher to be as fast
But personally I miss them option as :
- backup widget
- drawer icon replaceable by another app in dock
- swip up/down is too long to execute (in nova is perfect)
- white effect of the transition hurts the eyes
- and the battery consumption is too high
So after a couple of days I'm really liking this launcher. It's like an updated version of my old favorite Holo Launcher. I couldn't live without the 1x1 widgets in the dock that Holo & Better Launcher give me. Holo Notifier even works with it.
I've had no issues with it at all. No force closes, no undue battery drain. For the time being it's a keeper.
I do have one request for the next update. Can we have custom tabs in the app drawer please?
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Nice launcher. but I have some issues
- It take to long to make a gesture.
- I can't turn off the bounce effect.
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Urticant2 said:
This is huge
This is the first time I test a launcher and it is so effective and exceeds the best like nova or apex
Thanks
Edit: one hour after, high consumption 100 mb and it will up 180MB and battery drain
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The launcher doesn't do anything when it's not visible, it certainly not the source of the battery drain issue.
hasbrobot said:
Awesome! Please remove elasticity/bounce in home screens and drawer and it's perfect! By far the best kitkat launcher I've seen.
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That's one of the planned features, it will be available in a future update. Currently I am focusing on ironing out bugs.
Are this project dead ?
Envoyé de mon GT-I9505
wallah said:
Are this project dead ?
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I do hope not. I really like the launcher but I was hoping for a few more features like app drawer tabs.
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Related
Go Launcher v1.20
Requirements: Android
Overview: Go Launcher is an amazing home replacement app for Android.
-Extremely smooth scrolling
-Convenient icon pop-menu
-Gesture supported
-Useful app drawer to uninstall apps and kill tasks
-Removable screen previews (Up to 30 screens)
- NOW SUPPORTS PUTTING APP ICON IN FOLDER
Keywords: launcher home desktop fast access uninstaller taskkiller recommended
Recent changes:
-New app drawer folder：Drag the icon overlay to create a new folder
-Supported scrollable widgets & resizable widgets
-Supported custom icons (test)
-Improved scrolling speed & response
-Fixed crash issues in Droid & Droid X (thanks Adam’s help)
-Fixed icon disappearance problem
-Fixed live wallpaper interactive response
credits : markinho
keeps getting better, thanks!
One thing I mentioned in email I wanted to bring up here for others feedback is that if I choose to not have the screen indicator at the top of the screen, and I hide the status bar, the few pixels reserved for the screen identifier should be given back/not used anymore.
I wont keep repeating how great work you guys deliver
1 point of improvement:
On my X10 it's impossible to resize the widgets...
Sorry, it works, this plonker forgot to enable it in settings
Cheers,
Arnold
I really like this launcher guys,great stuff. ill be honest, im still sticking with launcherpro FOR NOW, but im closely watching this app because its got great potential.
just a little suggestion: adding option to configure the press-icon highlight color...a lot of people are anal about their phone's appearance and the current yellow color can really counter-act with some peoples theme
just one mans opinion......keep up the great work!
I love your apps and this launcher is awsome.
Now i need a loooot of custom icons <----- any idea?
Add alphabet sorting in the app drawer folders
I really really like your apps
Actually I'm using all of them
Keep it up
BTW u got the best GUIs I've ever seen on an android apps
Sent from my Nexus One using Tapatalk
How do I save the application settings??
Finally someone has done it!
Congratulation on this excellent home replacement. You are the first and only person to create in my opinion a better Home replacement than the default Galaxy S one. Doesn't need much improvement, maybe spring load the first and last app draw screens.
Very nice, and my thanks.
Add ability to choose custom docks and more homescreen rows x columns and im switching from lp.
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Nice launcher, really smooth. I've set the app drawer scrolling to portrait and I would really like the possibility to swype between all, recent and running apps.
Just a suggestion i'm already really appreciating your work!
Nice launcher and getting better constantly. However, I have had a problem of misplaced text label for the drawer taps for all the versions so far (see attached image). I have lcddensity=220 on Froyo, and have not tried on the standard 240.
It's a bit laggy for me at the moment and all widgets are gone after every reboot...
Too bad, because I love this launcher.
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The drawer's animation ruins all it's smoothness. Can you create an option to switch the drawers animation off ? Or change it with something smoother.
I really like this launcher, it's pretty clever.
I must say I do love this launcher, however after running it a couple of days it's showing up as a large battery consumer on my Droid Pro. (And unfortunanlty I can't afford to lose anymore battery on this device). LauncherPro normally runs 3-5% of my battery, and your launcher is pulling 10-12%.
Again, I'm a big fan, and definitely think this has potential, but until you guys can shave off some battery usage, I'm going to have to go back to LPro.
bwhite757 said:
I must say I do love this launcher, however after running it a couple of days it's showing up as a large battery consumer on my Droid Pro. (And unfortunanlty I can't afford to lose anymore battery on this device). LauncherPro normally runs 3-5% of my battery, and your launcher is pulling 10-12%.
Again, I'm a big fan, and definitely think this has potential, but until you guys can shave off some battery usage, I'm going to have to go back to LPro.
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I am in doubt going back to lpp too for the same reason. After setting go launcher as my defàult launcher, i lose around 8 till 10% an hour, which is way too much...
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How to disable the christman gift ?!
how to get out of christma theme!
steph-one said:
How to disable the christman gift ?!
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how to get out of christma theme?
go to dock setting for default style, and reset the wallpaper from preference menu.
Thank you
yeah it looks good
I'm having problems with my widgets not visually updating correctly on Galaxy Spica 2.2 (CM 6.1.1 alpha 8.2)
You can see an example here (look at the date of the calendar widget)
I have this on all my widgets, including the power widget
The Faster Than Light Launcher
Make no mistake, this is the fastest launcher you'll ever run. Small, light, configurable. The Gingerbread launcher as it should have been. No useless stuff, no compromises. Performance and usability are the driving forces here.
On version 3.0, most of the limitations on the Lite versions 2.x.x were removed. 3.0 Lite users have almost the full 2.x.x Pro specifications. 3.0 Pro users have a all new game to play now: The Pro version can use existing ADW, GoLauncher and LauncherPro Icon and Dock themes, giving FTL and unprecedented array of possible theming. You can even mix Dock and Icon themes from different launchers. Google Play is yours for the take.
The Lite version still has some of the configurable options pre-loaded that cannot be changed. A lot more stuff is configurable on the full version, check the Pro Version Extras feature list below. Performance or user experience are in no way impaired on the Lite version.
Important: FTL supports all resolutions and ICS, but only 800x480, 854x480, 960x540 and 480x320 devices have 3D drawer enabled! Also ICS has no 3D drawer because it does not contain the "old" opengl interface. But as it is natively accelerated anyway, 2D drawer should be very fast.
Lite Version Features:
- Tweaked for extreme speed and smoothness
- Fully accelerated 3D Waterfall app drawer
- Option to use "normal" 2D app drawer
- Choice between 3 and 5 icon Dock
- Configurable Support for launcher auto-rotation
- Configurable Infinite looping of homescreens
- Configurable support for scrollable widgets
- Configurable number of homescreens: from 1 to 9
- Configurable bounce effect on homescreen transitions
- Configurable wallpaper scrolling
- Configurable transition speed of homescreens
- Configurable default homescreen
- Configurable "swipe up" to one of the following:
*show homescreen previews
*open app drawer
*hide status bar
*show and hide status bar
*open and close dock bar
- Configurable Homescreen grid: From 4 to 6 rows
Pro Version Extras:
- Theming support: The Pro version can use existing ADW, GoLauncher and LauncherPro Icon and Dock themes, giving FTL and unprecedented array of possible theming.
- Configurable support for resizeable widgets: only when adding them to the homescreen, you cannot edit them later.
- Configurable Homescreen grid: From 4 to 6 rows, and 4 to 6 columns
- Configurable Dock icons size
- Configurable "swipe down" and "swipe down" independently to any of the following:
*show homescreen previews
*open app drawer
*hide status bar
*show and hide status bar
*open and close dock bar
- Includes anim speed: precise control over core Android windows/transition animation speed
Basic Instructions:
- On first boot, homescreens will be empty. Long-press anywhere and start adding stuff!
- You can add/change the shortcuts on the dock bar: Long-press the place you want, and wait for the a popup to show, allowing you to choose what activity you want there.
- You can uninstall apps directly from the homescreen: long press the shortcut (even in the app drawer), drag it to the trash can that appears where the dock was. If you drop it immediately FTL will only remove the shortcut, but if you wait a bit before droping, FTL will offer to uninstall the app.
Download link from Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lowveld.ftllauncherlite
Try it, you won't regret it!
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it does not work well on my xperia mini st15i..i am not able to access all apps in app drawer...
is this for higher resolution device...??
fast is an understatement for homescreen switching of this launcher ..can u make the app drawer with grid view as fast as the home screen transitions? that would be legendary!..n ya add screen previews for homescreens, we are on android not ios
akshay13071990 said:
it does not work well on my xperia mini st15i..i am not able to access all apps in app drawer...
is this for higher resolution device...??
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Sorry mate,
Currently it is for HDPI devices, 480x800 screens. It should be filtered by the market, I'll check it out.
But I'll try to add MDPI support in the future! Thanks for the heads up!
Cheers
bondx99 said:
fast is an understatement for homescreen switching of this launcher ..can u make the app drawer with grid view as fast as the home screen transitions? that would be legendary!..n ya add screen previews for homescreens, we are on android not ios
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Longpress the appdrawer icon on the dock for screen previews.
Cheers
good work, but can u explain why FLT need rights to call numbers / read personal contacts?
[email protected] said:
good work, but can u explain why FLT need rights to call numbers / read personal contacts?
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The permissions are the standard one from the stock launcher, plus the WRITE_SETTINGS for configurations.
Those you are asking about is to be able to add contact shortcuts to the homescreens and calling from there.
Cheer!
lowveld thanks for developing this for us
don't mean to put you down, but i think there will be countless requests about new features and AFAIK merging new features might bring the speen down... so it'll be a hard way to develop a new launcher (given that there are many counterparts in market)
crescal said:
lowveld thanks for developing this for us
don't mean to put you down, but i think there will be countless requests about new features and AFAIK merging new features might bring the speen down... so it'll be a hard way to develop a new launcher (given that there are many counterparts in market)
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Don't worry mate:
No compromises!
I will not add stuff that brings performance down, nor will I turn this on some GoLauncher clone or such.
This is my personal vision of what a launcher should be like. Of course there's still some stuff missing that I really want to get working.
Cheers
[email protected] said:
good work, but can u explain why FLT need rights to call numbers / read personal contacts?
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Because of that you have the possibility to call numbers and read personal contacts. For me those are necessary functions
@lowveld: great work, but for me it's useless without widgets. What about calendar, weather, messages, email? I know everyone is telling you what's still missing, and I don't want you to implement this right now. But did you even thought about any widgets?
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FTL - widget support
eyahl said:
Because of that you have the possibility to call numbers and read personal contacts. For me those are necessary functions
@lowveld: great work, but for me it's useless without widgets. What about calendar, weather, messages, email? I know everyone is telling you what's still missing, and I don't want you to implement this right now. But did you even thought about any widgets?
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Ok guys,
This can be hard, specially when you're used to Sense, but FTL, or any other non-sense launcher, does not support Sense widgets.
So you can only use standard android widgets with this. Anything out of the market, not written specifically for a given launcher (hint, go Launcher widgets) will work.
Personally, I use Android Pro Widgets for contacts, calendar, facebook and etc, check it out, it's really good. Also, FTL supports native widget scrolling, which makes APW even better!
Cheers
lowveld said:
Ok guys,
This can be hard, specially when you're used to Sense, but FTL, or any other non-sense launcher, does not support Sense widgets.
So you can only use standard android widgets with this. Anything out of the market, not written specifically for a given launcher (hint, go Launcher widgets) will work.
Personally, I use Android Pro Widgets for contacts, calendar, facebook and etc, check it out, it's really good. Also, FTL supports native widget scrolling, which makes APW even better!
Cheers
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Okay however
problem solved
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22344069&postcount=2344
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Any plans for a version that works on 720p devices?
bL33d said:
Any plans for a version that works on 720p devices?
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Well, let's see how the current versions fare. It they do good, I will invest the time to provide MDPI and 720p support later. It's not exactly straightforward...
Cheers
Could you add the QHD screen optimizations?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22222957
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Planning to test this launcher too.
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I would rather like to have this launcher for X10 mini pro, which is QVGA 320x240... I still didn't saw any kind of "smooth" launcher just for that small screen...
great work, i'll follow this one
Blinq Launcher is blazing fast, beautiful and innovative home screen replacement app for android 4.1 and up.
Blinq Launcher is based on Android Kitkat 4.4 aosp launcher and offers complete Lollipop (Material) Design.
It also features Blinq Gesture Anywhere, It lets you use your personalized gestures from anywhere within the phone, so need to hit the home button anymore to use gestures.
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FEATURES
● Gesture Anywhere draw gestures from anywhere on your phone.
● Android Lollipop (Material) Design.
● Icon Edit.
● Support for all icon packs .
● Blinq Icon pack.
● Hardcore Customization.
● Drawer Folders-Personalized app drawer categorization.
● Folder backgrounds .
● Text color picker for icon labels.
● Icon & dock backgrounds.
● Font styles.
● Tonnes of transition effects on home screen and app drawer.
● App activity animations.
● Custom grid size on home screen and app drawer.
● Translucent statusbar and navigation bar on Android 4.4 and up.
● Icon and Icon label sizes.
● Google Now on right swipe.
● Full-screen Mode.
● "ok google" hotword detection on homescreen.
● Homescreen gestures with widest task support.
● Unread count with choosable badges.
● Exclusive Blinq Wallpapers.
● Backup and restore Blinq setup.
Download Link
Blinq Lollipop Launcher 2.0
Blinq Launcher is constantly improving, we are making it better day and night.
If you like it, rate it ★★★★★, if you have any issue/request/suggestions then shoot us an email or just leave it here. We don't mind PM's too
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BlinqLauncher
2.0
●Complete Material Design
●Icon edit,now edit app shortcuts on homescreen and app drawer on per app basis
●Lollipop app drawer, widget drawer
●Lollipop app drawer animation
●Lollipop folder animation for android 5.0
●Lollipop search bar
●You can select different colors for home screen, drawer and folder icon labels
●Added lollipop icons by default
●Added folder preview styles
●Fixed messaging unread count issue
●A possible fix for old Lg devices
●Minor bug fixes and performance improvements
Is this different from the earlier Blinq launcher??? I saw that the other thread is closed for comments.
Anyway looks promising. Had tried the old one when it was first launched.
Just for information, can you tell me what is the RAM Consumption of this launcher? Looking forward to trying this,
Seems great I installed today it's very nice and great customisation thank you for your work.
I would like to request though if I may for an option to keep the launcher in memory as I'm getting a few redraws and an auto hide option for the dock as it keeps popping back up after leaving the home screen, I'm using swipe up to toggle it. thanks again.
Landraider17 said:
Is this different from the earlier Blinq launcher??? I saw that the other thread is closed for comments.
Anyway looks promising. Had tried the old one when it was first launched.
Just for information, can you tell me what is the RAM Consumption of this launcher? Looking forward to trying this,
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It is the same Blinq launcher but a lot has changed since the initial release. The other thread is closed because the one who was maintaining that thread was unable to do it anymore for some reason, so I took over.
About RAM consumption, it uses pretty low resources, it doesnt take more than 20mb on an average device.
smeejaytee said:
Seems great I installed today it's very nice and great customisation thank you for your work.
I would like to request though if I may for an option to keep the launcher in memory as I'm getting a few redraws and an auto hide option for the dock as it keeps popping back up after leaving the home screen, I'm using swipe up to toggle it. thanks again.
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Glad you're liking it.
We'll see what we can do about keeping it in memory. Btw, what device are you using ?
Regarding dock hide option, we're making it better, also we're adding few additional dock options. So this issue will be fixed in next update for sure.
I'm using a HTC m8, and yes i like it a lot it's like gnl with xgels but without the need for xposed I am very grateful for this as I don't use xposed any more and this launcher has most of it anyway.
Thank you again great work.
Do we have to have google now launcher already installed, or can we just install this. Looks very nice
smeejaytee said:
I'm using a HTC m8, and yes i like it a lot it's like gnl with xgels but without the need for xposed I am very grateful for this as I don't use xposed any more and this launcher has most of it anyway.
Thank you again great work.
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We appreciate it
Steve One said:
Do we have to have google now launcher already installed, or can we just install this. Looks very nice
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Nope, you dont need google now launcher, you can install Blinq right away.
I don't have the funds in my Google about atm but I will surely buy prime as soon as I do this is worth it.
I would have brought it today but I only have £1.20 left (crying)
smeejaytee said:
I don't have the funds in my Google about atm but I will surely buy prime as soon as I do this is worth it.
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We assure you that it'll keep improving.
I can't wait to see how out progresses.
Thanks. Would try it today and report back.
Landraider17 said:
Thanks. Would try it today and report back.
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We'll be waiting for your feedback.
I tried the Launcher yesterday. It is an interesting launcher with great support for gestures. It is very smooth and responsive and It might take a little time to get used to. But for the time being,few missing features turned me off:
1. Custom Icon Sizing (in %)is not supported. I like smaller icons and without it the desktop and drawer seems gaudy.
2. Vertical Scrolling Absent. I prefer it.
3. SMS Badges requires Pro/Premium.
4. Multiple Dock Pages and ability to scale Dock Icons to a different size.
The feature list may be too much but I thought it could give an idea for you to develop.
Thanks for the Launcher. Will be using it sparingly till i get a feel for it.
Landraider17 said:
I tried the Launcher yesterday. It is an interesting launcher with great support for gestures. It is very smooth and responsive and It might take a little time to get used to. But for the time being,few missing features turned me off:
1. Custom Icon Sizing (in %)is not supported. I like smaller icons and without it the desktop and drawer seems gaudy.
2. Vertical Scrolling Absent. I prefer it.
3. SMS Badges requires Pro/Premium.
4. Multiple Dock Pages and ability to scale Dock Icons to a different size.
The feature list may be too much but I thought it could give an idea for you to develop.
Thanks for the Launcher. Will be using it sparingly till i get a feel for it.
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All features that you have mentioned will be taken into consideration, you might find some of them in near updates.
Blinq Launcher has been updated to 1.5 and we've added a lot of stuff in there!
Changelog
● Added Lollipop icons (Blinq Settings>Looks and performances>icon packs and select Lollipop)
● Added App Drawer background color 'Lollipop' style is set by default
● Added option to set Dock icon count
● Added option to Hide Dock
● Added option to set dock icon size
● Icon size now set by sliders-no predefined values
● Fixed crashes on Sony Xperia devices with android 4.1
● Fixed crashes on LG devices
● Drawer folders can now dragged to homescreen
● Minor bug fixes and performance improvements
Anybody with an xperia device running android 4.1 ?
Blinq Launcher has been updated to v 2.0 and now its better than ever. See the changelog for more info.
V 2.0 [28/12/2014]
●Complete Material Design
●Icon edit,now edit app shortcuts on homescreen and app drawer on per app basis
●Lollipop app drawer, widget drawer
●Lollipop app drawer animation
●Lollipop folder animation for android 5.0
●Lollipop search bar
●You can select different colors for home screen, drawer and folder icon labels
●Added lollipop icons by default
●Added folder preview styles
●Fixed messaging unread count issue
●A possible fix for old Lg devices
●Minor bug fixes and performance improvements
GREat post i liked it
Hey guys, I am still on EUI Laucher, but i wana change. Have you tryed Google PIXEL Launcher, there is no official support, but you can downloand apk. ANy tips od experinece?
I am using stock launcher I do not see anything bad with it, personally I do not like the app drawer , however before using stock launcher, I used to use next 3d lsuncher, and google now launcher which was really smooth, I did like it.
The stock launcher is fine but I use Go Launcher mainly to eliminate the live button.
I have tried Pixel Launcher and its nice.
But my preferred Launcher is NOVA because it have many useful customisation and drawer tab support.
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Google Pixel launcher
I have been using SquareHome forever now. Before that Lightning Launcher. Both very customisable, SquareHome is Windows 10 style with tiles rather than icons.
I like that a lot - Notifications on the tile, live tiles, great overview, easy on resources.
I am on 21S and currently using the Pixel launcher. I'd prefer to use Nova launcher because it can mimic Pixel launcher and has the added advantage of nougat-like long press functions and you can use a Pixel icon pack to get all round icons. But I find that Nova launcher has issues with the multitasking selection cards on this phone - it won't show a card for the homescreen like it does on other launchers, so you can't close the last open app/page. Anyone else found this? It also has weird scaling compared to other launchers - at 100% all the icons are much too small. To get them at what I'd consider a normal size you need to set them at about 125-130%.
kanagawaben said:
I am on 21S and currently using the Pixel launcher. I'd prefer to use Nova launcher because it can mimic Pixel launcher and has the added advantage of nougat-like long press functions and you can use a Pixel icon pack to get all round icons. But I find that Nova launcher has issues with the multitasking selection cards on this phone - it won't show a card for the homescreen like it does on other launchers, so you can't close the last open app/page. Anyone else found this? It also has weird scaling compared to other launchers - at 100% all the icons are much too small. To get them at what I'd consider a normal size you need to set them at about 125-130%.
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Where did you get the 21s firmware?
Amowagou said:
Where did you get the 21s firmware?
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In the ROM section.
Trebuchet or CM standard
I got tons of Android devices and I'd go crazy if each and every one was different. So I not only try to use a stock Cynogenmod launcher but also make sure that applications are in the same place across devices.
I'm even using Trebuchet on my Note 3, which uses a hybrid Note 3/Note 7 TouchWiz ROM somebody put together to offer Marshmallow features on the Note 3, which has long since been abandoned by Samsung.
Not only is Trebuchet available on all devices, it also has the minimal amount of "Google" in it.
I value my privacy far more than Google's "added value". So no "Google now", no Google search on the phone, nano GAPPS. Essentially I just want the Play Store, nothing else from Google.
Too bad they are not satisfied with that...
The best is nova launcher, fast and very recomendable
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kanagawaben said:
I am on 21S and currently using the Pixel launcher. I'd prefer to use Nova launcher because it can mimic Pixel launcher and has the added advantage of nougat-like long press functions and you can use a Pixel icon pack to get all round icons. But I find that Nova launcher has issues with the multitasking selection cards on this phone - it won't show a card for the homescreen like it does on other launchers, so you can't close the last open app/page. Anyone else found this? It also has weird scaling compared to other launchers - at 100% all the icons are much too small. To get them at what I'd consider a normal size you need to set them at about 125-130%.
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Yeah for the same very reason iam using the pixel launcher in place of Nova. Very annoying bug !
I am using Cm13 with pixel launcher and everything is working well
Nova Launcher= The Best
I used nova launcher for a long time but now I am using smart launcher and it's super cool....
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Been using ZenUI launcher and really like it on this phone, great performance, lots of good features and looks good imho.
Anyone know how to delete this Google thing from Home desktop in Pixel Launcher? I'm talking about this: http://screenshot.sh/oe2vMFKzqiQEB
When I click this it's showing for 0,1s App Details...
Arrow from Microsoft, smooth and laconic, light and elegant.
slawin wynterz said:
Arrow from Microsoft, smooth and laconic, light and elegant.
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Well
Apex
Is Nova launcher performance equal, worse, or better than stock?
For me: it's better. Why?
- it have double-tap to sleep (and other gestures)
- Choose iconpack you want
- Swipe icons for more actions
- Swipe folder for more actions
- Adjust grid and overlap widgets
- Adjust app drawer
.... endless list
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Yes, I use it for the gestures mainly, and other customisation.
Nova is one of the first 5 apps installed on any phone I've used. It allows so much more customization than ANY stock skin.
Gestures, Color changes, Animations, Icon Packs for all icons and individual ones.
Performance wise I believe it's better. You can customize your animations especially to be much snappier than stock.
Yes!
Absolutely !
Unavoidable, inevitable, indispensable
Stock launcher performs better on touchwiz
I prefer Nova, it's perfect launcher for me. Iconpacks, gestures and other customisation. Also I use it for years and can't use another launcher..
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If you have Nova Launcher beta edition signed has right now support with samsung themes and you can see all the icons of samsung themes working with Nova Launcher.
I believe is the best thing to give you this support.
That is the latest changes:
WHAT'S NEW
5.1-beta6 April 21
Ability to disable Dynamic Badges per-app (Long-press App icon - Edit - Show badges)
Respect system level themes on Samsung and Huawei devices
Indeed!!
I'll add my $0.02 too
Nova is awesome! I've run it on every Android device I've owned for the last 7ish years. The devs even reply to you when you have an issue. They update often which resolved any bugs that pop up.
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