Our product is design for solving the privacy space issue .Now we want to gather some feedback for our App to do better.Thank you in advance!!
By different password into different desktop with seeing different space
The first android tool aim to solve the personal space between social lives and privacy. BlaBla Privacy focuses on the balance between privacy and public. BlaBla create multiple accounts with different password. Every account show different Apps, pictures, videos, wallpaper and leave you a private space.
With BlaBla Privacy, never worry secret will have the risk of exposure
Never worry kids make any mistakenly deleted on your phone
Never worry friend will see your privacy selfie when use phone
Never worry girlfriend check your game account and cost
Never worry boyfriend notice chat record and pictures
Multi-accounts: one smart phone, multiple user accounts
-You can set lover account, kids, workmate or friend with different password.
-Hide different Apps in different account to protect privacy
-Every account has a unique password just you can change in BlaBla settings.
-Quick Switching accounts: enter different password access to different account.
Hide Apps & Pictures & Videos: protect your privacy space from prying eyes
-Hide your Facebook, Whats App, Messenger, PayPal, Clash of Clans or private
-A private BlaBla vault for you to hide privacy pictures & videos.
-Hide push message: under other accounts, nobody can receive App push messages.
-Hide App in desktop: nobody can find the app even in App manager.
Highlights
-Totally free and no ads
App manager
-Efficiently and intuitively manage your home screen by put your app in alphabetical order.
Quick Search
-Slide on your screen to quickly find apps.
Weather& City
-Locate your city, providing the accurate weather alert and forecast weather information of the coming week.
Wallpapers
-Different user account with different high-quality and free wallpapers.
-Choose your favorite photos as your home screen and lock screen to make it fun and interesting.
-------------------------- FAQ------------------------
Q: Why need permissions
BlaBla Privacy needs to apply for the permissions required by the apps added in other account to function normally. BlaBla Privacy will read any notifications from system or any installed Apps and close or delete these notifications under other user account to protect personal privacy
We do not collect any personal information, just want give you a great experience.
Q: Set BlaBla Privacy as default desktop
Only when set BlaBla Privacy as default desktop can open guest or other account. Set BlaBla Privacy as default can protect your accounts privacy and have a great experience.
For any further problems, please feel free to contact us via the "Evaluation" feature inside BlaBla Privacy or send us an email at: [email protected]
Download Address: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.blablaapp.launcher
if you cann't download it,please contact with me.
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Nice concept.
Looking for this long time before bt didn't find one.
Upload apk to main post
jerryn70 said:
Nice concept.
Looking for this long time before bt didn't find one.
Upload apk to main post
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I'm a newcomer, can't post outside link. what should i do?
Flhawker said:
I'm a newcomer, can't post outside link. what should i do?
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Upload apk to your Google drive and share the link here. No problem for Google drive link I think.
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Upload apk to your Google drive and share the link here. No problem for Google drive link I think.
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OK, I will try it and i send a private message for you.
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Upload apk to your Google drive and share the link here. No problem for Google drive link I think.
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yes, you are right, update it, welcome feedback.
Is ur app a launcher ?
Update YouTube link. its Showing video not found
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Is ur app a launcher ?
Update YouTube link. its Showing video not found
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your are right, you don't like it(launcher) or anything else?
And few questions and suggestions:
What's the language of the app ? In video it is in Chinese.
This app is a launcher, and will it support/ display notification count on the app icons ?
Add different app drawer styles options.
Make app drawer transparent and style like below screenshot.
The current drawer of ur launcher is too old style.
The screenshot given is stock marshmallow look with transparent background. Icons also is stock marshmallow. Now all are looking for stock material design. So requesting u to make it like that.
Your concept is very good I like it. The only thing I don't like is the icons and the drawer style
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And few questions and suggestions:
What's the language of the app ? In video it is in Chinese.
This app is a launcher, and will it support/ display notification count on the app icons ?
Add different app drawer styles options.
Make app drawer transparent and style like below screenshot.
The current drawer of ur launcher is too old style
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Currently, it's only support English and French.
Now, the product is mainly used launcher technology, but aims to implement the user's exclusive space to protect the privacy of host user.
So we don't support notification count on the app icons, but we will consider added it later.
jerryn70 said:
And few questions and suggestions:
What's the language of the app ? In video it is in Chinese.
This app is a launcher, and will it support/ display notification count on the app icons ?
Add different app drawer styles options.
Make app drawer transparent and style like below screenshot.
The current drawer of ur launcher is too old style.
The screenshot given is stock marshmallow look with transparent background. Icons also is stock marshmallow. Now all are looking for stock material design. So requesting u to make it like that.
Your concept is very good I like it. The only thing I don't like is the icons and the drawer style
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got it, if we update icons and drawer style, will you use it?
if we don't fix this problem, what do you think about that, will you also use it?
Flhawker said:
got it, if we update icons and drawer style, will you use it?
if we don't fix this problem, what do you think about that, will you also use it?
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If u guys update the app with notification count badge support and transparent background app drawer with stock style and stock icons, sure I will use this app. As I said I'm looking for this type app earlier and didn't find one. So I'm interested in this app if u guys do as I said to improve the looks and functions. And add lock option to the blabla settings.
And Why blabla is accessing internet ? For what need ?
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If u guys update the app with notification count badge support and transparent background app drawer with stock style and stock icons, sure I will use this app. As I said I'm looking for this type app earlier and didn't find one. So I'm interested in this app if u guys do as I said to improve the looks and functions. And add lock option to the blabla settings.
And Why blabla is accessing internet ? For what need ?
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And add lock option to the blabla settings.
I don't understand whats you mean?
otherwise, access internet to get weather data
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And add lock option to the blabla settings.
I don't understand whats you mean?
otherwise, access internet to get weather data
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Well used this privacy guard launcher for few days.
The working is smooth as compared to other launchers. But the icon are too big and there is no option for changing the size. No icon pack can be applied on this app. App drawer is little bit confusing looks like messed . App drawer not like stock grid style. App drawer is transparent that a good thing. No notification badge feature for unread count . Every time we need to lock the screen to switch between profiles, will be good if any swipe features to switch between profiles from the main screen itself.
This app is not available on playstore , I'm from Indian .
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Well used this privacy guard launcher for few days.
The working is smooth as compared to other launchers. But the icon are too big and there is no option for changing the size. No icon pack can be applied on this app. App drawer is little bit confusing looks like messed . App drawer not like stock grid style. App drawer is transparent that a good thing. No notification badge feature for unread count . Every time we need to lock the screen to switch between profiles, will be good if any swipe features to switch between profiles from the main screen itself.
This app is not available on playstore , I'm from Indian .
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Every time we need to lock the screen to switch between profiles, will be good if any swipe features to switch between profiles from the main screen itself.
It's really a great idea, we will implement it asap.
the icon are too big and there is no option for changing the size
you meant the icon size is on the desktop or App drawer, otherwise ,we will supply icon package later.
App drawer is little bit confusing looks like messed . App drawer not like stock grid style.
Could you give me more details, thanks.
This app is not available on playstore , I'm from Indian.
Now ,we just beta version, so we do not open to the world.
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Every time we need to lock the screen to switch between profiles, will be good if any swipe features to switch between profiles from the main screen itself.
It's really a great idea, we will implement it asap.
the icon are too big and there is no option for changing the size
you meant the icon size is on the desktop or App drawer, otherwise ,we will supply icon package later.
App drawer is little bit confusing looks like messed . App drawer not like stock grid style.
Could you give me more details, thanks.
This app is not available on playstore , I'm from Indian.
Now ,we just beta version, so we do not open to the world.
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Yes icon size on desktop is too big.
It's great if you provide icon pack. But you need to add option to choose stock system icon pack also
I mean app drawer like Nova launcher with transparent background.
Sometimes your app automatically close and system launcher will come to work.
Notification count badge on app icon is important one don't miss that in the update.
jerryn70 said:
Yes icon size on desktop is too big.
It's great if you provide icon pack. But you need to add option to choose stock system icon pack also
I mean app drawer like Nova launcher with transparent background.
Sometimes your app automatically close and system launcher will come to work.
Notification count badge on app icon is important one don't miss that in the update.
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It's great if you provide icon pack. But you need to add option to choose stock system icon pack also
We will provide icon package for each user mode, it will avoid user to choose problem.
I mean app drawer like Nova launcher with transparent background.
you don't like current app drawer, could you tell me why?
Just now I checked the Nova Launcher, its whole layout is inherit from android origin design.
But Our app drawer added alphabetical layout.
Notification count badge on app icon is important one don't miss that in the update.
OK,we will do this later.
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It's great if you provide icon pack. But you need to add option to choose stock system icon pack also
We will provide icon package for each user mode, it will avoid user to choose problem.
I mean app drawer like Nova launcher with transparent background.
you don't like current app drawer, could you tell me why?
Just now I checked the Nova Launcher, its whole layout is inherit from android origin design.
But Our app drawer added alphabetical layout.
Notification count badge on app icon is important one don't miss that in the update.
OK,we will do this later.
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Check my Nova app drawer. It's transparent and alphabetical order. Nova looks like stock because it is made to be look like that. Stock marshmallow experience. But we can customize it check my drawer.
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Check my Nova app drawer. It's transparent and alphabetical order. Nova looks like stock because it is made to be look like that. Stock marshmallow experience. But we can customize it check my drawer.
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we have a new version,you can try it.
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[Android 2.1+] Ray Sidebar Launcher
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Stylish and extremely easy to use, Ray lets you access and multitask between your favorite apps and from anywhere by simply swiping your finger from the edge of the screen. Ray and its premium version (Ray Pro) have clean minimalistic design and all the functionalities you need to customize your tailor-made, fast and hassle-free multitasking sidebar.
Features include:
- Add your favorite apps and shortcuts
- Add "actions" such as: app drawer, toggle Wi-Fi, toggle mobile data, screen brightness, etc.
- Organize your items (apps, shortcuts and actions) in folders*
- Easily rearrange items and remove unwanted ones
- Option to remain open after launching apps and shortcuts - for even faster multi-tasking
- Many others
*The free version of Ray is limited to 8 items or 7 items + 1 folder with up to 8 additional items in the folder
Ray Pro additional features:
- No advertising button (“Free apps”)
- Unlimited number of apps, shortcuts, actions and folders
- Choose between left or right sidebar alignment
- Adjust the text size and color of the item labels
- Add “Running apps” action with task management functionality (kill unwanted apps)
- Icon pack support (load app icons from ADW, Apex, Nova and some Go Launcher themes and icon packs)
- Unread counts for: missed calls, unread SMS and emails as well as any app that displays notifications, including: WhatsApp, Facebook, Skype, Viber, etc.
Ray on Google Play Store
Ray Pro on Google Play Store
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Change log:
Code:
[B]1.2.1 (12.Nov.2013):[/B]
- Added: links to an extensive online tutorial and FAQ under Settings -> Help
- Fixed: Changes after renaming folders or selecting custom icons do not show up immediately
- Fixed (Ray Pro only): The short general tutorial tells the user to swipe from the left edge of the screen, even if sidebar position is set to Right
[B]1.2.0 (10.Nov.2013):[/B]
- Revamped Edit mode interface for removing/arranging items and renaming folders
- Edit mode performance optimizations
- Added (Ray Pro only): user selectable icons for apps, shortcuts, actions
- Reorganized settings
- Improved tutorials
- Fixed (Android 2.1 to 4.0): Pressing the Home button does nothing when the sidebar is open
- Fixed (Android 2.X): Bad sidebar size after folder rename
- Fixed (Android 2.X): Swipe area not visualized properly
- Compiled with Android 4.4 KitKat SDK
- Stability improvements
[B]1.1.1 (20.Oct.2013):[/B]
- Fixed: Problems with swipe area height on Aquos Phone Serie SHL22 and other devices.
[B]1.1.0 (17.Oct.2013):[/B]
- Added: option to automatically close the sidebar after a specified time of inactivity
- Added: user selectable folder icon backgrounds (circle, rounded rectangle, rectangle and custom)
- Fixed: unable to change sidebar background color while in landscape mode
- Fixed: flashlight not working on Nexus 10 and other devices
- Fixed: Android 4.3+ only: Tapping on notification not opening app settings
- Changed: icon margins now depend on the selected sidebar width
- Changed: smaller minimum for sidebar width
[B]1.0.0 (12.Oct.2013):[/B]
Initial release
looks very great. :good:
Very nice app first of all I will give you my personal input from a consumers view. Overall it's a really nice app with a few features the other sidebars lack as in custom icon packs ability along with the ability to rearrange, those are awesome abilities! Where it's lacking is the ability to see running apps indicater and the ability to close them by swiping them away as the others offer, once this feature is added I believe this puts this sidebar in the front runners position. A main feature they all lack because of 4.3 I might add is the ability to hide the app notification from the notification panel. I understand that it needs to be there so the launcher doesn't close the app but there has to be a way to hide that without closing the app. I remove it in settings/app by unchecking the box but eventually the launcher will close the app by default. Once that's accomplished by whichever sidebar that does it will lead the pack hands down! I have purchased two already and I'm going to go purchase yours now, I tried the free version but goodluck to you and this great app!
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olorolo said:
Very nice app first of all I will give you my personal input from a consumers view. Overall it's a really nice app with a few features the other sidebars lack as in custom icon packs ability along with the ability to rearrange, those are awesome abilities! Where it's lacking is the ability to see running apps indicater and the ability to close them by swiping them away as the others offer, once this feature is added I believe this puts this sidebar in the front runners position. A main feature they all lack because of 4.3 I might add is the ability to hide the app notification from the notification panel. I understand that it needs to be there so the launcher doesn't close the app but there has to be a way to hide that without closing the app. I remove it in settings/app by unchecking the box but eventually the launcher will close the app by default. Once that's accomplished by whichever sidebar that does it will lead the pack hands down! I have purchased two already and I'm going to go purchase yours now, I tried the free version but goodluck to you and this great app!
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Hello, thank you for your support!
The paid version has an "action" called "Running apps". You can add it by: (+) button -> Actions -> Running Apps
It lists all currently running apps and lets you kill unwanted ones by swiping them away.
I decided to implement it this way, because in my opinion it's less cluttered and it's usually faster to kill an app. If for example you put the "Running apps" on top of the sidebar, you can reach all running apps with a single tap. Otherwise, if you have added a lot of apps, you would have to scroll down and look for the active ones.
About the notification icon - unfortunately it is a matter of how Android is designed.
As you probably know already, prior to Android 4.3 apps were allowed to show fake (invisible) notification to prevent being killed, but Google changed that in 4.3, because they believe it's best for the user to be notified when something is running continuously in the background...
It's not possible to guarantee that Android will not kill the app when there is no notification and the app is currently not shown on the screen, because in that situation the app is considered to be running in background mode and Android decides that it is not critical if the app is killed.
After killing it Android (may) eventually automatically start the app again when there is more RAM available, but from my experience it takes more than 10 minutes for Android to restart the app, which is unacceptable for the user.
The developer can request from the operating system to try to (re-)launch the app let's say once every 60 seconds or even less, but this can significantly increase battery usage :/
In Ray I used the least intrusive approach that is currently possible - using low priority notification that does not show up in the statusbar. I may also add an option to completely disable the notification for Android 4.3+ devices, but of course if disabled, Android can decide to kill the app at any time.
I have added a direct download link in the first post for those of you who don't have the Gogle Play Store on their devices.
For those who tried the app - please share your thoughts on ways of improvement and possible problems
Thank you!
That´s my old friend ra3al... absolutely wonderful!!!! :good:
Best Xda developer for sure!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi ra3al,
First thanks for this wonderfull sidebar launcher!
I am testing it and found very usefull, but I think that you should add also the possibility to have a dock bar (by default available) and this will be the future laucher: most used apps on dock like phone, sms and app drawer, and favourite apps and shorcuts in sidebar.
Without that option everyone will keep his launcher...
What do you think?
Some Requests....
I just purchased the Pro version of your sidebar launcher to test it out, because I love the quick access launchers of this type. Just a couple of things that I would like to see added...... First is the "Width" of the Sidebar feature only lets me reduce it to a certain width and stops, but when you open the sidebar the icons are almost half that width in size. I would like to shrink/reduce the sidebar width down very thin, to just about the width of the smallest icons that show. If you put the width slider all the way down to the smallest point, it should then go just a little bit further.
Also, I mainly decided to try your sidebar because of the "Folder" option. Most sidebars don't allow the setup of folders, I really like this option, but I was disappointed when I found that I could NOT set a Custom Icon for the Folder itself. The sidebar allows using Icon Sets, but I can't select a custom icon for the Folder. Please add this Feature to allow us to choose our Folder icons. it would really complete this app.
The last thing I noticed was a problem....the instructions mentioned something about long pressing an icon then swiping out of the sidebar to Delete the icon. This does NOT work for me at all. I have not found any way whatsoever, to Delete an app icon that I already placed in the bar.
or am I missing something.........
I'll post again after using this for a little while.
Great Work Awesome
Thanks to dev for amazing app - that's what I miss on my device!
But I have a prob when type somewhere with software keyboard (I've just decide that must re-calibrate screen but suddenly realize what's happens).
Far left side of keyboard like letters A, Q and number 1 are NOT USABLE because they are under the sidebar ?
It's checked and approved if I close Sidebar keyboard works as expected.
Please @ra3al solve this little but frustrating bug.
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Thanks to dev for amazing app - that's what I miss on my device!
But I have a prob when type somewhere with software keyboard (I've just decide that must re-calibrate screen but suddenly realize what's happens).
Far left side of keyboard like letters A, Q and number 1 are NOT USABLE because they are under the sidebar ?
It's checked and approved if I close Sidebar keyboard works as expected.
Please @ra3al solve this little but frustrating bug.
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Thank you for support! and I'm glad you like the app
Yes, this is a known problem and there is a (partial) solution. I guess I should mentioned it in the initial tutorial.
OK, you need to go to the settings of the app (either by long-pressing the (+) button in the sidebar, or tapping the Ray / Ray Pro icon in your normal launcher.
Then go to: Swipe area settings -> Width and height and reduce the height, so that the swipe area does not overlap your soft keyboard. (Or you can also reduce the width - make the swipe area still full height, but thinner, so that it does not cover the leftmost buttons in the keyboard, but keep in mind that if you make it too thin, it may stop recognizing your swipes).
If you are using both Ray and Ray Pro - you have to do these changes for both apps :/
While you are in the Swipe area settings the swipe area will be painted in magenta color, in order to let the user visualize where on the screen it actually is and how big it is, in all other situations the swipe area is completely transparent.
The swipe area is always positioned on top of all other programs (besides the lock screen app). Unfortunately it's not possible to position it below the soft keyboard, and that is the reason, you need to resize the swipe area.
The swipe area is necessary for detecting your swipes from the edge of the screen, and as you already realized, the app that is bellow it cannot receive touch events in that specific region.
BTW in Ray Pro, if you set Swipe area settings -> Horizontal alignment to Right the sidebar will be positioned on the right edge of the screen and is activated by swiping from the right edge. And if you want, you can have Ray on the left side and Ray Pro on the right side running simultaneously.
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I just purchased the Pro version of your sidebar launcher to test it out, because I love the quick access launchers of this type. Just a couple of things that I would like to see added...... First is the "Width" of the Sidebar feature only lets me reduce it to a certain width and stops, but when you open the sidebar the icons are almost half that width in size. I would like to shrink/reduce the sidebar width down very thin, to just about the width of the smallest icons that show. If you put the width slider all the way down to the smallest point, it should then go just a little bit further.
Also, I mainly decided to try your sidebar because of the "Folder" option. Most sidebars don't allow the setup of folders, I really like this option, but I was disappointed when I found that I could NOT set a Custom Icon for the Folder itself. The sidebar allows using Icon Sets, but I can't select a custom icon for the Folder. Please add this Feature to allow us to choose our Folder icons. it would really complete this app.
The last thing I noticed was a problem....the instructions mentioned something about long pressing an icon then swiping out of the sidebar to Delete the icon. This does NOT work for me at all. I have not found any way whatsoever, to Delete an app icon that I already placed in the bar.
or am I missing something.........
I'll post again after using this for a little while.
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Thanks for your support and feedback!
About the option to use custom folder icons - I am almost done with implementing this feature - it will be available in the next version together with a couple of bug fixes - I will release it today or tomorrow.
For sidebar width - I am also going to improve it in the next version - please let me know if it's OK, after the you try the updated version.
For deleting items - when trying to swipe away the item you want to delete, are you putting your finger on the grabber handle button? If so, that's the reason it does not work for you (the grabber handle can only be used for moving an item up or down in the list). You have to put your finger on the app/shortcut/etc. icon.
Maybe I should make a short video that shows how to delete items and somehow improve the tutorial.
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Hi ra3al,
First thanks for this wonderfull sidebar launcher!
I am testing it and found very usefull, but I think that you should add also the possibility to have a dock bar (by default available) and this will be the future laucher: most used apps on dock like phone, sms and app drawer, and favourite apps and shorcuts in sidebar.
Without that option everyone will keep his launcher...
What do you think?
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Thanks for your suggestion. Do you mean - a horizontal sidebar (bottombar) that will be activated by swiping from the bottom? Or one that is constantly visible?
ra3al said:
Thanks for your support and feedback!
About the option to use custom folder icons - I am almost done with implementing this feature - it will be available in the next version together with a couple of bug fixes - I will release it today or tomorrow.
For sidebar width - I am also going to improve it in the next version - please let me know if it's OK, after the you try the updated version.
For deleting items - when trying to swipe away the item you want to delete, are you putting your finger on the grabber handle button? If so, that's the reason it does not work for you (the grabber handle can only be used for moving an item up or down in the list). You have to put your finger on the app/shortcut/etc. icon.
Maybe I should make a short video that shows how to delete items and somehow improve the tutorial.
Thanks for your suggestion. Do you mean - a horizontal sidebar (bottombar) that will be activated by swiping from the bottom? Or one that is constantly visible?
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I mean have the possibility to have a bottombar that could:
- by default: be visible (fixed on bottom like other launchers) without the needs of swiping from the bottom
- have the possibility to not be visible and needs swiping from the bottom to appears
- have the possibility to not be available
If you implement the bottombar, you should also add an option to slidbar not be available also!
Thanks
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I mean have the possibility to have a bottombar that could:
- by default: be visible (fixed on bottom like other launchers) without the needs of swiping from the bottom
- have the possibility to not be visible and needs swiping from the bottom to appears
- have the possibility to not be available
If you implement the bottombar, you should also add an option to slidbar not be available also!
Thanks
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I might add this feature or something similar in a future version I also want to add an option to have widgets in another sidebar (in the Pro version) in the future.
Meanwhile, I have released an update for both Ray and Ray Pro
This is the change log:
1.1.0 (18.Oct.2013):
- Added: option to automatically close the sidebar after a specified time of inactivity
- Added: user selectable folder icon backgrounds (circle, rounded rectangle, rectangle and custom)
- Fixed: unable to change sidebar background color while in landscape mode
- Fixed: flashlight not working on Nexus 10 and other devices
- Fixed: Android 4.3+ only: Tapping on notification not opening app settings
- Changed: icon margins now depend on the selected sidebar width
- Changed: smaller minimum for sidebar width
More User Input...
It is very much appreciated that you made some of the updates & changes that myself & others have requested. That's a very good way to get & keep loyal users & have them spread good news about your app. I really like the new features & options in this last update. After using it a little while with the updates I only saw 2 more little things that I feel need to be added/changed..... Now that the sidebar width is modified & we can reduce it pretty small, we really need the ability to change/customize the Icon size. Every person has a different view of how big/small their own icons should be and how big/small the sidebar should be. Since the sidebar width is now easily customized, please give us the ability to customize our Icon Sizes also. I personally want a small sidebar width but enlarge the icons enough to where they aren't "tiny", as I don't use icon labels either.
The 2nd thing is Custom Icons for all shortcuts/apps, since we can choose a custom Icon Pack for the entire sidebar, a lot of apps aren't included in the Icon Packs. So we end up with half custom icons and half regular app icons. But if it was like our Launchers where we can choose an icon pack but then select individual apps & choose Custom icons, we can make our entire sidebar match.
Please consider these 2 features also in an upcoming update.
Thanx again for the great app!
wuzdat said:
It is very much appreciated that you made some of the updates & changes that myself & others have requested. That's a very good way to get & keep loyal users & have them spread good news about your app. I really like the new features & options in this last update. After using it a little while with the updates I only saw 2 more little things that I feel need to be added/changed..... Now that the sidebar width is modified & we can reduce it pretty small, we really need the ability to change/customize the Icon size. Every person has a different view of how big/small their own icons should be and how big/small the sidebar should be. Since the sidebar width is now easily customized, please give us the ability to customize our Icon Sizes also. I personally want a small sidebar width but enlarge the icons enough to where they aren't "tiny", as I don't use icon labels either.
The 2nd thing is Custom Icons for all shortcuts/apps, since we can choose a custom Icon Pack for the entire sidebar, a lot of apps aren't included in the Icon Packs. So we end up with half custom icons and half regular app icons. But if it was like our Launchers where we can choose an icon pack but then select individual apps & choose Custom icons, we can make our entire sidebar match.
Please consider these 2 features also in an upcoming update.
Thanx again for the great app!
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I already have plans about adding both of these features, but I am not completely sure about the first one, but I will probably add it. thanks
I appreciate a dev paying attention to the users requests & suggestions, a lot of the time its the people actually using the app that have the best suggestions for improving an app. But a lot of devs seem to ignore them...thanx for actually paying attention to your users & very much appreciate any of the suggested options that you can make.
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Wow, new app from ra3al, nice work. One request in action button. Can you add switch screen off button? I'd love to turn my screen off from the side drawer.
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What is Hangar?
Hangar is an Android app that provides easy, relevant shortcuts in your notification drawer to your most used and relied upon apps.
This lightweight notification bar gives you convenient access to these apps from anywhere in Android while intelligently updating the priority and order of the shortcuts based on your daily use.
With the new pinned apps feature, favorite apps can be pinned alongside the ones Hangar has set. Want a fresh look on those shortcuts? Hangar now supports custom icons, letting you set a stylized theme by installing one of the many gorgeous icon packs available on the Play Store.
Hangar also keeps track of app usage statistics and includes 2 highly customizable widgets.
Features include:
Auto-updating notification drawer shortcuts containing your most used and important apps
Sort and display apps based on user specified weight factors
Pin apps to always display
Support for icon packs and custom icons
Optional second row of icons
Multiple page switching in notifications
Blacklist unwanted apps
Fully customizable! Change the number of shortcuts, icon color, icon size, background and more..
Additional re-sizeable widget to launch apps
Re-sizeable widget to view app use statistics with color coded bar graphs
Widgets intelligently scale according to size and device
FAQ:
Q: How do I pin apps or select specific apps to appear in Hangar?
In Hangar go to Settings => Apps, select an app and "Pin app" from the menu.
Q: How do I customize the icons Hangar displays?
You can apply an icon pack by selecting "Icon pack" in Settings => Appearance. You can also manually adjust each app's icon in Settings => Apps by selecting an app and choosing "Change icon".
Q: How do I remove the statusbar icon?
You can change the position in the Settings => Behavior screen. If you select the bottom position, the icon goes away! One limitation of Android 4.4 and older is that on-going notifications require a notification icon in order to have TOP_PRIORITY as a notification. As a workaround, there are a number of icon choices (Settings => Appearance) which includes a Transparent icon. That icon creates a transparent gap, of course, but it's the best you can do without lowering the priority.
On Android L however you can have notifications set to display on the bottom and manually give them priority. This is done by longpressing the notification itself and manually toggling Priority in the settings page.
Q: I can't install Hangar in my country!
This is caused by Google limiting in-app purchase apps (which Hangar uses for donations) to exclude certain countries. However, since Hangar is open source, you can always install it via F-Droid. F-Droid is an open source app store that will automatically notify you and let you automatically install new versions when they come out. Go grab F-droid here: https://f-droid.org
Q: Will Hangar drain my battery?
No! It uses very little memory and very little CPU. It also only runs while your phone is awake and does not hold wakelock.
Q: Can I have the recency weight and in-app use stats last a week/month/6mos/etc?
Right now time is added forever. This is one of the highest priority features and will be coming in the near future.
Screenshots:
Lollipop
Notification bar + widgets
Settings
Google+ community for beta testing and discussion:
http://goo.gl/ZD7e6n
Milestones, planned features and issues:
https://github.com/corcoran/Hangar/issues
Hangar is licensed under the GPLv3 from the Free Software Foundation.
https://github.com/corcoran/Hangar
XDA:DevDB Information
Hangar, App for all devices (see above for details)
Contributors
blk_jack
Source Code: https://github.com/corcoran/Hangar
Version Information
Status: Stable
Current Stable Version: 2.7
Stable Release Date: 2016-10-25
Created 2014-06-02
Last Updated 2016-12-27
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Change Log:
Version 2.7 (Oct 25th)
[Fix!] Bring back position setting for MM/L users
[New!] Hangar Settings shortcut from Notification/App settings
Updated translations
Version 2.6 (Dec 17th)
[Fix!] Android L support!
[New!] Added background color option for L devices
Hangar restarts when killed by Android
Version 2.5 (Sept 14th)
[New!] Launch apps in floating windows (supported ROMs only)
[Fix!] Crash on start
[Fix!] Notification, Apps widget freezes
[Fix!] Icon pack sorting and bug
[Fix!] Apps tab optimizations/fast load
Added Chinese/Hebrew translations
Version 2.4 (August 14th)
[New!] Multiple pages in notification bar
[New!] Rounded corners option in widgets
[Fix!] Fixed settings bug on app pin
Version 2.3 (July 29th)
[New!] Pinned app feature
[New!] Icon pack support
[New!] Per-app manual icon selection
[New!] Second row feature
[New!] Sorting added to Apps section
[New!] Ultra efficient Smart notification sort
[New!] German/Danish translations
[Fix!] Revamped icon caching
[Fix!] Apps section now uses far less memory
[Fix!] Icon creation made more efficient
Updated app icon (Material design)
Updated Instructions
Version 2.2 (July 3rd)
Added all white icon
Added notification icon size options
Added Contribute section
Fixed DB sync exception
Min version of Android lowered to 4.1+
Added translations for Portuguese / Spanish / Italian / Polish / French / Russian
Version 2.1.1 (May 30th)
Fix rare crash when setting icon/priority.
Added multi-threading to some UI components in Settings.
Added Instructions.
Installation:
Install Hangar via Google Play [link]
Install Hangar via F-Droid [link]
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Who cares?
Hangar is somewhat of a niche tool and may not provide much use to people who extensively modify custom ROMs.
What makes Hangar unique is that the shortcut bar is not hardcoded. It is dynamic and based off the apps you use and rely on most. If this functionality, coupled with the fact that Hangar uses Android's native notification drawer in a lightweight and universal manner appeals or interests you then Hangar might be an app worth checking out.
Free?? As in beer or freedom?
Both! Hangar is GPLv3 licensed with the full source available on my github. Please feel free to send me pull requests with new features, bug fixes, etc, or visit the github page to look at planned features.
Great app, keep up the good work!
Awesome job!
Very nice app, good work.
“Power brings a man many luxuries, but a clean pair of hands is seldom among them.”
― Robert Harris
wallpaper from OP?
Nice work
Awesome idea!
Is there some restriction explaining inability to run on android version < 4.2 ?
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wallpaper from OP?
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@mystertom101 Extracted it here. I forget the original source, I think it's a Gnome wallpaper from years ago that I modified.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2094658/blk_jack_wallpaper.png
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Awesome idea!
Is there some restriction explaining inability to run on android version < 4.2 ?
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I tried to be quite progressive in my use of the Android SDK API. There's 1 particular function that I ended up using that specifically requires 4.2. Otherwise the app could run on 4.1, but I thought the hit in terms of performance and ease by not using this function warranted sticking to a 4.2 minimum.
That said, custom notifications in general require at least 4.X, so I couldn't go much lower than 4.2 anyway.
Hope that helps clarify.
Nice app - one request
Nice app, love the concept, as I can't stand apps on my home screen. I'm currently using LMT Launcher (pie) and Swapps to access apps from my home screen. While I will probably never get rid of LMT until we get decent, voice-activated AI, Swapps has some (to me) minor irritations. The one request I have, if possible, is to give us an option to manually chose which apps are displayed because right now most of the apps apps that are (or would be) in Hangar are the apps that I access from LMT. Give us that and I'll be using this in a heartbeat. Theming would also be nice (see screenshot), but is not the deal-breaker that not being able to chose my apps is. I'll be keeping an eye on this.
PS if I'm an idiot who can't figure out how to manually set apps some simple instructions would be nice.
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Nice app, love the concept, as I can't stand apps on my home screen. I'm currently using LMT Launcher (pie) and Swapps to access apps from my home screen. While I will probably never get rid of LMT until we get decent, voice-activated AI, Swapps has some (to me) minor irritations. The one request I have, if possible, is to give us an option to manually chose which apps are displayed because right now most of the apps apps that are (or would be) in Hangar are the apps that I access from LMT. Give us that and I'll be using this in a heartbeat. Theming would also be nice (see screenshot), but is not the deal-breaker that not being able to chose my apps is. I'll be keeping an eye on this.
PS if I'm an idiot who can't figure out how to manually add apps some simple instructions would be nice.
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Thanks for the feedback!
Right now, Hangar uses a combination of recency, in-app use time and total # of launches to determine the importance of an app. You can modify the "weight" to favor one of those metrics, but based on those things it shows you apps in your notification drawer.
As you use your apps, Hangar will "learn" and adjust accordingly, prioritizing your most used/needed apps and rearranging the notification drawer shortcut bar.
So to answer your question -- currently there's no way to manually "stick" an app. That said, you can blacklist, say, the apps you access from LMT, which would cause Hangar to display others, again based on the metrics I mentioned above.
While you can't modify the background (Android limitation), you can modify the color of the app icons in the notification drawer. There's a Colorize option in Hangar Settings -> Appearance.
Hope that helps!
blk_jack said:
Thanks for the feedback!
Right now, Hangar uses a combination of recency, in-app use time and total # of launches to determine the importance of an app. You can modify the "weight" to favor one of those metrics, but based on those things it shows you apps in your notification drawer.
As you use your apps, Hangar will "learn" and adjust accordingly, prioritizing your most used/needed apps and rearranging the notification drawer shortcut bar.
So to answer your question -- currently there's no way to manually "stick" an app. That said, you can blacklist, say, the apps you access from LMT, which would cause Hangar to display others, again based on the metrics I mentioned above.
While you can't modify the background (Android limitation), you can modify the color of the app icons in the notification drawer. There's a Colorize option in Hangar Settings -> Appearance.
Hope that helps!
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JESUS H CHRIST!! Sometimes my inability to read and comprehend information that is right in front of me is embarrassing! This helps lots and pretty much removes any doubts/reservations/issues that I had. Going to give it a run and see how I like it.
Also thanks for the quick response and for putting this on f-droid
PS Just found out you are a Slim dev. Thanks for an awesome rom. (Sprint S3 SlimKat 5.6)
Nice idea, subscribed for later
Thanks @blk_jack just one question you said background of app icon cant be personalized limitation of Android. How become such thing cant be done while I see some other mods on Custom roms where you can change whatever background you want, even in xposed Wanam and Gravitybox let you change anything.
Netuser said:
Nice idea, subscribed for later
Thanks @blk_jack just one question you said background of app icon cant be personalized limitation of Android. How become such thing cant be done while I see some other mods on Custom roms where you can change whatever background you want, even in xposed Wanam and Gravitybox let you change anything.
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You can change the background color of the notification drawer, and some ROMs let you change the background color of the notifications themselves. If you have a ROM that does this you should, in theory, be able to set the Hangar notification background to completely transparent (or whatever the ROM limits you to).
On one of my devices I'm still running SlimBean 4.3 (I'm a Slim developer) and we definitely included options in that version to let you customize the notification drawer to your heart's content, but on stock Android (and Slim 4.4) you can't adjust the actual notification background color.
If someone is on a custom ROM and wants to work with me to add a custom background feature for notifications (when using a custom ROM), let me know. I originally had the background color as adjustable, but realized it was confusing when a user was on stock and their changes did nothing.
Thanks that clarify the things I hope the developer will work with you to add this directly in ROMs as it is very nice feature
Thanks again for your hard work :thumbsup:
Giving this a try looks like a cool app
i never use custom launchers so this is probably just right for a 'minimalistic-kinda-guy'. will give it a go and report back.
thank you for letting us enjoy your work .
err on the side of kindness
liking this alot!!
running on quantum 4.1
EXACTLY what i was needing/wanting.
err on the side of kindness
amazing works, keep it up!!!:good:
This is great, but I will love to see in the next version Hangar, supporting icon packs.
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• Choose your drawer style (vertical, paged , sections),
• Google now integration with Pear now companion. Option to show it as overlay also.
• Customisable desktop. choose your indicators style, grid size, icon labels customization, lock desktop, top shadow, scroll wallpaper and margin.
• Drawer Customisations Card background grid size, sort mode(alphabetical or install time), show search bar, predicted apps, accent color ,direct scroll , Pull dock to open and much more.
• Dock . You can enable labels for dock, change number of icons , disable dock change its background.
• Hide your apps.
• App shortcuts backport
• Customise the layout of folders, colors of preview, background ,labels, folder opening animation
• Support for per folder smart folders(Swipe to open, click to open first app). Smart folders are shown with a badge. Added option in settings for auto smart folders which can be used to create every new folder as smart folder.
• Icon Packs - Find thousands of icon packs for Pear Launcher on the Play Store.
• Night mode
• Icon normalization
• Blur
• Option to show searchbar in dock (above or below dock)
• Animated clock icon
• Change font style, hide notification bar, change its color , change app opening animation , orientation.
• Backup & Restore - Backup & Restore allows you to backup your layout and pear settings
• Gestures - Swipe up , swipe down , double tap,. swipe to right on first page, swipe to left on last page button actions choose what to do when you press home on default screen or on any screen
This app asks to become device administrator, this is needed to lock the phone (using Pear Launcher’s gestures or pear action).
You can unlock following features by purchasing Pear Launcher Pro
Badges customisations
Change badge style (dots or count)
Change badge position
Extract badge color from app icon
Swipe up two fingers, Swipe down two fingers
Proximity and shake gestures
This app is also available on Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pearlauncher.pearlauncher
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Nice enough so far, waiting for the next fixes
Looks like exactly what I want, but it crashes when I try to open it. Did a quick grab of error from the Scoop app [attchd].
Thank you
TiTiB said:
Looks like exactly what I want, but it crashes when I try to open it. Did a quick grab of error from the Scoop app [attchd].
Thank you
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I will fix it in the next update
yajat said:
I will fix it in the next update
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Thanks yajat! Looking forward to seeing it in action.
BTW, forgot this in original post:
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4" (rooted)
Resurrection Remix 6.0.1
ResurrectionRemix-M-v5.6.9-20160602-chagallwifi (port)
Pear Launcher 1.2.0
Add option to add view in playstore and share option in popup (Settings > General)
Wallpaper picker can be changed (Settings > General)
Bug fixes
Pear Launcher 1.2.1
Bug fixes
yajat said:
Pear Launcher 1.2.1
Bug fixes
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Now running quickly and smoothly!
Nice work yajat
Great Work
Could you attach the links to G+ and Telegram?
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So, I've created a widget for greenify which is "hibernate now", and attached below is how the icon looked, the one in the middle. That wasn't the icon supposed to looked.
jordanpa said:
Great Work
Could you attach the links to G+ and Telegram?
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Attached now
khnoizer said:
So, I've created a widget for greenify which is "hibernate now", and attached below is how the icon looked, the one in the middle. That wasn't the icon supposed to looked.
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How it is supposed to look. Can you send a screenshot
yajat said:
How it is supposed to look. Can you send a screenshot
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The one in the middle left.
khnoizer said:
The one in the middle left.
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Which phone
yajat said:
Which phone
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Mi Max hydrogen, LOS 14.1 Nougat.
yajat said:
Attached now
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Talking about attaching links: I think a link to download the actual app wouldn't be a mistake :laugh:
Great so far. Lots of options.
I noticed that there is no translation of the settings on my language (Brazilian Portuguese). I offer my help to translate them, just PM me if you want.
Thanks!
Tried a lot of launchers but settled on this as this is the most well performing launcher and has all the required features without addition of anything extra that would make it slow. Kudos to the developer.
TiTiB said:
Now running quickly and smoothly!
Nice work yajat
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Loving your launcher, but just had this one-time crash [see attchd from Scoop app].
Only sending this for your information; I'm not really concerned at this time.
Thanks!
Hii,
I recently installed this launcher and its working absolutely fine.
But there is one issue if i long press on an icon and click on edit button the launcher crashes.
2. Can you please add search bar animation i want to say same animation as pixel 2 launcher when you tap on search bar.
Shade has been updated to Android Q!
https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/f5zz38/shade_launcher_q_the_best_of_both_worlds/
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Having grown tired of only decompiling and porting Google’s Pixel Launcher code, I decided to turn my own vision for a launcher into reality.
It's based on the latest AOSP Launcher3 Pie version.
What can it do?
Mostly everything Rootless Pixel Launcher could do, but there are some additional features.
Themes: Make your launcher look like eye candy using one of the precreated themes.
Categories: Order your apps in the app drawer or hide them in the Hidden category.
Smart Unread: Show what’s most important at the top of your home screen.
Quickstep: The Magisk module QuickSwitch that lets other apps handle recents is supported.
Plugins: Have third party add-ons implement additional functionality in the launcher.
Here’s the full release thread on Reddit: Shade Launcher
You are free to use the code in any way you like, as long as you keep me in your credits.
Links
Screenshots
Play Store
APK Download
Source Code
Test Builds
Contact & Donate
Thank you for this new launcher Amir, will have a try soon !
Cheers
Awaiting a compatible version with Android Q beta, currently I can't test it cause the launcher keeps crashing
Currently mainlining a Nokia 6.1 (2018), Android 9.0, 00WW_3_51F_SP01 Build Number
Really slick launcher my dude, nice break away from the bottom search bar, and to have a proper swipe down to expand notification shade that Android One Launcher simply does not have. The only thing I could possibly ask for is maybe a few more icon shapes (rounded square being the priority). Other than an early bird with a few bugs which involve crashing after using the widgets picker, it's a good enough barebones option.
blankplains said:
The only thing I could possibly ask for is maybe a few more icon shapes (rounded square being the priority).
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Cylinder and Rounded Square are in the new Play Store build that is rolling out.
blankplains said:
Other than an early bird with a few bugs which involve crashing after using the widgets picker, it's a good enough barebones option.
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I've had others report it to me before but I cannot reproduce it and the crash trace only shows some weird native code going wrong. Furthermore, it also seems to happen with AOSP Launcher3. At the moment, I still have no idea what's happening...
very smooth launcher i like it, can i make a suggestion that allows users to configure which apps can use the smart notifications. I love the idea but i would like not to have messages from whats app displayed through that widget
notlek said:
very smooth launcher i like it, can i make a suggestion that allows users to configure which apps can use the smart notifications. I love the idea but i would like not to have messages from whats app displayed through that widget
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It's set to use the same notifications as the ones that show notification dots. Disable the notification dot for WhatsApp if you want to hide it in Smart Unread.
Thank you for adding the dock override for search bar widget, I can properly replicate the Android One layout as I personally intended.
As an unpopular, tangential opinion, docking icons in Launcher3 never played as nicely as it should have given some aspect ratios on larger displays. So I don't mind having a search bar in lieu of icons.
Hello! Any chance this could see a release on F-Droid? I'm going to give it a try soon!
EDIT: I'd surely love being able to change and edit categories, as well as better controlling the dock. Looks great otherwise!
Is there an option to hide apps?
Nice launcher!
I'm using Smartlauncher at the moment and miss the following features in shade:
- gestures (swipe up/down/left/right to start apps)
- add/delete categories
- categories at side instead on top
Would be great to see this in the future.
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murali3127 said:
Is there an option to hide apps?
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Long press the app and select hidden category.
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- gestures (swipe up/down/left/right to start apps)
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Swipe down is used for notifications, up to go to all apps, right to open the feed and left to go to the next page. Would you want to disable all of these just to quickly start apps?
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- add/delete categories
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I would want to bring this at some point but it does require designing an interface for it, which is also the reason why giving per-app icon selection is taking so long. I want it to fit in with the AOSP aesthetic.
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- categories at side instead on top
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Same problem, not sure how this would fit in with the AOSP UI, right now they are taking the place of app suggestions.
Swipe down is used for notifications, up to go to all apps, right to open the feed and left to go to the next page. Would you want to disable all of these just to quickly start apps?
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Maybe it's possible to difference this from gestures: gestures only in the center area of the screen?
not sure how this would fit in with the AOSP UI
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Ok, but on phones you get the doubled space vertically for icons as horizontally.
LazyT said:
Nice launcher!
I'm using Smartlauncher at the moment and miss the following features in shade:
- gestures (swipe up/down/left/right to start apps)
- add/delete categories
- categories at side instead on top
Would be great to see this in the future.
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Long press the app and select hidden category.
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What's the use when the hidden app can be discovered by search?
murali3127 said:
What's the use when the hidden app can be discovered by search?
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Is there any launcher that doesn't let you find apps again after hiding them? If anything, Shade's way to unhide makes it so you need to know which app was hidden to unhide it, while other launchers have a global "unhide" option where you can see all the apps you've hidden.
Maybe I'll find the time to test this launcher tomorrow, but I'd already like to know if there's an option to not show any categories in the app drawer?
edit: Ok, seems like I'll stick to your Rootless Launcher, because I can't remove categories. This version has to too many 'unnecessary' features, but that's only my personal taste.
New update based on Android Q: https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/f5zz38/shade_launcher_q_the_best_of_both_worlds/
Nokia 6.1 (2018), Android 10, 00WW_4_10C_SP01 Build
Love the further integration into the stock Quickstep aesthetic, as well as the adaptive search bar in app drawer, something the Android One launcher forgot to get on Android Q/10. This has basically succeeded the rootless pixel launcher in every way now, plus some variation while maintaining smooth performance without overwhelm. My only request is having the accent color with dark mode match the stock cornflower blue-like accent, or just make that an option while keeping the current accent.
https://i.redd.it/5g4ywmcddjk31.png
EDIT: the animated clock icon does not change shape, refer to build outlined in the header of this post.
blankplains said:
My only request is having the accent color with dark mode match the stock cornflower blue-like accent, or just make that an option while keeping the current accent.
https://i.redd.it/5g4ywmcddjk31.png
EDIT: the animated clock icon does not change shape, refer to build outlined in the header of this post.
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Not sure about the first point, I could look into using the system accent in the future.
Could you elaborate on the clock issue?
azaidi said:
Not sure about the first point, I could look into using the system accent in the future.
Could you elaborate on the clock issue?
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Yeah the system accent extracted, assuming that won't cause any overt optimization issues? If not applicable, perhaps just add the Black/Gray, Space, Cinnamon, etc. from the developer options settings as manually selected options.
I fidgeted with icon shape, it sometimes fixes the problem when I restart the launcher, sometimes it doesn't and the shape is stuck.
I first introduced GCA Launcher 3 years ago as an inspirational project based on Chromium OS and over the years of development and continuous feedback from the userbase, GCA Launcher has evolved into a one of kind launcher experience that is now considered competitive against its own kind. GCA is not a traditional android grid homescreen launcher app but a single screen homescreen experience. We sacrifice the cluttered homescreen experience for a focused workspace where users can place apps that are apart of their daily routines while retaining the ability to access to important features like shortcuts, notifications, actions and personalization. The app drawer has been designed for a one handed experience while retaining the organization and filtering experience users need to search for apps that are important to them. Below, Il talk about sections of the launcher in more detail.
THE HOMESCREEN
The homescreen was designed for users who want the Pixel experience on their devices but also provide them with a simple tier experience that has no clutter, that is easy to understand, have full control and have access to some inhouse features that are unique to GCA. The Homescreen was designed for both the big screen and mobile scene. Users can pin as many apps to their Shelf as they want. You can do so by going into your app drawer, long pressing on an app to access its popup menu and select pin to shelf. This then creates a hotseat for that specific app sets a unique ID to that speicif hotseat so its protected against other possible replicas the user may create. This in turn opens a door in the future that will allow me to add Actions, Groups, and other possible actions I can allow users to add to the shelf. Users can choose between using GCA Launchers built in Quick Search Bar to bond to their shelf or choose a specific searchbar widget to bond to the shelf or hide it all together. To access the app drawer, users simply swipe up from the shelf to access the app list. Users are also able to use either GCA Launchers built in Widget that simply works as a search bar and displays the Google App and Chrome app shortcuts or use a specific widget of their choice. The homescreen also has a set of customizeable gestures the user can bond actions and shortcuts to.
LAUNCHER SHEETS
While developing GCA Launcher, I wanted something that spoke material design (Besides the Material You theming features baked in) that was unique to the launcher. The idea came about while browsing the Material Component website by google and Material Sheets caught my eye.
By default, GCA uses the Navigation Menu to display the launcher menu on the homescreen but I decided to take this a step further and tap into its full ability to display content. There are 2 types of sheets that function in GCA Launcher. App Sheets and Launcher Sheets. Launcher Sheets display content that can interact with the user while App Sheets display information regarding the target its referring to. For EX: After accessing the popup menu, selecting the hamburger menu in the quick action list in the popup will open te App Sheet of the selected application, this will display System Actions and Setting Information. Launchers Sheets display information like the Launcher Menu, Quick Search, Notifications and more to come. Launcher Sheets can be bonded to gestures to quickly access them and they dont interfere with your homescreen. Its very similar to the quick space in Action Launcher.
BADGES
GCA Launcher brings 4 different app badges to the table. Dots, Badge Counts, Underline and Dynamic.
Dots have been redesigned to behave abit differently than pixel launcher. As notification counts increase, the border of the Dot will get darker.
Underlines are just, well underlines...
Badge Counts will show the current count of active notifications for an app.
Dynamic Badges are something new. I wanted to create something similar to Nova Launcher but ofcourse from my own perspective. As notifications increase for an app, it monitors the notifications in the background and watches the notification icons used. The icon is than rendered as a badge and placed on the app.
ICON EDITING
I have not cut any corners when it comes to Icon Editing. From applying 2 different icon packs for your app drawer and your shelf, to editing labels and choosing specific icons from installed icons packs to crafting your own icon from an image in your gallery, their are all sorts of possibilities for Icon Management. GCA Launchers uses its own Adaptive Icon Rendering library to manipulate icons to any size, shape, dim and even creating material you themed icons on your Shelf.
LAUNCHER SETTTINGS
The launcher settings was the most interesting part about this project. I wanted a complete redesign. A complete do over. Something new and fresh. The Launcher settings was designed for both new users and existing users in mind. The Interface uses a Rail Navigation for the core categories most users are focused on while pressing on the navigation button will expand the Navigation Menu that allows the user to access even more settings for the launcher.
PRO FEATURES
GCA LAUNCHER IS NO LONGER AN ALL FREE LAUNCHER (As it used to be when it first launched). With the pandemic and everything else going on in my life, I had to make the choice to make GCA Launcher a profitable project. Unlike other premium launchers where the user buys a premium key and everything unlocks, GCA Launcher DOES NOT USE THIS APPROACH. Users can now buy individual pro features based on their needs and wants. I am working on ways to reward users with discounts and/or if you have purchased pledges in the past. Pledges are just donations and don't reward you with anything however I am working on getting pledged users discounts to reep benifits from. I am also working on discount days and special events to earn pro features. This is an entirely new direction for launchers, so yeah im a tad nervous about it but being the first launcher dev to approach this but im excited at the same time. Once you purchase a pro feature, it should unlock automatically from the launcher settings or just implement itself under the hood. If it doesnt seem to stick properly, reboot the launcher or make sure the pro feature has been purchased.
PRO FEATURES FOR NONE GOOGLE USERS
Some android devices around the world do not run off of google or just is not available and I understand this and am working very hard in the background to figure out a solution that will not be abused. I will have something for you in the future.
ANDROID GO VERSION
Coming soon!
Core Features
Launcher supports work profile apps and dual apps
Supports to indicate paused apps
Supports Action Dash system shortcut
Supoorts Sesame Searchbar in the Shelf
Launcher takes into consideration Full Screen Gestures and the Navigation Bar when needed to
Groups allow users to create organized folders of apps available in the Groups Sheet
Multi-tab search in the app drawer
While enabling Recent Apps and Groups in the app drawer, this will disable the section seeker view
Launcher Sheets are a new approach to menus and options for the launcher and apps.
The Shelf offers specific actions for apps that differ from the Drawer apps. One option in specific is the favorite action.
The Shelf and App Drawer apps will feature different system shortcuts and features in the app sheet. Long clicking on an app will make a popup menu appear, click the hamburger menu for a sheet menu
Apps can be edited in 2 options. The physical editing and the personal options. Personal options are in the launcher settings and allow options like icon sizes, label editing and shape shifting. Physical options can be found in the popup menu by clicking edit. This allows adaptive override, icon pack editing, scale and label editing.
The Shelf features a revised searchbar that can be toggled to the Top, Bottom or Removed completely. The searchbar features a shortcut to open the launcher menu, a global search feature, an assistant shortcut and has an option to store and track the usage of App Shortcuts to feature a recent actions holder.
Hide and Edit apps right from the popup menu
The App Drawer is built on a fastscroll functionality.
Recent Apps now uses Usage Stats Data. This gives Recent Apps a 100% reliable stat and not clutter up the app drawer when its not in use. The list will update on a regular basis.
The Shelf and App Drawer themes are based on a sheet style. They overlap each other creating some interesting twist to style.
App Shortcuts and Notifications for the current app appear in the popup menu
Active Notifications appear in app sheets showing users a preview of current notifications. Clicking on the notification will take you to that action. The notification sheet will display all your active notifications and snoozed notifications.
Users can manage a blacklist of notification badges
GCA Launcher does support Material Widgets in Android 12
Widgets can be resized by long clicking on them and a resize module will appear.
Material You theming powered by MonetCompat
Launcher settings features smart suggestions that appear on certain variables when available
Join the beta program to receive the newest build of GCA Launcher and to test new features before they officially release.
Links:
GCA Telegram Channel
GCA Telegram News Channel
Sign Up For Beta Program Web Android
GCA Launcher on Google Play
General Note:
This is a pre beta of which means parts of the launcher are not even functional yet. I did a pre beta to find errors i couldn't find myself and to get feedback on the progress we currently are at. If you see a page that is blank or something isn't functional, chances are it wasn't ready for the public yet. Please be patient with things.
Common Questions:
Why does GCA Launchers Adaptive icons behave so differently compared to the ones found in stock launchers?
-That is because the icons use a different mechanic and were made from scratch so everyone could enjoy adaptive icons and it not be exclusive to 7.1+ users. My icons can be modified from the icon to the shape override.
Can we get a launcher import option?
-No, not currently. Almost all launchers that exist use the base of Googles Launcher3 which adding an import option for them is easy. I would have to take the database, tear it apart, create a converter and place the data we need were it belongs. We are not there yet.
The System UI seems to behave differently from other apps.
-GCA Launcher has a theme engine similar to pixel launcher and trys to make the choice of a light or dark navbar or statusbar. Using Android10s dark mode may confuse things but eventually il have it all sorted out.
The launcher interface isn't what I expected. Shouldn't it behave like pixel launcher?
-No, it behaves like it should be. How it was designed.
Does it support quickswitch?
-It never will unless Google changes the api for the recents provider. I blame the lawnchair team of this common question as many users have assumed this is a premium feature now and should be supported by all launchers now which isn't the case.
Does this launcher support dark mode from android10?
-yes but we have some work todo yet
Why do things look weird in the launcher settings? Preference category is hard to read and matches the toolbar color.
-Try changing the color scheme in the style settings. This is the GCA theme engine at work.
Ratings:
If you post a rating for GCA Launcher coming from V1, more than likely i will dis regard it. V1 is being deprecated soon and all bugs and errors you will find in V1 on the playstore are being disregarded. V2 is a rewrite with new features and new bugs.
Bugs
Theming issues colliding with system
Some widgets dont' save initial setup data
Complex widgets are not currently supported
That's a ton of changes. Do you have any screenshots or screen recordings you can share?
MishaalRahman said:
That's a ton of changes. Do you have any screenshots or screen recordings you can share?
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I can most definitely do that
Screenshots of V2
I updated the build earlier to fix something for Android 8 users and ended up screwing something up for Android 9 users so il be keeping tabs on everything as much as possible but I will not be able to do anything if no one says anything. Please provide feedback as much as possible. Thank you in advanced.
Those of you keeping me informed of crashes, thank you, thank you, thank you
Newest build fixes problems with android 9 and 10 crashing in specific windows of the launcher
I just installed this and have only played with it for a few minutes. A couple things I have noticed.
The status bar icons and time take on the same color as the wallpaper. I installed and ran it with a white background. The status bar icons were white, when I changed to a black background they changed to black as well.
I can't get the size of the icons to save. When I go to settings>theme and style>launcher icon I change the size from small to normal but when you click ok and go back into the setting it says small again.
I also would get where the phone would default back to the stock launcher.
Maybe I didn't play around with it enough but how do you set apps on the dock?
I will mess with it some more tomorrow and let you know if I find anything else.
Also I am on a Pixel 4 XL on March update. Not rooted or unlocked
hatdrc said:
I just installed this and have only played with it for a few minutes. A couple things I have noticed.
The status bar icons and time take on the same color as the wallpaper. I installed and ran it with a white background. The status bar icons were white, when I changed to a black background they changed to black as well.
I can't get the size of the icons to save. When I go to settings>theme and style>launcher icon I change the size from small to normal but when you click ok and go back into the setting it says small again.
I also would get where the phone would default back to the stock launcher.
Maybe I didn't play around with it enough but how do you set apps on the dock?
I will mess with it some more tomorrow and let you know if I find anything else.
Also I am on a Pixel 4 XL on March update. Not rooted or unlocked
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Shelf apps can be changed by long clicking on a Shelf favorite and their will be a Favorite option to select a different package. This option isn't available in the App Drawer apps so it might be easy to miss.
When changing the icon sizes, make sure your changing the icon size and bot just the text size. Both options are in one dialog.
Id your having a hard time switching out your default launcher, you can use my No'Me app i have listed above. It helps alot.
Nx Biotic said:
Newest build fixes problems with android 9 and 10 crashing in specific windows of the launcher
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The app in your GDrive is (always) updated ?
Going to test your launcher by curiosity.
Thx !
BreckZeBoulay said:
The app in your GDrive is (always) updated ?
Going to test your launcher by curiosity.
Thx !
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Yes, I keep both Gdrive and Telegram beta channel updated. I will be publishing the beta build on Playstore when i feel its stable enough. Right now, we constantly keep running into something that prevents me from doing so.
Hi, I was wondering if you could add an import feature?
I take a lot of time to setup my whole homescreen and it would be amazing to have an import feature. Thanks
I want to import my nova launcher setup to this launcher.
surya467 said:
Hi, I was wondering if you could add an import feature?
I take a lot of time to setup my whole homescreen and it would be amazing to have an import feature. Thanks
I want to import my nova launcher setup to this launcher.
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That won't happen because this launcher uses a different style and approach to the launcher scene. The most customization you will do in this launcher is color scheme and icon theming
Hi,
I was more curious and installed it in my android 8.0 with custom system UI colours (non rooted).
when I set as launcher, the system UI get restarted again and again. Finally, it ended up with Factory reset.
beautiful launcher ? works great on my old Nokia 8, on my Nova 5T not so much (cause Huawei) I'll watch the progress of this launcher from now on, thank you for this, Pledge doesn't work on the pre- beta
vpguru said:
Hi,
I was more curious and installed it in my android 8.0 with custom system UI colours (non rooted).
when I set as launcher, the system UI get restarted again and again. Finally, it ended up with Factory reset.
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Im currently investigating a launcher theme issue. Its crashing devices randomly. Your not alone
PaulDnoOb said:
beautiful launcher ? works great on my old Nokia 8, on my Nova 5T not so much (cause Huawei) I'll watch the progress of this launcher from now on, thank you for this, Pledge doesn't work on the pre- beta
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Pledges should work. May depend on the google services version installed on your device. Thank you for your support.
Great launcher
Great launcher but it's a bit buggy for me on One UI. The header text is dark in the settings and also in app options when using dark mode and adaptive icons don't work properly for Samsung apps. The status bar also is dark on home screen and blends in with the wallpaper so it's hard to read. Also when you open the app drawer the shelf doesn't completely hide the app icons (the top portion is still visible). I don't know if that's by design but it looks weird. Search doesn't work (probably because I don't have the Google app installed but if that's the case I wish there was an option to disable it). Creating a widget causes the launcher to freeze, and it only recovers when I clear data and force stop. When you press and hold an icon, even if the side menu shows up partially, if you leave pressing the app, the app will launch. You have to wait for the side menu to completely open. That's not much of an issue once you get used it's behavior. It's an early build so the bugs are expected but I thought I will report them anyways.
ununununun said:
Great launcher but it's a bit buggy for me on One UI. The header text is dark in the settings and also in app options when using dark mode and adaptive icons don't work properly for Samsung apps. The status bar also is dark on home screen and blends in with the wallpaper so it's hard to read. Also when you open the app drawer the shelf doesn't completely hide the app icons (the top portion is still visible). I don't know if that's by design but it looks weird. Search doesn't work (probably because I don't have the Google app installed but if that's the case I wish there was an option to disable it). Creating a widget causes the launcher to freeze, and it only recovers when I clear data and force stop. When you press and hold an icon, even if the side menu shows up partially, if you leave pressing the app, the app will launch. You have to wait for the side menu to completely open. That's not much of an issue once you get used it's behavior. It's an early build so the bugs are expected but I thought I will report them anyways.
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