What's your favorite alternate launcher?
What's your favorite alternate launcher?
Just got a new work phone: Galaxy S22. Wanted a pixel but it was out of stock in our internal allocation. Already tired of samsung's UI and interested in something new.
So what do you like? Bonus points if it works with android enterprise's profile mode dual app drawers.
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After many years with Nova, I dumped it after the sale, and tried a few. MS Launcher was pretty good, but I settled on Total Launcher.
Very, very customisable, although a bit of a learning curve. I have a feeling I'm only scratching the surface of what it can do, but that's enough for me :-)
I'm using nova but now I feel out of the loop. What sale do you mean, and why did it make you dump nova?
Not that guy, but last year they got acquired by Branch, an analytics company. Android Police article about it here. The same company also acquired Sesame of Sesame Universal Search.
To clarify, I'm unaware if they've done anything suspicious since the acquistion, but potentially giving an analytics company launcher level access raised eyebrows for more than a few people, myself included.
Yeah, all this. Plus, when they did an AMA about it, I thought their answers and general attitude were pretty lacking in substance/reassurance. That was the final straw for me, although the sale was the first point of doubt.
Let's see that home page!
Nothing too fancy on the surface, but what's hidden is that every folder has 4 swipe actions so I can launch a different app or action with each - 48 in total, plus other desktop gestures.
The clock, music, charge, weather widget is my own design, in KLWP. When I swipe into my second screen (a full page calendar widget) they slide off the screen (up, down, left, right) so as not to obscure the calendar. Also, two other info panels hidden behind invisible touch points - one for international timezones and one showing fixtures and useful links for my football team, Dunfermline Athletic.
