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Which non-standard / unpopular launcher do you use? (lemmy.nz)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey c/Android,

We always keep hearing about Nova Launcher, Smart Launcher, Niagara etc, and I wondered how many of us here are using unpopular or underrated launchers.

In my case, I've been using AIO Launcher ever since I got my Fold 4, as it's one of the few launchers that have proper foldable support.

AIO bucks the minimalist trend and instead focuses on an all-in-one approach. It's USP is it's plethora of built-in widgets, including music controls, integrated notifications, emails, RSS feeds, timers, dialer, and more. For advanced users, it allows you to control the launcher via Tasker, and you even create your own widgets using LUA scripts!

So, do you use a non-standard/unpopular launcher, if so, which one and what's your setup like?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Kvaesitso en fdroid [Kvaesitso](Kvaesitso (A search-focused, free and open source launcher for Android) https://f-droid.org/packages/de.mm20.launcher2.release/)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Just installed, and now I'm wondering why I've never found this before. Its great - open source, well-designed, and pretty full-featured

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Does using the MS launcher count? I'm using it on my work phone, and it's actually a decent launcher.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I use a couple of launchers and there are so many that are unpopular in the lot... Hell even Nova became unpopular in some "circles". So I'm just going to name 3 launchers that I enjoy and that were not mentioned in the comments until now: Indistravtablelauncher , A decluttered launcher and Hyperion launcher

Hyperion just got updated. I started using it because it seemed more customizable than Nova... But then dev got stucked behind and Nova beta at some time was almost adding a new thing every month...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Simple Launcher from Simple Mobile Tools.
I generally use their entire suite of apps on every phone I own.
They provide a unified user experience and just the right amount of options for me (which is very few).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I've been using Lawnchair for a while, but development is so slow, and they are so consistently behind Android updates, that I think I've given up on custom launchers and will just use the stock AOSP launcher.

It is disappointing, but Google has made it so you don't get the fancy recents carousel unless you use the stock launcher. Lawnchair does support that by pretending to be the stock launcher, but Lawnchair only supports up to Android 12, and Android 14 is about to come out. There hasn't been a hint of Lawnchair even starting development of Android 13 compatibility, so I'm not confident they'll be able to keep up with 14 and beyond.