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#+TITLE: Android Launchers
#+SUBTITLE: 3... 2... 1... Lift-off!
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When I got a tablet I was annoyed at the big differences between how my phone (a OnePlus 5T) and my tablet (a Galaxy Tab 8) worked. I wasn't aware that it was possible to change the launcher you use until a friend of mine pointed it out. I've only tried out launchers that appear on F-Droid.
There seems to be two different types of launchers for Android. Homescreen replacements and just launchers. The Launchers are placed over any other app running.
* Homescreen replacements
** posidon
- F-Droid page :: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/posidon.launcher/
- Version tried :: 1.17
Posidon is quite different from all the other launchers that I've seen. Instead of a normal desktop with some icons or other means of launching applications it features a list of your notifications and optionally a number of rss feeds.
It does have the usual Dock and App Drawer that many other launchers also have, so you can of course still start any application you want. It seems to be able to handle large folders in the dock well enough, at least for my purposes.
** Lawnchair
- F-Droid page :: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/ch.deletescape.lawnchair.plah/
- Version tried :: 1.2.1.2001
Lawnchair is a boring launcher, in the sense that it looks like most of the other basic launchers out there. It has plenty of features and customization options. It's got a very usual set-up of desktop and app drawer. It seems to be able to handle folders on the desktop of large-enough sizes (at least for my purposes). It allows you to add multiple widgets to a desktop. You can have multiple desktops. With the right settings you can set up quite interesting combinations of widgets on the desktops.
* Launchers
** PaperLaunch
- F-Droid page :: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.devmil.paperlaunch/
- Version tried :: 1.0.10
PaperLaunch is a side-launcher. It creates an overlay over any app running and lets you configure which applications are shown in which categories. It handles large folders by adding a "More..." option at the end of the bar and showing more options there like any other folder.
It's a little hard to use it sometimes, because most applications assume they have the entire screen to work, and PaperLaunch does take up /some/ space on the edge of the screen for you to summon it. You can change the width of this area, and whether it shows on the left or right side. I have noticed that it occasionally interferes with the operation of other applications for me because the applications require me to do something too close to the edge and I end up opening PaperLaunch instead.
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