Free and Open Source Software

17911 readers

56 users here now

If it's free and open source and it's also software, it can be discussed here. Subcommunity of Technology.

This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

Gaywallet@beehaw.org

alyaza@beehaw.org

Can anyone recommend a FOSS Android launcher . . . (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by hedge@beehaw.org to c/foss@beehaw.org

46 comments fedilink hide all child comments

. . . that allows the user to hide apps in the drawer?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] itchy_lizard@feddit.it 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

ok. what's wrong with the built-in AOSP "launcher"? Is there some important feature for home screens that I'm missing-out on?

[–] gaael@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

It boils down to preferences imho.

I like text-based stuff in general, so having a launcher that displays my favorites app as text and launches any app as soon as I type the beginning of its name is a real plus for me.

Open-source and de-gafamisation also matter to me, so I want to make sure knowing my launcher doesn't track me - I usually choose one that's available onF-Droid for this reason.

OLauncher has these features and has a smaller footprint than default launchers, sl I swapped.

But afaik there's nothing "wrong" with the AOSP launcher.

[–] zeekaran@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

Customizable grid size on both the home screen and app drawer are the two biggest for me. Also being able to hide apps from the drawer while keeping them installed. Home screen gestures are a big one that I don't personally use anymore.