Hi everyone, especially those of you who have tried launchers I’ve never tried…
Like a lot of people I dropped Nova a while back, following the beginning of the inevitable decline, which seems to be continuing as expected.
I’m back on a stock launcher for now, and it’s been fine but it lacks things… I miss the good days of Nova and being able to tweak everything!
The problem I’ve had with launchers I’ve tried is that they either don’t offer folders for the app draw, or if they do they don’t work right.
For example, lawn-chair would have an icon in and an icon out of the folder every time an app updated. 🤔
Also, I have a work profile on my device, courtesy of Shelter. Launchers seem to struggle with this, muddling up apps or missing them entirely sometimes.
Can anyone suggest a launcher which can handle folders well, and a work profile without issues?
Thanks! T
why not use nova till it breaks? i still use a 10yo launcher (adw launcher ex 1.3.4.0) and it still works fine for me.
Nah, I dropped it now.
Feels silly to go back to it only to have to drop it sooner or later.
I think it’s already doing data collection and finger printing, ads are close behind.
Have you tried octopi?
I’ve been using Hyperion for a while now, it’s pretty good. You can create custom folders for the drawer, though I’m not sure how well it handles work profiles.
using lawnchair at the moment. folders work, work profile… works.
the only feature they don’t natively have that I miss from the stock launcher is frequent apps. I could install the plug-in, but I’m about to switch to graphene for the next phone so I’ll probably start from scratch and see how native graphene works.
Interesting… No weird bugs with the folders?
Maybe they fixed that since last time I checked
Perhaps the ‘add new apps to the homescreen’ option is a little buggy? Like maybe the launcher thinks an updated app is a new app? Try turning that off.
I had the issue appear when sliding apps into folders straight out of the appdrawer. If i add it to the homescreen first and then drag it into a folder, the issue is gone.
Hope any of this helps.
Lawnchair is ok but I’ve been liking Poco. The thing is Nova is amazing at adapting icon packs to at least make stuff follow a motif. Nearly every other launcher just leaves icons looking out of place when there isn’t a themed one. I’m not talking about having an icon for all your apps within all your icon packs, but if the pack follows some shape or design, or maybe color affectation, Nova will generate for all others a complying effect. Hardly any other launchers will do this. I also use a widget called Launchy and the one thing it’s missing is it also won’t do this with some packs. Although some will. It’s weird.
But I’ve rambled. Yeah check out Poco AKA Global Launcher from Xiaomi I think.
Thanks!
Not tried that one.
Any Xiaomi concerns about data telemetry? Or am I being paranoid?
