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geteilt von: https://feddit.org/post/4104964
I’ve been using the releases from github for a while, but this is a great step towards availability for many.
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Too bad the development speed makes a snail look fast
I tried it the other night on my Pixel (Android 15) and had no issues. I’ve been trying out different launchers in an attempt to find one which isn’t asking for a monthly or yearly sub and has horizontal app drawer as an option! Both of which are getting to be more rare these days. I couldn’t see where to make the drawer scrollable on Lawnchair, so I skipped it for now.
Can recommend Lawnchair. Have been using it for a couple of years now.
Is there something I would be missing when moving from Nova?
I thought nova wasn’t being maintained anymore.
The version now called “Lawnchair Legacy” was very old and unmaintained. They’ve been working on this new version in the meantime.
They were talking about Nova, not Lawnchair. Nova hasn’t officially been abandoned, but they were purchased by a big data broker a few years ago, and just a few months ago Branch (Nova’s owner) laid off almost all of the Nova Launcher development team.
Nova is not dead, but the writing is on the wall.
I was on nova too. I tried a couple of launchers and settled on lawnchair. I like that it doesn’t try and force a new way to interact with your icons and screens.
It hasn’t the amount of flexibility of Nova, but I really didn’t need all that, I just want a nice stable launcher I can set up and forget.
As someone who used Nova for … shit, feels like a decade, I was also concerned about this when switching (I heard Nova was sold to an ad company and was super sketchy) but after using Niagara Launcher for the past month, I realized Nova was more complex than I ever needed. I haven’t tried Lawnchair yet, but don’t be afraid of switching unless there’s a hyper-specific feature you can’t live without. Give another launcher a shot for a week and see if you’re really missing Nova still!
Swiping on icons or folders to open another app!
When Nova dies this will be the feature I will miss the most
I use Total Launcher, and it has this (and in fact you can swipe in 4 directions ⬆️⬇️⬅️➡️ rather than just the 2 that Nova offers).
Means that from my home screen I could, in theory, access 48 different apps/actions/shortcuts, as well as opening the 12 folders they represent. I use about 40 of them, but it’s good to have space for more if I want it.
Can I create shortcuts to files and use a custom picture as an icon on the home screen?
This is absolutely great! Thank you so much for sharing. It’s my launcher now
Unfortunately Lawnchair hasn’t been well on Android 15 for me. Hopefully there’s an update coming soon
I thought lawnchair was dead for many years. Didn’t realize someone doing development in it
There will be full A15 compatibility just in time for A17
I’ve never really liked any other launchers I’ve tried, but this one does look nice.
For those who have used it, how does it improve on the standard Pixel launcher?
- You can remove the search bar (which was the only thing bugging me about the “original”)
- changing icon and font sizes, shapes, font families, …
- actions for screen double tapping (“lock screen” is what i use)
- is open source
Thanks
