“Do you still need to be allowed to decorate and modify your own home?”
Yes.
Yes.
My Nova Launcher-config has survived in one form or another for 8+ years on multiple phones, so yes?
Yes!
If you want to do something crazy, like not have a search bar on your home screen, then yes.
What does this mean? I don’t have a search bar on my home screen, and I’m not using a third-party launcher.
Depends what phone you have - Pixels have a search bar on the home screen by default (not sure if they can be turned off on later models, maybe?)
That’s a pixel problem, not an Android problem.
That’s my point.
You may be using the default launcher that came with your phone, but if you don’t have the search bar, then it’s still a 3rd party launcher. Google’s launcher forces an immovable search bar on to your home screen.
-Edit-
It’s possible this has changed in the years I’ve been using an alternate launcher. It’s been several years since I switched and never really checked back to see if it was still true.
This made me realize that I have a search bar on my home screen that I literally never use and I do use a third party launcher that it could be turned off. Very funny indeed
Yep.
I recently got a Samsung device for work. I really gave the launcher a shot since I didn’t want to tinker with it. But after 2 days I couldn’t stand it anymore. So the answer to the post is yes!
Yes
Yes.
Yup.
Yes even though android gestures are not working correctly with them and it’s best to revert to 3 buttons navigation.
Works fine with Niagara. What exactly is it not doing right?
Swiping left or right on home to switch apps doesn’t work. Swiping up on home to bring recent apps works so so. It’s slow to trigger or have to swipe almost at top of the screen. Going back to home is also slow. Wallpaper is immediately show but icons take 3/4 seconds to appear. With buttons it’s instant. With other apps no problem.
I am using nova latest beta on Android 14 with a OnePlus 12. As it is fairly recent maybe it still need optimization.
On Niagara and I’ve never experienced any of those issues at any point.
It’s been years since this was an issue for any launcher still actively being updated, at least on the Poco and Fairphones I’ve had in that time.
Question makes no sense, it’s a feature not a need. I have written a launcher for a specific usecase.
Yes absolutely. Nova forever but the version I used made split screen fail so I am back at the AOSP one which lacks in like everything.
- instant search (launch keyboard)
- searchbar always on bottom
- rename and hide apps
- search for contacts and more
Yes.
Default launchers need ‘covers’ functionality, where a folder is opened via swipe, and tapping just launched the first app in the folder without needing to open it. It’s the main thing keeping me on custom launchers. That and icon packs.
