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End of an era: Nova Launcher's parent company lays off practically everyone
  • Thank you so much! A video speaks a million words and yours helped me to instantly identify what's causing this.

    What happens is that when you remove apps from a folder until one is left, that app remains as a folder, and currently this launcher doesn't allow you to drag one folder over another.

    A workaround is to tap that "folder" and drag that last app out from its "folder", into the other folder you want it to be in.

    A fix for this is planned, thanks for highlighting this confusing behaviour ;)

  • End of an era: Nova Launcher's parent company lays off practically everyone
  • I've been working on a launcher for a while now, do help me test it out!

    Features include:

    • Widget stacks (with auto scroll)
    • Swipe up and swipe down to launch different apps
    • Display app drawer icons as tiles or a list
    • Individually resize home screen icons, for mixed-size icon layouts
    • Freely position and resize a widget or icon
    • Frosted glass background for widgets (experimental)
    • App drawer folders
    • Fade a widget
    • Separate layouts for different screens for foldables
    • Tap a folder to launch its first app (swipe to open folder)
    • Assign a nickname to an app for instant app search and launch (e.g. searching "ff" launches Firefox instantly)
    • Lots of custom animations and haptics

    Planned features include:

    • Profile switching with Tasker support
    • Square tiles for app drawer
    • Swipe to open a widget pop up

    https://lemmy.world/post/14530643

  • Introducing... Octopi Launcher
  • Thanks for the report. Right here is actually fine to share feedback.

    In terms of status bar and label colors, I'll have to add in manual controls. Currently, things are handled by the system, which means different ways of displaying on old and new Android versions.

    By bumping screen size, you adjusted the scale/ density of your screen items right? That's one scenario I have not thought of. What you encountered is partly by design - the launcher detects a different screen and allows you to configure a new screen from scratch. I have plans to add a prompt to let users confirm if this is what they want, or if they want to copy over an existing layout.

    I do have a long to-do list, mainly to bring this up to speed in terms of features. There are occasional reports of crashes which I'm also investigating

  • Introducing... Octopi Launcher
  • Thanks for the screenshots. I may add an option to display a frequently launched/ pinned set of apps. As for finding recently installed/ updated apps, the sort modes above should be helpful.

  • Introducing... Octopi Launcher
  • Great suggestion on the "wizard"/ guide on first launch. The launcher starts a bit empty otherwise.

    As for the app sorting, is there a reason why you prefer a permanent sort choice (by date)?

    App shortcuts are definitely on my to-dos, and they will be supported as swipe/ gesture actions as well.

  • Introducing... Octopi Launcher
  • It will be priced very competitively, as it's a personal project and I do not need to pay anyone else ;) Nova's model before it's bought over was great. i still recall being part of those who paid $0.10 for it. The Google group is how Google currently handles closed beta sign-ups, not very intuitive, I agree.

  • Introducing... Octopi Launcher
  • I plan to follow the model of Niagara and Nova launcher, but without recurring subscriptions and tracking. Closed beta testers will receive free codes to unlock the full version, so they get to enjoy all features they have now.

  • Introducing... Octopi Launcher
  • Coincidentally I was working on this a few days back. Mapping actions (including search) is definitely on my to-do.

    I may group the widget list for faster loading, my initial thought was to have something different from the standard, and that was why I went for a search-based approach. Good suggestion.

    Which aspects do you feel the speed can be improved? Also to share that there's an animation speed setting where you can make animations much faster or slower

    As for settings, things like preview are planned ;)

    Thanks for the overall feedback!

  • Introducing... Octopi Launcher

    Hi everyone!

    I'm happy to share my app, Octopi Launcher, which I've worked on for quite a while now.

    Octopi Launcher is a launcher for Android, built with the latest trends in mind, which includes visual and haptic effects, and support for foldables.

    Features:

    • App drawer, dock and homescreen
    • Different homescreen for different screen layout/ orientation/ size/ foldable position
    • Widgets and (autoscrolling) widget stacks
    • Blur for widget and dock background (experimental)
    • Home screen and app drawer folders
    • Fine/ free positioning of home screen apps and widgets
    • Big home screen icons
    • Swipe up/ down actions for icons
    • Display drawer items as icons or tiles (or single list); sort by installed date or updated date
    • App search + instant launch
    • Assign a nickname to an app for instant app search and launch (e.g. searching "ff" launches Firefox instantly)
    • Icon pack support
    • Wallpaper blur when opening app drawer (on supported devices)
    • Work profile support
    • Fun animations, reflections and haptic effects

    Screenshot album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/8xiXqSABV7Rhad139

    Firstly, join the Google Group to gain access: https://groups.google.com/g/octopi-launcher-alpha-testers

    Then, use this link to download the closed beta: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.otp.octopilauncher

    I'd love to hear your feedback below, and have a nice day!

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    Introducing... Octopi Launcher

    Hi everyone!

    I'm happy to share my app, Octopi Launcher, which I've worked on for quite a while now.

    Octopi Launcher is a launcher for Android, built with the latest trends in mind, which includes visual and haptic effects, and support for foldables.

    Features:

    • App drawer, dock and homescreen
    • Different homescreen for different screen layout/ orientation/ size/ foldable position
    • Widgets and (autoscrolling) widget stacks
    • Home screen folders
    • Fine/ free positioning of home screen apps and widgets
    • Big home screen icons
    • Swipe actions for icons
    • Display drawer items as icons or tiles (or single list); sort by installed date or updated date
    • App search + instant launch
    • Icon pack support
    • Wallpaper blur when opening app drawer (on supported devices)
    • Work profile support
    • Fun animations, reflections and haptic effects

    Screenshot album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/8xiXqSABV7Rhad139

    Firstly, join the Google Group to gain access: https://groups.google.com/g/octopi-launcher-alpha-testers

    Then, use this link to download the closed beta: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.otp.octopilauncher

    I'd love to hear your feedback below, and have a nice day!

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    I made a live wallpaper app that uses emojis or icon packs

    play.google.com Scrolling Icons Live Wallpaper - Apps on Google Play

    A different way to use icon packs and emojis - on your wallpaper!

    Scrolling Icons Live Wallpaper - Apps on Google Play

    Just pushed out version 2 of my app, which allows you to create scrolling live wallpapers from icon packs, and now emojis as well. I've got a few free codes to give away as well, check it out and let me know your thoughts below!

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