„Dragon Launcher“ – IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository
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Fast and efficient Android launcher based on gestures and minimalism

found this launcher last week and I’ve been playing with it since.

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It still works with “muscle memory” but instead of placement, it’s the gesture (or direction) that triggers the action. With time it can become quicker and easier, i think, than lawnchair, eblan &c or search based launchers

also on https://github.com/Elnix90/Dragon-Launcher

  • Shady_Shiroe@lemmy.world
    8·
    21 days ago

    I just have a hate for app icons that I didn’t know I had till I tried a search/text based launcher and I’m fine with clutter free fork of olauncher

    • BrilliantBadger@piefed.caEnglish
      1·
      20 days ago

      Started with Niagara so many years ago, never thought I could find a suitable open alternative then joyfully discovered Olauncher been using that for long time. Phone without icons is pure bliss, elegance and far easier to use/find apps

  • Victor@lemmy.world
    61·
    21 days ago

    Absolutely unusable for me. All I see is a black screen when launching it and after nexting through the settings. After adding some apps at the final step and attempting to try it out, it’s just a black screen and I don’t see anything. I’m lucky that I still had the settings app open for switching the default launcher so I could revert changing from the default. Otherwise my phone would’ve been soft bricked. Maybe I could’ve uninstalled it using adb or something. But I’m away for the holidays for over a week.

    I would stay away from this. That we a close call for me. This would’ve been really bad.

    • rnercle@sh.itjust.worksOP
      8·
      21 days ago

      all you see is a black screen (in dark mode) until you touch the screen and slide your fingers towards a direction (that you configured for the app of your choice.)

      the length of the slide gives you more options. For example I touch anywhere on the screen and push my finger towards 1 o’clock and i can open droidify. If i slide further, i can open fDroid itself.

      you can also use it like another app, instead of making it your default launcher, to try it out. Close it like any other app and you’re back on your habitual launcher.

      • Victor@lemmy.world
        2·
        20 days ago

        I did slide my fingers, I did exactly as you said, but there was nothing showing. I sometimes released my finger and one of my apps would open. But it was just dark.

        So yeah, not a user error.

  • unphazed@lemmy.world
    2·
    16 days ago

    I like it. I really want to love it. I’d like an option to show all icons on press. The dealbreaker is the issue with no response. S20fe, disabled power optimization for the app, and it still wakes or loads from open apps to home as a frozen screen. With no indicator on the screen, I just tap, wait, tap, wait, click wait for app on popup, then it works, only to tell me it’s not responding despite finally working. Once this bug is gone I might use it over Nova.

    • rnercle@sh.itjust.worksOP
      1·
      16 days ago

      there was an update 2 days ago and now there’s an (appearance) option to “show all actions in current circle”

      launcher became too unstable for me though. i’ll wait for the next update to work on it

  • Hadriscus@jlai.lu
    1·
    18 days ago

    anyone interested in this might like the concept of marking menus in Autodesk Maya (and perhaps other programs). It’s basically pie menus, but nested, and which you can draw quickly (without even waiting for the actual menu items to show). Just draw the path to your desired item and release the click