LeanLauncher

Minimal, single workspace launcher forked from AOSP's Launcher 3. Removes 'fluff' and clutter from Launcher 3, adding a few useful features. Inspired by launchers like Smart Launcher.

Why

Because I was bored on a weekend(okay, several weekends) and frustrated with launchers adding more stuff I have no use far.

Screenshots

Startup - no icons, no widgets, just emptiness

After adding some launchers and a wallpaper

Adding some fancy widgets + our own app search widget

App drawer

Home screen configuration options

Other launcher settings

Features/Changelog

Migrated Launcher 3 to Android Studio/gradle project setup
A simple app search widget which doesn't need an internet connection to search your locally installed apps ;)
Support for Icon themes
Support for Swipe gestures
Removed extraneous permissions
Removed workspaces. One workspace ought to be enough for everybody!
Removed Hotseat/"dock"
Removed folder support
Removed built-in wallpaper manager. You can still set wallpapers using an external app like G!Photos
Removed Backup settings to SD card. There is not much to backup anyway
Removed migration from old launcher settings
Removed welcome/first-run setup wizard
Removed OEM support for launcher customisation
Removed hard-coded support for Quick search bar(Google search)
Apps will not be added to launcher on install, because of limited workspace
Basic performance optimizations and code cleanup from running Android lint
Cleaned up project resources

Credits

Forked from Launcher3 at https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/apps/Launcher3 Launcher icon from Material icons project + Android Asset Studio

Todo

icon loading polish: icon masking
sd card boot thing: perf issue + apps disappearing
Add some tests maybe(...said every lazy dev ever)
All apps: categories/sort order support
Better landscape support
App specific prefs: Hide app, choose icon, double-click action
Use a less complicated model/db
Simple gesture support: swipe to all apps, recent tasks
Add more Preferences: icon customisation(rings, mono-color, normalize), layout cells?, all apps button tap behavior, hide

License

Copyright (C) 2015 Kumaresan Rajeswaran

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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