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Nova Launcher gets a new owner and... ads (www.androidauthority.com)
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[–] Slashme@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I've installed Lawnchair and I'm quite happy with it.

[–] kamen@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I've tried it, but it's missing some things I'm used to - both functionally and visually.

[–] Slashme@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

For example?

[–] kamen@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Off the top of my head:

  • complex gestures (tap + swipe, two finger swipe/rotate)
  • frequent/recent/new apps in app search
  • app drawer tabs
  • icon customisation for folders
  • creating home screen shortcuts for activities (or if that's possible, I couldn't find it).

Of course this shouldn't sound as a blame - I know Lawnchair is relatively young - those are a bit more advanced features that I grew used to over more than 10 years with Nova. When I manage to get a development environment running and some knowledge about Android, those are some of the first things I'd try to implement in Lawnchair.