They claim 14 is soon™. I just found a GitHub this past week that compiles version 14 testing. So far this has been the best launcher I've used in years, easily.
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What's different in that version? I am using the f-druid version for years now without complaints. It just works.
There's something that broke/bugged launchers starting in Android 13 that launchers have "fixed," despite people still complaining. Sometimes you go to your task viewer to switch to, or close some apps; sometimes the card/app you wanted would be transparent, and would lock up and freeze the phone. The Only fix is to use the side button to lock the phone, then unlock and close the app/tab. This happened to me on all launchers, betas included, until Lawnchair 14. It's been too long since I did OG Lawnchair from an app store, but this new one has things like supporting icons dynamically changing colors with material you. I personally like material you, and using their second app Lawnicons has been refreshing. Every other launcher would fail to color/theme some icons, or not change colors with a new wallpaper, etc. Not to mention it still feels super fast and slick to use.
Alright, sounds good thanks. I have that bug as well from time to time, will check out the new version.
I didn't see Lawnchair in the official or archive repos for F-Droid. Is any version available through other repos, or just via GitHub?
Looking through their GitHub I found a thread about their progress for v14, and found someone who is compiling the v14 testing builds:
https://github.com/Goooler/LawnchairRelease
So far I've only had 1 very minor visual bug with a widget after a week of use. I can highly recommend trying it out.
Awh, just when I switched to Kvaesitso just a week ago precisely because Lawnchair hasn't been updated for years. Both are great tbh.
I'm a big fan of Kvaesitso. It does nearly everything I'd like it to do. Quick question though. I never figured out what plugins I can use or where to look. Any pointers?
What kind plugin do you have in mind? Like widgets or something that change how the launcher works?
I didn't really tinker with the launcher tbh.
The only thing that took (still taking) my time was tagging all my apps, not done yet, but at least the important apps are done.
To be honest I have no idea. I saw the Plugins option but no explanation as to what it's for
Ah, I totally forgot about that option. I think it's mainly for developers who wants to add additional search function to Kvaesitso.
Well thats surprising