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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Nice job! I like the looks, any plans on open sourcing it?
i second this, i won’t install a closed source launcher on my phone anymore.
Not in the immediate future, but I have been thinking about this since I wrote the first bits of code.
It’d be awesome, good luck
I might try it out if it ever becomes open source but trebuchet is good enough at this point that I’m definitely not going to use a closed source launcher.
I’ll share here if I open source this or a variant of this
it looks cool, but im not sure if id trust a proprietary launcher
Fair comment. I do not have trackers that may pose a privacy issue, and it will remain so.
When software is open source, people can know if they should trust you. When it’s proprietary, they need to have faith in your good will.
Somewhat weird name for a launcher considering this: https://octoprint.org/download/#octopi
Doubly so since people sometimes use Android phones as dedicated interfaces for their printer.
Used the plural of Octopus, perhaps I should go with Octopus Launcher instead?