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Which launcher?

Just wondering what launchers people are using on their zenfones? Do you stick with zen, use google now, or one of the other launchers? I like Zen well enough, and it's nice to have double tap sleep functionality in any space across the home screen, but on the other hand Zen is kind of wasteful of space, which negates the effect of having a large screen.

I'm using Google Now Launcher and I use Gravity Screen to turn screen on and off. Works well and doesn't seem to drain battery badly.

Out of the box launcher in use here and it's the smoothest launcher I've ever used... and I've used quite a lot. This device is truly a pleasurable one to use.
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The zen launcher is OK, but I keep going back to ADW.

NOVA Launcher
I use Nova Launcher. It's the best. It's pretty light as well.
the double tap to sleep and double tap to wake works well with this launcher as well.

Nova Launcher here too!

nova launcher

Hi , How you enable double tap functionality in Nova launcher?

harpreet.s said:
Hi , How you enable double tap functionality in Nova launcher?
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Use soft lock screen
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Nova launcher prime here....

The Google Now launcher is pretty good, so is Nova launcher.

I am still a fan of the ZenUI launcher. Very smooth, lots of features.

Google now, double tap still works on the lock screen, haven't rooted it yet but got used to do the greenify+lock thing.
Edit: Just found by mistake that double tap to lock still works on the status bar, no matter what are you running in the foreground.

crack HTC Blinkfeed (sense launcher) working very well...

TSF Launcher 3D Shell works fine

Dodol Launcher or Smart Launcher 3
I used to always use SL and when I got this phone I started running SL3 on it. Works great if you like the way SL changes how your phone's basic functions work. I was looking for something a little more simple and since then, I installed Dodol Launcher. I run it with status bar and dock both hidden, and instead just use gestures to open app drawer, launcher menu and notifications. For me, it feels really nice running it like this.

Have been using the stock Zen launcher in the new single layer mode for a couple of days now. Really like it - simple, clean and very fluid, with an economy of swipes and taps needed to do stuff. It's like iOS (and therefore appeals to my ocd need for neatness and the symetry of a nice grid ) but is better because you still have all the Android/ASUS UI customisability if you want it.

I use action Launcher 3

+1 For Nova Launcher Prime, most tweakable, very light 25-35Mb RAM and very fast. :good:
I was using SlimLauncher (Lightest I have tested other than my poor man's MTK 5Mb Launcher LoL) from slimroms with another phone and for ~5Mb more RAM you get all these with Stock ROM since SlimLauncher does barely has any customization or a settings app. Never looked back again for over a year since using Nova.
Asus Launcher is not bad. It necessitate an option to reduce all these visual effects and decrease the heavy RAM usage versus Nova Launcher Prime.

dan8541 said:
I use action Launcher 3
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Same here, I was using Nova Launcher but I like the simplicity of Action Launcher 3

Nova Launcher on OP3 ?

I have nova Prime, have used Nova for years of phones. The one issue I have with it is no shadow feature on the stock icon them.. You simply can't have a colorful or brighter style wallpaper if you don't have shadows !
Does anyone else use nova launcher and agree/disagree and if not nova, what do you use instead of nova for shadow enabled icons ?

I use Nova..
And honestly I stopped using it as the oneplus home is sufficient for me.

I also have Nova Prime. I mostly use it because I paid for it but I do prefer the look of Nova compared to the OOS Launcher and I like being able to remove the google search bar from the desktop. Also the App Drawer is not to my liking in OOS. I have never worried about shadows for Icons but maybe you could message the Nova Developer and make a request for that feature. Peace

I use Nova Prime for one simple reason. I like the OP3 launcher fine myself, and actually like the shelf widget.. however, if you remove the google search bar, the space can't be used and causes the widgets to sit lower on the screen. No bueno.
Installed Nova and setup and after a couple of performance adjustments, am finding its every bit as speed as OP3 launcher with widgets able to be adjusted as I'd like.

I use Nova Prime but the main reason is the ability to change grid the way i want it and have lots of costumisation. I use Cobalt icons and look great. Have used LG G3, Zenfone 2 and now OP3, and even tried the stock launcher but Nova win all the time... For me is the best launcher in market (there are lots of other lauchers that are also great)

I use nova and use custom icon sets so I don't run into this issue

Nova vs System Launcher. Which is clear winner?

I do say that the best launcher with customization is Ofcourse Nova launcher.
Nova launcher beta version is now Google companion supported. It will soon roll out for Stable Nova version.
Nova vs System Launcher
[Nova launcher]✓
1-App drawer
2-Change Grid
3-change dimensions
4-Widget resizing overlapping.
5-Custom folder options
6-Backup and restore Configs
7-App drawer Configs
8-Desktop Configs
[System Launcher]✓
1- Lite weight Ram friendly
2-Clean UI
3-Minimal options
4-Supported with Themes
5-beautiful Setup
Some screenshots here with some themes.

Actually System Launcher takes more RAM than nova, both are good in their own features.

MIUI launcher also has live icons for Clock, Calendar and Weather app. Almost all the launchers have live Calendar option now but if I remember correctly, MIUI v6, v7 or maybe both also had seconds display along with hour and minute hands on the clock app icon. That looks pretty if you ask me

I've used Nova launcher before. It's nice. Lots of customization. However. I am using the default MIUI launcher now and I honestly don't miss Nova.

System Launcher

I am more stock admirer so nova hands down... I actually have only one page in nova and launching most apps with appdialer. I use launcher page mainly for some informational widgets and shortcuts

Nova all the way, light and well performing

Nova its customizable, you can turn off / Block screen with Double Tap. Also support 3rd party beauty icons. The bad Thing is some widgets like clock do not work properly.
MIUI stock its very good and support a lot of beautiful themes. Pretty widget and Wallpapers but you can put apps icons by alphabetic order.

smart launcher is way better than both of them, i really dont understand why it isnt more popular

No way default launcher of mi can beat nova...ecen stock Android launcher is better than mi home launcher...After buying a mi phone the first thing I did was to install Nova launcher.
And for the second choise use Buzz launcher

System launcher

kukuteku said:
Nova its customizable, you can turn off / Block screen with Double Tap. Also support 3rd party beauty icons. The bad Thing is some widgets like clock do not work properly.
MIUI stock its very good and support a lot of beautiful themes. Pretty widget and Wallpapers but you can put apps icons by alphabetic order.
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I use this Lock widget in MIUI launcher on every screen, quite handy if you ask me.

kunal00700 said:
No way default launcher of mi can beat nova...ecen stock Android launcher is better than mi home launcher...After buying a mi phone the first thing I did was to install Nova launcher.
And for the second choise use Buzz launcher
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pls share the link of the themes u have applied ?

I liked Nova Launcher but i like simplicity of Evie Launcher. It has double tap lock and supports different icon packs available on playstore. Give it a try. One more thing is its Free and Ad Free. Enjoy.

I like Nova launcher for the fact you can edit truncated app names, and scroll the dock plus other things. The ONE thing MIUI launcher has in its favor is the Quick Function Widget has a toggle that will turn Mobile data on and off directly without going thru the settings. Thats a big plus for me, but you cant edit app names, or scroll the dock Its a real shame that you cant directly toggle mobile data on and off with nova or power toggle, like you can do with Native MIUI launcher

Best launcher option for clean/simple use?

So now that Google deprecated the Google Launcher, what is my best bet to make my Tab S4 look and behave more like my Pixel 3? I've frozen the Samsung apps by and large and replaced them with the Google ones on the home screen. What is my option for overall behavior? I'm a fan of Samsung hardware, but not any of their interfaces that I've ever used. I may still be bitter from TouchWiz UI.

personally I m using Nova or Shade Launcher (there are other options)
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/source-shade-launcher-make-phone-feel-t3931886

I use Action Launcher - have used it for years on my tablets and my cell phone.

Lighting launcher

I use Nova Launcher Prime cause I need all the fancy stuff, but for cleaness I would use Lawnchair Launcher. Simple launcher, with yet, a few good features under the hood, including the usefull Sidepanel with Google News Feed.

How did you freeze apps?

Android Gestures and Custom launchers

Just wanted to know if it is something I done wrong but when I use the android 10 gestures with any custom launcher the gestures dont work as well and the animations are kind of buggy.

Two things, in my opinion, that you did wrong; migrate to Q and use a custom launcher.
Pie and One UI are fast, stable, get good battery life* , are reasonably secure and are very customizable.
Never fix something that isn't broke... unless you want some "fun", adventure and have a lot of time to kill.
*Once optimized. Part of the "fun", adventure and a lot of time to kill thing:laugh:

rafadiego.gomes said:
Just wanted to know if it is something I done wrong but when I use the android 10 gestures with any custom launcher the gestures dont work as well and the animations are kind of buggy.
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There hundreds of third party launchers for Android.
Which "custom" launcher are you using?
I use Microsoft Launcher and Samsung OneUI 2.5 gestures work fine.
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I tried with Nova, Lawchair and Action Launcher.
I teste the MS Launcher and the animations are still not working link the stock launcher. I took a screenshot to show how the dock icons appears at the bottom when changing apps. Sometimes the bottom gestures stop working all together. None os theses things happen when using stock launcher.
https://imgur.com/a/nmZMnwX
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There hundreds of third party launchers for Android.
Which "custom" launcher are you using?
I use Microsoft Launcher and Samsung OneUI 2.5 gestures work fine.
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