Describe the app, how to install it and how it updates

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-# Flexera-Launcher-Releases
+# Flexera Launcher

-Release builds (APK downloads) of Flexera Launcher, a private Android launcher. Source code: https://git.mariosem.es/msemes/Flexera-Launcher
+Flexera Launcher is a home screen app for Android. The home screen works like the one on a Pixel: pages, a dock, folders and widgets. The app list is different. It is one alphabetical list with an alphabet down the screen edge, and sliding a thumb along that alphabet jumps the list to a letter.
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+This repository holds the installable app only. Every version is on the [Releases](https://git.mariosem.es/msemes/Flexera-Launcher-Releases/releases) page.
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+Flexera Launcher is a personal project. It is not in any app store and comes without support.
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+## Install
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+1. On the phone, open [Releases](https://git.mariosem.es/msemes/Flexera-Launcher-Releases/releases) and download the newest `FlexeraLauncher-x.y.z.apk`.
+2. Open the downloaded file. Android asks once whether your browser or file manager may install apps. Allow it, then tap **Install**.
+3. Press the Home button and choose **Flexera Launcher**. If Android does not ask, pick it under Settings > Apps > Default apps > Home app.
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+The app needs Android 8.0 or newer. It is developed on Android 17.
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+## Updates
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+The app asks this repository about once a day whether a newer version exists. When one does, it offers the download in its own settings: touch and hold an empty spot on the home screen, tap **Home settings**, then **About**. It also shows a notification if you have allowed the app to send them.
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+That check is the only thing the app uses the internet for. It sends nothing about you, your apps or your phone.
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+## Source and licence
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+Flexera Launcher is a modified version of [Lawnchair](https://github.com/LawnchairLauncher/lawnchair), which is based on Launcher3 from the Android Open Source Project.
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+The source code is at <https://git.mariosem.es/msemes/Flexera-Launcher>. The repository's licence is the Apache License 2.0, and a few files inherited from Lawnchair are under the GNU General Public License v3.