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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.
This repository holds the installable app only. Every version is on the Releases page.
Flexera Launcher is a personal project. It is not in any app store and comes without support.
Install
- On the phone, open Releases and download the newest
FlexeraLauncher-x.y.z.apk. - Open the downloaded file. Android asks once whether your browser or file manager may install apps. Allow it, then tap Install.
- Google Play Protect may say "App scan recommended", because it has not seen this app before. Either let it scan the app, or tap More details and then Install without scanning.
- Open Flexera Launcher. On its first start it asks to become your home app; choose Flexera Launcher and Set as default. You can change this later under Settings > Apps > Default apps > Home app.
The app needs Android 8.0 or newer. It is developed on Android 17.
Updates
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. The first update asks once for permission to let Flexera Launcher install apps, and Play Protect may ask again as in step 3.
That check is the only thing the app uses the internet for. It sends nothing about you, your apps or your phone.
Source and licence
Flexera Launcher is a modified version of Lawnchair, which is based on Launcher3 from the Android Open Source Project.
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.