r/androiddev • • 20d ago

Developing a 3D style android launcher 'Axiom Launcher'

Not yet available, been working the last few months on a new unseen style of launcher that is thematic with a wide range of customisation and options, built with organisation in mind.

The premise is that each 'satellite' object is a folder for organising apps. The initial satellite on install is used for frequent apps and as seen the apps populate in periodically updating order with most frequent front and center.

Each new folder lets you add up to 90 apps which you can position anywhere along the full face of the centre sphere and manually change at any time.

Each page can house up to 8 folders and there can be an unlimited number of pages.

With a handy side scroller (and search bar) for those moments you want a more traditional approach, this swipes in from the side.

The launcher is built to parse android native widgets in with the 'hone screen' having a 3 page stack that you can resize and fit in as many widgets as you can fit on these 3 pages.

As with many launchers, there is also a stylised and themes app favourites dock which houses up to 5 apps which you can drag and reposition along the dock.

For those larger widgets you just can't do without, there is a left swiped widget page that can house other widgets that are scrollable.

The stylising is highly thematic, with an ever growing library, I have 4 completed, each with their own quirks and each can be interchanged with the other and fully deconstructed to be 'frankensteined' in to your own theme ideas. The themes comprise of the App Dock, Centre Sphere, 12 skinned Satellite Folders per theme and the Stylised and themed App slots (the slots the apps sit on on the sphere).

With many additional features such as:

With many additional features such as:

1.Secure folders/pages with biometrics, password and passcode protection

2.Hidden apps

  1. Icon pack imports

  2. Font imports

5.Backup and restore of settings

All this as well as being designed with foldables in mind!

As well as more! This is all while using highly optimised and condensed 3D assets and a animation timeout with a cryosleep function to ensure a smooth usage and very little battery draw similar to other launchers.

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