Thanks. I read it. This is slightly different though. I'd only be talking about a side build for people who want that. Specifically not in the general consumption build. Like a "grab this one if you want it" thing. Which is normally something that'd be ridiculous to ask for, maintaining 2 builds for a minor use case, but in this case its like not even really code base changes. Just the apk manifest. And since they don't go through play store ... thats one hurdle gone. I've gone in and hack edited mine to do this anyway.. but its a pain with updates.
Btw just a side note.. and off topic, really, because its not even what I'm asking for but.. you know you don't have to use a launcher app as your launcher right? Like ... it just functions like any other app if you don't make it your launcher. Gestures and buttons will still treat it separate and home will still take you to your launcher. It will ask if you want it to be your default launcher but you only have to say no once i'm pretty sure.