gibbawho Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 I'm wondering if we have or could get a build of Launchbox android that runs as the android launcher, for those of us using this on dedicated hardware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibbawho Posted April 30, 2023 Author Share Posted April 30, 2023 Its essentially 2 lines in the android manifest and would make my life a hell of a lot easier. <category android:name="android.intent.category.HOME" /> <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyojumper Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 Op, check out this topic: Reasons there explain why it is not implemented. It breaks some setups and the fact that Launchbox isn't considered a Launcher is personally the main reason why I bought Launchbox over its competitors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibbawho Posted April 30, 2023 Author Share Posted April 30, 2023 (edited) 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. Edited April 30, 2023 by gibbawho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 4 hours ago, gibbawho said: 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. I have thought about that, but the problem is the development and administrative overhead that is introduced in having to maintain two releases. We have multiple systems that would need semi-significant coding updates in order to support it. And yes, we could provide just a custom one-off download, but ultimately that risks messing up things like metrics and such, so unfortunately it's not an easy problem to solve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyojumper Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 16 hours ago, gibbawho said: 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. Yes I am aware of that. I can't comment on other setups it breaks, but in the case of dex incompatibility (the one setup that it breaks that I am familiar with), once in Dex mode outputting the video to an external monitor or TV, you just cannot open any app that is considered as a launcher, whether it is currently set as your launcher or not. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibbawho Posted May 1, 2023 Author Share Posted May 1, 2023 17 hours ago, Jason Carr said: I have thought about that, but the problem is the development and administrative overhead that is introduced in having to maintain two releases. We have multiple systems that would need semi-significant coding updates in order to support it. And yes, we could provide just a custom one-off download, but ultimately that risks messing up things like metrics and such, so unfortunately it's not an easy problem to solve. Oh right. I wasn't even considering telemetry and such. Well I guess just put me down as a supporter of the attempt I'll keep with my hack solution for now. I wish android keymapper apps didn't break in most emulators or this whole thing wouldn't even be an issue. PS - Always a pleasure to get a response from ya, Jason. Best frontend ever... And i've been around. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibbawho Posted May 1, 2023 Author Share Posted May 1, 2023 5 hours ago, Flyojumper said: Yes I am aware of that. I can't comment on other setups it breaks, but in the case of dex incompatibility (the one setup that it breaks that I am familiar with), once in Dex mode outputting the video to an external monitor or TV, you just cannot open any app that is considered as a launcher, whether it is currently set as your launcher or not. I'll take this as another example of the lesson i'm always learning, that my lack of imagination in thinking of problem scenarios seldom means they don't exist 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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