Whats a good lightweight launcher?

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ArtemisDown · 3761 days ago

Hey Hubki I've been looking around for a good launcher to use on my Galaxy s4 any suggestions? I've used Solo launcher and Hola along with a few random ones that didnt really strike my fancy.

Give me a few to try?

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tony · 3761 days ago · link ·

I have tried many launchers and I always come back to Nova Launcher. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.launcher At 5.53 MB I'm not sure it qualifies as lightweight, but it's never given me any reason to believe it was consuming too many resources. It has many options for customization if you wish, but it works just fine out of the box, so to speak.

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zouhair · 3761 days ago · link ·

I concur, Nova launcher is synonym to Android experience for me.

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judohippo · 3760 days ago · link ·

I will 3rd this. I habitually test new launchers/roms/phones (currently running ParanoidAndroid 5.1 on a nexus 5) . I almost always end up returning to nova. It does it's job well and has never gotten in my way or hindered me.,

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0xc0ba17 · 3760 days ago · link ·

I very much like Action Launcher (which is not free). The features called "shutter" (swipe up on an app to display a widget) and "cover" (folders with a default app) are something that you don't know you need until you have them.