TeslaCoil, the developers behind one of Android's
best custom launchers, today announced a new holiday price for Nova Launcher.
Then check out our guide on
the best custom launchers to get the experience you crave!
System - wide the new UI is taking advantage of all Marshmallow features and tries to follow Google's Material Design as much as possible but still keeping the good old Sense smooth feeling which makes it the perfect combination and
the best custom launcher in the market.
Nova Launcher is almost universally hailed as
the best custom launcher for Android, and for good reason.
Not exact matches
Plus, Shay has a
better capacity to kill silently from afar with an air rifle that can hold
custom ammo (the
best of which turns it into an attitude - adjusting grenade
launcher).
The quickest and easiest way to have a
better (and more stock - like) Android experience if the manufacturer's
launcher is giving you issues is with a
custom launcher.
On the visual side of things, the changelog mentions that the homebrewed Trebuchet
launcher was also rewritten to match the current Android OS standards, and the
custom camera app received new additions as
well.
Aside from these changes to the Trebuchet
custom launcher, the Snap camera application now includes a QR code reader that supports simple text and text messages, email addresses, events, contact cards, location coordinates, and phone numbers, as
well as QR - encoded URLs.
Sony ships the phone with a
custom Xperia
launcher, as
well as duplicates of most of the major Android apps, but not a
custom skin.
Until MIUI 8 comes along (which should be by the end of September), your
best bet to managing the clunky UI is to install a third - party
launcher like Nova and a
custom icon pack (I like Dives).
Overall, the
best part about this software gripe is that most of it can be replaced with a
custom launcher (except for the freakin» notification shade).
Many of these features are
well - known and user - facing, like
custom icon packs and
launchers, but some get lost in the shuffle.
Nova
Launcher lets you do things like change the size of your home screen icons manually, as
well as installing
custom icon packs so you can change the way they look too.
For me, the
best features in any
custom launcher are the ones that allow me to set my app drawer the way I like it.
A
launcher also is
good for those instances where you love a handset but maybe aren't so keen on the manufacturer's
custom interface.
One of Android's
best features is the ability to download and install
custom third - party
launchers.
Custom launchers are one of the
best and easiest ways to customize your Android device, and one of the most popular has been Nova
Launcher.
Custom launchers are one of the
best ways that users can take full advantage of Android's open ecosystem.
Not only does it support
custom icon packs, a feature usually reserved for third - party
launchers like Apex and Nova, but it steals one of Action
Launcher's
best elements in the form of Pop - up Widgets.