BlinkFeed was one of the first attempts by an Android manufacturer to introduce a news / social reader feature directly into
the default home screen launcher, and the feature seems to have influenced major competitor Samsung and even Google, through its Google Now Launcher.
However, understanding the limitation of stock Android, Razer included Nova Launcher Prime as
the default home screen launcher.
Not exact matches
Launcher apps need to take over as your
default home screen to display your font changes consistently.
The central
home screen, for example, has a fully customisable central launch panel providing access to five «zones», which by
default are Watch (AKA Video), Listen (AKA Music), Email and Read, around a central browser
launcher.
And on the software side it's basically vanilla Android 4.4.3 KitKat with very few modifications, right down to the Google Now
Launcher as the
default home screen setup.
While the round icon shape is used by
default, the Pixel
Launcher also supports several options for customizing the look of system app icons on the
Home and App Drawer
screens, including «Squircle,» «Rounded corner rect,» «Square,» and «Cylinder.»
Features list: Call Recording Auto call recording 4 Ways Reboot (Reboot, Recovery, Hotboot, Download) Full Color / Transparency customization for Status bar and Notification drawer elements Secure Samsung Keyboard Option to keep «Add Call» button with Call recording menu Disable Camera shutter sound (+
Screen Capture) Skip Music with Volume buttons Save Call Logs View Enable Keyboard Symbols Enable Hangouts Calls trough cellular Enable Camera while calling Unlimited and Customizable Multi-View support Bypass Exchange Lock check Notification Panel Customization Long
Home key behavior Long Back key to kill App (+ white list) Disable increasing ringtone Messaging Tweaks (raise limits and conversion) Disable Scrolling cache Enable Full rotations White / Colored Circle Battery Transparent Notifications panel Customize Clock format and size Customize Battery text helper size Customize Quick Settings buttons number per row Collapse Quick Settings after toggle 2 line formatted date on the panel header Dark themed Multi-Window Disable Boot sound Customize Two line date header format White / Black Email App background (Supported on some devices) Transparent Quick Settings buttons background
Default hidden SMS logs Add Call button to Logs and Contacts list Disable Accounts icons on Contacts list Custimize Wifi AP Clients number Disable Launcher page rotation Add Exit button to browser SMS Automatic input mode Disable Call number formatting Enable unlimited Contacts joining Enable Gallery Rotation trough button Set default Browser view to Desktop Hide Wireless charging popup Hide Full Battery Notification Clock position Status bar (Hide, Left, Right, Center) NFC behaviors (UN / Locked on Screen ON / Off) Hide Headset icon and notification bar Disable TW DVFS Blacklist for Application where you want to disable DVFS when it's default enabled Hide Smart Stay, Alarm, NFC icons on status bar Launcher: Enable Scroll wallpaper and Hide Dock labels Disable Wake Home button Use separate Address field on Contacts Add Fast PIN unlock (to be used with caution) Added SMS sent time details Enable Screen ON options on Messaging App Disable low Battery warning Add custom carrier label on notification label Set low Camera battery level Change System Holo Dark / Light background Acces hidden Lockscreen shortcuts menu Disable SEAndroid / Knox notifications and container Disable volume control sound Disable low battery sound Auto Disable Knox notifications when Knox Apps are installed Set SELinux to Permissive mode on boot ScreenShot and ScreenRecord (Requires Busybox) on Power menu CM Numeric Circle battery Screen Off animation (CRT / Fade) Expand all notifications Disable Temperature check on Camera recording and Flash Enable Heads up notifications (Optional ongoing notifications and display delay customization) Support SHealth and Private mode (Disable secure storage on both Apps) Disable Battery and USB cover warning And much more
Default hidden SMS logs Add Call button to Logs and Contacts list Disable Accounts icons on Contacts list Custimize Wifi AP Clients number Disable
Launcher page rotation Add Exit button to browser SMS Automatic input mode Disable Call number formatting Enable unlimited Contacts joining Enable Gallery Rotation trough button Set
default Browser view to Desktop Hide Wireless charging popup Hide Full Battery Notification Clock position Status bar (Hide, Left, Right, Center) NFC behaviors (UN / Locked on Screen ON / Off) Hide Headset icon and notification bar Disable TW DVFS Blacklist for Application where you want to disable DVFS when it's default enabled Hide Smart Stay, Alarm, NFC icons on status bar Launcher: Enable Scroll wallpaper and Hide Dock labels Disable Wake Home button Use separate Address field on Contacts Add Fast PIN unlock (to be used with caution) Added SMS sent time details Enable Screen ON options on Messaging App Disable low Battery warning Add custom carrier label on notification label Set low Camera battery level Change System Holo Dark / Light background Acces hidden Lockscreen shortcuts menu Disable SEAndroid / Knox notifications and container Disable volume control sound Disable low battery sound Auto Disable Knox notifications when Knox Apps are installed Set SELinux to Permissive mode on boot ScreenShot and ScreenRecord (Requires Busybox) on Power menu CM Numeric Circle battery Screen Off animation (CRT / Fade) Expand all notifications Disable Temperature check on Camera recording and Flash Enable Heads up notifications (Optional ongoing notifications and display delay customization) Support SHealth and Private mode (Disable secure storage on both Apps) Disable Battery and USB cover warning And much more
default Browser view to Desktop Hide Wireless charging popup Hide Full Battery Notification Clock position Status bar (Hide, Left, Right, Center) NFC behaviors (UN / Locked on
Screen ON / Off) Hide Headset icon and notification bar Disable TW DVFS Blacklist for Application where you want to disable DVFS when it's
default enabled Hide Smart Stay, Alarm, NFC icons on status bar Launcher: Enable Scroll wallpaper and Hide Dock labels Disable Wake Home button Use separate Address field on Contacts Add Fast PIN unlock (to be used with caution) Added SMS sent time details Enable Screen ON options on Messaging App Disable low Battery warning Add custom carrier label on notification label Set low Camera battery level Change System Holo Dark / Light background Acces hidden Lockscreen shortcuts menu Disable SEAndroid / Knox notifications and container Disable volume control sound Disable low battery sound Auto Disable Knox notifications when Knox Apps are installed Set SELinux to Permissive mode on boot ScreenShot and ScreenRecord (Requires Busybox) on Power menu CM Numeric Circle battery Screen Off animation (CRT / Fade) Expand all notifications Disable Temperature check on Camera recording and Flash Enable Heads up notifications (Optional ongoing notifications and display delay customization) Support SHealth and Private mode (Disable secure storage on both Apps) Disable Battery and USB cover warning And much more
default enabled Hide Smart Stay, Alarm, NFC icons on status bar
Launcher: Enable Scroll wallpaper and Hide Dock labels Disable Wake
Home button Use separate Address field on Contacts Add Fast PIN unlock (to be used with caution) Added SMS sent time details Enable
Screen ON options on Messaging App Disable low Battery warning Add custom carrier label on notification label Set low Camera battery level Change System Holo Dark / Light background Acces hidden Lockscreen shortcuts menu Disable SEAndroid / Knox notifications and container Disable volume control sound Disable low battery sound Auto Disable Knox notifications when Knox Apps are installed Set SELinux to Permissive mode on boot ScreenShot and ScreenRecord (Requires Busybox) on Power menu CM Numeric Circle battery
Screen Off animation (CRT / Fade) Expand all notifications Disable Temperature check on Camera recording and Flash Enable Heads up notifications (Optional ongoing notifications and display delay customization) Support SHealth and Private mode (Disable secure storage on both Apps) Disable Battery and USB cover warning And much more to come
Now, Action
Launcher has app labels turned on by
default, and having iconless labels floating on your
home screen would ruin the invisible
home screen effect.
Now, most
launchers have app labels turned on by
default, and having iconless labels floating on your
home screen would ruin the invisible
home screen effect.
The Pixel
Launcher, the
default home screen on Pixel smartphones, supports the feature, and third - party app developers will be able tap in on smartphones running Android 7.1.1.
While the
default Huawei
home screen, with app drawer, is a solid offering, as soon as I tested it out for a few days I loaded up the Google Now
Launcher.
Android's
default home screen and app drawer — known as its
launcher — have come a long way since Gingerbread.
Most custom Android
launchers are currently focused on providing options, changing your
home screen's theme and icons, and generally tweaking the
default interface.
From there, select «Nova
Launcher» on the prompt, then press «Always» to make it your
default home screen.
For other phones, you may have to tap your
home button one more time, then select Pixel
Launcher again and choose «Always» to set it as your
default home screen.
Sadly, this isn't possible with the
default home screen app that comes pre-installed on most Android phones — but with Nova
Launcher, this is easy to accomplish.
Screengrabs of one's
home screen or app dock will simply insert the name of the launcher that's one display, with the default option being Samsung Experience H
home screen or app dock will simply insert the name of the
launcher that's one display, with the
default option being Samsung Experience
HomeHome.
I installed Nova
launcher on my Note 2 and very happy with it — very customisable (you can set 5 icons in row for example in
home screen which is impossible with samsung
default touchwiz), and with it you can also set
home button as camera launching thing.
Apps like Nova and Action
Launcher allow you to use the Google Feed on your left-most
home screen after installing a separate APK file, but with Rootless Pixel
Launcher, this is enabled by
default.
Though OnePlus One users can't access the Shelf, owners of any other OnePlus device can enjoy the convenient
home screen add - on, so long as they stick with the
default launcher.
Changing the
home screen launcher is already more difficult on EMUI than anywhere else, but even once you've done so, all it takes is for your new launcher to receive an update from the Play Store, and the Mate 10 Pro defaults back to the Huawei Home for... some rea
home screen launcher is already more difficult on EMUI than anywhere else, but even once you've done so, all it takes is for your new
launcher to receive an update from the Play Store, and the Mate 10 Pro
defaults back to the Huawei
Home for... some rea
Home for... some reason.
Choose the «Big
Launcher» entry from this list, then press «Always» to set it as your
default home screen.
To wrap things up, press your device's
home button, then select «Pixel
Launcher» from the list, and choose «Always» to make it your
default home screen app.
If you choose to use the OxygenOS
default launcher, you get a nice set of customizations there, from changing icon sizes and app drawer grid sizes, to enabling quick gestures and changing the look of the search bar on your
home screen.
It is likely that such users will just end up with the
default launcher, so in such cases, the #myAndroid Taste Test can help the user by pointing them towards the correct direction, while attempting to set up their
home screen.
Under apps > menu >
default apps you can see what has been selected as the
default browser, calling app, messaging app and
home screen /
launcher.
Though the
default configuration is pretty similar to the Google Now
Launcher, Apex brings icon pack support, icon scaling, the ability to change scrolling animations, a paginated dock,
home screen looping, gestures, and much more.
It offers to use Bing Images to automatically set a new wallpaper every day, and the
home screen automatically imports the layout of your
default launcher upon initial setup.