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@AurielSolaris AurielSolaris released this 09 Aug 20:43
v0.2.0
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Eden 0.2.0

First public build. A Kotlin rewrite of AOSP Launcher3 for Android 10 and up, built around the
idea that the launcher should ask rather than assume.

It is usable as a daily driver if you do not need widgets.

What works

Home screen

  • Swipeable pages with AOSP Launcher3's paging feel - the fling thresholds, the significant-move
    threshold, and the velocity-scaled snap duration are ported exactly
  • Long-press empty space to zoom out into overview and manage pages as cards
  • Pick any page as your home page with the house badge in overview. Keep the middle one as home
    and have pages on both sides. Back and HOME both return to it
  • Empty pages stay empty. Eden does not delete a page just because you moved the last icon off
    it
  • Add and remove pages from overview; page order and empty pages persist across reboots

App drawer

  • Swipe up to open
  • Two navigation styles, switchable in settings: continuous vertical grid, or fixed horizontal
    pages
  • Search matches anywhere in the name, so "tube" finds "YouTube"
  • Background opacity from 0 to 100%. The home screen fades out behind it, so a transparent drawer
    shows your wallpaper rather than your dock

Drag and drop

  • Drag icons between pages and the dock, or onto the trailing empty page to start a new one
  • Drop an icon on another icon to make a folder; open it, rename it, add and remove. A folder that
    loses its last item deletes itself
  • Drag to the Remove bar at the top to take an icon off the home screen
  • Drag to a screen edge to page across

Settings (Eden's own - no reliance on your OEM's Settings app)

  • Drawer navigation style and background opacity
  • Drawer columns, home grid columns and rows, dock icon count - each Auto or 3 to 8
  • Icon size 60-140%, vertical and horizontal spacing, label gap

Other

  • Accepts "add to home screen" requests from other apps
  • Deep shortcuts launch correctly
  • Work profile apps launch under the right user

What is missing

  • Widgets are not hosted. Widget rows and their ids are stored and shown as a placeholder tile,
    so nothing is lost, but they do not render yet. Widget pin requests are declined rather than
    half-accepted
  • Live wallpaper support is the next phase
  • Pages cannot yet be reordered by dragging cards in overview; use the badges
  • No icon packs, no gestures beyond swipe-up, no notification dots

Install

Download app-release.apk and sideload it. You will need to allow installs from your browser or
file manager, then pick Eden the next time you press HOME.

This build is signed with a throwaway test key, not a real release key. That means:

  • Your device may warn about the installer source. That is expected
  • A future release signed with a different key will not install over this one; you would have to
    uninstall first, which clears your layout

If that matters to you, wait for a build with a stable key.

Compatibility
Minimum Android 10 (API 29)
Tested on Galaxy M31, Android 16 (API 36)
Size 635 KB
ABIs All - there is no native code in Eden, so one APK covers every device
Permissions Query installed packages (to build the drawer), set wallpaper, expand status bar

Licence

Eden is MIT. Parts are ported from AOSP Launcher3 and remain Apache 2.0; NOTICE names each file
and the class it came from. Eden shares no source files or git history with Launcher3, but it is a
derivative work and says so.

Bugs, ideas, disagreements: debadityamalakar@gmail.com

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