I use Olaucher and it works great for me. You just long-press any app in the drawer and you get the "Hide" option.
It's of course FOSS, I use the F-Droid version.
It's entirely text though which I like, but maybe that doesn't fit your needs - no icons and no widgets.
I love Olauncher, I tried it out on a whim and never left
Lawnchair Alpha version is beautiful and modern. I've tried many launchers before but have stuck with Lawnchair since I found it a year ago. Get the the official github alpha version - the version in the Play store or F-Droid is not the same.
I took a look at their twitter screenshots and it seems like it's similar to the stock android launcher if i'm not mistaken?
Neo looks like a winner for me! Thanks to @Sivilian@lemmy.zip, @struds@sopuli.xyz, @plactagonic@beehaw.org, @matti@discuss.tchncs.de, and @wololo@lemmy.dbzer0.com, and @bardm@lemmy.fmhy.ml
For some reason, Neo crashes every time I boot it! Both from F-Droid and Aurora. It looks really good too. What do you like about Neo? :)
It has an RSS feed add-on that replaces the google swipe left fine home feed.
Mainly the ability to hide apps in the drawer.
What's a launcher?
Controls your home screen and app drawer. Nova was the popular one until they sold out.
What did Nova do to sell out? This is the first I've heard that
What's the problem with Nova. I've been using it for years, and nothing seems to have changed.
ok. what's wrong with the built-in AOSP "launcher"? Is there some important feature for home screens that I'm missing-out on?
Customizable grid size on both the home screen and app drawer are the two biggest for me. Also being able to hide apps from the drawer while keeping them installed. Home screen gestures are a big one that I don't personally use anymore.
It boils down to preferences imho.
I like text-based stuff in general, so having a launcher that displays my favorites app as text and launches any app as soon as I type the beginning of its name is a real plus for me.
Open-source and de-gafamisation also matter to me, so I want to make sure knowing my launcher doesn't track me - I usually choose one that's available onF-Droid for this reason.
OLauncher has these features and has a smaller footprint than default launchers, sl I swapped.
But afaik there's nothing "wrong" with the AOSP launcher.
I use KISS but it is little bit learning curve.
Second for kiss ... You have to get used to it and understand the concept. I really really like it now.
KISS is nice, but since I can barely type on a smartphone this probably won't work for me, but thank you both for taking the time to respond!
Kvaesitso
https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/de.mm20.launcher2.release
It's very different from most launchers, but once you get used to it really nice.
I was really loving it but it was bogging down my old-ass pixel 2. Do you know of any other similar launchers? I need a new phone.
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