Starlight Launcher

a search-focussed, extensible launcher that helps you get things done faster

AppID:	kenneth.app.starlightlauncher
Author:	Kenneth Ng
License:	GPL-3.0-only
Donation:
InRepoSince:	2022-08-27
LastRepoUpdate:	2022-08-27
LastAppUpdate:	2022-08-27
LastVersion:	1.0.0-beta.6
Categories:	System
APK source:	Github
Google Play:	Check if it's there

Starlight Launcher offers a reimagined home screen experience on Android. It is built around a search-focused experience to help you get things done faster. No more looking through walls of icons. Everything is right at your fingertip.

Features:

Completely open source (https://www.github.com/kennethnym/StarlightLauncher)
A clean, minimal home screen.
Play/pause music, skip tracks, right on the home screen.
Pin any widget you need on the home screen.
Built-in widgets such as notes and unit conversion; more are planned (weather, audio recording, translate)
A rich search experience, including apps, contacts, math expressions, common controls like Wifi and Bluetooth, and even opening URLs!
Fuzzy search

Starlight Launcher is still in beta. Expect bugs and major changes before release.

Starlight Launcher Plus:

While Starlight Launcher is completely ad-free in the free version, you can unlock extra features with the Plus version, including:

Unlimited widgets pinning
(Planned) Extension support

As a way of saying thank you, early beta testers (i.e. people who joined the beta program before the first public release) will get the Plus version for free!

Download Source Issues ChangeLog

While you can download the APKs here directly, you should preferably use an F-Droid client so the app stays up-to-date on your device. Some clients have this repo enabled by default, e.g. Neo Store, Droid-ify, or, of course, the IzzyOnDroid client by Sunil. With others (like the official client) you'll have to add this repo manually (see the hint on top of the package list for how to do that).

Packages

Version 1.0.0-beta.6 (2022-08-27)

Android Versions:

Target: 13.0
MinVer: 6.0
ABIs: arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64

Signing Blocks

Permissions:

Malware-Check:Passed

23 Libraries detected:

Libraries:

Android Support v4 (Development Framework)
The Android Support Library is not actually a single library, but rather a collection of libraries that can roughly be divided into two groups: compatibility and component libraries. For details, please see Understanding the Android Support Library.
AndroidX Activity (Utility)
provides the base Activity subclass and the relevant hooks to build a composable structure on top.
Android Jetpack Annotations (Utility)
library that contains the annotations for Android Jetpack.
AppCompat (Utility)
support newer Android features on older Android versions.
Constraint Layout Library (Utility)
library to reduce the number of nested views needed.
Coordinatorlayout (UI Component)
AndroidX library to position top-level application widgets, such as AppBarLayout and FloatingActionButton.
Androidx Core (Utility)
a static library that you can add to your Android application in order to use APIs that are either not available for older platform versions or utility APIs that aren't a part of the framework APIs.
Databinding (Utility)
bind UI components in your layouts to data sources in your app using a declarative format.
Android Emoji2 Compat (UI Component)
core library to enable emoji compatibility in Kitkat and newer devices to avoid the empty emoji characters.
AndroidX Fragment (UI Component)
AndroidX library to encapsulate part of the user interface or behavior into reusable components.
Lifecycle (Utility)
perform actions in response to a change in the lifecycle status of another component, such as activities and fragments.
Preference (Utility)
a library to build interactive settings screens without needing to interact with device storage or manage the UI.
Recyclerview (Utility)
display large sets of data in your UI while minimizing memory usage.
Android Activity Saved State (Utility)
provides the base Activity subclass and the relevant hooks to build a composable structure on top.
Startup (Utility)
AndroidX library to implement a straightforward, performant way to initialize components at app startup.
Android Jetpack VersionedParcelable (Utility)
Provides a stable but relatively compact binary serialization format that can be passed across processes or persisted safely.
AndroidX Widget ViewPager2 (UI Component)
replaces AndroidX ViewPager, addressing most of its predecessor’s pain-points, including right-to-left layout support, vertical orientation, modifiable Fragment collections, etc.
Glide (Utility)
An image loading and caching library for Android focused on smooth scrolling
Google Material Design (Utility)
library to help with material design guidelines.
RenderScript Intrinsics Replacement Toolkit (Utility)
provides a collection of high-performance image manipulation functions like blur, blend, and resize.
OkHttp (Utility)
OkHttp is an HTTP+HTTP/2 client for Android and Java applications.
Dagger (Utility)
A fast dependency injector for Android and Java.
kotlinx.coroutines (Utility)
library support for Kotlin coroutines.

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