Releases: threethan/LightningLauncher
LightningLauncher 5.3
New in 5.3
✏️ Improved UX
- Improved app hover animations
- Added a new icon repo that includes icons and banners for some 2D or side-loadable apps
- (5.3.1) Max groups upped from 12 to 20
🛠️ Fixes
- 'Launch in own window' setting should now display correctly in all cases
- Changing which apps display as banner will now correctly propagate across tasks
- The 'close website' button will correctly show across different tasks
- Fixed a rare crash related to icon downloads
- (5.3.1) Preferences are saved when launching an app
Known Issues
- Music from some websites will be paused when the device is suspended, and must be manually resumed by reopening the page
- Tidal HiFi does not work (Tidal 320kbps does, as does Spotify)
- Some apps (Move, Explore, Store) which use the internal panel API cannot be launched
- Please report any additional issues!
LightningLauncher 5.2
New in 5.2
✏️ Improved UX
- Most intractable elements will now indicate when they are being hovered over
- Hovering apps is more responsive
- The currently hovered app will now be indicated with a small animation
🛠️ Fixes
- 'Launch in own window' setting should now set properly
- Showing or hiding app labels will correctly apply
- Exiting edit mode while only the hidden group is selected will no longer give an empty selection
Known Issues
- Music from some websites will be paused when the device is suspended, and must be manually resumed by reopening the page
- Tidal HiFi does not work (Tidal 320kbps does, as does Spotify)
- Some apps (Move, Explore, Store) which use the internal panel API cannot be launched
- Please report any additional issues!
LightningLauncher 5.1
New in 5.1
🔗 Revamped Shortcuts
- Go to
Settings -> Shortcut Settings
to add or remove shortcuts - Each shortcut opens its own window, meaning you can multitask by moving one window to the side before opening another
- All three shortcuts allow you to open LightningLauncher in all three spaces for windows on the Quest!
- Install or update the Messenger shortcut apk in-app
- The App Library shortcut service is now it's own apk, and won't have to be re-enabled every update
- A new Explore shortcut service has been added, and works similarly to the App Library shortcut
🔍 Search
- Press the search icon next to the settings icon to start searching
- All apps, even hidden apps, will be shown while searching, as long as their name includes the text you are searching for
- Apps in search are still sorted alphabetically, and starred apps still show up first
- Press enter on the keyboard to immediately open the first app in the results
✏️ Improved UX
- App views are loaded once at startup instead of every time group selection is changed
- Switching groups is now instant (No more waiting for icons to load!)
- Websites can be multitasked using multiple launcher windows, or by launching one in its own window
- The edit bar has new animations and blur
🛠️ Fixes
- Custom icons would are now correctly set for VR applications, and for multiple applications
- The app will no longer flicker when being opened from a shortcut service
- (5.1.1) Improve consistency of multitasking
- (5.1.1) Fix occasional crash after setting icon
- (5.1.2) Fix package list not updated
- (5.1.2) Scan packages on every group change
- (5.1.2) Fix "Launch in Own Window" setting not saving
Known Issues
- Music from some websites will be paused when the device is suspended, and must be manually resumed by reopening the page
- Tidal HiFi does not work (Tidal 320kbps does, as does Spotify)
- Some apps (Move, Explore, Store) which use the internal panel API cannot be launched
- Please report any additional issues!
LightningLauncher Add-Ons (5.1)
Are you looking for the actual launcher? Click here for the latest main release!
This release stores a number of optional additions that enhance the functionality of LightningLauncher.
Currently, it includes three methods of more easily opening the launcher.
While you can download these manually, it is recommended to navigate to Settings -> Shortcut Settings, and follow the guided setup there. (Requires v5.1 or higher)
If filenames do not exactly match the above, there may be issues!
LightningLauncher 5
New in 5.0
🌐 Websites in the Launcher
- Enable editing mode and then select "Add Website" on the bottom right
- Websites will be automatically given labels and icons from, but both can be customized as you wish
- Websites launch in a custom browser, and will continue running in the background when hidden
- Background websites can be easily reopened or stopped from the launcher
- Background audio and recording is fully supported! Enjoy the web versions of Discord, Spotify, and many more!
⚡Much faster loading
- After opening it once, the launcher will stay loaded in a low-priority background service
- Loading is still 3-5 seconds on cold start, but now <1 second once the service is active
- All app icons are now compressed and cached, so they should load in much more quickly
⭐ Stared Apps & Groups
- Apps and groups you've starred will be moved to the front of the list for easier access
- If you chose to hide the top bar and not use groups, starring your favorite apps is a good alternative
✏️ Improved UX
- Toggle editing with B
- Buttons to select/deselect all or bulk uninstall while editing
- Larger window size when opening from the updated shortcut apk
- The updater now works every time, but you can properly dismiss updates to the settings page if you wish
🛠️ Fixes
- VR Apps launched through the launcher will no longer crash after suspend!
- The alphabetical ordering of apps now respects custom app names
- The updater is now much more consistent, and allows updates to be deferred
- Supported apps are detected more programmatically and should require less manual changes
- (5.0.1) Fixed issues when reopening while still in Edit Mode
- (5.0.1) Fixed an issue where hiding the group bar would not work as expected
- (5.0.1) Background audio now works for YouTube
- (5.0.2) Improved stability
Known Issues
- Music from some websites will be paused when the device is suspended, and must be manually resumed by reopening the page
- Tidal HiFi does not work (Tidal 320kbps does, as does Spotify)
- Some apps (Move, Explore, Store) which use the internal panel API cannot be launched
- Please report any additional issues!
4.0.2
- Overhauled UI with many new options for appearance and layout
- Three new customized wallpapers, including a new default (the old default is still an option!)
- Larger default window size and more flexible resizing
- Even faster initial load and various small optimizations
- The launcher will no longer reload itself while already open
- You can now decide which groups new VR and 2D apps will be sorted in
- Fully on-device updater
- Various under the code quality improvements and fail-safes
- Numerous small issues have been fixed
4.0.1
- Attempted to fix an issue where a system process would crash under certain conditions when using the shortcut apk
- Launcher apk also uses updated larger window size
4.0.2
- Attempted to fix an issue where a system process would crash under certain conditions when launching a VR application
- Fixed an issue where the updater would not wait for a download to finish, leading to frequent failures to update
The optional Launcher Shortcut was last updated in 4.0.1
Note: This issue contains a bug where vr games may crash shellenv after being launched. A fix is in the works.
3.0.1
Changes (3.0)
- VR and/or 2D apps can be configures to display in a landscape banner format alongside smaller square apps
- New launching animation for 2D apps
- Improved laying out of apps and groups
- You can now modify all settings dynamically, without reloading the app
- New background and blur effects
- Faster startup after first-run
Fixes (3.0)
- The shortcut service now works when there is another app window in the foreground
- VR Animation Player and the Quest browser can now be started from the launcher.
- Fixed a memory leak when repeatedly switching tabs with a large number of apps installed
- Improved detection of VR apps
- LightningLauncher can now run and be set as your home app on android phones
- Cleaner code under the hood, should be even more reliable
- Only requests media permission if opening the image picker
Fixes (3.0.1)
- Added strings for non-us locales #8, Thanks @Taragolis!
- Added missing resource files to source #9
The optional LauncherShortcut apk was last updated in 2.1.0.
2.1.1
2.1.0
LightningLauncher is now the first 3rd-party launcher to support the latest versions of the Quest OS!
Multitasking is now even better. Long press on a 2D app and you will get the option to make it launch in it's own window, independent of the Launcher. Note that this won't work well for every app!
Resizing the window is also faster and less janky.
You can use the new ShortcutService (in settings) for convenience, so the LauncherShortcut is now totally optional.
Note
The signature has changed, so you will need to uninstall LightningLauncher and LauncherShortcut if you are updating from an older version.
Version 1.2.0
Updated the minimum android API to v24. Should allow proper activity resizing.