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I build an ultra minimal Android launcher

evlute
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The author created an ultra-minimal Android launcher by forking and modifying an existing launcher, sharing their personal project on GitHub.

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evlute
1d ago
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I am a big fan of the olauncher and i forked it. After a while i changed a lot of code in the olauncher and mixed the old design with jetpack compose. I decided to give my private fork of the olauncher and created the ultra minimal android launcher. It's absolute basic stuff. Nothing special, but i really love it, because i like the minimal dopamin detox style. I don't know if it's worth sharing here because it's nothing special. I apologize for this.
tanujnotes
15h ago
I think you should mention the differences b/w Olauncher and your launcher in the readme. That will make it clear to people why they should give this a try.

By the way, Olauncher already has a ultra minimal version with the exact same name: https://github.com/tanujnotes/Ultra

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