I feel the same. I like having my desktop with easy to reach commonly used apps, and a few widgets, such at a Google calendar widget and my keep notes. And I want all the things in the exact spot I put them, so I can build muscle memory to go where I want. The dock is not so necessary as long as I can have enough icons on the desktop. And then I want an app drawer, where I can divide it into tabs, one for regular apps and one for games.
The closest I could find are either:
Lawnchair launcher, but it’s missing the drawer tabs (it has folders though)
Pear Launcher, it has everything, but unfortunately it doesn’t remove the games from the main apps tab when I add them to a games tab…
Pear Launcher has them but calls them “App Groups”. But as I said, the missing piece is to hide them from the main tab when they have been added to another tab
Kvaesitso has tags. Each app can have multiple tags, and selected tags can be pinned (somewhat like a tab) to favorites, possibly resulting in something a bit like drawer tabs? You can also use the search bar to search for a tag and list the tagged apps.
I use tags like #stream #media #video #audio #download #p2p #torrent #tools #navigation #maps #transport #social #chat #messenger #sms #appstore #files etc. and often I add multiple relevant tags for better brainless searchability, though only a few general useful tags are pinned to the favorites section (e.g. #stream #files #chat and #tools).
I feel the same. I like having my desktop with easy to reach commonly used apps, and a few widgets, such at a Google calendar widget and my keep notes. And I want all the things in the exact spot I put them, so I can build muscle memory to go where I want. The dock is not so necessary as long as I can have enough icons on the desktop. And then I want an app drawer, where I can divide it into tabs, one for regular apps and one for games.
The closest I could find are either:
Lawnchair launcher, but it’s missing the drawer tabs (it has folders though)
Pear Launcher, it has everything, but unfortunately it doesn’t remove the games from the main apps tab when I add them to a games tab…
Drawer tabs is really what i want
Cant find any modern launcher with tabs
Same here - I heavily rely on drawer tabs, and it’s a very under-implemented feature across all of the competition.
Octopi and Smart Launcher also have tabs.
I wasn’t able to figure out how to do drawer tabs in Octopi. Can you help me figure that out?
Sure. Open the app drawer, long press an app and there’s a weird icon towards the bottom of the list with a plus symbol that’ll let you add a new tag.
After you’ve done that you can long press on the tags at the top to add/remove apps in bulk.
Pear Launcher has them but calls them “App Groups”. But as I said, the missing piece is to hide them from the main tab when they have been added to another tab
Kvaesitso has tags. Each app can have multiple tags, and selected tags can be pinned (somewhat like a tab) to favorites, possibly resulting in something a bit like drawer tabs? You can also use the search bar to search for a tag and list the tagged apps.
I use tags like #stream #media #video #audio #download #p2p #torrent #tools #navigation #maps #transport #social #chat #messenger #sms #appstore #files etc. and often I add multiple relevant tags for better brainless searchability, though only a few general useful tags are pinned to the favorites section (e.g. #stream #files #chat and #tools).