Hi everyone!

I’m happy to share my app, Octopi Launcher, which I’ve worked on for quite a while now.

Octopi Launcher is a launcher for Android, built with the latest trends in mind, which includes visual and haptic effects, and support for foldables.

Features:

  • App drawer, dock and homescreen
  • Different homescreen for different screen layout/ orientation/ size/ foldable position
  • Widgets and (autoscrolling) widget stacks
  • Home screen folders
  • Fine/ free positioning of home screen apps and widgets
  • Big home screen icons
  • Swipe actions for icons
  • Display drawer items as icons or tiles (or single list); sort by installed date or updated date
  • App search + instant launch
  • Icon pack support
  • Wallpaper blur when opening app drawer (on supported devices)
  • Work profile support
  • Fun animations, reflections and haptic effects

Screenshot album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/8xiXqSABV7Rhad139

Firstly, join the Google Group to gain access: https://groups.google.com/g/octopi-launcher-alpha-testers

Then, use this link to download the closed beta: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.otp.octopilauncher

I’d love to hear your feedback below, and have a nice day!

  • @[email protected]English
    19•7 months ago

    A few pictures would be great. Will it be free/ donationware or paid? Open source or closed source ?

    I’ve been on an old version of nova launcher for several years now due to simple feature that is somehow unavailable anywhere else. When you open the search widget, it also shows a small 3 tab drawer that shows you the last 12 recently installed/updated, recently opened, and frequently opened apps. This made handling apps far easier.

    • @ock88OPEnglish
      5•7 months ago

      Just snapped a few: https://photos.app.goo.gl/8xiXqSABV7Rhad139

      It will have a one-time in-app purchase, but I’m planning to give away free codes to closed beta testers. The free version will be ad-free and competitive, features-wise, with most free launchers.

      • @[email protected]English
        4•7 months ago

        Looks great , but it doesn’t look like it fit my needs.

        Your search box is almost similar to what I described. Here’s a picture :

        I also like having my less frequently used apps organized inside folders in the home screen for quick access. Like so:

        • @ock88OPEnglish
          2•7 months ago

          Thanks for the screenshots. I may add an option to display a frequently launched/ pinned set of apps. As for finding recently installed/ updated apps, the sort modes above should be helpful.

          • @[email protected]English
            1•7 months ago

            One last thing that power users would certainly adore ( I certainly do ) :

            When you long press an app a menu will pop-up with different icones. Remove the shortcut, widgets, uninstall the app, open the app informations (phone settings)(must have), open in playstore, edit the icon.

            The short and buscar (search) button are app specific and are just shortcut to the app activities (i think it’s the right word for it). A camera app would probably have take image and take video instead,etc