- cross-posted to:
- libre_software@lemmy.ml
- floss_replacement@lemmy.ml
- cross-posted to:
- libre_software@lemmy.ml
- floss_replacement@lemmy.ml
A WIP replacement for samsungs gamelauncher which respects your privacy
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A dumb question, but why are game launchers needed. Do they not start on their own?
well if you use an android launcher that isn't quite as graphical as most launchers are it's quite a hassle to organize a folder with games in it. This is just a quick thing to open up and see only games on it
Just organization. If you keep a bunch of games on your phone a game launcher like Samsungs keeps them all together. Like a folder that updates itself almost.
no but after seeing how much data the samsung game-launcher collected from users it was my main motivation. I'll change that to "A replacement for prorietary game-launchers"
EDIT: changed it in the repo but I guess it will stay the same here
I tried it in my Samsung device but the app is just a blank backgroud with the name of the app in the top left corner. I´m missing something?
Sounds like a bug! Can you give me any details like phone model and android version?
I'll make a public reply for this, just installed LineageOS on my Galaxy S4 with Android 11. GameLauncher works flawlessly, except: not all games are shown which is a technical limitation of android itself. My app just checks what apps have the APPLICATION_IS_GAME flag, which funnily enough isn't set by all games. Candy Crush for example. And the only way I could add those games is if I manually check those games by their packagename. For example: com.king.candycrushsaga . I mean I could add those games but it would be a minor annoyance to say the least given the sheer number of Android games. I may add a feature that lets the user manually add applications into the list. But for now, it is how it is. EDIT: most people of stackoverflow and other forums check if the app is a game by sending all packagenames to the google play server and check which "tag" comes back. That is not ideal howevery, on my main phone I have over 600 installed packages/apps. Sending all of them to the big G is not only detremental for privacy but also not efficient. Also I want my app to not communicate with the internet at all so you data stays where it should be in the first place.
