These are the Best Android Launchers in 2021
Android is one of the more customizable mobile operating systems, especially considering all the limitations imposed on its Apple counterpart, iOS. You don’t need to root your Android deviceВ orВ flash a custom recovery and ROM to spice up your home screen. If you’re mainly concerned about the pre-installed user interface (UI) from your device maker and wish to change its look, all you need to do is download one of the best Android launchers. A launcher is essentially the app that displays your home screen, be it your apps, widgets, app drawer, etc.
Android launchers provide an easy way for you to change the look of your Android smartphones in a cinch, avoiding all the technical side of things. Need something near to stock Android? There’s a launcher for it. Something minimal or hugely customizable? There’s an Android launcher for that. If you’ve just grabbed a new device and want to add more aesthetics to your device or are just bored with your current home screen, you can pick one of these Android launchers. Even if you have one of the best Android phones out there, there’s always a chance to soup things up without much overhead.
For new smartphone owners, be sure to check out our comprehensive list of theВ best Android apps, which includes apps in various categories from social media, music, dating, to podcasting apps.
Here’s our list of the best Android launchers you can install today to change your device’s home screen layout in just seconds.
Nova Launcher
Nova Launcher has become synonymous with the best Android launchers for quite some time. It’s heavily customizable, letting you change different things from app icon style, icon size, app drawer, and much more. Add in support for icon and theme packs, and you open up a whole new world of customization possibilities. Nova is light and fast as well, despite its wide array of customization options.
The premium version gives you even more ways to customize the launcher to your preferred look and feel. It’s also one of the most supported Android launchers, with new versions coming out fast, and there’s a vibrant customization community. Also, you can back up your customization settings for an easy restoration when you switch phones or reset your Android device.
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Android Pie’s Recent App Smart Selection feature could come to Android One smartphones
One of the lesser known features introduced in Android Pie is Smart Selection through the Recent App overview. The reason for its obscurity could be attributed to the fact that this feature is exclusive to the Google Pixel lineup, and even within them, is available on the Pixel 2 and newer. With Smart Selection, you can copy text and images from applications as they are visible in the recent apps overview without needing to open those apps again just to copy the text or image.
An APK teardown can often predict features that may arrive in a future update of an application, but it is possible that any of the features we mention here may not make it in a future release. This is because these features are currently unimplemented in the live build and may be pulled at any time by Google in a future build.
Smart Selection in Android P, as demonstrated by David Burke during Google I/O 2018. Source:
Smart Text Selection functionality is controlled by a system app called ActionServices, which contains code that checks whether the device is a Google Pixel device by requiring the “PIXEL_EXPERIENCE” feature flag to return a true value.
However, code we found within the ActionServices APK suggests that the app can possibly be opened up to work with Android One devices, as evidenced by the feature flag Matchmaker__enable_matchmaker_android_one and the sysconfig feature ANDROID_ONE_EXPERIENCE.
The feature is not yet live on Android One devices, but Google has already accounted for letting Android One devices use this functionality in the future. It remains to be seen when this future arrives.
Thanks to PNF Software for providing us a license to use Decompiler, a professional-grade reverse engineering tool for Android applications.
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XDA App
The best way to access the XDA forums from your Android device is to use the official XDA app. This app is designed to give users full access to the forums where you can post, search, reply, or track your favorite threads. You can start using the XDA App for free using a new or existing XDA forums account.
The XDA app gives you a combination of our front-page news stories, as well as access to the forums. You’ll be able to receive notifications for important things like 
replies or new conversations. Keep track of the forums for devices you own by managing your devices. The app will give you direct shortcuts to the forums for those devices that will show up on your main screen.
Your main forums page can also show you all of your watched threads. This brings all of the relevant forum content to a single page that can be accessed at a glance. Use simple gestures to manage your threads and the information you’ll get notifications on.
Check out popular threads under the trending tab, which will show you the threads with the most activity. Then you can view and manage your notifications from the bell icon. You’ll get notifications on replies, messages, achievements, and more.
Your achievements can earn you badges that will be displayed on your profile. This will show other users your different accomplishments. You can also keep track of your overall points that you receive from participating in the forums.
The swipe gestures that are used to manage forums, threads, and posts can be customized in the settings. You can set your default tab and feed to be your own preferred landing pages. More settings let you use the dark mode, security features, notification preferences, account details, and more.
You can download the XDA app for free from the Google Play store. If you have any suggestions or bugs to report, you can do that here.
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These are the Best Music Player apps for Android in 2021!
It seems like we’ve been able to listen to music with pocketable devices since forever. It hasn’t always been from our smartphones and we used to have dedicated MP3 devices for listening to our music on the go. But it was a thing people did, and it has been since Walkmans were all the rage in the 80s. But nowadays, pretty much any phone allows you to install your music streaming service of choice and can even fit some songs on its internal storage as well. But you probably want something that’s a little bit better than what comes with your current smartphone (if it even comes with one at all).
We’re here to help you again with a curated list that picks up from the best Android apps list, to give you something that focuses only on music playback and streaming. Here are some of our top picks for the best music player apps available for Android. From normal music streaming services to apps that allow you to play your locally downloaded music, and even apps that do both, this is going to be a good one.
Spotify
Spotify is always at the top of our list, and for good reason, as Spotify is one of the best music streaming apps currently available, period. There are so many good things I have to say about Spotify that it really gets pretty hard doing it over and over again. It’s my streaming service of choice for a reason. Not only can you stream music from around the world, but you can also use the app to play locally stored music too, making it the one app most users would need on their phones.
Spotify is available in both free and paid flavors and comes with a lot of features as well as nifty things such as an amazingly big library, amazing recommendations based on what you listen to and what’s popular in your area, and support for podcasts, which is something very few music streaming apps have built-in.
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Android one apps xda
XDA — это западный для нас прототип 4PDA, где помимо программ, также обсуждаются прошивки, порты, ядра, ROMы к девайсам, именно оттуда начинают постить свои проекты авторы (по крайней мере зарубежные, всегда).
We (at XDA) have been working on something.
This is XDA Labs. The name isn’t final, and this is not the «official» launch. but we are (quietly) giving you guys a chance to try it out so we can get some feedback. So. what is it?
First and foremost, it’s a speedy way to access the forums (ad-free!). You’ll see a lot that’s familiar with XDA One, because we merged the code into Labs and made a handful of much-needed improvements.
Second, it’s a new way to access all the Xposed modules you love.
And third, it’s a way to distribute apps— and eventually all sorts of stuff that people upload to XDA. It is 100% pro-developer in that 1) we allow all types of apps (including stuff not allowed on Play), 2) we don’t remove apps without warning and without communication to the developer, 3) we enable developers to sell apps, receiving 100% of the proceeds directly, 4) we accept Bitcoin payment, which is fast, easy, and low cost, and 5) we utilize alpha, beta and stable release channels so devs can have control in how they distribute apps to users.
If you are a developer and want to add your app, go here: https://labs.xda-developers.com/
Otherwise. use the app, and tell us what you think! Again, Labs is very much Beta right now so keep your expectations in check!
Мы (на XDA) есть над чем работать.
Это с XDA лаборатории. Название не окончательное, и это не «официальный» запуск. но мы (тихо) дает вам шанс попробовать его, чтобы мы могли получить обратную связь. Так. что это?
Прежде всего, это быстрый способ доступа к форумам (без рекламы!). Вы увидите много знакомого с XDA на один, потому что мы слили код в лаборатории и внесли пару столь необходимых улучшений.
Во-вторых, это новый способ получить доступ ко всем Xposed модулям, которые вы любите.
И в-третьих, это способ распространения приложений, и, наконец, всякие мелочи, которые люди выкладывают в XDA. Это 100% про-разработчика в том, что 1) мы разрешаем Все типы приложений (в том числе материалов не допускается на игру), 2) мы не удаляем приложения без предупреждения и без общения с застройщиком, 3) мы даем возможность разработчикам продавать приложения, получая 100% доходов напрямую, 4) мы принимаем bitcoin-платежей, который является быстрым, легким, и низкая стоимость, и 5) мы используем Альфа -, бета и стабильной версии, так что разработчики могут контролировать, как их размещать приложения для пользователей.
Если вы разработчик и хотите добавить свое приложение, заходим сюда: https://labs.xda-developers.com/
В противном случае. использовать приложение и расскажите, что вы думаете! Опять же, лаборатории очень много бета прямо сейчас, так что держите ваши ожидания!
Сообщение отредактировал gar_alex — 18.01.21, 20:57
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