App grouping

Emphrath

Hello all ! Been a while since I posted on this forum since I got to the point where - well ! UT does the trick for me ^^ But after years of usage, there's ONE thing that keeps driving me mad. The more I install apps, the less I can find them. Add to this the relics of Waydroid uninstalled apps and you're in for a burning hell of scrolling everytime you want to do sth slightly unusual (that is, sth that's not a favourite in the launcher). Being able to group apps would not be redondant to the launcher. It would just highlight its potential - two different ways of accessing apps. It doesn't have to look like android either - we could somewhat keep the scope feeling - like dragging a group to the right.... I don't know.
I know this is a recurrent topic (recurrent ? Is that a word ?) but I felt it needed its own topic, since I'm well aware it's a complicated thing to implement - I just don't want this undoubtedly important matter to be forgotten. Neither launcher modular nor home apps do it - actually home is close to sth useful in that respect, with app "widgets" you can select for home screen - but only a select few.
So, yeah, just sayin' ^^ Will 20.04 make it easier to implement ? Anyway, cheers, and my best feelings to the great people in the project.

Lakotaubp

@emphrath Recurring topic is better. So recurring not recurrent reads better, but yes it is a word

Emphrath

@lakotaubp damn I wrote recurring first !!

cliffcoggin

@emphrath Application grouping is something I too would like to see. The lack of it does not irritate me as much as it does you, it's more of an inconvenience to me. I doubt there is much chance of it being implemented while other more important work is needed.

Josele13

@emphrath Indeed I see too many apps inside the launcher, I think Waydroid apps should be in Waydroid, not put android apps launchers in the UT launcher

Regards...

kugiigi

You can easily delete waydroid app icons using the Waydroid Helper app.

As for app grouping, I agree and hopefully after focal, we can see improvements and new features in the app drawer. Personally, I like just searching for apps via text but I know that some people are better with visual searching

CiberSheep

@emphrath for now you can search for the app (if they are well designed, they should even have metadata in the desktop so you can search for them)

Emphrath

@cibersheep right ! It's true i don't use the search function as much as i could

Jakub

@josele13 said in App grouping:

I think Waydroid apps should be in Waydroid, not put android apps launchers in the UT launcher

I agree with you, or there should be an option when installing Waydroid for not adding Waydroid apps into UT launcher.

@emphrath said in App grouping:

Add to this the relics of Waydroid uninstalled apps and you're in for a burning hell of scrolling everytime you want to do sth slightly unusual

You can manually delete uninstalled (or currently installed) apps from launcher by finding its .desktop files in /home/phablet/.local/share/applications, though some app come back into launcher at next launch of Waydroid for some reason.