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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. -
@emphrath Recurring topic is better. So recurring not recurrent reads better, but yes it is a word
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@lakotaubp damn I wrote recurring first !!
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@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.
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@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
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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
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@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)
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@cibersheep right ! It's true i don't use the search function as much as i could
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@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.
