As @Keneda understood, it was a question, not a request. It is a question to those young and enterprising people here. If someone can find a solution, I'd quite happily implement it. If not, the question is dropped.
Its time for me to go away and enjoy life, as the rest of it is not much to the time I was present on this planet Earth. 
@Flohack said in Is there a possibility to completely disable/uninstall the Launcher?:
No matter what we do, there will be unhappiness. We have learned to live with it
It is not a matter of unhappiness. If anyone is using UT/UBPorts, it is because it brings happiness. So, if anyone is suggesting something, it is not "complaining."
I had the chance to have the older version of UT, where you swipe from bottom to get to the App Drawer, so there wasn't a need to swipe from the left -- no launcher. Two things are needed in a mobile phone, a way to get to apps menu and look at all the open apps. Maybe, one needs a space for a favourites apps dock, but it could be a part of the app menu, and if it has to be a column, then its background should be without a background colour, and stay away completely unasked. If it has to stay seen, the with no background colour, it would be just icons arranged vertically. By the way, the Ubuntu icon should match the other icons. Well, this is up to discussion, maybe even the developers would have shot at it. Good day!
@dobey said in Is there a possibility to completely disable/uninstall the Launcher?:
@chdslv said in Is there a possibility to completely disable/uninstall the Launcher?:
Ubuntu Touch is not Android. It doesn't have the same gestures. If what you want is Android, then you should probably run Android, and not Ubuntu Touch. Complaining that Ubuntu Touch is not Android won't change anything.
Who's complaining?
I bought the N5 only to use Ubuntu Touch from Ubports in the last quarter of 2018. And, it'll run that until its last breath. So, it is going for 2 years. Telling me to go for an Android is just nonsense. I have Android too, also in an older phone N6 Shamu, but with the newest Android (August 2020). Both phones were produced in the same year, 2014. So, I have something to compare with. Having an additional sim with unlimited country calls plus 10GB internet is quite cheap, just 5.66 euro per month (equivalent currency). So, I can continue to play/test with UBports/Ubuntu Touch and Android.
I rarely come here, only when I have a serious question, or a suggestion. I always upgrade, so the problem. If one is testing, one should upgrade. I will, of course, upgrade when time comes for the next OTA 13.
@syper said in Is there a possibility to completely disable/uninstall the Launcher?:
@chdslv I don't understand what you want to do.
Once deactivated, it will no longer be possible to launch an application.
OK, I understand you. The thing is, if UTTT can resize to icons up to min. 6, maybe there's a way to decrease the icons down to 1px, then the launcher would become 1px thick. Can that be achieved?
@AppLee said in Is there a possibility to completely disable/uninstall the Launcher?:
@chdslv
@syper might be able to help you find the QML file.
But I'm not sure if he's available (holidays season)
Thanks. I'll ask him in a few weeks.
@dobey said in Is there a possibility to completely disable/uninstall the Launcher?:
@chdslv The launcher is where favorite (and running) apps appear. It is not an "additional dock" but a core part of the shell. I'll agree it's not ideal to have it and the app drawer open on smaller devices like Nexus 4, as then you only get two columns of icons in the drawer, rather than three, but I don't think that's cause for the extreme view of it shouldn't exist.
If the device is 10" and more, such as a desktop, having the launcher is not a problem, considering the width of the launcher to the rest. But, on a mobile phone, it is just a waste of space. A special vertical column for favourites is not a necessity on a mobile (or even on a desktop) these days. I am using a N5.
On my Nexus 6, I have the latest (August 2020) Android 10 - Colt OS. There's 5 "favourites," which I can change whenever they stop being such. Swiping up any place on the screen would bring in the app drawer. No need to go to the left side to swipe. I can open all the open apps by swiping from the bottom and move through them left to right, vice versa. By swiping from the right or left edge, I can move back through last open pages. It is a question of ease of use. And, of course, the look.
Ubuntu Touch/UBPorts on N5 looked nice sometime ago, without the black launcher/dock on the left. Now, it is ugly.
You know, UBPorts doesn't have to look like Ubuntu. It should look like a mobile phone.
The top left edge is a black, meeting of a black vertical and horizontal areas, making my N5 look even thinner. Bottom has a square Ubuntu logo that doesn't match with other icons. If that launcher is not there, the phone would look clean and nice.
@garyn4 said in UBPorts - Redmi Note 7 anyone seen this?:
It loses the connection to the cell network.
Then, its a problem, after all its a ceel phone.
@CiberSheep said in Is there a possibility to completely disable/uninstall the Launcher?:
The Launcher is a part of the shell (it's not «installed»). You can edit the qml to hide it but you are on your own there
How do You do that? Where is the qml file, what should I do?
The thing is, swiping from the left the app grid would appear, but the launcher too. It is practically useless and takes space. Atm, it is autohidden using the tweak tool. I need to disable the launcher completely. The icon on the app grid is the launcher for the given app. An additional dock is not needed.
Is there a possibility to completely disable/uninstall the Launcher?
@AppLee said in Anyone working on Nexus 6 (Motorola):
Regarding the Nexus 6, here is what a little search gave me:
https://forums.ubports.com/topic/3678/call-for-testing-google-huawei-nexus-6p-angler-owners
I don't know if there is a difference between Nexus 6 and Nexus 6P.
You can also check this list of available devices: https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/
Doesn't matter, if it is in off topic. Actually, it is on topic as I have a Nexus 6, at least for me.
Nexus 6p is not Nexus 6. I know that.
The question was, "if anyone...", so looks like no one has.
I do look in the devices page from time to time, as I would like to buy a phone with a larger screen, but without the unrealistic price tag (as in OnePlus 3/3T).
Anyone working on Nexus 6 (Motorola) on UBPorts?
I have no idea what is GSI or Ubports GSI Installer. I am thinking of letting go of Nexus 5 and getting a Redmi Note 7/7s, if it works with UBPorts as shown in the video and gets OTA updates, it would be a nice change. Any info on this would be appreciated.
UBPorts - Redmi Note 7 anyone seen this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGjplOtzSFI
Is this a direct UBPorts implementation?
@Lakotaubp said in OTA-12 Is Released:
Maybe a new thread on alternatives but I think they are already on the Forum somewhere.
I don't know. I've not been reading threads much.
I just upgraded it yesterday. On the looks matter, I wish I didn't. I never liked the Launcher, even in the Unity8 for desktop days. For a mobile, it is an unnecessary item.
@Keneda said in OTA-12 Is Released:
@chdslv
UT Tweak Tool is ubports devs endorsed.
I want to have a clean look. It is just there wasting space and making the phone look thinner than it is. I'd like a way to uninstall it from the system, not from a tweak tool. Just a suggestion to devs.
FYI, the UT Tweak can make it autohide and make it thin, up to 6, but it is still ugly, to have it on the left. So, would like to get rid of it permanently.
@Keneda said in OTA-12 Is Released:
@chdslv
Did you read what i said ?
I did. I'd like it to stay out by default, system-wise.
Not using any tweak tool, but by default.
Earlier the launcher stayed hidden. Now, it is just another thing that takes space. In the N5, it is just wasting space. The App Drawer is enough. I would be happy, if the launcher could be disabled, uninstalled, by default.
Is it possible to hide the launcher, so it'd appear after a swipe from the left? Or, disable it completely?
