Dragon Launcher

I completely finished the expressive material disign convert of the settings screen, and I am now working on the refactor of the edit point dialog, that’ll become a screen, with clean categories

Changelog

• fix: increased version by 1 to allow user to download pre-release
• fix: finished converting all settings screen to expressive material themed icons
• feat: created multi select button group, row and column to split material style to vertical button rows. for this I literally copied google’s code, as internal classes were used in the definitions of the material design code

I’m refactoring the settings screen theme te a Expressive Material Design, and I’m kinda pround of the result!

Changelog

• fix: hopefully fixed a bit the nests in nest management dialog erasing the bg, even when they are told not to do so…
• feat: started migrating ui of icons buttons on settings screen to material 3 expressive

I’m working on the refactor of the main screen UI, using expressive material 3

Changelog

• fix: changed clickable part on icon picker dialog
• fix: upgraded all available libs version and opted in for experimental expressive loading indicator
• fix: corrected wrong content description string on snap points in settings screen
• feat: added option to toggle between old points moving behavior and new one (free/locked on circle)
• fix: changed the way floating apps are saved, using kotlin serialization plugin instead of hard encoding / decoding json
• Translated using Weblate (Hindi)
• Translated using Weblate (French)
• Translated using Weblate (Spanish)
• Translated using Weblate (German)

I mainly made readme changes and ui/logging enhancement

Changelog

• fix: corrected merge conflicts
• fix: added reload button that doesn’t work and auto reload on user quit
• Add website badge to README
• fix: changed logging system to force the usage of a LogTag class
• Fix HTML encoding issues in README.md
• Update README with translation status and links
• feat: Enhance font management and customization features

I’m still working on the Yoan’s pull request, and modifying lots of things, actually, I have more than 70 files modified, and the pr review isn’t finished yet…

I worked hard reviewing the PR of Yoann, that adds support for extentions and changed the storage system, now eveything is broken, but I’ll keep working on it!

52c52499 fix: updated BehaviorTab.ktlayout
c48e8444 fix: moved lock method to BehaviorTab.kt and made expandable section able to be disabled, when no lock method provided
485bec8c feat: implement migration logic for legacy settings and JSON formats
97c30313 feat: improve extension signature check logic to handle null signatures
5253e472 feat: enhance DebugTab with new settings and improved UI elements
be9144ef feat: implement option to disable extension signature check in Debug settings
b8655287 feat: add font management and extension permissions for improved font handling
3633c93f feat: enhance extension installation checks and improve JSON parsing in LogsTab
f60a8264 feat: enhance APK installation process and update extension management in UI
ba8c678c feat: add package search functionality to DebugTab and update permissions in AndroidManifest
0a64535d feat: remove extensions registry and implement APK installation functionality
4ba66f1f feat: implement FontPickerDialog for selecting custom fonts
32201293 feat: update extensions registry with package names and fix translation errors
7b25cfc6 feat: add USB connectivity detection and status icon to status bar
60d37a7f Refactor SwipeJson and SwipePointSerializable for Kotlin Serialization
533791e1 feat: enhance extension management with error handling and additional metadata
c273c4d2 fix: created unified fontNameToFontFamily function to display the funt name in his font family in the picker fix: improved font picker dialog that was mess
adf1a8c9 fix: changed default value of angle line object (even if disabled by default)
9e610c24 fix: changed hard coded logs tag to constants-owned const in LauncherWidgetHolder.kt
487cf036 fix: corrected what I thought was a state loading issue in resetting workspaces, end up being cleaner than the previous version, I’ll keep it
267c53d9 fix: reviewed and corrected logs-based files to a cleaner and solved compiler warnings

Changelog

• fix: created unified fontNameToFontFamily function to display the font name in his font family in the picker
• fix: corrected bloated device info block on bottom of AdvancedSettingsScreen
• fix: replaced usages of deprecated logD, logI, logW, and logE in whole project
• feat: disable lint checks for release builds in Gradle and GitHub workflows
• feat: add notification for IconPackStudio regeneration on app installation and enable logging by default
• feat: add global font selector and integrate font customization in settings
• feat: implement GlanceStatusBarItem for dynamic status bar components
• feat: enhance app startup performance with asynchronous initialization and improved logging
• feat: integrate Timber for enhanced logging and remove legacy logging manager
• feat: update v2.7.0 (Glowel) + introduce code names
• fix: fixed once and for all the private space toast when not default launcher
• fix: fixed delete workspace button & logic
• fix: corrected multiple BaseSettingStore issues with recent color format changes, works perfectly
• feat: long click on theme show its JSON

Changelog

• fix: removed completed TODO
• feat: Corrected angle line mostly and added draw order customization
• fix: allowed larger range of custom object settings sliders
• feat: Added glow on angle support for custom objects drawing and angle line
• fix: corrected wrong default backup stores (that included private)
• fix: corrected auto backup banner staying after removing backup file
• feat: add option to disable auto launch on space pressed, closes #230
• fix: duplicate strings in hindi strings file
• feat: App preview overlay animates the icon whenever the point displayed changes
• Only show the sub nests default radius slider if there are any sub nests, to avoid the user being confused
• Fixed circles display and used another canvas layer to draw the circle settings to avoid glow being erased
• Update profile picture and link for YoannDev90
• Almost working new custom objects customization system for the angle line
• Fixed wrong logical extension isBlankJson

Changelog

• Fixed wrong logical extension isBlankJson
• Fixed adding a nest to only the nest 0
• fix: reverted previous commit, was a bas idea
• fix: show status bar before widgets
• fix: moved rgbLoading setting to hold setting group
• fix: Search for private space in workspace before toasting to avoid screaming at user at first start

Changelog

• update 2.6.2
• Fixed google lockdown warning by a custom popup instead of buggy dependency
• Added option to edit nest size individually
• Handle slit cacheKey error and return default user if so.
• Working rotate widgets + floating apps view model refactor with new update function clean
• Implement LauncherWidgetHolder for improved widget lifecycle management and view recycling; add force app widget binding setting in DebugTab
• Upgraded gradle files to complain with AGP 9+
• Fixed drag by using the current angle instead of the app.angle
• Removed optional force bind widget consent screen and reformatted comments to use DragonLogsManager
• Patch 2.6.1, fixex the point icon always showing as a square
• Fixed unused flow call and use extracolor current local composition value
• Started working on new customization on the angle line
• Updated some translations
• Update 2.6.0

Changelog

• Fixed yprum screenshot
• Update 2.6.0
• Added new screenshots
• Updated README.md with new screenshots, added new script helper

Changelog

• Update README with new image and text formatting
• Fixed conditional detectReorderAfterLongPress in status bar
• Replaced readme link by raw.githubusercontent.com
• Allow user to customize nests point icons. If the custom icon is not null, it draws the custom thing, otherwise it draws the sub nest, closes #139
• Implemented sub nests default radius
• Fixed strange moving behavior in SettingsScreen.kt by also applying the move if only the circle number has been changed
• Removed location permission
• Enhance status bar element decoding and improve drag-and-drop logic for reordering
• Refactor drag-and-drop logic in EditStatusBar for improved item reordering
• Fixed putting a point to a hovered one, adds circles to the nest if some missings
• Working hover points feature.
• Add connectivity settings and date/time format options to status bar

Working on the drag and hover feature, where you can drag your point on the circle and stay on another point and hover it to merge them

If the hovered point is a nest, the dragged poitn will be inserted in it, else the 2 points merge to form a new nest

Changelog

• Fixed app aliases and rename apps, sort app by their custom name. closes #219, closes #213
• Refactor settings stores system by specifying the type of backup, between a JsonObject or a jsonArray + added button to set template status bar.
• Added alarm, battery, changed and fixed status bar tab, changed fullscreen to false by default and show status bar to false
• Refactor view models to put them in local composition + status bar update, almost finished
• Used code reformat, nothing changed
• Improved settings of the hole to drag settings thing, added lots of customization, improved other settings pages

Changelog

• Fixed wrong tint applying to icons packs not found icons in the drawer
• Fixed private and work uninstall/detail not working by removing the options cause there no public api for that
• Display app icon to long press dialog
• Copy app name to clipboard
• Copy app package name to clipboard
• Enhance README with gesture emphasis and badge format
• Added fdroid warn on update

Resume

• Hey guys! I did some progress, I reduced lag almost entirely on dragging things (both main screen and settings) by
  putting the clip logic in the icons computing, instead of runtime (60/sec)
• Fdroid merged (finally) so the latest will be available soon (if not already)
• I changed the way icons are rendered, and will continue to change: their size are now computed by Density-Pixels (Dp)
  , that mean drawing will be similar on different devices (I noticed some on you get ultra big icons while mine are
  quite small by default) ⚠️ this will lead (maybe) to either oversized icons size and inner padding, or mini icons, that
  you will need to change, by pressing the … more icon on settings points screen, and “Edit default point settings”, then change the default size. fi you didn’t touched it, it should be automatically changed to the new default value
• I changed the way private space loads, I noticed that on some devices, (mine) the private space api successfully gets
  the private apps while on some others it don’t, so I made 2 separate loadings one faster, as it directly uses the private space api, and the one for who the private space is shit (Nothing apparently) the differential loading which you can find in Behavior Settings. only enable it if you notice private space apps not applying to the correct workspace. THis last feature is very likely to break, so please if you record anything that broke, tell me

Changelog

• Added system to reload icons more cleanly on settings screen after default point change
• Optimized drawing performance by caching clipped icons instead of clipping them at runtime
• Changed the points size drawing to density pixels based, may force some users to reconfigure their icons size, but will be cleaner in the future

Changelog

• Fixed differential loading for real this time, renamed AppsSettingsStore.kt to PrivateAppsSettingsStore.kt

Changelog

• Fixed differential loading (hopefully)
• Fixed differential loading (hopefully)
• Remove debug mess
• Fixed typo
• Removed line breaks and reformat code
• Changed scale of the foreground icons to feel more like other launchers do, using some magic number
• Added differential loading toggle in behavior settings
• Fixed apps view model and cleaning it, removing seemingly useless logic for pribvate space sorting
• Updated broadcast receiver to include more detection
• Fixed CustomActionSelector.kt width
• Fixed app cache not working (removed it) useless

Full refactor of all state system collecting in the app: now uses CompositionLocalProvider to avoid passing argumants all across every composables

Added bandwith and notifications to the status bar

1835284 (HEAD -> main) Fixed app cache not working (removed it) useless
9d37b80 Fixed typo
b0de68b (origin/main, origin/HEAD) Changed recently used packages from json to stringSet
d8464e7 Use proper enum instead of string
498c72d Allowed nullable selected
fbdfd41 Removed old comment
0d3f090 Add Keep Android Open link to README
9387b72 Merge pull request #214 from Elnix90/refactor-composition-local-provider
0d5f101 (origin/refactor-composition-local-provider, refactor-composition-local-provider) Resolved old TODO
2fb36ef Improved saving on SettingsScreen.kt
cba33ab Improved a little performances on settings screen canva drawing
83e1138 Fixed down drag on drawer not willing to drag down
be780e3 Moved the angle last in hierarchy to make it appear after nests
231a60f Updated some translations
e590775 Refactor part , but I move the default points out of the viewmodel and use it as composition local
d5ee14f Updated usages globally to compositionLocals for nests / points and icons
54fbd05 Merged with main
32aa4b6 Merge pull request #212 from YoannDev90/main
d190733 Add TODO for LocalIcons search refactor
859b955 Improve exception handling and settings access
e22f324 Use onCheck lambda on showNotifications to open settings when turned on without permission
ffd17f4 Mega refactor using Composition local provider for nests points and lots of global settings
16f002b Add openNotificationSettings function and wire it to UI

Worked on new status bar update and still correcting drawer bugs on drawer actions

1b8c873 (HEAD -> main, origin/main, origin/HEAD) Added docstring + new invoke operator function that allow assign a new value to the BaseSettingObject
f0ee58d Changed internal ui components and logic to make it simpler to read
2d5ac8e Changed drawer animation for something faster and cleaner
885dab3 Fixed wrong nested scroll + offset strange behavior with the pager (forgot to add some modifier to grid
992c441 Fixed json cache app loading (not working)

Yesterday: Update 2.5.2 with new pin lock ui and super warning alert when someone enters a wrong pin (kinda funny) + improved app picker dialog with private space implementation on it (alog with the drawer)

Today, started working on some optimizations and also the dragable drawer for cleaner visual feedback + haptic feedback

Worked on App grid and app picker dialog, merged and corrected the pin dialogs file

Finally merged the private space feature, Dragon no supports the Android Private Space feature, that allows you to lock apps under a new profile completely separated from others

Hey sorry for the super big devlog, hope you won’t reject it, I was in a place without clean internet connection and couldn’t dev log correctly. (I also forgot a bit)

Since last time, I released the v2.5.0, with lock settings lots of Ui improvemelnts and fixes, also fixed lots of Issues on github

5880630 (HEAD -> main, origin/main, origin/HEAD) Fixed Shape adapter Gson serializations issues
247f9aa Changed types from data object to just object due to some Gson deserialization issue and clear
7f0ba76 Allowed customization of shapes for points icons borders
e42bd6d Improved Icon Editor dialog Ui
4b04cf0 ’Fixed Wrong UI colors and shapes
00490c8 Reduced obtainium icon size, closes #142
d4803a4 Fixed dp Dragon shape globally
54360bf Fixed version name in changelogs
7c63b98 Fixed Dragon shape not rendering and fallback to platform default on shapes selector; closes #153
8013b75 Remove useless comments
bb36890 Hide None action when not needed for the selector
7be7903 Fixed drawer tab and added back action
a330720 Removed useless comments
5b64516 Merged
c3301de Fixed reseting drawer action toggles in drawer tab, closes #147
a02a4f6 Add note on Android Play Protect for installation
32d2825 Remove credits section from README
94ffcc6 update user screenshots in README
3491cf4 rename screenshot
99a1a2b Merge branch ‘main’ of https://github.com/Elnix90/Dragon-Launcher
da69134 Delete assets/user-screenshots/speedhog.webp
ffa7dbb rename screenshot
5f1f8c9 Rename Screenshot_20260130-085556.jpg to oniyon.jpg
37e1dc4 Added user screenshots
4da0932 fix changelog

UPDATE 2.4.0!

Added new global custom icon button, with animations, removed old color files and classes

Added picro interraction on ActionRow
Fixed crash bug where a small drawer width was making the launcher crash

Finished refactoring colors system, now is way simpler and functional, with a dynamic colors handling and themes separated

Refactored the colors system, now composes fadter, cleaner and supports dynamic android colors.
Made some super helpers thanks to Kotlin’s power that makes the code way more readable, like the remembers (doesn’t really remember but act like so) and the states for the settings objects

Merged the digital wellbeing feature and started working on the big colors update

Patch v2.3.3, fixed Broken icon shapes, new drawer customization and icon shapes customization

Worked on fixed forr previous update, correctd lots of behavior bugs, and started working on icons shapes big issue

Update 2.3.0!!

Working on this wtf bug where only openApps action icons can be customized others are not working

App aliases

253d10d (HEAD -> main, origin/main, origin/HEAD) Working app aliases
9cfd74e Fix text color
cda06c4 Changed default value of min anggle to activate to 0 everywhere cuz it is annoying
c4a3b00 Started implementing app aliases

27f50d4 Cleaned prizewhisper theme
04802db removed trailing line
740f9c1 Added Prizewhisper theme in theme list
c2ab571 Changed icon next to color picker color preview behavior, now stores the current icon and long click can change its action
2782eb4 Changed slightly surface color
357f9ec removed old themes, updated red and ThemeList.kt
aa1b7b7 Fixed some translations
fa81cdb Updatedt translations and some ui elements
b2067d8 Changed rounded corner to 5dp
b324eb2 Fixed some translations texts
d9e376e Corrected user screenshots links
4c06b40 Added user’s screenshots to readme
abaa01f Added user’s screenshots to assets
337124b Removed pre-release manual, and added manual trigger to existing workflow
d87090c Fixed Ui colors + translations
156feec Fixed Translations

Worked on new min angle distance to activate inside circles settings, per nest