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What actual launchers are open-source? I need launcher for 2.3+, but not launcher-plus or ADW, because they are not supported already. Stock ICS+ launcher is not compilable for 2.3.

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  • Are you looking for an Open Source `Launcher` because you want to write your own? Why not download the stock Launcher from source and build upon it? – jnthnjns Jul 23 '12 at 20:58
  • Yes, I want to write my own, but all the launchers I found are too old, no longer supported, or do not support 2.3 (ICS stock launcher, for example). – artem Jul 23 '12 at 21:23

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according to the list on wikipedia , only a few of the launchers are open source.

however , a launcher is a very simple app . the UI itself is the one that makes the difference.

if you wish to start from scratch , you can test out a demo of a launcher made by google :

http://developer.android.com/tools/samples/index.html

android developer
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  • This link doesnt have ANY sample of launcher – NoWar Jan 30 '18 at 01:27
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    @AcademyofProgrammer Seems they have changed the website. I've made one in the past too, based on Google's launcher code : https://github.com/AndroidDeveloperLB/LB-Launcher . If you wish to do the same, try to follow the guidelines there. I hope this can help. Try to clone Google's launcher from here: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/apps/Launcher3 , and solve all issues it gets you (it has a lot). – android developer Jan 30 '18 at 08:49