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My Launcher - run your apps is available on Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.frankygoes.mylauncher

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Description from playstore:
My Launcher is a very simple menu launcher that does one thing: to launch other apps. Of course you can choose among apps installed on your device which one you want to appear in My Launcher menu.

The intended usage is collecting those apps you very often run and launching them from a unique quick place (even if your device launcher doesn't give you a folder feature). For example, My Launcher icon could be placed in the classic phone bottom bar to stay always accessible (see screenshots).

To remove an app from My Launcher just longpress it and confirm your choice. Moreover, My Launcher is smart enough to detect uninstalled applications and remove them automatically from its menu.

My Launcher is very light (about 150 kb) and do not requires permissions to operate. For every question please write us, we will reply as soon as possible.

Totally free and ad free. Please LIKE on Facebook, +1 on Google Plus, write a review on Google Play and promote My Launcher. Your support is our reward. Thank you.

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tag and keyword: app, apps, launcher, menu, shortcut, quick

 

[frapel]

My Launcher release 1.1 is available on Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.frankygoes.mylauncher

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Changes in 1.1 release:
★ now avoid duplicated apps
★ added sorting feature
★ added theme feature with custom color

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[hookshy]

I have tested you app ! It looks very nice, and works good on motorola defy+ , 5 star !
It is nice you could added to the app list only the downloaded app ! How did you do it ?

 

[frapel]

Thank you very much for your appreciation !!!

To get the list of apps you may use this code:

'retrieves applications showed by device launcher as list of android.content.pm.ApplicationInfo
Sub getLauncherApplications As List
    Dim intnt As Intent
    Dim ref As Reflector
    Dim lst As List
    Dim result As List

    intnt.Initialize(intnt.ACTION_MAIN, "")
    intnt.AddCategory("android.intent.category.LAUNCHER")
  
    ref.Target = getPackageManager
  
    'public abstract List<ResolveInfo> queryIntentActivities(Intent intent, int flags)
    Dim args(2) As Object
    Dim types(2) As String
    args(0) = intnt
    args(1) = 0
    types(0) = "android.content.Intent"
    types(1) = "java.lang.int"
    lst = ref.RunMethod4("queryIntentActivities", args, types) 'List<ResolveInfo>

    result.Initialize
  
    For Each resolveInfo As Object In lst
        ref.Target = resolveInfo
        ref.Target = ref.GetField("activityInfo")
        result.Add(ref.GetField("applicationInfo"))
    Next
  
    Return result
End Sub

'retrieves android.content.pm.PackageManager
Sub getPackageManager As Object
   Dim ctxObj As Reflector
   ctxObj.Target = ctxObj.GetContext
   Return ctxObj.RunMethod("getPackageManager")
End Sub

For every object of the resulting list you can then obtain applabel, icon, and so on.

 

[frapel]

My Launcher 1.2 is available on Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.frankygoes.mylauncher

Changes in 1.2 release:
* added transparency feature
* fixed exception on removed app

Please LIKE on Facebook, +1 on Google Plus, write a review on Google Play and spread My Launcher. Your support is our reward. Thank you.

 

[Imam]

how to get icon from 1 apk 2 app launcher / 2 icon?

 

[merlin2049er]

Nice launcher. Is there any way to add admin control to a launcher which can only allow certain apps to run?

I just have a client that wants to lock down his device allow a few apps to run.

 

[frapel]

how to get icon from 1 apk 2 app launcher / 2 icon?

Sorry I didn't understand your question... please explain me with more details/examples

 

[frapel]

Nice launcher. Is there any way to add admin control to a launcher which can only allow certain apps to run?

I just have a client that wants to lock down his device allow a few apps to run.

Thank you for your appreciation !!!

Some manufacturer add to its devices a parental mode to avoid for example execution of some apps to childrens. Recently security-aware versions of Android have been released (try to search Blackphone on Google) to give users more control about privacy and security aspects.

About launchers, I don't know if someone has released a launcher that can lock apps as you described.