Lawnchair News

Lawnchair 14 Beta 3 is here! This release works with QuickSwitch from Android 10 to Android 14 QPR3.

This release contains numerous improvements:
* UI improvements
* UI text refresh: all text is now Sentence case to match Material You guidelines
* Proper tablet support: the launcher and settings UI now adjust accordingly to the larger width
* Color scheme improvements: Lawnchair now matches the Android 14 and Pixel Launcher colors
* Added support for predictive back when navigating in Settings
* Added support for Android 14's per-app language feature
* Added new fonts in font picker
* Search improvements
* Improved permission handling for contacts and files search settings
* Improved performance of search results
* Added the ability to switch search algorithms
* Added new web search providers: Google & DuckDuckGo
* Added new dock search bar providers: Yandex
* Added additional dock search bar customizations
* Added an option to use dock search provider actions for app drawer
* Recents screen improvements:
* Added the ability to reorganize the quick actions in Overview
* Added the ability to change transparency of the recents background
* Bug fixes
* Fixed crashes on One UI, ColorOS, and other Android OEMs
* Fixed crash when accessing settings with a wallpaper preview on Android 15
* Fixed Smartspacer left padding not working
* Other repository improvments:
* Improved docs and README of Lawnchair
* Added nightly releases; do note that these are built differently from normal builds, and can be buggy and less optimized.

Alongside that, this release contains the usual performance improvements, miscellaneous bug fixes, and new bugs & translations.

Thanks to our new contributors: @osm0sis, @t895, @berkekbgz, @JovannMC, @Susexe, @HarmfulBreeze, @sandstranger, @hotmule, and @nivlafx

Want to support Lawnchair's development? Visit our Open Collective page, or set your search engine to Startpage. Alongside that, if you're a developer and want to work on Lawnchair, we're investigating how we want to do payouts for development work and bugfixes. If you have any ideas or want to contribute, please get in contact at our discussion forums!

We have also released Lawnicons 2.11.0 with new icons about a week ago; see our GitHub for more info.

🚀 We’re excited to announce that Lawnchair is now accepting donations through Open Collective! Your donations will help us continue supporting the project in a more sustainable way and improve Lawnchair for everyone.

To make a donation or learn more, visit our Open Collective page at https://opencollective.com/lawnchair

Even if you can't donate, we still appreciate other forms of contributions, like spreading the word, contributing code, or providing feedback. Thank you for your continued support!

As you asked for us to release more updates, here you go, Lawnchair 14 beta 2!
Jokes asides, we are fixing some of the issues with our first Lawnchair 14 beta release:

* Fix Lawnchair crashing on Android 9 and some Lenovo devices on Android 10
* Fix spacing issue within the announcement settings
* Fix "Apps and Shortcuts" being tied to "Files" suggestion in Drawer Search settings
* Add support for force resizing widgets/unlimited resizing options (thanks to @SolidTux for their PR!)

Alongside that, after discussion with the team, we have changed the package name back to app.lawnchair because of the Play Store update conflicts. This means that Beta 1 and Beta 2 are different apps. You may need to delete an older version of Lawnchair to install Beta 2 (make sure to backup first!).

Note: you will have to uninstall Lawnchair 12.1 to install this update, be sure to backup

just to clarify, you have to join @lccommunity to comment on these posts, otherwise your comments get deleted

After about 2 long years, we're delighted to announce that Lawnchair 14 has finally arrived!

Based on Launcher3 from Android 14, this release works with QuickSwitch from Android 10 to Android 14! You won't need to use an older version to integrate with the system.

Some major highlights:
• Search your phone, the web, and more with our new Global Search — no root needed!¹
• View flight info, see surrounding traffic, and keep an eye on your data usage with Smartspacer — all integrated within Lawnchair.²
• Want to further control your icons? Fret not, We now support custom icon packs for themed icons, alongside some new icon options.³
• Themers rejoice — you can now hide the Dock for a cleaner home screen. You can also change even more colors, fonts, and padding.
• Are you tired of Lawnchair crashing because of widgets? We've fixed that issue; you won’t need to do some hacky workaround to add them.⁴

Alongside that, we have a new partnership with Startpage — searching with Startpage (via the dock search bar or App Drawer search) helps support Lawnchair’s development.

We still have more things to share! See the announcement on our website for more information.

¹ Experimental feature, requires opt in Lawnchair Settings.
² Requires Smartspacer and respective plugins.
³ Requires a supported icon pack.
⁴ May still persist depending on the device.

Happy new year everyone!

We will be back

Hey guys! You all are probably already aware of the Reddit API controversy.

But ICYMI: https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/5/23749188/reddit-subreddit-private-protest-api-changes-apollo-charges

In support of the ongoing protest, r/LawnchairLauncher has gone private indefinitely.

To all the Redditors seeking support, feel free to join our @LCCommunity on Telegram.