Re: Android Windows 7 Launcher Download
Leana Eckes
So I have to finally give up on my trusted Lumia 650. And that means I have been comparing Launcher 10 against Square Home 3, as I am really keen on which Launcher recovers the best Live Tile Experience. I paid for both full version (Live Tiles on Launcher 10) as both developers deserve some credit, where Microsoft have lest us down. I have both launchers running two different Android Phones for side by side comparison.
So its still a bit mixed as to which I will eventually choose. I have Square Home on my Main Phone but I would probably adopt Launcher 10, if I could get Calendar and Weather Live Tiles to work properly.
I'd throw this out there too, if you find a white icon pack (I think I use Flight Lite Minimalist) it actually does more than you think for giving any android launcher the clean feel of the monochromatic windows phone UI. I personally use the Microsoft Launcher with this icon pack and bing background.
If you can pull yourself away from the tile-type launchers (WM10's tiles never lived up to the promises anyway), there are a whole stack of excellent Android launchers out there. Nova Launcher is one of the best, but no tiles for you there!
In reply to ghostrider:I love the Live Tiles ' At a Glance' animated Home screen. That is why I have stayed on WM10 up to this point and I asked he questions above. I am aware there are lots of different Apps Launchers for Android.
In reply to prettyconfusd:Thanks for these helpful insights. I had to fiddle with the Calendar Tile Edits, to ONLY have "Show Calendar Live Tile" option selected. None of the Default or numerus other interesting notifications. So its a bit cluttered view. I note you seem to be using a widget rather than a Live tile. Yep OK, so using the Microsoft MSN Weather Widget rather than pin the App as a Live Tile does work, albeit does take up a lot of room for decent informative display. The Gallery Tile is a bit haphazard in limited choice of photos it shows up.
Sadly, the best Android launcher I found after leaving WinPh, Nokia's Z launcher is no longer available. It broke away from the (terrible) grid of icons, it seems everyone else uses, to present the apps on front screen based on use data, an easy to use full alpha app list and other action items (apps, contacts, search results) an ink like finger letter spell away.I tried to like Microsoft's launcher, but it has the same ponderous folder/icon grid limitation that others do. A smart device should not require the user to arrange apps and icons like some ancient PC!
I was making some tests on my android phone and I accidentally deleted the launcher from the system partition and I forgot to copy the new one to the system partition again, and the phone doesn't show anything, just the status bar and I can't enter or run anything.
You can find a launcher on the Google Play Store and remotely install it that way. Then reboot the phone after it installs. Once the phone reboots it should prompt you to pick a launcher and then you can go from there.
Edit. Forgot to say this. You can do this from another device, just have to do it through the browser and not the app. Or since you said Windows 8.1 I assume thats a desktop/laptop. You can do it on there as well.
You can create a package for android using the python-for-android project. This page explains howto download and use it directly on your own machine (seePackaging your application into APK or AAB) oruse the Buildozer tool to automate the entire process. You can also seePackaging your application for the Kivy Launcher to run kivyprograms without compiling them.
The Kivy project includes tools for accessing Android APIs toaccomplish vibration, sensor access, texting etc. These, along withinformation on debugging on the device, are documented at themain Android page.
Buildozer is a tool that automates the entire build process. Itdownloads and sets up all the prerequisites for python-for-android,including the android SDK and NDK, then builds an apk that can beautomatically pushed to the device.
This creates a buildozer.spec file controlling your buildconfiguration. You should edit it appropriately with your app nameetc. You can set variables to control most or all of the parameterspassed to python-for-android.
Buildozer has many available options and tools to help you, the stepsabove are just the simplest way to build and run yourAPK. The full documentation is available here. You can also checkthe Buildozer README at
Once the Kivy launcher is installed, you can put your Kivyapplications in the Kivy directory in your external storage directory(often available at /sdcard even in devices where this memoryis internal), e.g.
To do this, you must run Buildozer with the release parameter(e.g. buildozer android release), or if usingpython-for-android use the --release option to build.py. Thiscreates a release AAB in the bin directory, which you mustproperly sign and zipalign.The procedure for doing this is described in the Android documentationat -signing.html#signing-manually -all the necessary tools come with the Android SDK.
Kivy is designed to operate identically across platforms and as a result, makessome clear design decisions. It includes its own set of widgets and by default,builds an APK or AAB with all the required core dependencies and libraries.
Here we are in 2022 and following an all too frequent update I get the white screen on start up. Google tells me this is due to an outdated launcher. Difficult for us to not have this update with updates, can that be fixed?
Summarising what worked for me.
Q: I get the white screen on start up. Google tells me this is due to an outdated launcher.
A: Download the installer and run it. This should update the launcher.
This then led to an extended update on launching. And I suggest when an update causes issues the download server may be a little slow to respond. On a quicker broadband connection with good hardware the process took around 40 minutes early on a Sunday morning. No household internet traffic except myself, and not a usual peak time for my time zone. Download speed varied between 8mbps and 20mbps - much slower than my measured capacity.
When I have issues that are similar, it is because I did not reboot my laptop. Now I reboot prior to Zwift and clear out the system tray of non-needed items. Note my laptop is not dedicated to Zwift and use it for other activities.
Another annoyance that I get sometime is that my account gets logged off when update occurs, join a ride then it says I only got so many KMs left on my account. That I usually fix that by completely logging off and logging back in.
Hi, since the latest update on windows 10, I get the white screen. Have tried resetting PC and fresh reinstall but no luck. Have also tried installing on a separate laptop and get the same issue. Anyone else have this problem? It was working a week ago
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