A reimplementation of my original WPLauncher project using OpenGL ES. The goal remains the same: a WP7/8 style launcher, now with no external UI frameworks.

• WP7/8 style live tiles
• App list
• Pin apps to the screen
• Installed apps and custom "widgets"
• Resizable tiles
• 4/6 column mode

• Java
• OpenGL ES3.2
• API Level 34

This is a living roadmap, all future milestones are refined as I go, and subject to change.

M1 is all about laying the groundwork. Don't expect anything fancy here. At this phase the application is barely usable.

• 4 columns
• Show something on the tiles
• Show app icon on tiles
• Listview for the installed apps
• Icon on list elements
• Swipe between start page and application list page
• Handle tap event on tiles
• Long press on tiles
• Long press on list items
• Context menu
• Pin installed apps to the screen
• Unpin installed apps from the main screen
• Launch app from the app list
• Launch pinned apps
• Uninstall app
• Data structure to store tiles on the main screen
• Rearrange tiles on the grid
• Persist tile arrangement

Consolidation

• Extract draw contexts
• App-list state machine (also fixed fling to keep momentum)
• Tile-grid state machine
• Fix de-select bug when rearranging tiles

M2 is the beginning of making the launcher usable in everyday use-cases.

• Start working on "launcher apps/widgets/live tiles"
  • Clock
  • Launcher settings
  • Show notification count on tiles
  • Show notification content on corresponding tiles
• Change accent color
• Settings service
• Persist settings
• Resize tiles
• Generic list view
• Stack view
• Basic flex layout
  • Support row and column layout modes
  • Support alignment
  • Flex layout as a child of flex layout
• Absolute layout
  • Use Absolute layout for static tiles
• Use an Icon UI element instead of basic textures for icons to be able to use them in layouts
• Basic UI elements
  • Button
  • Checkbox

I'm already daily-driving, you shouldn't be.

• Checkbox border
• Fix: pin the same tile multiple times
• Don't show uninstall in the context menu for internal and system apps
• Fix: tile overlap after resize
• Remove uninstalled app from the applist/tilegrid
• Fix: Updated app is removed from the grid and app-list instead of updating
• Adjust notification count on tiles - don't allow overlap with the icon
• Fix: Scrolling while swiping on the main screen (scrolling on tile-grid keeps working, WHILE in SWIPING state) -- keeping an eye out, this was a sneaky one
• Fix: Some notifications are counted multiple times
• Use AbsoluteLayout in the ClockHUB tile
• Press "Home" button to jump back to the top of the tile-grid

Try to make it usable for the less crazy people

• GLES 3.2
• Make ContextMenu and MenuOption to use layouts and labels
• Make ListItem use high level UI components
• Fix: janky scroll on the TileGrid + remain in ScrollState while flinging
• More tiles & specific tiles for common apps
  • Tasks
  • Photos
  • Weather
  • Messenger
  • Messages
  • Contacts
• Feedback to the user when clicked (Rotation/animations/etc)
• Animation after swipe
• Generic carousel view
• Gesture system refactor
• Reconsider tile reflow logic (tile occupancy bool map, for every tile top to bottom -> remove -> find the highest available pos where it fits -> place?)
• Optimizations
• Bug fixes
• Multi lang support
• Light mode/Dark mode support
  • Dropdown
• Radiobutton
• Disable landscape mode
• Re-ask for permissions from the launcher settings
• Search bar in the app-list
• Scissor test on tiles to prevent drawing out of the tile

Try it at your own risk

• Maybe a closed beta (?)
• TBD

• Landscape mode support
• Background image with transparent tiles
• 6 column mode setting
• WP7/7.8 start screen setting
• Custom tile color

• Fix: black bar in the place of the notification count when all previous notifications were dismissed (on real hardware, needs repro)
• Fix: sometimes tiles don't spin when there is a notification (detected on real hardware, needs repro)
• Fix: Tile bg after resize is dark (needs repro)

M3 is in progress

Widgets with live data

• Me (Timeline / notifications / tasks / slideshows / weather info / travel info / clock / twitter / fb / etc.)
• Photos slideshow
• Messages
• Weather
• Clock / Time
• News feed
• Tasks
• Calendar
• Email
• Hungarian name days

Information gathering via public API-s. When public API-s are not available extract information from system notifications if its possible