It’s common for launchers to be based on the default one, and I think you should do that too. For which version you should use, ask your client what the oldest Android version they need to use it on is, and use the launcher version that came bundled with it.
Native Android developer/Consultant for Appwise, I work on custom projects for clients.
PHP/JS (web) developer in my freetime. Trying to keep learning in an ever changing tech world.
Thanks for your input!
Can you elaborate why we should use the launcher version for the oldest supported device. Why not use the Android 7 launcher on an Android 5 device?
Android should be pretty backwards compatible in my experience and using an older launcher might not support some newer features.
Just trying to get as much information as possible 😉
Well I mean, you could base it on a later version, and test it on older ones, but if you later on find out that your base version doesn’t support a version that your client needs, you’ll have a problem.
Native Android developer/Consultant for Appwise, I work on custom projects for clients.
PHP/JS (web) developer in my freetime. Trying to keep learning in an ever changing tech world.
Thanks for the advice! 😄 Indeed this will involve a lot of testing and tweaking and I hope that they are aware that this will be a long running project.
Also they asked if it was possible to change the Settings application, instead of a full screen view they would like to go to a "dialog window" view.
Also 2 options here:
Make it from scratch -> can make it exactly how you want but a lot more development and testing to make sure that all settings still work
Start from the base settings application -> changing it to non fullscreen views might also be a PITA 😅
I have told them to best focus on the launcher first and in the longterm look at the settings application.
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It’s common for launchers to be based on the default one, and I think you should do that too. For which version you should use, ask your client what the oldest Android version they need to use it on is, and use the launcher version that came bundled with it.
Thanks for your input!
Can you elaborate why we should use the launcher version for the oldest supported device. Why not use the Android 7 launcher on an Android 5 device?
Android should be pretty backwards compatible in my experience and using an older launcher might not support some newer features.
Just trying to get as much information as possible 😉
Well I mean, you could base it on a later version, and test it on older ones, but if you later on find out that your base version doesn’t support a version that your client needs, you’ll have a problem.
Thanks for the advice! 😄 Indeed this will involve a lot of testing and tweaking and I hope that they are aware that this will be a long running project.
Also they asked if it was possible to change the Settings application, instead of a full screen view they would like to go to a "dialog window" view.
Also 2 options here:
I have told them to best focus on the launcher first and in the longterm look at the settings application.