FLauncher

Étienne Fesser

About this app

FLauncher is an open-source alternative launcher for Android TV, built with Flutter. The project is still at an early development stage and may be unstable.

Main features:
- No ads
- Customizable categories
- Manually reorder apps within categories
- Wallpaper support
- Open Android Settings
- Open 'App info'
- Uninstall app
- Clock

Source code available at https://gitlab.com/etienn01/flauncher

Ratings and reviews

Feels like a "real" launcher i can replace the stock with on my shield. Does the only thing i want it to- show me my apps and give me a simple favorites row. One bug/disagreement i have is that scrolling all the way to the right on the favorites row moves you up to the settings button, and then to the right hand most app in the main app row. So if you try to hold press (which nicely accelerates for fast scrolling like the stock menu) and quickly go from one end to the other, you might overshoot past the favorites row. Apparently this app has existed for about 5 minutes so that's ok lol. Plus It's made with flutter which is nifty. Glad i found this, it was way down the search results list.

Amazing. This is the TV launcher you have been dreaming about. Simple easy to configure. Automatic background downloader. I've been thinking about building my own ever since Google ruined the default launcher with ads. But no need to do that now. And even better it's open source. So if you want to tweak it you can. Wonderful work so happy to use my Android tv devices again.

As of this writing, there are only two actively developed Android TV launchers (most haven't been updated in years), and this is one of them. It's also the only FOSS one. Even though it's still new, it has pretty close to feature parity with the longer standing Android TV launchers out there, and the planned roadmap bring it to equal or better. It is already stable and usable as a main launcher. With more time, I think it will end up being the best Android TV launcher. Edit: And as of 0.13.1, FLauncher is already equivalent to ATV Launcher Pro except for a few minor customization options and widget support.