Lawnchair 2

David Sn

About this app

Lawnchair 2 introduces powerful new features—from Drawer Categories to integration with Android Recents and contextual data in At a Glance.

Key Features
— Support for Adaptive Icons.
— Flexible Desktop, Dock, and Drawer.
— Drawer Categories (Tabs & Folders).
— Integration with Android Recents.¹
— Automatic Dark Mode.
— Contextual data in At a Glance.
— Notification Dots.
— Integration with Google Feed and Homefeeder.²

Get Support
— twitter.com/lawnchairapp.
— t.me/lccommunity.
— reddit.com/r/lawnchairlauncher.

1. Requires QuickSwitch (t.me/QuickstepSwitcherReleases). Works on Android 9.
2. Requires Lawnfeed (lawnchair.app/lawnfeed) and Homefeeder (t.me/homefeeder) respectively.

Note: this release doesn’t officially support Android 10.

Lawnchair 2 uses the Device Administrator permission to lock the screen when a selected gesture is detected. This is optional and disabled by default.

Ratings and reviews

One bug so far...like it better than One UI 2.0. Favorite feature is that I can have an icon for a folder and then gently swipe up to access the contents of that folder. The bug? For some reason, the lock function is constantly engaging. I'll be able to move icons around but then after a while, I'm unable to do so. To fix it, I go into the settings, turn on lock, turn off lock, and all works as expected. Very strange.

Clean and fast launcher. Allows for good customization options such as icon shapes, gestures, and many others. My only major gripe is that you can't set pages as the home page or rearrange them as far as I can tell. The "Rearrange pages" view only allows you to delete them, unless I'm missing something. I also can't find a way to change the color of notification dots, so if I have a dark background, and an app inside a folder has a notification it will be hard to notice.

This app is great. It runs smoothly on my potato phone, looks great, and has almost everything i'd want from a launcher. That being said, it is missing the feature of setting a home screen. I like having my home screen nestled in between 2 other pages, so it kinda sucks that every time I press the home button I get sent to the first page. Another thing that bothers me is that it takes too long to get to the recents menu with gestures while on the home screen.

What's new

— Ability to place a Search Bar widget anywhere on the Desktop.
— Bug fixes and other improvements.