ADW Launcher 2 released - a new version of the legendary launcher

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

The appearance of the new version of ADW Launcher will delight first of all those users who like to customize the appearance and behavior of Android according to their needs. A huge number of different launcher options make it easy to do.

Back in 2011, ADW Launcher was one of the best skins for Android. It was so good that some users continue to use it to this day, despite the long absence of any updates. And recently, the developer has released a fresh release, which will be of interest not only to loyal fans of this program, but also to all users without exception.

What's new and interesting has the next generation ADW Launcher prepared for us?

Yes, absolutely everything! In fact, this is a completely different, rewritten anew launcher, which, although it retained some of the "proprietary" chips, but in addition to them acquired a number of new, one might even say unique, features. Here are just a few of them.

• Dynamically change the appearance based on the color of the wallpaper.
• Custom widgets. You can create them yourself or export widgets developed by other users.
• Fast scrolling in the application menu.
• Possibility of displaying icons on icons and their fine tuning.
• New filters that change the appearance of all icons.
• Customizable bottom bar with the most used applications.
• Completely redesigned theme engine.
• Support for gestures in folders on the desktop. One tap - launch the first application, swipe - open the contents of the folder.
• Import wizard to help you transfer all your settings (widgets, folders, icons) from Action Launcher 3, Nova Launcher, Google Now Launcher, Apex Launcher and other launchers.
• Back up ADW Launcher settings to one of the cloud services.

And this is not the whole list of changes. In the developer's blog, you can with a more complete version of it.

ADW Launcher 2 is currently in the debugging phase. Therefore, in order to install it on your smartphone, you will need a testing program. After that, install the regular version of the application from Google Play, and after a while it will update itself to beta.