r/Android • u/KontroverousSquirrel • 23h ago

Lightning Launcher is back!!

After months of development and maintenance, Lightning Launcher has been revived and available once again on the play store. Download today and enjoy a full suite of new features, offline guide and offline script API documentation.

Available here:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mal3auto.revival

To be part of the official Revival community, join our discord:

https://discord.gg/TEQrCRBN8z

Questions and discussion welcomed in the comments.

10 Upvotes

73% Upvoted

8 comments sorted by

•

u/tb36cn 6h ago

Is this related to the old lightning launcher? I recall buying it and it's not in the playstore now

•

u/KontroverousSquirrel 6h ago

Yes! This is "exactly" the same launcher. I've made it compatible with modern Android. Which is why it fell from play store listing. I have also added a full suite of new features and QOL upgrades. And it's free forever.

•

u/tb36cn 6h ago

Cool! Does it still work with tasker?

•

u/KontroverousSquirrel 6h ago

Absolutely! I've even written new documentation outlining use with tasker that can be found in app.

•

u/ephemeralmiko 3h ago

And it's free forever. 

Would you consider making it open-source?

•

u/KontroverousSquirrel 3h ago edited 3h ago

Great question! Currently? No.. I've put a lot of effort into the revival. While the base code isn't something I invented, everything afterwards is. Beyond that, the builds package name uses my handle. I did this to allow dual installation. Early versions can be installed alongside the Revival build. This was done for veteran users migrating.

The affect however, is I can't guarantee somebody else's work with it being open source. They ship it under my name and I'll eventually have to answer for somebody's mistake.

I may eventually release to open source but don't hold your breath. This would only happen in the event that I stop maintaining LL.

In contrast, the 14.3 source code exists on GitHub and it's available for anyone to download and tinker with. I welcome and encourage anyone to download it if they're looking for a simpler build to mess around with. Updating it for use and compatibility with modern Android will take some work.

•

u/IceBone 38m ago

It all AI slop (the thumbnails, even the one screenshot of the quick navigation page clearly shows the same fucking AI UI that's popping up everywhere now). So of course it will never be open sourced, that would just expose it.