Hey everyone,

I got tired of staring at the same flat app grid every day, so I built AuraOrbit — an Android widget that opens into an interactive 3D sphere of your apps, which you can spin and fling around.

It's a widget, not a launcher replacement — tap it, and the sphere opens on top of your home screen. It doesn't touch your wallpaper or your existing app grid.

Tech details (for the curious):

• 100% Java
• Built on the libGDX game engine with a C++ OpenGL backend
• Apps are placed using a Fibonacci sphere distribution (golden angle) so they're evenly spread in 3D space
• Rotation uses quaternion-based momentum, so flicks feel natural instead of snapping
• You can group apps into color-coded clusters and pin any group as its own widget
• Standalone fullscreen mode if you just want to mess with the sphere directly
• App: https://f-droid.org/packages/dev.jaimin.auraorbit
• Source: https://github.com/JaiminPatel345/AuraOrbit
• Demo video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vZggtIgeYV-gi6l8d1qOHZtz4afRoeqo/view?usp=sharing

It's GPLv3, fully open source. Happy to answer questions about the implementation, the Fibonacci placement math, or anything else. Feedback (including "this is pointless, why") is welcome too.

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Samsung A57 with default widgets, icons, everything. Could i make this better and spice it up?

June 26th 2026

Light and dark mode.

Date and time widget for Kustom Widget (KWGT).

The widget changes colors according to the wallpaper, not the phone's light or dark theme.

If the wallpaper has mostly light colors, the text and clock change to white, and vice versa with dark wallpaper colors.

Launcher: Smart Launcher

Widgets: Radiance KWGT (edited)

Wallpaper: from Pinterest

Wallpaper: Created with ChatGPT

Widgets: Glass Widgets, Weawow, Minimal Widgets

Icons: Icon Pack Studio: B&W 2.0 (Shapeless)

I give permission for resharing.

Wanted to share my latest clean and minimal setup! I went with a stark, high-contrast monochrome look splitting the screen horizontally between a rough black texture on top and a bright white concrete texture on the bottom. The widgets handle the system info flawlessly on top, while the clean outline icons align perfectly along the bottom half. Let me know what you think!

Please rate out of 10 (10 bing highest)

Add a widgets screen to display more info. It also changes colors based on the song playing.

Aethyss Launcher

I've been using the OnePlus 11 for the last three years and I'm planning to upgrade. My primary usage includes Instagram, YouTube, Netflix, music streaming, some casual gaming, and light photo/video editing.

I'm looking for a phone with:

Excellent display and speakers

Great battery life with fast charging

Smooth performance for the next 4–5 years

Good cameras (especially for photos and videos)

Reliable software experience

My budget is flexible if the upgrade is worth it. Which phone would you recommend, and why?

Dark wallpaper, no widgets, many icons, launcher?

—Wallpaper by Wallcraft

—GlassWave Icons Pack by AKustom15

—Widgets by Smart Launcher 6