Chris lacy comes with a new version, precisely 3.3, of its popular launcher and that brings juicy news that will continue to give higher quality to this app launcher that comes with other intentions.
This almost massive update is coming focused on a feature set and a massive battalion of bug fixes, something that is always welcome since it means an improvement in the performance of the application. Regarding its new features, we can talk about an open source Live Wallpaper and a new gesture system as the most remarkable. Nor can we miss what are the new shortcuts, new animations, screen indicators and much more that you will discover below.
New gesture system and Live Wallpaper
The new gesture system offers new possibilities such as gestures by pressing several times on the home button or on an empty space on the screen, as well as the typical vertical and horizontal ones. Which means that you can press 3 times on the home button to launch the camera or a swipe up to launch the Google search.
The new open source API for Live Wallpaper can be used to match the wallpaper colors automatically with what would be, for example, the text search widget that is integrated as an option in Action Launcher. A system also improved here to what it was before and that has been one of the qualities of this new version of Action Launcher.
Below you will find the most notable novelties and to which a huge amount of bug fixes added and small news that you will appreciate when you update the app.
The notable news of Action Launcher 3.3
- Live Wallpaper API support by activating Quicktheme to work with Live Wallpaper apps. You can test this yourself with Minima Pro.
- Shortcuts and gestures (Settings> Shortcuts) improved for better customization. Gestures include: single / double / triple tap; double and triple pulsation in an empty space; swipe up / two fingers; swipe down / two fingers; swipe from the left side / from the leftmost screen; swipe from the right side / from the far right screen and pinch in and out
- Capacity for set up an action by a gesture. Actions include launching an app, a shortcut, switching between all apps, switching to Quickdrawer, switching to Quickpage, opening Action 3 settings, desktop locked / unlocked, lock device, open recent, open notifications, open search text and voice
- Background color animation from / to the drawer of all apps when it is opened or closed (requires Android 5.0 or higher)
- New display indicators Updated in the style of Android 5.1
Una new version to be followed by a few traditional until Chris Lacy decides he gives the necessary performance and options to the users of this famous app launcher.
