About Shade Launcher
Shade has been updated to Android Q! This launcher is the embodiment of my vision for Android apps. It can be enjoyed by everyone, without having to scroll through a massive list of options. Features: - Adaptive Icon Pac
Shade has been updated to Android Q!
This launcher is the embodiment of my vision for Android apps. It can be enjoyed by everyone, without having to scroll through a massive list of options.
Features:
- Adaptive Icon Packs
Choose from many popular icon packs to customize your home screen. Even icon packs with adaptive icons are supported.
- Smart Unread
The widget on the first page will show the most important notification on your phone.
When music is playing, control it by tapping the widget. Tap once to pause, twice to skip, three times to rewind.
- Themes
Choose between Light or Dark mode, or let it decide from the wallpaper. Then pick an accent to apply throughout the launcher, for a modern look that’s personalized in the iconic shades of Shade.
- News Feed
Swipe right to open a feed selected in the settings. Any app can implement a feed.
To show Google's News Feed, you need Rootless Pixel Bridge from my GitHub: https://amirzaidi.github.io/bridge.html
- Grid Division
Choose if you want 4, 5 or 6 columns on your home screen. Or let the launcher decide using your phone's size.
- Shortcuts
Hold an app icon to show quick shortcuts that immediately jump into the app.
- Hiding apps
Hide apps by dragging them to the Hide icon, then find them again by scrolling down veeeery far in the app drawer.
- Tap to go home
Android Q users can add a tap to go home action to the gesture navigation bar. Activate the Draw Over Apps permission and the Accessibility Service to enable this feature.
Any phone that runs Android 7.0 or higher is supported.
There is no unexpected fee, nor any advertisements. No data is collected.
Sources can be found on my GitHub:
https://github.com/amirzaidi/Shade
Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of Shade Launcher since it was posted on our website on 2019-06-12 17:36:38.
The latest version is and it was updated on 2024-04-22 18:05:13. See below the changes in each version.
Shade Launcher version
Updated At: 2020-09-10
Changes: This will probably be the last update before the Shade Android 11 version.
Support long press on Unread to open media player, single tap is play/pause like it was long ago.
Improve At A Glance to look more like Google's.
Close app info sheet when the app gets uninstalled.
Change color of app info icons to be the same as AOSP Settings.
On light theme, make top of the screen transparent black instead of light gray.
Fix some rare crashes.
Shade Launcher version
Updated At: 2020-09-10
Changes: Completely rework the states to have "swipe up for recents" on the home screen on Android 9 and 10. Re-enable the double tap to sleep accessibility service for it!
Add back vibration to double tap to sleep.
Open the Play Store page when clicking "Source" in App Info.
Fix some stutters when swiping up to all apps by disabling a logcat spam in mapRange.
Fix one possible crash in Unread when loading another user profile.
Shade Launcher version
Updated At: 2020-06-12
Changes: Load Icon pack, Search widget and News feed data on background thread.
Improve performance of Unread by making a separate thread for it.
Clear cached icon pack data when system is getting low on memory.
Set navigation bar icons to dark mode in Home settings on Oreo.
Fix bug where keyboard would open when using double tap to sleep.
Fix bug where adaptive icons with overridden shape would not render properly on Oreo.
Remove transparency of hidden apps to fix another Oreo rendering bug.
Shade Launcher version
Updated At: 2020-06-07
Changes: Fix a bug that caused the shape setting to not work on Android 10's Dark Theme.
Shade Launcher version
Updated At: 2020-05-23
Changes: Fix Unread not showing media playback while the music player is playing (it only showed when paused).
Fix some possible stuttering of media callbacks on UI thread.
Increase delay for handing over touch controls to the notification shade when using "swipe down for notifications".
Import French translation from CrowdIn.
Shade Launcher version
Updated At: 2020-05-22
Changes: Rework and overwrite adaptive icons to work on MIUI and other Chinese Android versions.
Fix a crash when changing the icon shape.
Fix a crash on Nougat when uninstalling an app.
Shade Launcher version
Updated At: 2020-04-16
Changes: Fix dark theme in widgets/app-info on Nougat.
Hide notifications from hidden apps in Unread.
Rework hidden apps in the app drawer.
Partially use the Quickstep app drawer opening.
Support hiding the status bar with ADB.
Keep the grid when changing DPI.
Rework 4 by 5 grid spacing on high DPIs.
Enable back button gesture in app drawer.
Increase saturation of Twilight app drawer background by 10%.
Improve fading transition.
Shade Launcher version
Updated At: 2020-03-11
Changes: Improve the speed of the launcher by having Unread do its processing in the background.
Change the Unread music behaviour to open the app when clicking it, so you can quickly get inside to manage the playlist.
Fix multiple bugs when searching work apps in the app drawer.
Fix a crash when installing new apps on Android 7 or 8.
Fix a crash when long pressing an icon on Android 8.
Shade Launcher version
Updated At: 2020-02-29
Changes: Reveal all hidden apps by searching for "Hidden", or the translation in your language.
Fix a crash on Nougat when installing an app.
Shade Launcher version
Updated At: 2020-02-23
Changes: New feature: activity shortcuts! You can find it under Widgets > Shade Launcher. Similarly to other launchers, it lets you open any page from any app directly.
Support the icon packs that are preinstalled on OnePlus phones.
More bug fixes for At A Glance notifications and charging indicator.
Prevent a crash when installing a new app on Nougat.
Changed Portuguese translation of Blossom to Florido.
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