Last week I updated to android 9.0.3 on my oneplus 5, and I can feel that its starting to run slower than it used to. I'm on HavocOS, a custom ROM written by zenixxx, so at first I wondered whether it was something to do with the custom rom. It turned out though that Nova launcher had updated as well, and by switching launchers my phone returned to normal. I was sick of changing launchers though, so I decided to go about writing my own.
What I wanted
Because I had never written a launcher before, I decided to go with something simple, all I weanted were the following features:
- To search apps
- An app drawer
- A simple drag and drop homescreen
- The ability to change my icons