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- Third -party launchers are sometimes not as smooth as the standard thrower, especially when it comes to animations.
- The main developer of the popular Niagara Launcher explains that Samsung and Google do not support third -party access to any features related to animations.
- Of course, Samsung wants you to use the launch and has no incentive to make other launches work better.
If you’ve ever tried out a Third party launcher one Samsung phoneYou may have noticed that some things are not working as expected. For example, certain animations are not as smooth – or sometimes not there at all.
Onto R/samsung subredditUser “Amazing_Mergency_69” was curious about this. In particular, they wondered why one Ui-application/close animations does not work with third-party launches. They contacted Max Rumpf, the main developer of the popular Niagara launch. Rumpf’s explanation is not super surprising, but is still enlightening.
Rumpf explains that Android controls the animations related to an app opening, which means Google is the only one to change it. When an app is opened, it must draw part of the system’s user interface and Google limits this functionality of the system thrower. Google could fix this-it can allow access to non-system shooters or provide a solution to enable developers to put over their animations-but it has not demonstrated any desire to do so.
When it comes to applying animations, Android has an API for this. Essentially the launch rings at GestureNavContract And converter the app into an icon, which then lands in its place on the home screen. Rumpf says Niagara asks this API for this feature. However, within one UI, Samsung does not support this API for third -party launchers. This means that Samsung deliberately chooses not to allow third -party launchers to access the app that ends the animation, which is unfortunate.
It is clear that Samsung has zero incentive to do better for users to stop using one UI launch and jump ships for something else, so this is not very surprising. However, it provides some fascinating insight into why all third -party launch animations you see are never as polished as the ones you see with the standard thrower.
It is possible – although unlikely – that enough negative feedback on these limitations can cause Google and Samsung to repair the problems. If you feel passionate about this, your only real roads are to look up social media and send e -mail to Google and Samsung.
