Frankly guys it is very boring (for me at least) to stick with the stock
android theme for a long time. You can use the customization service
which stock android provide us like...changes theme and widgets but it
offer very limited amount of changes in our desktop , app drawer etc.
More or less the over all looks are same. For the beginners who don't
want to take so much headache of heavy customizations...(which I will
demonstrate later ) ..the developers provides several ready to use
'Launchers'. There are so many launchers in the market one can easily
get confused so in this post I am going to demonstrate the top 5
launcher which I choose and thinks are the best among them.
1. ADW Launcher Ex: If you want a clean, low memory
sized, easy to use and easy to customize launcher then this is the one
you must look after. Several cool features like set no of home screen ,
widgets, power to edit the no of row and column, infinite scrolling,
home screen switch button etc make this launcher really a good one to
apply. Also there are a lots of free adw themes available in the market.
The coolest part of it that you an easily back up and restore all of
your adw settings.
I think this one would be the best choice although the lower version android (below 2.2) does not suit it.
2. MI Home: This is another low memory
and very easy to use launcher. Those who want a custom rom but don't
want to go through all the difficulties and risky process this is best
for them. It deliver the look and home screen of MIUI rom even if you
are in a stock ICS or GB. The thing which I most like about this
launcher that it also offer a very beautiful customized lock screen
which changes if u install different themes. There are tons of themes
available on the miui site which can be downloaded from the theme
settings option absolutely free of cost.
It also offer quick access
drawer from which one can easily access bluetooth, wifi, profile, GPS
etc. There are also a memory cleaner widget. Besides these all advantage
the main disadvantage is it lacks of app drawer.
3. TSF Launcher: This launcher just changed
the entire definition of a android launcher. Its a extremely high memory
sized, and heavy graphics contained launcher. Floating apps short curt
3d view of your home screen , rich transitions make it really a unique
and cool. Besides the dragging of apps into the folder, you are able to
rearrange apps inside the folder, and give a name to the folder . Left
side tab feature also very handy. Inspite of all this rich transition
and effects it never slow down or lagged ( at least on my neo v) which
impressed me most. But this is a paid app although $16 USD is worthy
looking into its features.
4. Apex Launcher & Nova Launcher: Both
of these Launchers are more or less same.You don't want launcher defined
looks ,you want to create your own style then these are a good choice
for you. These are a extremely customizable which allows you to create
your own unique style in your android. There are a bunch of
customization apps by combining those withe this Apex Launcher you can
create really attractive looks of your home screen. If you don't know
how to do it you can follow mycolorscreen.com
. Belief me you will definitely enjoy this customization technique
besides you could get some amazing and unique home screen. They have
done a wonderful job there. I provided some screen shot of home screen
created from stock Apex Launcher in case you are interested.
5. Go Launcher Ex: Though among all other launchers
this is the popular one but in ranking of top 5 I always keep it on no
5. because of some of its cons. Those who don't want the customization
headache it would be the great one to them as it provides a tons of
different themes , widgets, its own locker apps, weather apps etc. But
despite of these advantages one can get easily frustrated as it is a
very laggy and slow in performance.
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