Dragon Launcher

Elnix90

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Customization Android 8.0+ 4 days ago GPL-3.0 Recommended

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Highly customizable, gestures based Android launcher focused on speed and efficiency

KEEP ANDROID OPEN

Dragon Launcher - Fast Gesture based android launcher

Dragon Launcher is a highly customizable, gestures based Android launcher focused on speed and efficiency.

⚠️ Due to Android restrictions, you have to disable Android Play protect during installation, to avoid Dragon being blocked by Google

The reason is likely that Dragon asks for sensitive permissions - normal, that's a launcher

🎉 Thank you very much to the stargazers !

The main Idea of this launcher is to launch your apps via gestures.

You can customize your list of fast access apps easily in the settings
Use the app drawer to pick an app and browse apps

Permissions

Dragon Launcher is a launcher: some of the permissions below are required by Android itself for core launcher duties (listing apps, setting the wallpaper, reacting to boot). This is the full list of permissions declared in the app manifests and why each one is used. None of them are used to collect or transmit data — the app has no internet access and does not even declare the INTERNET permission.

Permission	Type	Why it is used
`android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`	Runtime	Notifications from the app, e.g. Wellbeing app timers and break reminders. Also uses to display the download progress of the fonts
`android.permission.QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES`	Install	List every installed app to power the app drawer, app/app-shortcut/widget pickers and icons.
`android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`	Install	Show network connectivity (Wi-Fi / mobile data) in the status bar.
`android.permission.READ_BASIC_PHONE_STATE`	Install (app op)	Basic phone state only, to display the mobile data / hotspot type in the status bar.
`android.permission.VIBRATE`	Install	Haptic feedback on gestures and interactions.
`android.permission.SET_WALLPAPER`	Install	Set the home screen wallpaper from the launcher.
`android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`	Install	Restore the launcher and restart services after the device reboots.
`android.permission.EXPAND_STATUS_BAR`	Install (signature)	Expand the notification shade / quick settings from a swipe action.
`android.permission.REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES`	Special access	Install APK files opened through a launcher action.
`android.permission.REQUEST_DELETE_PACKAGES`	Install	Offer to uninstall an app from the launcher (the system asks for confirmation).
`android.permission.BIND_APPWIDGET`	Install	Bind widgets to the home screen.
`com.android.alarm.permission.SET_ALARM`	Install	Start the system alarm-clock flow from an action.
`android.permission.SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM`	Special access	Schedule exact alarms for Wellbeing timers.
`android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`	Install	Run foreground services (Wellbeing timers, overlay reminders).
`android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE`	Install	Foreground service type `specialUse` for the timer overlay.
`android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW`	Special access	Show the Wellbeing "time to stop" popup over other apps.
`android.permission.PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS`	Special access	Optional: usage statistics for the Wellbeing feature.
`android.permission.INTERACT_ACROSS_USERS`	Install (signature)	Interact with the work profile / other Android users.
`android.permission.INTERACT_ACROSS_USERS_FULL`	Install (signature)	Full cross-user access (work profile, private space).
`android.permission.ACCESS_HIDDEN_PROFILES`	Install	Android 15+: access apps in Private Space and other hidden profiles.

Privacy & security

No data collection
Dragon Launcher has no access to the internet -> it cannot steal your data
Uses Accessibility permissions (optionally) to:
1. Expand notifications panel (needed by android)
  - Uses accessibility to expand the notifications panel
  - Expanding the quick actions / notifications isn't required on some Android version, there is a hidden settings in the debug tab, to change the way it opens the quick actions, cause on my phone, the notifications action opens the quick actions
2. Lock screen (needed by android)
  - It uses accessibility to lock the screen, as you pressed the lock button
3. Open recent apps (needed by Android)
  - You can choose to open the recent apps, just like when you click on the Square button, or do the recent apps gesture
4. Auto launch Dragon on system launcher detected (used by some Xiaomi users that cannot set another default launcher without losing the gesture navigation)
  - It will launch Dragon Launcher when the accessibility detects that you entered your system launcher, for a default launcher-like experience when it cannot be set as android default (configurable in debug settings)
All data stored locally (you can backup manually or use the auto backup feature)

Screenshots

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Signing

Releases / F-Droid signing key (SHA-256):

63068d94e01eeae50efcb2a0c43dfa8ac503a421cdeaf353d45b69ab933c0a06

Verify:

apksigner verify --print-certs DragonLauncher-*.apk

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to submit pull requests or open issues.
Check CONTRIBUTING.md for contributions guidelines
You may join the Discord server to discuss more easily about changes in the project.
If you want to help translating, check out the project on Weblate.

License

This project is open-source under the GPL 3 Licence.

How Shizuku is used

Can run user typed shell commands and toggle WiFi, Bluetooth and mobile data via `sh -c` through Shizuku

This is an AI-assisted analysis of Shizuku-related usages in the app's public source code. It is best effort, so it may not catch every single usage.

How this app uses Shizuku

Shizuku is used as a privileged shell to run launcher gesture actions that need ADB level access, with command output shown in the launcher.

Run custom shell commands: you can type any ADB or shell command in the command dialog, save it to a swipe, tap or other gesture, and run it later through Shizuku with shell privileges.
Toggle WiFi: a saved toggle gesture runs the WiFi on or off shell command through Shizuku based on the current WiFi state.
Toggle Bluetooth: a saved toggle gesture runs the Bluetooth enable or disable shell command through Shizuku based on the current Bluetooth state, with selectable command styles.
Toggle mobile data: a saved toggle gesture runs the mobile data on or off shell command through Shizuku based on the current data state, with selectable command styles.