WillBBHM
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8 months ago Hiding the app icon from the launcher in Android 10 and above isn't directly supported by the Android operating system due to security and usability concerns.
https://www.reddit.com/r/androiddev/comments/de9968/hiding_an_app_icon_is_no_longer_possible_in/ https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61772008/android-hide-own-app-icon-not-working-in-some-of-android-10-devices https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8134884/android-how-to-programmatically-hide-launcher-icon/56775696#56775696
onegladius
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Feature description
A simple feature where the app hides itself from the stock launcher when it's enabled by the user. Similar examples can be Vanced Microg, Openboard.
Why do you want this feature?
While this feature can be easily replaced by a custom launcher or by the stock launcher already having it by default ( e.g. samsung launcher ) , many devices might not have it or cannot use a custom launcher because of several issues.
For example, in my case : I am on android 10 and I cannot use a custom launcher because I use gesture navigations, and whenever I use any launcher other than the stock one they get disabled and changed to Three Button Navigation. Of course, I can always use "adb shell cmd overlay enable com.android.internal.systemui.navbar.gestural" but it's useless. Since 1. QS will use the default launcher and therefore have 2 launchers running at the same time, consuming more memory ; and 2. because the adb command will get reset every reboot, ergo returning to three button navigation which messes up my muscle memory.
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