====== Changing the default launcher on the Blackview BV5300 Pro ======

I have a **[[blackview_bv5300_pro|Blackview BV5300 Pro]]** smartphone; I managed to root the phone to gain administrator privileges and now I want to change the default Blackview launcher which is called **BvLauncher**.

The main reason for using a different launcher is because BvLauncer has a bug preventing to disable the **At a Glance** widget. Another bug prevents the resizing of widgets, e.g. I cannot have a 3x3 [[https://f-droid.org/bo/packages/ws.xsoh.etar/|Etar calendar]] widget or a 3x3 [[https://f-droid.org/bo/packages/com.termux.widget/|Termux:widget]].

I suspect also that the Blackview launcher is somewhat a spyware, because the operating systems tries in any way to prevent you from disabling or replacing it with other launchers.



===== Lawnchair =====

Obviously I want an open source launcher, so I ignored the plethora of launcers available on the Google Play store. In the past I used the **[[https://f-droid.org/packages/amirz.rootless.nexuslauncher/|Rootless Pixel Launcher]]** from F-Droid, but unfortunately the app was not ported for newer Android versions.

Then I came across **[[https://lawnchair.app/|Lawnchair launcher]]** which seems a very promising open source project. Unfortunately it does not have a build available on F-Droid or other repositories, so I resorted on downloading the **Version 14 Beta 2** as an apk file.

Being an open source project (souce code available on [[https://github.com/LawnchairLauncher/|GitHub]]), it is not surprise that you can find plenty of Lawnchair clones on the Google Play store or F-Droid. Often the clone does not even mention being a clone and it does not make the proper attributions. I feel very suspicious (and angry) about that packages, so I avoided them by far. One example of such sospicious packages is [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.homelauncher&hl=en|Home Launcher]].

===== QuickSwitch =====

FIXME

===== De-Bloater =====

FIXME