| > so it's not like it's an abandoned app. The AOSP version is. > Is your complaint that Google is letting AOSP apps languish? In which case I'd agree, but it's not like you're short on alternatives Well, I am short on open source alternatives. I always have ideas of features I’d want, and wish to integrate them into the apps I’m using – like integrating with the local phone book data for reverse caller lookup, as that has far better data than Google or OSM. But I can’t do this with the closed apps. Sure, I could replace everything now by installing other apps, but when all of them use SecureNet to prevent me from tinkering with anything, then I honestly prefer the good old days where I could just mod anything. > Get a different launcher? For eg, Nova Launcher (paid, but does not have any dependancy on Play Services) is basically Launcher3 (in terms of looks/functionality) with a ton of extra features. This is the very same issue. I want a minimalistic launcher, with some special features I wrote myself already for Launcher2, but the AOSP Launcher3 is totally broken, and Nova Launcher is not even close to anything I’d want – minimalistic, not "accidentally swiped over an icon and half my screen is full of menus". Since Google continued to drop work on AOSP apps, I’ve had to spend more and more time. By now I have to maintain my own apps for music, notes, etc, now Launcher and SMS are becoming an issue, too. Sure, I’m a student, but my time is limited, too, and I’d like to not spend it rebuild things Google took from the community. |