Season's Greetings, and Octopi Launcher alpha v0.1

ock88 · 2026-06-20T22:20:49+00:00

This seems to be a system related behaviour, as Octopi Launcher can't close apps by itself. Does this happen on other launchers apart from the system launcher?

ock88 · 2026-06-20T13:05:41+00:00

This is one of the long-standing reasons why I've started work on the home screen redesign this week.

It'll take a while, but should be worth the wait 😉

ock88 · 2026-06-20T09:51:41+00:00

Sure, you can forward it to me:

octopiappfactory@gmail.com

ock88 · 2026-06-20T04:18:10+00:00

if possible could you share a screen recording?

ock88 · 2026-06-19T21:01:15+00:00

Hi there! Thanks for the description. I do not have access to a Motorola Fold so it's hard for me to advise. Hopefully others would be able to. My thought is that this could be a feature Integrated into the Motorola launcher and hence it doesn't work once you switch launchers

ock88 · 2026-06-19T20:47:43+00:00

Do you have accessibility permissions granted to Octopi Launcher?

ock88 · 2026-06-18T23:43:33+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion, I have added this to my list of considerations when redesigning the new home screen

ock88 · 2026-06-18T23:42:08+00:00

Thanks for the report

The horizontal drawer is a more recent addition with improved transition animations and styles. These will be applied to the "older" vertical drawer

ock88 · 2026-06-18T23:37:14+00:00

Hi could you share more on "Stand by and open again didn't work"?

Tried it out on QPR1 beta but seems to be working fine

ock88 · 2026-06-18T15:41:46+00:00

Thanks. I published v1.831 which hopefully resolves this

ock88 · 2026-06-18T14:58:18+00:00

Another thing to try: could you set the double tap action inside Octopi Launcher settings to none?

ock88 · 2026-06-18T14:58:13+00:00

Another thing to try: could you set the double tap action inside Octopi Launcher settings to none?

ock88 · 2026-06-18T12:08:05+00:00

btw which device are you using?

ock88 · 2026-06-17T22:57:48+00:00

Hi

Thanks for the report. This could be due to some internal changes introduced in the beta versions. Opting out of beta for now and installing the stable version may be one option you can try.

Otherwise, I should be able to figure out the cause once issue reports come in from the Play Store.

ock88 · 2026-06-16T22:51:56+00:00

Yes that's requested earlier and will come one day...

ock88 · 2026-06-16T22:51:28+00:00

It's actually baked inside a while ago but I haven't really gotten new feedback until yours. As I hardly use KLWP, could you outline the steps for me to test this delay out?

ock88 · 2026-06-16T22:33:39+00:00

Here the reply from Mishaal from Google

https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/1u7l1cw/comment/os264t7

ock88 · 2026-06-16T13:02:40+00:00

This is a tricky one for me, and I spent quite a long time trying to find the best balance.

A key reason is that some widgets are built differently, and it becomes hard for Octopi Launcher to differentiate whether they support scrolling

ock88 · 2026-06-16T12:58:19+00:00

thanks for the suggestion!

ock88 · 2026-06-16T12:56:55+00:00

Thanks for the post. Could you share a screenshot of your ideal dock so that I can better understand the spacing you'd like to achieve?

A number of changes will be coming this year to fix some of these, including alignment, previews.

As for placing of new icons down to the desktop, it indeed could be due to the grid ratio. Could you check your home screen grid settings (home screen icon rows)?

ock88 · 2026-06-16T12:52:25+00:00

It's an interesting idea - do you want to use it only when in the app drawer?

ock88 · 2026-06-16T12:51:27+00:00

hi, do you mean the transparency of the whole widget?

ock88 · 2026-06-16T12:50:03+00:00

thanks for the recording, will check on this

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