ADW Launcher 2

ADW Launcher 2 Free Theme

Rated 4.32/5 (180,483) —  Free Android application by AnderWeb

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About ADW Launcher 2

You may think the original and best launcher of all time has not been updated, because people assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but *actually* from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it’s more like we released this update 3 years ago and you didn’t realize. Don’t worry, we understand not everyone has…1.21 gigawatts!! to spend.

Having said this, we’ve been reading a lot about Google recommendations on abusing app options and settings, and we’ve talked a lot about it. But as the ability to speak does not make us intelligent we’ve made all the opposite. You know, without freedom of choice there is no creativity. The Launcher bores.
You may also think “I find your excess of settings disturbing” and we don’t blame you! It’s a totally normal reaction. I guess you guys aren’t ready for that yet. But your kids are gonna love it. In the end, the possibility of configuring it to your likeness is approximately 3720 to 1, what makes it the best launcher because maths never lie.

And yeah, we have screens, ¿and icons? for sure, ahh and we have widgets too, what more?, I mean what else?, in fact, you can make your own. And if you prefer getting everything pre-made, use themes! Or widget and template packs! ¿Is your device’s desktop boring? Change it again Sam. Your style, your rules, Do. Or do not, there’s a setting for it, tweak it, change it, shaken, not stirred.

And remember, “There’s no such thing as ‘the unknown,’ only options inside ADW Settings”

¿Are you gonna miss it?


*Endless Features*

Most of the application have been reprogrammed and redesigned from scratch. Also we have added a lot of new features. Here are some of them:

* Support for Android 7.1 launcher shortcuts (limited support on older versions down to 5.x)
* Added new icons effects section. You can choose image filters and compositions. Awesome!!!
* Dynamic UI coloring using wallpaper colors.
* New way to manage screens. Hold down an empty area of the desktop.
* New way to add widgets and shortcuts.
* New way to change the wallpaper, lock/unlock the desktop or access settings. Hold down an empty area of the desktop and choose the option.
* Added fast scroll app drawer style.
* Added indexed fast scroll app drawer style.
* Added some desktop transitions.
* Added new section to configure icon badges.
* Added a visual mode to configure desktop, icon appearance, folder appearance, and app drawer options.
* Added option to change the top panel/widget.
* Added option to change the content type of bottom panel (dock/widget).
* Added new wrap folder mode to folders. This mode lets you launch the first app in the folder on tap, and show the folder contents on swipe up.
* Added new fast application search in app drawer.
* Improved app categories in app drawer.
* Improved way to manage user gestures.
* Improved way to apply internal and external themes.
* Improved context menu for all desktop objects.
* Added new Custom Widget object. You can add new custom widgets from widget list, import them from friends and other developers, create, edit and share your own.
* Added some initial extensions for the custom widgets (time/battery)
* Check out ADWExtensions pack for more extensions (weather, gmail, etc).
* Added template manager. Remove, add and share templates easily.
* Improved icon properties dialog.
* Improved folder properties dialog.
* Added backup manager in advanced settings/system. Now you can import data from other famous launchers (if you miss one, report back to us so we can include it!)
* Added the possibility to set a secondary action on desktop shortcuts. Swipe up over the desktop shortcut to execute the secondary action.
* Probably 2 or 200 things I’m forgetting…
* A bunch of wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff inside!

How to Download / Install

Download and install ADW Launcher 2 version Varies with device on your Android device!
Downloaded 10,000,000+ times, content rating: Everyone
Android package: org.adw.launcher, download ADW Launcher 2.apk

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Theme History & Updates

What's Changed
Final ADW Launcher version for devices with android < 2.3.x.
Sorry guys, get a new device ;)
Name changed  Name changed! ADW.Launcher now is known as ADW Launcher 2.
More downloads  ADW Launcher 2 reached 10 000 000 - 50 000 000 downloads
More downloads  ADW Launcher 2 reached 5 000 000 - 10 000 000 downloads
Version update ADW Launcher 2 was updated to version 1.3.3.9

What are users saying about ADW Launcher 2

U70%
by U####:

Pls check for leeco devices where I am using le2 where the last opened app becomes as the home screen when I try to go to my default home screen

X70%
by X####:

En lo personal creo que esta es el mejor Luncher que hay en Play Store, e usado 3 y este es el mejor!! se los recomiendo!!!

X70%
by X####:

This app is great, especially if you're like me and actually like to see your wallpaper, instead of apps covering it up.

X70%
by X####:

I really like this launcher. There's so many ways to customize everything. But I want the adaptive teardrop icons so I switched to nova

X70%
by X####:

Like another post mentioned, I keep losing apps of my third page..would be five star otherwise!

X70%
by X####:

I'm a launcher addicted so I know a lot about them. This is a near perfect launcher. It's a mix between nova, action, apex. and intigrated all the best features of all of them. The thing that would make it 100 % perfect is Swipe up open apps drawer Swipe down to close. Swipe up other place to toggle dock and down to hide it.. Thanks Mr creator for being such a hard working talented app artist.+update I can do that. I'm never changing launchers.

B70%
by B####:

Pretty much all you could ask for as far as organizational and visual experience goes... The free version has a lot to use, but they do tease you with what is available in the premium thang... I know I'll probably end up making that purchase. Lol

X70%
by X####:

I really like this app but I gave it a 3 out of 5 because it kept a deleting my 3rd page of apps. The apps themselves aren't deleted just the page. This is very annoying and would give a 5/5 if this problem was fixed.

X70%
by X####:

Love this launcher. Developer, is there any way you can have adw automatically reset if the phones resolution is changed? I can change mine through Performance Mode and when I do I have to manually reset adw for the icons and such to reset along the resolution changes. Thanks!

J70%
by J####:

1 of the best launchers I've used. I've been stuck on Nova for so long, tried most launchers but found myself going back to Nova. But no more, finally I've left Nova behind and found another great launcher. I don't think I'll use the pro features but I'm going to pay for it to show support and give a reward for hard work done.

X70%
by X####:

Current 2 star review 2018.FEB.07: Runs super slow now for some reason. Icon's take forever to show again when returning to home screen, app drawer doesn't even load for 20secs+, sometimes i get tired of waiting and just turn off the phone. Reverted back to stock launcher, it opens app drawer instantly everytime, the home screen icons don't disappear - I don't know what happened, this was an amazing launcher :/ Previous 5 star review: The best Launcher on the Market, if you want to do it, this Launcher has a setting for it. Hands down the best, been using it since the beginning from way back when Samsung Galaxy S had no numbers. Install it and get on with it!

X70%
by X####:

Paid for last version of this app which turned into this app and have to pay again? Shady to say the least. Give me a free upgrade and I'll change my rating...

J70%
by J####:

Always liked this launcher and I just bought this more modern incarnation. I have to say that if beautiful colors and customization were the only important things in a luncher, this one will take the medal. But, I had to uninstall it and go back to ADW launcher EX because widgets settings don't seem to consistently work, settings are much unnecessarily harder to get to and there does not seem to exist a consistent approach to using this version. On top of all that, the developer wants to scrape up personal and system metrics even though I did paid for the app. To me, this is a beautiful work in progress. I actually use android as a desktop OS to do work.

X70%
by X####:

Downloaded this launcher after lagging with buzz and tsf.. launchers.. You can customize all no lag extension pack makes this a complete. Paid for this it is so good.. Great work thankyou

X70%
by X####:

Awesome launcher. As good as Nova or Action Launcher. I do have a slight problem though; sometimes after unlocking a widget gets placed a row lower. Any suggestions why?

X70%
by X####:

Installed ADW a couple years back and it worked great, until I updated some daus ago. The home screen overview I loved was gone, replaced by a menu screen named overview but severely lacking in that department, and just now it lost roughly half of my homescreens with apps and widgets after a phone reboot.

X70%
by X####:

Thought it had some potential but after reading some of the condescending remarks from the programmer I would have nothing more to do with the product. No room in life for such over-inflated value if self jn a parallel existence...The End.

B70%
by B####:

Everything with the launcher is awesome. Its blended nicely but 1 thing is missing which I have used for many years with nova. It is folders creation in the app drawer. Dev pl. get this workaround. I have paid for the premium version and want to keep using it. Please provide folder creation in app drawer.

A70%
by A####:

Widgets doesn't work for about 4 months and it did happening in different Android devices I have currently with different OS version. Please fix this issue other wise the other customizations are very nearly perfect and looks nicer than the stock theme for must Android devices that doesn't use stock Android theme.

S70%
by S####:

Hands down the best launcher out there. However, it often crashes when I try to edit individual icons. Please fix this issue.

L70%
by L####:

I have used more than 20 launchers and this one is something I got stuck at. Just loved it. A must try.

X70%
by X####:

This is a good app. My 3-star rating is based on comparing this to ADWLauncher 1 EX, which has not been developed since July, 2013 - more than four years at this point. The original app is better than the current app even after four years of death. I am mainly giving feedback on issues of organization rather than the cool factor. This app is amazing in terms of cool stuff, but that's not why I use an aftermarket launcher. Some notable differences: The text space below icons is too much and not controllable. The space for the dock is too much and not controllable. This also affects the indicator which is placed too far above the dock icons. Also, the reflection choice for dock icons was better in the original version. The bottom of the desktop over the dock is too close. The icons with the distant text crowd's the bottom edge. Dealing with the widgets of other apps has gotten more difficult. I can't easily tap and enter the widgets as in the past and sizing them is more difficult as well. The ability to choose the number of rows and columns is always appreciated and common among launchers. I would like to choose some much higher numbers, though. Instead of 9 wide x 12 tall, how about 20 x 30? That would still give me the ability to snap things precisely but also give me finer control of edges and widget sizing. On the plus side: The settings interface has been improved. The transitions are great. The gesture programming interface is nice. The graphical programming is smooth. No launcher does folders in folders, so you will have to use something like Folder Organizer if you want that functionality. Wish list: Improve spacing. Add more rows and columns. Implement folders in folders. Save settings off device to retrieve on other devices.

A70%
by A####:

Every thing is well but only one thing missing admin lock feature please add a lock screen in it

X70%
by X####:

Icons display blurry. Regardless the "normalize icons" option . Its better on Nova Launcher... Please fix the issue.

F70%
by F####:

I had this launcher for a day with a 'leather' icon texture pack, and it drained the better from 50% to dead in less than 5 hours...with battery saver on and wifi turned off. I give it two stars because I did enjoy the UI

L70%
by L####:

Is awesome not a ton of adds easy to swap is very cool application... If only we could hide apps in app draw so its not so cluttered ;0).

X70%
by X####:

I like this, I just wish when I push my home button I would take me to my home screen. Also be nice to hide apps from the app drawer

X70%
by X####:

Strong like Nova. Bad: Gfx Bad, blinking, disappearing icons. No live wallpaper. No transparent app drawer w/wallpaper. Snitchware even when paid.

X70%
by X####:

Im getting problems in my S8+ sometimes when i go home it gets all laggy I've tried with the default launcher and it doesn't seem to be my device's performance

X70%
by X####:

Hello???? I like your launcher a lot, I would like you to add oreo to the theme page and some new shapes to the icons. Teardrop, and rounded square. It might be nice to have adaptive icons. Thank you keep up the good work.

M70%
by M####:

I'd give it 5 stars, as this is an excellent launcher, but with the update to version 2, I can't seem to set a different wallpaper for my lock screen, which is one of the reasons I got ADW in the first place.

X70%
by X####:

Highly impressed. One app I would buy without a regret, you guys are the real deal. Would love to see some more plug ins. You guys revamped what it's like to own a Android.

F70%
by F####:

Had it fer a long while now, the best, way less hassle than GO Launcher, lighter, less stuff forced upon you, purdy much the same customization as GO, and this, mind you, tbe free version. Tbx tbx guys.

N70%
by N####:

This is very cool and its full of customisesion (sorry for bad grammar) but anyway I love it and its better than my previous launcher a lot better (by nova launcher)

X70%
by X####:

Nice launcher but every time it goes back to the default launcher in Android 7 even after applying it as default launcher. Please correct it.

X70%
by X####:

Feature rich. ADW Launcher covers a host of tweaks, there's very little fault with it compared to other 'more popular' launchers that have functionality missing. Great app.

B70%
by B####:

I haven't used it fully but I can say it's the best stock like launcher after Nova launcher.

X70%
by X####:

Smoother than nova. Unlocked pro version and it works great

X70%
by X####:

As far as Launchers go :-),none comes close to this one! You need to have it to know what I mean. Thanks guys

Z70%
by Z####:

And now, we have come full circle. The original best is back, for the final round. No signs of ring rust here. Just the BEST desktop and app drawer effects, the BEST theme support, and wowawee is it FAST. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, the return of the king of launchers; ADW 2 POINT 0. (Now, go back and read all that again, except this time imagine ADW is the Brock Lesnar of launchers, and read it in Paul Herman's voice. It's like that.)


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