Desktop Launcher – Computer UI

Turn your phone or tablet into a computer! Desktop Launcher – Computer UI brings a clean, modern PC-style desktop to your Android device: a start menu, a taskbar, a notification centre with a calendar and a full file manager, designed for elegance, speed and productivity.

Enjoy the familiar look and feel of a laptop or desktop computer on any modern Android phone or tablet.

🚨 Core Functionality:

To provide a complete desktop-style experience, Desktop Launcher includes the following core features as part of its primary use case:
• Launcher: A fully customizable home screen.
• File Management: Access, edit, and manage files across internal and external storage (MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission is required for Android 11+ devices).
• App Package Installation: User-initiated installation of app packages (APKs) directly through the built-in file explorer.
• Backup & Restore: Securely save and reload your launcher settings and layout.
• Power Button: Lock the screen and open the Android power menu from the start menu's power button (Accessibility Service permission is required, as Android allows these two actions only through the AccessibilityService API).

Key Features
• Computer-Style Desktop: A start menu with pinned and all apps, a taskbar, and multiple desktop pages over your wallpaper.
• Notification Centre & Calendar: Notifications grouped by app, expandable to show pictures, beside a monthly calendar.
• Quick Settings: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, flashlight, sound, brightness, rotation and more, one tap from the taskbar.
• Personalization: Third-party icon packs, hidden apps with fingerprint lock, folder colours, light, dark and black themes, wallpapers and custom shortcuts.
• Fast Search: Find apps and contacts instantly from the start menu.
• Easy Organizing: Move several apps at once, group them into folders, and set your own gestures.
• Desktop Widgets: Real-time updates right on your home screen.
• Notification Badges: Never miss an update.
• Phones & Tablets: A desktop experience on any screen, with landscape support on tablets.
• Optimized Performance: Fast and lightweight on all phone types.

Professional File Manager & Core Utilities
• Full File Access: Access, edit, and manage files and folders across internal storage, SD cards, and USB drives.
• Advanced Management: Create folders, cut, copy, paste and share.
• Media Support: Open pictures, audio and video files directly.
• Built-in Archive Support: Zip and unzip files with ease.
• Recycle Bin: Safely manage deleted files.
• App Installation: Supports user-initiated installation of app packages (APK/APKS).

🔒 Permissions & Privacy
• Accessibility Service: Used only to lock the screen and open the Android power menu when you tap the start menu's power button. It does not read your screen or collect, store or share any data. It is off until you turn it on, and can be turned off anytime in Accessibility settings.
• Notification Access: Shows your notifications in the notification centre and as badges on app icons. They never leave your device.
• Modify System Settings (optional): Used only by the brightness and auto-rotate controls in Quick Settings.
• Contacts and Calendar (optional): Contacts appear in search, and days with events are marked on the calendar. Each is asked for only when you choose to use it.

Note: Desktop Launcher requires MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission for Android 11+ devices to enable comprehensive file management features outside of app-specific storage.

Desktop Launcher is an independent app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by any operating system or device maker.

Download Desktop Launcher today and turn your phone into a desktop computer!

Recent changes:
— v1.7
• Change the icon of any single app – your own picture or an icon pack icon
• Gestures can now open an app shortcut
• "Add to home screen" shortcuts from apps now reach the desktop
• Widgets made smaller can be resized back to full size
• File manager: paste into folders on an SD card
• Wallpapers and store images always load correctly
• New themes and icon packs in the Store
• Bug fixes and better performance