Are you dreaming to have a feel of what the new Google Nexus phones look like? The launcher is now available for download via apk and recovery mode. It comes with the newly introduced Google button and slide-up app drawer. Also available on this launcher is the quick search and access to google now.
HIGHLIGHT FEATURES OF NEXUS LAUNCHER
✔ App drawer icon is now replaced with a "slide up" style app drawer. You can now go to your apps menu by just sliding up an arrow located just before the static icons along the home screen button
✔ There is now a "G" tab located in the upper-left corner of the screen. When this icon is tapped, the regular Google search bar will pop up.
✔ The calendar widget now hovers in the upper-left. And it's reported that it cannot be moved or changed. This will potentially not augur well with some people shaa
HOW IT WORKS
After installing this launcher on your phone, you will now have to press the home screen to see the settings menu that has "show Google app when swiping left" option and including screen rotation option as well adding or subtracting app suggestions at the drawer's top to access Google now, you just swipe from the left edge to open it.
HOW TO INSTALL GOOGLE NEXUS LAUNCHER
The Nexus Launcher has two installation methods; the apk method and the recovery mode method.
✔ Download Nexus Launcher Recovery mode Zip Here
✔ Download Nexus Launcher Apk Here
✔ Download Wallpaper Picker Apk Here. (it fixes crashes when you installed via the normal apk mode)
INSTALLING VIA RECOVERY MODE METHOD (Best)
To install this launcher using this method, download the nexus launcher zip from the link above and place it at the root of your sdcard, (not inside any folder), then boot your phone into TWRP or CWM, click on install and locate the downloaded zip file, then flash and reboot.
✔ Download Nexus Launcher Apk Here
✔ Download Wallpaper Picker Apk Here. (it fixes crashes when you installed via the normal apk mode)
INSTALLING VIA RECOVERY MODE METHOD (Best)
To install this launcher using this method, download the nexus launcher zip from the link above and place it at the root of your sdcard, (not inside any folder), then boot your phone into TWRP or CWM, click on install and locate the downloaded zip file, then flash and reboot.
INSTALLING VIA NORMAL APK METHOD
This is the most simplest method but doesn't give perfect results although i have a fix for that. Go to your phone settings and enable installation from unknown source. After that, download the Apk file from the link above and click to install
NOTE
The bug with the apk method is that Nexus launcher will crash anytime you try to pick or change your wallpaper.
HOW TO FIX THE CRASHING BUG
To fix it, you have to also download Wallpaper Picker. Just download from the link above as well and Install both apks and the bug will be a past tense.
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