Releases: GeorgeClensy/Escape-Launcher
Release 2.3.1
Escape Launcher 2.3.1 Update
Caution
If you're having issues updating from an earlier version of Escape Launcher, clear the storage and uninstall any previous versions before reinstalling. I don't think there's any breaking changes with this update but I haven't tested updating.
Changelog for Release 2.3.1
Bug fixes
- Fixed crash when clicking on clock on Galaxy phones
- Fixed crash when pausing or un-pausing work apps when launcher is not default
- Fixed crash when loading widget previews
- Fixed crash launcher apps without normal main activity activity setups (e.g. Samsung Reminders)
Changelog for Release 2.3
Bug fixes
- Performance improvements
- Fixed crash when loading favourite apps in setup
- Fixed some fonts not being shown on older devices by packaging them with the app
- Fixed search showing fuzzy find apps before exact matches
- Haptic feedback would happen twice or not at all
- Bottom search is now positioned correctly
Features
- App shortcut support
- Work profile support
- Weather integration
- New dedicated FOSS version without analytics or any Google APIs
- Clock opens clock when tapped
- Weather opens weather when tapped
- Date opens calendar when tapped
- System theme colour theme
Changes
- Updated home screen to have an "at a glance" style UI
- Optimized performance in BulkAppManager
- Improved Onboarding flow
- Added appropriate font licences
- Double tap to turn off now uses accessibility APIs so you can use biometric authentication after using it
- Gradient at bottom of app drawer
Thanks! 🩵
Thanks for using Escape Launcher and supporting me! If you find any bugs or have a feature request, feel free to use the issues tab on GitHub. If you really like it, I would really apricate if you sponsored me on GitHub. We also have a Discord Server you can join if you want to chat with us.
As always, thanks for using Escape Launcher!
Release 2.3
Escape Launcher 2.3 Update
Caution
If you're having issues updating from an earlier version of Escape Launcher, clear the storage and uninstall any previous versions before reinstalling. I don't think there's any breaking changes with this update but I haven't tested updating.
Changelog
Bug fixes
- Performance improvements
- Fixed crash when loading favourite apps in setup
- Fixed some fonts not being shown on older devices by packaging them with the app
- Fixed search showing fuzzy find apps before exact matches
- Haptic feedback would happen twice or not at all
- Bottom search is now positioned correctly
Features
- App shortcut support
- Work profile support
- Weather integration
- New dedicated FOSS version without analytics or any Google APIs
- Clock opens clock when tapped
- Weather opens weather when tapped
- Date opens calendar when tapped
- System theme colour theme
Changes
- Updated home screen to have an "at a glance" style UI
- Optimized performance in BulkAppManager
- Improved Onboarding flow
- Added appropriate font licences
- Double tap to turn off now uses accessibility APIs so you can use biometric authentication after using it
- Gradient at bottom of app drawer
Thanks! 🩵
Thanks for using Escape Launcher and supporting me! If you find any bugs or have a feature request, feel free to use the issues tab on GitHub. If you really like it, I would really apricate if you sponsored me on GitHub. We also have a Discord Server you can join if you want to chat with us.
As always, thanks for using Escape Launcher!
Release 2.2
Escape Launcher 2.2 Update
It's been quite a while but I'm finally back with another update. This update adds quite a few new features and a few UI improvements. I will try and update more frequently now.
Caution
If you're having issues updating from Escape 2.1 or earlier, clear the storage and uninstall any previous versions before reinstalling. I don't think there's any breaking changes with this update but I haven't tested updating.
Changelog
Bug fixes
⦁ Removed favourite app limit
⦁ Removed countdown limits
⦁ Removed hidden app limits
⦁ Fixed hidden apps not hiding
⦁ Fixed themes not updating
⦁ Fixed widget configuration
Features
⦁ Date on home screen
⦁ 12 hour clock on home screen
⦁ Option to hide screen time page
⦁ Double tap to lock
⦁ Option to show hidden apps in search
⦁ Improved themes
⦁ Bulk edit favourite apps
⦁ Bulk edit hidden apps
⦁ Bulk edit apps with open countdowns
⦁ Reorder apps on home screen
⦁ Option to open search automatically on apps list
Changes
⦁ App no longer overwrites your wallpaper
⦁ Made app hitboxes bigger
⦁ New settings design
⦁ 16KB page support
⦁ Renamed open challenge to app countdown
⦁ Updated icon & branding
⦁ Nav bar shows now
⦁ Fixed experience when using 3 button navigation
⦁ Private space UI improvements
⦁ Improved about section
Known Issues
⦁ Bottom search is in wrong position
⦁ When using automatically open search, you do not get taken back to the main page
Thanks! 🩵
Thanks for using Escape Launcher and supporting me! If you find any bugs or have a feature request, feel free to use the issues tab on GitHub. If you really like it, I would really (really really rea..) apricate if you sponsored me on GitHub. We also have a Discord Server
As always, thanks for using Escape Launcher and have a nice week and get off your phone.
Release 2.1
✨ Introducing Escape Launcher 2.1 🎉
It's been a few months, but we're back with another major update! Escape Launcher 2.1 brings new features, bug fixes, and lots of stability improvements.
Caution
If you're having issues updating to Escape 2.1, uninstall any previous versions before reinstalling.
🔧 Release Notes
🆕 Features
- Improved widget picker UI
- Slightly changed the icon to look less yellowed
- Enabled Proguard for significantly smaller download size
- Added more fonts
- Wallpaper is now set for smoother animations when an app is opened
- Added fuzzy find to search
- Added sync with system theme
- Added selection box around selected theme
- Made open challenge smoother
- Made big clock bigger
- Added App Info and Uninstall functionality for Private Space
- Improved default launcher dialog
- Rewrote screen time logic with coroutines for better performance
- Changed the way apps are managed
- Improved UI for home screen time
- Improved Private Space experience
🐞 Bug Fixes
- Fixed bugs when installing or uninstalling apps
- Fixed search box being able to open Escape itself
- Fixed screen time not clearing overnight
- Fixed scrolling bug on theme menu
- Fixed weird behaviour when opening apps from search
🙌 Thanks for using Escape!
Have a great week and enjoy the update 🎉
If you find any bugs, please report them via the issues tab on GitHub — we’re always excited to hear your thoughts!
Release 2.0.2
Escape launcher 2.0.2
We're back with a small but major update.
Release Notes
- Fixed issue #5
- The app is now referred to as escape launcher throughout the entire source and application. This does mean the package name has changed which can cause two escape launcher installations so make sure to remove your previous one first.
Thanks for using Escape Launcher!
Have a nice week, enjoy the update 🎉. If you find any bugs, we'd appreciate if you reported them on the issues tab. We’re excited to hear your thoughts!
Release 2.0.1
Escape launcher 2.0.1
It's been a while but we're back with a smaller update this time.
Release Notes
- Update notifications so you know when the next version is available
- New Icon and brand look
Thanks for using escape!
Have a nice week, enjoy the update 🎉. If you find any bugs, we'd appreciate if you reported them on the issues tab. We’re excited to hear your thoughts!
Escape Release 2.0
Introducing Escape launcher 2.0 🥳🥳🎉🎉
I'm happy to announce that Escape launcher is finally out of beta and ready for use with our biggest update yet!
Caution
Important: Before installing Escape 2.0, please clear the data and uninstall any previous installations to avoid crashes.
Here's how:
- Long-press the Escape app in a different launcher (e.g., Pixel Launcher, OneUI home).
- Tap App Info → Storage → Clear Storage.
- Uninstall the app.
- Install Escape 2.0.
Release Notes
- Completely redesigned UI with new paged home screen that uses swiping instead of a button
- Redesigned onboarding screen when you first open Escape to improve your setup experience
- 12 new themes
- Improved widget functionality (note this is the one part of the launcher that still has a few issues)
- Redesigned, more organised settings
- Better UI for alignment options in settings
- Different fonts to choose from
- Built in screen time tracking including
- Screen time on home page
- Screen time next to each app
- Screen time tracking dashboard
- Percent of average waking hours spent on phone
- Percent higher than we recommend
- New logo and branding
- Teal green colour
- New door logo to represent "escaping and the path you're taking"
- Support for private space in Android 15 (note: this feature is only supported by Google on pixel phones currently)
- Non-intrusive analytics to improve future app updates
- Haptic feedback across the app
- Two line clock
- Support for en, fr and jp languages
- Pretty much an entire rewrite of the backend for improved performance and easier updating in the future
Thanks for using escape!
Happy new year, enjoy the update 🎉. If you find any bugs, we'd appreciate if you reported them on the issues tab. We’re excited to hear your thoughts!
2.0 Release Candidate 3
Hi, Escape tester👋
It's been a few days since the last RC and I've found and fixed quite a few bugs. I think this should hopefully be the last RC before we release the long awaited update!
Release Notes:
- Updated to 2.0 RC3
- Full release notes will be released with the 2.0 update
Since RC2:
- Changed default theme
- Tidied and refactored some code
- Fixed various layout bugs
- Made going home smoother
- Changed how the database works for screen time to make the up down arrows actually correct (that was annoying)
Thanks for testing Escape launcher! 🎉
Full Changelog: GeorgeClensy/Escape@v2.0_RC2...v2.0_RC3
2.0 Release Candidate 2
Hi, Escape tester👋
It's been a few days since the last RC and I've found and fixed quite a few bugs. I think this should hopefully be the last RC before we release the long awaited update!
Release Notes:
- Updated to 2.0 RC2
- Full release notes will be released with the 2.0 update
Thanks for testing Escape launcher! 🎉
2.0 Release Candidate 1
Hi, Escape tester👋
I'm happy to announce that the first release candidate of escape 2.0 is finally ready! This version is just for testing and may be unstable. Were just making sure there's no bugs before we release the full 2.0 version. The full update is almost ready and will be released in 1/2 weeks time!
Release Notes:
- Updated to 2.0 RC1
- Full release notes will be released with the 2.0 update