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The KitKat version of GoogleHome.apk is already beyond bitrot; it's "an empty shell that forwards all requests to the [proprietary Google] search app" (which ma
by rst 13y ago
The KitKat version of GoogleHome.apk is already beyond bitrot; it's "an empty shell that forwards all requests to the [proprietary Google] search app" (which manages the home screen in KitKat), per ArsTechnica:
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/11/google-just-pulled-a-facebook-home-kitkats-primary-interface-is-google-search/ http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/11/google-just-pulled-a-...
This leaves it unclear what you get for a launcher with an AOSP build of KitKat, but it certainly is drifting farther from the official Android experience.
- roflharrison 13y agoArstechnia hasn't done enough research. You can (and I have) fetch the new Launcher from AOSP, compile it and run it very easily as a separate application. The Google Experience Launcher is a closed source Google app based on this which integrates Google Now. https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/apps/Launcher3/ https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/apps/Laun...
- ferongr 13y ago>which integrates Google Now I now know which app I'm ditching once I get a 4.4 device.
- roflharrison 13y agoFair enough. I'm a huge fan of Google Now so hopefully I can continue to use it if I decide to switch to a custom launcher.