Blur - A Launcher Replacement
Blur is a custom launcher designed by Klinker Apps Inc. to bring you the most innovative experience on Android. With Blur, any developer can go in and create a "Page" for their app that can be displayed right on your homescreen, just a swipe away. Think about it like the Google Now Launcher, but instead of being limited to just Google Now on the side, you can use any app with a supported "Page"!
Out of the box, we have created pages for both of our newest apps, Source News Reader, EvolveSMS and Talon for Twitter. We also have a Google Now style "Info Page" that other developers can plug into and create custom cards for.
To get the Source News Reader page (the most useful
- in my opinion!), just download the app: https://goo.gl/p81EWkTo get the EvolveSMS page, just download the app: http://goo.gl/i4mzvB
As I said, other devs can also create their own "pages" or "info cards" for Blur! Just search the Play Store for "Blur Launcher" and they should start to appear once developers start to make them!
To apply pages to your launcher:1.) Long click an empty space on the homescreen, then press settings.2.) Go to the page picker, and just hit the add button on an open page (swipe left and right to get to other pages)3.) Next time you return to your homescreen, it will restart itself and the pages will be there!
To apply info cards to the "Info Page":1.) Add the info page to your launcher with the above steps2.) Go back to settings and click the card picker button3.) Pressing the "Add Card" button on that screen will then bring up a list of all the available cards
The page and card settings are just the beginning though. Diving into the rest of the settings, you will find things like:
- Simple gesture support
- Dock toggle and options
- Icon scales
- Search bar toggle
- Grid size selection
- And many more!
A few other features that are included:
- Ability to edit icon names individually
- Hide apps
- Resize any widgets
- And much more!
Hope you enjoy our project, I know we have had a lot of fun making it!
Here are some helpful links for the project as well. Remember to check out the Settings -> Help -> Frequent Questions section first! Many of your issues will be solved or explained fairly quickly there, without worrying about waiting for us to respond!
Google+ Beta Community: http://goo.gl/bTrWILTwitter Support: https://twitter.com/lukeklinker (@lukeklinker)Website: http://klinkerapps.comEmail: [email protected] Video: http://youtu.be/HD66-8a3J1w
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* For Developers **Extension API and example projects: https://github.com/klinker-apps/blur-launcher-apis
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Reviews (29)
it is not working, please take it out from the playstore.
Golden... Hahaha add App Shortcuts compatibility.
its ok
You are missing lots of features that many launchers have, such as something as simple as allowing landscape orientation. Also, it would be nice if you could integrate Google Now into the pages section as there is not many cards available for download. Furthermore, when you go to settings, click menu, and click Find Pages, Klinker App Pages, Talon (Blur Launcher Page), the app cannot be found on Google Play Store. However, this launcher is very good over all, and I would like to see more apps like this!
It's an okay launcher overall, very close to stock. The only real standout is the Source page and other app integration pages. Aside from that, there's no icon pack support or any of the customization options you'd expect from a custom launcher. The most recent update seems to have messed up the app drawer for me. It's not centered and weighted to the left for some reason.
App drawer should be alligned. Gaps between apps are not uniform.
But nothing really works.
What happened. Won't load talon. Would not pay or recomend purchase
Really smooth, fun and easy to use. But no themes or personalization options? That leaves it kind of bland.
Now set as my default, I'm glad with the performance and customization. Sadly, when I restart my phone, all shortcuts of apps that are stored on the SD card are gone, having to be put back in place. Also, often when opening the app drawer, it appears zoomed in, as if the animation didn't finish. It should be noted that custom icons are NOT supported!
Cards are difficult to obtain and desktop grid layout spacing below 5x5 is terrible. These are the problems I have found currently. Please fix this launcher.
If you could add widget support to Blur Info then it would almost be perfect. I say almost because that page is very buggy. If I quickly swipe to it and back to homescreen I can't swipe to it again unless I'm at the 2nd homescreen. Please fix.
The evolvesms is not always working with lancher swipe left and it crashes every time when it tried to load messages.
Was excited about this one, specifically the twitter feed. That specifically doesn't work so it's just another dud with no support. Latest update fixed nothing for me.
Nice update! Still very new compared to a lot of other launches in the Play Store. Would be nice if more icon packs were compatible. Love Kinkler apps. Great developer!
Thought it would have more 'pages' with info I could read.
I had been searching for such a laucher which has customizations but minimal promotions to show and so it behave like stock one...just a more good thing is missing that is drawer background which should be customizable or at least be switched among solid colours according to smartphone's look...
I got this launcher for the messages page and that works great, like all but 2 of the launchers other features. When I set a wallpaper with the wallpaper option in the menu, the wallpaper is really off center, and when I try to set a custom home scrolling effect, it doesn't work. Currently I have the cylinder in effect, but it has the normal effect. Fix this and I'll give it a 5/5.
It has just the right amount of options. Hide Apps, Double Tap for Screen off, Icon Theme Support, tweaks. The Pages are an awesome idea but also its shortcomings. It could use some additional support. A Facebook/Twitter (Social) page is needed to become my daily driver. Additional cards on the "Google Now" page. All that is useful is the weather card, which why not just make a Weather Page? Use the "Google Now" page with actual Google Now. It is very pretty and functional. I am debating on using a Facebook widget or switch back to Nova
This should be the stock launcher of every phone in my opinion, the only disappointing thing is that it has a low rating on the store because of the dumbyness of other people... One thing this launcher should seriously have though, is the possibility to tweak the drawer transition effect, that would be great. I hope you keep up the brilliant work, i replaced this one with the stock one i had before, this is an awesome one, good job!
I like this launcher alot! It's the first one I'm actually considering keeping, though I always find that returning to the launcher from an app is a rather time consuming process compared to the stock Google Now launcher. But I do love all the gestures icon layout features, topnotch stuff. Just optimise the speed a bit and fix the frequent crashes, then I'll reinstall and donate for the good work thats been put into this launcher.
I like the look and the feel of this app and the option to add pages. But the launcher seems to run a little bit slow and when I set evolve messaging as my page it does not always send my texts when I hit the send button
I'm very picky about the way my home screen looks. Aviate used to be my favorite launcher until it started malfunctioning. After exhausting every single launcher recommendation I could find in online articles and YouTube, I came across Blur. I love Blur, simple, easy to use and not overly flashy like I find other launchers to be. However, it keeps crashing. Every time I hit the home button, it tells me Blur has stopped working. So now I get to hunt for a new launcher tirelessly until they fix this issue.
Whenever i come back to my home, when i Say WHENEVER i mean everytime, it says blur stopped working Choose a defult launcher and i have to Put it on Always! which takes about 5 seconds! Please fix this thing ASAP
The developer seems to have abandoned this app. It has almost been a year with no update... That being said, the launcher is now completely buggy and it lags way too much that the app is completely worthless
Smooth, Fast, No Adds, Lollipop Theme (Icons And New White Lollipop drawer), OK Google Working, Totally Free, Many Pages To Add, Small size App, I removed my system launcher and made this one my system launcher Totally Awesome
This is what I've been looking for. Screw nova launcher, this is way better. Only thing is that I can't set Google Now as left page.
Good potential here. Good start. I'd like to see a black background on the app page and a dark or black option on the weather and calculator cards as well. I keep my phone mostly themed in black so these white parts don't fit.
Enjoy the stock look. My only problem is I can't get any of the pages, such as blur info, to work. Just endless loading