About this app

Welcome to Blur, our 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/p81EWk
To 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 steps
2.) Go back to settings and click the card picker button
3.) 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!

This app uses the Device Administrator permission.

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/bTrWIL
Twitter Support: https://twitter.com/lukeklinker (@lukeklinker)
Website: http://klinkerapps.com
Email: support@klinkerapps.com
YouTube Video: http://youtu.be/HD66-8a3J1w


** For Developers **
Extension API and example projects: https://github.com/klinker-apps/blur-launcher-apis

New features

v2.2.0 Updates Blur to the latest Google Launcher3 code + more! Icon normalization, set the lockscreen wallpaper in Nougat, tons of style improvements, an option for whether or not you want to display the predicted apps in the drawer, and a whole lot of bug fixes.

For a detailed list of changes, head to the "What's New" section of settings!

App Permissions

Allows an application to initiate a phone call without going through the Dialer user interface for the user to confirm the call.
Allows applications to set the wallpaper.
Allows applications to set the wallpaper hints.
Allows access to the vibrator.
Allows an application to tell the AppWidget service which application can access AppWidget's data.
Allows an application to read from external storage.
Allows an application to broadcast sticky intents.
Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows an app to access approximate location.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows an application to read SMS messages.
Allows an application to read the user's contacts data.
Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows an application to expand or collapse the status bar.
Allows an application to read the user's calendar data.