How do I create a home-screen replacement application? Is there any information about the home-screen application available?
Can any application be a home-screen by just registering it with a CATEGORY_HOME intent?
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Writing your own home screen application is possible. It is called the Launcher.
You can get the source code of the default Android Launcher via Git.
The project URL is:
You can get the source code like this:
That will create a directory called Launcher2 for you. Now you can get cracking and create your custom launcher.
If you need help with using Git then checkout Git’s documentation section.