Update application list and home page when removing apps

[wdulac]

Running the latest release, when removing an app that has a launcher on my home page, the launcher remains but with no icon.
Similarly, it also remains (forever ?) in F Launcher's application list, unless I set it to "hide", in which case it now lives (forever ?) in the hidden apps list.

If one wants to manage the app list themsef, they need to
1 - uninstall the app
2 - delete the launcher from the home page
3 - hide the app from the applications menu

Ideally, I think step 2 should follow automatically after step 1, and step 3 should rather be something like "automatically delete the entry from the app menu" instead of putting it in the hidden application list.

PS : Thank you this fork and for updating the original app !

System specs:

• TCL 50C645
• Android 11
• armeabi-v7a

[hagst]

For current apps you could "delete the launcher from the home page" before you "uninstall the app".

For apps already uninstalled and marked as hidden: reinstall the hidden app, unhide the app, delete the icon from the home page and delete the app.

[Mr5quid]

@hagst Steps 1 and 2 can be swapped but that doesn't change anything. Removing the launcher first and then uninstalling the app still leaves an invalid entry in F Launcher's app list.

As far as I can tell, uninstalled apps could very well stay forever in F Launcher's Applications list. I haven't been using the launcher long enough to know for sure, but so far they don't seem to want to leave. I tried clearing the launcher's cache after uninstalling an app too but it remains in the list.

I think it's possible the only well to get an up to date app list is to clear all data / reinstall the app, but I haven't tried.

[hagst]

I can reproduce this problem.
As a temp fix you can force stop the flauncher app and open the flauncher app to get rid of the listing of the uninstalled app. No need to hide the uninstalled app. Works for me.

[CocoCR300]

By "removing" the app, do you mean "uninstalling" or "removing it from a category" (clicking the button that says "Remove from <category name>")?
This issue could be the same as #35, which I just fixed.

[wdulac]

By "removing" the app, do you mean "uninstalling" or "removing it from a category" (clicking the button that says "Remove from ")? This issue could be the same as #35, which I just fixed.

I meant "uninstalling". Although I can't exactly remember by what mean I was uninstalling apps because I haven't uninstalled an app in a while : from the launcher itself, from the PlayStore or from the Android settings menu, if it matters.

I don't fully understand the content of #35 but it does seem related, yes.

PS : I still daily drive this launcher which is so much nicer to use than the native Google TV UI, so I'm very pleased to see it's still active ! 😃

[CocoCR300]

Thanks for the quick reply. So if it's about uninstallation it's the same issue. I will release a new version with a small fix now.
And also thanks for hanging in there, I didn't have the time to work on this in the last few months, so I'll try to push some updates soon.

[wdulac]

I don't think I'll have time to try out the new release with the bug fix until early next week, so I'll report then. Thanks for the update 👍

[...] And also thanks for hanging in there, I didn't have the time to work on this in the last few months [...]

That's no problem at all. It's only a very minor annoyance when setting up everything for the first time, as I (and I assume most) don't spend much time installing and removing applications once the TV/launcher is set up to each and everyone's preference.

Still, I'm glad to see it resolved (or likely so, I'll find out soon enough).

[wdulac]

Just checking in. I'm very late because I completely forgot about this up until now. I just updated to the latest release (2024.12.004) and this issue is now fixed indeed 😄.

Thanks again and happy new year.