ARK-launcher Files

Widgets got a big overhaul, and a round of reliability fixes rides along. Updating from 0.7.12 keeps your layout, widgets and settings.

New

• Move widgets in one gesture: long-press a widget and keep dragging. Hold it at a screen edge to change pages, drop it on Remove to delete it. The widget itself follows your finger. A still long-press opens the resize frame as before.
• New widget picker: searchable, with large live previews. Drag a preview to the spot you want, or tap Add.
• Built-in widgets adapt to their size: the clock, battery and notifications widgets change their layout as you resize them. Optional themed backgrounds in Settings ▸ Home screen ▸ Themed backgrounds for built-in widgets (the translucent style stays the default).

Changed

• Widget sizes are calculated from the real grid cells instead of a fixed 70 dp rule, and a widget whose default is larger than your grid shrinks to fit.
• The resize handles have a larger touch target.
• The full-width toggle on the resize frame is gone — drag the side handles instead.

Fixed

• Icon labels are no longer cut off with a large system font or display size, even with 7–8 rows.
• Restoring a backup could crash the launcher the next time an app was dropped into a restored folder. Leaving Settings in the middle of a restore could also leave the new layout on the old grid.
• A failed profile lookup at startup could delete every home-screen icon.
• Reordering the dock could silently undo an earlier reorder, and hiding the dock left a dead zone where icons could not be dropped.
• Long-pressing a widget no longer also opens the home-screen menu.
• App info for a work-profile app could open the personal copy of the same app.
• A widget preview that misbehaves can no longer crash the launcher.

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