About Activity Launcher
Easily launch hidden app activities and create custom shortcuts! Discover the full potential of your Android apps with Activity Launcher – a powerful tool that lets you access hidden activities and create home screen...
Easily launch hidden app activities and create custom shortcuts!
Discover the full potential of your Android apps with Activity Launcher – a powerful tool that lets you access hidden activities and create home screen shortcuts for any installed app.
Whether you're a power user, developer, or just curious, Activity Launcher gives you deeper control and customization over your device.
🔍 Key Features:
- Launch hidden or internal activities within installed apps
- Create shortcuts for quick access to specific features or screens
- Clean and lightweight with a simple interface
💡 About the Project:
Activity Launcher is based on the open-source project available at https://github.com/orgs/ActivityLauncher/repositories.
🎁 Go Ad‑Free & Support Us
Prefer an ad‑free experience? Get Activity Launcher Pro on the Play Store:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.szalkowski.activitylauncher.pro
Or grab the free, open‑source APK on GitHub and support future development by sponsoring the project:
https://github.com/sponsors/butzist
— Thank you for helping us keep Activity Launcher growing!
🤝 Get Involved:
This is a community-driven project – you're welcome to contribute code, translations, or ideas. Help us improve and grow!
Website: https://activitylauncher.net
Discord: https://discord.gg/gzEugJBNMr
Source code and translations: https://github.com/orgs/ActivityLauncher/repositories
Opt-in for Beta release: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/de.szalkowski.activitylauncher
Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of Activity Launcher since it was posted on our website on 2016-12-24 01:26:54.
The latest version is 2.4.1 and it was updated on 2026-10-12 22:37:13. See below the changes in each version.
Activity Launcher version 2.4.1
Updated At: 2026-07-13
Changes: # Changelog
## Features
- Plugin system for launch and shortcut creation (docs & example on GitHub)
- Launch favorites using Quick Settings tile by @khaled-0
- Favorites and recently used activities
- Sharing of shortcuts via URL
- Translation updates
## Fixes
- Incremental loading should fix crashes due to binder buffer exhaustion
## Other improvements/changes
- Package cache
Activity Launcher version 2.3.1
Updated At: 2026-06-26
Changes: # Changelog
## Features
- Launch favorites using Quick Settings tile by @khaled-0
- Favorites and recently used activities
- Sharing of shortcuts via URL
- In-app reviews
- Translation updates
## Fixes
- App crashes when rotated
## Other improvements/changes
- Improved startup time: Loading of all packages skipped when opening favorites or recents
Activity Launcher version 2.2.4
Updated At: 2026-06-09
Changes: # Changelog
## Features
- Favorites and recently used activities
- Sharing of shortcuts via URL
- In-app reviews
- Translation updates
## Fixes
- App crashes when rotated
## Other improvements/changes
- Improved startup time: Loading of all packages skipped when opening favorites or recents
Activity Launcher version 2.1.2
Updated At: 2025-12-08
Changes: Allow sharing shortcuts via URL
Activity Launcher version 2.0.7
Updated At: 2025-05-26
Changes: Public release of ActivityLauncher v2
* Translated to Kotlin
* Faster startup time
* New UX and Material 3
* Support for API versions 23 to 36+
Discussion is open on GitHub
https://github.com/butzist/ActivityLauncher/discussions/234
Activity Launcher version 1.15.2
Updated At: 2025-05-18
Changes: * Fixed listing of apps without localized translation
* Updated translations (Klingon and Bulgarian added - check Crowdin for credits and QA)
Activity Launcher version 1.14.8
Updated At: 2023-09-11
Changes: Updated translations (Azerbaijani and Traditional Chinese added - check Crowdin for credits)
Activity Launcher version 1.14.6
Updated At: 2022-12-31
Changes: Fix for issue #171 (Shortcuts not working properly in Android 13) (@Ismael034):
This version contains a workaround for the "App isn't installed" error showing up when starting shortcuts on Android 13. The fix makes all shortcuts point to our own proxy activity - similar approach to our root launcher.
Activity Launcher version 1.14.4
Updated At: 2022-03-20
Changes: * Updated translations (you can update/vote for the correct translation on Crowdin - link is provided in the app)
* Add ru-UA language support, remove ru-RU (@butzist)
* Bring context menu on three dots clicks (@ebraminio)
* Replace the deprecated ProgressDialog with app custom one (@ebraminio)
* Add launcher shortcut for Android TV (@Ismael034)
* Add roundness to the dialogs (@Ismael034)
Activity Launcher version 1.14.3
Updated At: 2022-01-23
Changes: The project is looking for a co-maintainer and someone, who can improve the UI/UX of the app. Check the issues section on the GitHub page if you are interested in contributing to this open-source project.
* Updated translations (you can update/vote for the correct translation on Crowdin - link is provided in the app)
* Allow launch and shortcuts of private activities
* Settings screen (by @Ismael034)
* Bug Fixes (by @Ismael034)
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