feat: add options to show/hide app labels (#351)

* feat: add options to show/hide app labels

Refs: #55

* refactor: remove dead adapter and dialog layout

Added in SimpleMobileTools/Simple-Launcher#103, but never used.

* fix: adjust icon spacing in folders when labels are disabled

* fix: use proper style for preference items with values

Author: naveensingh

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+### Added
+- Option to hide app labels ([#55])
 
 ## [1.8.0] - 2026-01-30
 ### Added
@@ -105,6 +107,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 [#6]: https://github.com/FossifyOrg/Launcher/issues/6
 [#44]: https://github.com/FossifyOrg/Launcher/issues/44
 [#51]: https://github.com/FossifyOrg/Launcher/issues/51
+[#55]: https://github.com/FossifyOrg/Launcher/issues/55
 [#63]: https://github.com/FossifyOrg/Launcher/issues/63
 [#65]: https://github.com/FossifyOrg/Launcher/issues/65
 [#74]: https://github.com/FossifyOrg/Launcher/issues/74

app/src/main/kotlin/org/fossify/home/activities/SettingsActivity.kt

@@ -51,8 +51,10 @@ class SettingsActivity : SimpleActivity() {
         setupOpenKeyboardOnAppDrawer()
         setupDrawerColumnCount()
         setupDrawerSearchBar()
+        setupShowDrawerAppLabels()
         setupHomeRowCount()
         setupHomeColumnCount()
+        setupShowHomeAppLabels()
         setupLanguage()
         setupManageHiddenIcons()
         updateTextColors(binding.settingsHolder)
@@ -187,6 +189,14 @@ class SettingsActivity : SimpleActivity() {
         }
     }
 
+    private fun setupShowDrawerAppLabels() {
+        binding.settingsShowDrawerAppLabels.isChecked = config.showDrawerAppLabels
+        binding.settingsShowDrawerAppLabelsHolder.setOnClickListener {
+            binding.settingsShowDrawerAppLabels.toggle()
+            config.showDrawerAppLabels = binding.settingsShowDrawerAppLabels.isChecked
+        }
+    }
+
     private fun setupHomeRowCount() {
         val currentRowCount = config.homeRowCount
         binding.settingsHomeScreenRowCount.text = currentRowCount.toString()
@@ -239,6 +249,14 @@ class SettingsActivity : SimpleActivity() {
         }
     }
 
+    private fun setupShowHomeAppLabels() {
+        binding.settingsShowHomeAppLabels.isChecked = config.showHomeAppLabels
+        binding.settingsShowHomeAppLabelsHolder.setOnClickListener {
+            binding.settingsShowHomeAppLabels.toggle()
+            config.showHomeAppLabels = binding.settingsShowHomeAppLabels.isChecked
+        }
+    }
+
     @SuppressLint("NewApi")
     private fun setupLanguage() {
         binding.settingsLanguage.text = Locale.getDefault().displayLanguage

app/src/main/kotlin/org/fossify/home/adapters/FolderIconsAdapter.kt

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import com.bumptech.glide.load.engine.DiskCacheStrategy
 import com.bumptech.glide.request.target.DrawableImageViewTarget
 import com.bumptech.glide.request.transition.Transition
 import com.qtalk.recyclerviewfastscroller.RecyclerViewFastScroller
+import org.fossify.commons.extensions.beVisibleIf
 import org.fossify.commons.extensions.getColoredDrawableWithColor
 import org.fossify.commons.extensions.getProperTextColor
 import org.fossify.commons.extensions.realScreenSize
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ class LaunchersAdapter(
             itemView.apply {
                 binding.launcherLabel.text = launcher.title
                 binding.launcherLabel.setTextColor(textColor)
+                binding.launcherLabel.beVisibleIf(activity.config.showDrawerAppLabels)
                 binding.launcherIcon.setPadding(iconPadding, iconPadding, iconPadding, 0)
 
                 if (launcher.drawable != null && binding.launcherIcon.tag == true) {

app/src/main/kotlin/org/fossify/home/adapters/LaunchersAdapter.kt

@@ -37,4 +37,12 @@ class Config(context: Context) : BaseConfig(context) {
         get() = prefs.getBoolean(AUTO_SHOW_KEYBOARD_IN_APP_DRAWER, false)
         set(autoShowKeyboardInAppDrawer) = prefs.edit()
             .putBoolean(AUTO_SHOW_KEYBOARD_IN_APP_DRAWER, autoShowKeyboardInAppDrawer).apply()
+
+    var showDrawerAppLabels: Boolean
+        get() = prefs.getBoolean(SHOW_DRAWER_APP_LABELS, true)
+        set(showDrawerAppLabels) = prefs.edit().putBoolean(SHOW_DRAWER_APP_LABELS, showDrawerAppLabels).apply()
+
+    var showHomeAppLabels: Boolean
+        get() = prefs.getBoolean(SHOW_HOME_APP_LABELS, true)
+        set(showHomeAppLabels) = prefs.edit().putBoolean(SHOW_HOME_APP_LABELS, showHomeAppLabels).apply()
 }

app/src/main/kotlin/org/fossify/home/helpers/Config.kt

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ const val DRAWER_COLUMN_COUNT = "drawer_column_count"
 const val SHOW_SEARCH_BAR = "show_search_bar"
 const val CLOSE_APP_DRAWER = "close_app_drawer"
 const val AUTO_SHOW_KEYBOARD_IN_APP_DRAWER = "auto_show_keyboard_in_app_drawer"
+const val SHOW_DRAWER_APP_LABELS = "show_drawer_app_labels"
+const val SHOW_HOME_APP_LABELS = "show_home_app_labels"
 
 // default home screen grid size
 const val ROW_COUNT = 6

app/src/main/kotlin/org/fossify/home/helpers/Constants.kt

@@ -1574,7 +1574,7 @@ class HomeScreenGrid(context: Context, attrs: AttributeSet, defStyle: Int) :
                 cell.top - iconMargin
             } + sideMargins.top
         }
-        val additionalHeight = if (!item.docked) {
+        val additionalHeight = if (!item.docked && context.config.showHomeAppLabels) {
             // multiply line count by line height to get label height
             // we multiply all line heights by 2 so all widgets get the same clickable area and 2 is the max line count
             (2 * (textPaint.fontMetrics.bottom - textPaint.fontMetrics.top)).toInt()
@@ -1888,7 +1888,7 @@ class HomeScreenGrid(context: Context, attrs: AttributeSet, defStyle: Int) :
                     drawableY + iconSize
                 )
 
-                if (item.id != draggedItem?.id && item.title.isNotEmpty()) {
+                if (item.id != draggedItem?.id && item.title.isNotEmpty() && context.config.showHomeAppLabels) {
                     val textX = cell.left.toFloat() + labelSideMargin
                     val textY = cell.top.toFloat() + iconSize + iconMargin + labelSideMargin
                     val textPaintToUse = if (item.parentId == null) {
@@ -2036,7 +2036,9 @@ class HomeScreenGrid(context: Context, attrs: AttributeSet, defStyle: Int) :
             val rowsCount = ceil(count.toFloat() / columnsCount).toInt()
             val cellSize = getCellSize()
             val gap = getGapSize()
-            val yGap = gap + textPaint.textSize + 2 * labelSideMargin
+            val yGap = if (context.config.showHomeAppLabels) {
+                gap + textPaint.textSize + 2 * labelSideMargin
+            } else gap
             val cell = cells[item.getTopLeft(rowCount)] ?: return RectF(0f, 0f, 0f, 0f)
             val centerX = sideMargins.left + cell.centerX()
             val centerY = sideMargins.top + cell.centerY()
@@ -2089,7 +2091,9 @@ class HomeScreenGrid(context: Context, attrs: AttributeSet, defStyle: Int) :
             val folderItemsRect = getItemsDrawingRect()
             val cellSize = getCellSize()
             val gap = getGapSize()
-            val yGap = gap + textPaint.textSize + 2 * labelSideMargin
+            val yGap = if (context.config.showHomeAppLabels) {
+                gap + textPaint.textSize + 2 * labelSideMargin
+            } else gap
             return (0 until columnsCount * rowsCount)
                 .toList()
                 .map { Pair(it % columnsCount, it / columnsCount) }
@@ -2115,7 +2119,9 @@ class HomeScreenGrid(context: Context, attrs: AttributeSet, defStyle: Int) :
             val itemsRect = getItemsDrawingRect()
             val cellSize = getCellSize()
             val gapSize = getGapSize()
-            val yGapSize = gapSize + textPaint.textSize + 2 * labelSideMargin
+            val yGapSize = if (context.config.showHomeAppLabels) {
+                gapSize + textPaint.textSize + 2 * labelSideMargin
+            } else gapSize
             val left = (itemsRect.left + column * cellSize + column * gapSize).roundToInt()
             val top = (itemsRect.top + row * cellSize + row * yGapSize).roundToInt()
             return Rect(

app/src/main/kotlin/org/fossify/home/views/HomeScreenGrid.kt

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
             <org.fossify.commons.views.PurchaseThankYouItem
                 android:id="@+id/settings_purchase_thank_you_holder"
                 android:layout_width="match_parent"
-                android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
+                android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
 
             <RelativeLayout
                 android:id="@+id/settings_use_english_holder"
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
 
             <RelativeLayout
                 android:id="@+id/settings_drawer_column_count_holder"
-                style="@style/SettingsHolderTextViewOneLinerStyle"
+                style="@style/SettingsHolderTextViewStyle"
                 android:layout_width="match_parent"
                 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                 android:background="@drawable/ripple_background">
@@ -231,6 +231,22 @@
 
             </RelativeLayout>
 
+            <RelativeLayout
+                android:id="@+id/settings_show_drawer_app_labels_holder"
+                style="@style/SettingsHolderSwitchStyle"
+                android:layout_width="match_parent"
+                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+                android:background="@drawable/ripple_background">
+
+                <org.fossify.commons.views.MyMaterialSwitch
+                    android:id="@+id/settings_show_drawer_app_labels"
+                    style="@style/SettingsSwitchStyle"
+                    android:layout_width="match_parent"
+                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+                    android:text="@string/show_app_labels" />
+
+            </RelativeLayout>
+
             <include
                 android:id="@+id/settings_drawer_settings_divider"
                 layout="@layout/divider" />
@@ -244,7 +260,7 @@
 
             <RelativeLayout
                 android:id="@+id/settings_home_screen_row_count_holder"
-                style="@style/SettingsHolderTextViewOneLinerStyle"
+                style="@style/SettingsHolderTextViewStyle"
                 android:layout_width="match_parent"
                 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                 android:background="@drawable/ripple_background">
@@ -268,7 +284,7 @@
 
             <RelativeLayout
                 android:id="@+id/settings_home_screen_column_count_holder"
-                style="@style/SettingsHolderTextViewOneLinerStyle"
+                style="@style/SettingsHolderTextViewStyle"
                 android:layout_width="match_parent"
                 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                 android:background="@drawable/ripple_background">
@@ -289,6 +305,22 @@
                     tools:text="3" />
 
             </RelativeLayout>
+
+            <RelativeLayout
+                android:id="@+id/settings_show_home_app_labels_holder"
+                style="@style/SettingsHolderSwitchStyle"
+                android:layout_width="match_parent"
+                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+                android:background="@drawable/ripple_background">
+
+                <org.fossify.commons.views.MyMaterialSwitch
+                    android:id="@+id/settings_show_home_app_labels"
+                    style="@style/SettingsSwitchStyle"
+                    android:layout_width="match_parent"
+                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+                    android:text="@string/show_app_labels" />
+
+            </RelativeLayout>
         </LinearLayout>
     </androidx.core.widget.NestedScrollView>
 </androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout>

app/src/main/res/layout/activity_settings.xml

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     <string name="app_drawer_settings">App drawer</string>
     <string name="close_app_drawer_on_app_open">Close app drawer on opening an app</string>
     <string name="auto_show_keyboard_in_app_drawer">Automatically show keyboard in drawer</string>
+    <string name="show_app_labels">Show app labels</string>
     <string name="home_screen_settings">Home screen</string>
     <string name="widget_too_big">Widget is too big for current home screen size</string>
     <string name="double_tap_to_lock">Double tap to lock screen</string>