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Solid Launcher on Windows Pc

Developed By: Majeur

License: Free

Rating: 3,8/5 - 229 votes

Last Updated: December 28, 2023

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Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 3.0
Size 1.9 MB
Release Date January 26, 23
Category Personalization Apps

App Permissions:
Allows applications to open network sockets. [see more (6)]

What's New:
3.0•Redesigned Solid's behavior and global design (Drawer is now "juxtaposed" to Grids and Panel)•Added a lot of color variants•Added search bar in drawer•Re-... [see more]

Description from Developer:
Solid Launcher brings a new kind of home screen, which differs of other regular android AOSP based launchers. It has been written from scratch to fill the lack of "different" launc... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download Solid Launcher and install on Windows PC. Solid Launcher is free Personalization app, developed by Majeur. Latest version of Solid Launcher is 3.0, was released on 2023-01-26 (updated on 2023-12-28). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 10,000. Overall rating of Solid Launcher is 3,8. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 229 users, 105 users had rated it 5*, 25 users had rated it 1*.

How to install Solid Launcher on Windows?

Instruction on how to install Solid Launcher on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Solid Launcher on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Step By Step Guide To Install Solid Launcher using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "Solid Launcher" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install Solid Launcher on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Solid Launcher" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 3.0.

Download Solid Launcher 3.0 on Windows PC – 1.9 MB

Solid Launcher brings a new kind of home screen, which differs of other regular android AOSP based launchers. It has been written from scratch to fill the lack of "different" launchers in android world.

Solid is designed to be fast, intuitive, efficient and beautyful. Originally, Solid's design was inspired by Google Now design with cards and cities headers, but now more from the native and original Material Design. Solid is highly customizable; you can make it fully transparent or with colors automatically inspired from your wallpaper !

Main functionalities:
• Fling widgets: open a floating widget by just swipping on an app's icon
• Header panel: an advanced dock which can contain apps, shortcuts and widgets
• Custom applications transitions: customize transitions when opening/closing applications
• Icon packs: thousands of icon packs available, fully compatible with Apex icon packs
• Dynamic theme color: Solid can adapts theme color to your wallpaper automatically
• Gestures: double tap, swipe in multiple directions ...
• Customizable page animations
• Multiple page indicators
• Wallpaper scroll (parallax or regular)
• Multiple folder icon layout type
• Customizable icon appearance: icon size, text color, text font
• Customizable row and column counts: available for header panel and grids
• Multiple drawer themes
• Customizable page count, customizable default page
• Hidden apps: select which apps you don't want in apps drawer
• Customizable margins: modify header panel and grids margins
• Multiple drawer layouts: choose between indexed grid or indexed list
• Quick search bar in app drawer
• Folder adapt their colors to their container (container's card ..)

This app is developed on my free time, you can support my work by getting Prime version. Thanks.

Permissions :
-INTERNET : Used for DashBoard weather feature.
-READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE : Used to restore backup files.
-WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE : Used to save backup files.
-CALL_PHONE : Used for phone application shortcuts.
-BILLING : Allow user to purchase Prime key.
-EXPAND_STATUS_BAR : All is in name !

This app uses the Device Administrator permission. (Needed only for "locking phone with a gesture" behavior)

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Developers, see:
https://github.com/MajeurAndroid/SolidLauncher-Api
3.0
•Redesigned Solid's behavior and global design (Drawer is now "juxtaposed" to Grids and Panel)
•Added a lot of color variants
•Added search bar in drawer
•Re-organized Solid's settings
•New design for the drag&drop extras bar
•Removed Google card style feature
•Removed panel custom wallpaper feature
•Fixed bug causing grids to sometimes not loading
•Fixed issue when restoring a backup
•Fixed broken weather for DashBoard widget
•Big improvement in stability
•Lot of minor bug and design fixes
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows an application to read from external storage.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows an application to initiate a phone call without going through the Dialer user interface for the user to confirm the call.
Allows an application to expand or collapse the status bar.
Allows applications to access information about networks.