Used Permissions

This launcher uses the following permissions for the purpose of implementing the features. It collects no personal information at all.

# for general purpose of the launcher

"android.permission.SET_WALLPAPER"
"android.permission.SET_WALLPAPER_HINTS"
"android.permission.EXPAND_STATUS_BAR"

# for the long-click call feature in contacts page

"android.permission.CALL_PHONE"

# for the "Contacts" page

"android.permission.READ_CONTACTS"

# for notifications on tiles

"android.permission.READ_CALENDAR"
"android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS"
"com.google.android.gm.permission.READ_CONTENT_PROVIDER"

# for the "Flashlight" widget

"android.permission.CAMERA"

# for fingerprint authentication on password input

"android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT"

# for Private space support

"android.permission.ACCESS_HIDDEN_PROFILES"

Live Tiles

Live tile is one of the most attractive features of Windows phone. It displays continuously useful information on tiles in real time with charming animations. There are several ways to make tiles "Live" on Square home as well. I'm sure you could make your home awesome by applying the following ways. 1. Displaying notifications on tile When you get a notification from an app, you should expand the notification panel from the status bar to see the content. Now you do not have to pull down the status bar anymore because Square home displays the notification on the app tile that is added into your page. Notifications on tile To activate this feature, - go to "Live tile" in Home options. - select "Notifications". - enable Square home in the notification access. The app icon and notification text are switched continuously on the tile with some cool animation. If the notification contains a picture in its content, it will be displayed as ...

Understanding Tile Background Effects

This post explains how the wallpaper works with the tile background effects. The "System wallpaper" is a normal Android wallpaper system and you can see that in your lock screen or in even another launcher after selecting it. The "App wallpaper" is applied only inside of Square home app but you can use some beautiful tile background effects on it. Square Home currently supports a total of five tile background effects. Go to Home options > Tile sizes and styles > Background effect and select one of the following effects. 1. No effect This is the default value when you first install the launcher. You can disable the wallpaper or use System wallpaper or App wallpaper to use this effect. If you disable the wallpaper, it uses a black background color, which you can change in Home options > Behavior and UI > Background color. It looks a bit boring at first, but you can use different tile colors and rounded corners to create a nice screen like this. Background ...

Applying the System Color Scheme to Your Square Home

As you may already know, Google introduced the Material You theme system in Android 12. One of the most important features of the Material You theme is the dynamic color system, which allows you to personalize the color scheme of the theme to your taste. This can be achieved by selecting the desired color scheme when setting the wallpaper in the system settings, as shown in the figure. Dynamic color system of Android 12 You can find more information about Material You design at the following article. Everything you need to know about Material Design 3 The newly released Square Home (version 3) fully supports Material You's dynamic color system. Once you've selected your preferred color palette in the system settings, here's how to apply it to the user interface of Square Home. 1. Open the Home option. 2. Go to the "Behavior and UI" section. 3. Enable the "Dynamic color theme" option. (Android 12 and above) Before applying the Dynamic color theme After ap...

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