Lawnchair development roadmap

This document outlines our high-level strategic priorities. It's a living document, not a set of unbreakable promises. For the status of individual tasks, see our GitHub Issue Tracker and our team's Kanban board.

Vision

Lawnchair's goal is to be:

• Simple: Match the core Pixel Launcher experience.
• Powerful: Offer deep, meaningful customization.
• Stable: Provide a rock-solid, reliable foundation.

Roadmap

Recently completed

• Shipped: 15 Beta 1 to GitHub & Play Store.
• Completed: A full architectural overhaul of the Search and Permissions systems.

Current focus

This is our active development sprint. The goal is to address key bugs and deliver a highly polished user experience.

• UI/UX overhaul of all Settings screens to Material 3 Expressive.

Up next

Once the UX overhaul is stable, our focus will shift to delivering highly-requested features that enhance customization and control.

• Proper icon swipe gestures
• Folder "cover" mode
• App drawer tabs

The Android 16 rebase

This is the massive, foundational undertaking to migrate our codebase to the latest Android 16 (AOSP) source. Its completion will be the foundation for our Lawnchair 16 release.

Status: Actively in progress, led by a core community contributor.

Long term or blocked

Highly-requested features that are blocked by external dependencies or require significant research.

• Widget Stacking: A highly complex feature requiring deep architectural investigation.
• QuickSwitch Stability: An ongoing effort to mitigate upstream AOSP/OEM bugs.