sawyerthemiller/metrolaunch

AI 仓库情报摘要

FR-AI / ANALYSIS

为什么值得关注

它在 iOS 上重现了独特的 Metro 界面美学，并利用 PWA 技术保持免费、可离线使用且无需 App Store 更新；同时集成了天气和 Spotify 实时数据磁贴。

适合谁使用

怀念 Windows Phone/Metro 设计的 iOS 用户
希望使用可自定义第三方启动器的进阶用户
对 URL Scheme 和 PWA 移动界面感兴趣的技术爱好者
寻找免费替代付费启动器应用的用户

典型使用场景

用 Metro 磁贴布局替换 iOS 默认主屏幕
通过 URL Scheme 或 Apple 快捷指令启动任意应用
显示来自 OpenWeatherMap 的实时天气信息
借助 Python 客户端在专用磁贴上展示 Spotify 当前播放曲目

项目优势

功能完整的 PWA：支持离线运行、自动更新、动画流畅
采用正版 Windows 8 天气图片，视觉怀旧感强
永久免费，无内购或订阅
多种应用启动方式（URL Scheme、快捷指令），即使应用无直接 Scheme 也能通过快捷指令调用

使用前须知

需要手动配置 URL Scheme 或快捷指令来启动应用；部分应用难以找到可用 Scheme
Spotify 磁贴需要始终在 Windows/Mac 上运行 Python 客户端，并依赖作者服务器（有公平使用带宽限制）
天气磁贴需要免费 OpenWeatherMap API 密钥；部分功能依赖外部服务

README 快速开始

MetroLaunch / click here to install

A feature-rich third party home screen for iOS in the style of Microsoft's old MetroUI... Built as a PWA, so it's free forever, has smooth animations, is runnable offline, and gets hassle free updates via an in-built system.

It even uses the original Windows 8 weather images :)

Getting into the launcher FASTER - Opening the icon from the Apple Homescreen can get annoying quickly.

Make a shortcut to open the URL prefaced with webapp:// which is listed in this repo
In order for this to work, you must have the app installed via the 'add to home screen option' already
Then set it as the double back tap option

Also, not many iOS users know, but to swipe between apps, you can just swipe left or right on the navigation bar!!

Please fully read the readme before installing and using the launcher...

This app relies on URL schemes to launch and add apps...

What is a URL Scheme

URL schema are links that are able to reference other apps installed on your device
Both Android and iOS have them, but Android launchers don't usually ever need to rely on them

So why do we have to

Apple in their infinite wisdom has disallowed enumerating other apps on the device and opening them 'just because' and usually requires some sort of intent
Hence, a weather app may have a scheme like weather-app-best://getforloc=milwaukee - note that is a pretty crude example but the point is the same
Thanfully, opening an app with nothing in the url scheme usally works just fine. For example netflix:// will just open the app Netflix

How can I get them

Sometimes you get lucky and it is just the app name with a :// after it, or it is just the Bundle ID
Other times, it's completely random gibberish. For example, the url scheme for the app What The Forecast is fb1682603758661443:// so sometimes it is very hard to find them
Usually there is lists online for them, but they usually don't have all the apps you'd want

Ways to get them that are easier then guessing

Download the theming app 'Brass'

You can add apps to the home screen with it through a configuration profile and hold them on the home screen, press share, then copy link
But sometimes you may notice it will still be blank!! Which means that the app has no URL scheme
Don't

项目描述

The first ever third-party homescreen for non-jailbroken iOS devices is here... In everybody's favorite style - Windows Phone (highly dependent on who you ask) :3

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