SO Launcher is an Android app developed by iTop Mobile (Luo group Center 315 Lockhart Road Wanchai, Hong Kong). Others apps created by iTop Mobile are: New Launcher, iTop Launcher.

SO Launcher first became available on 21 Apr 2015. It is estimated that SO Launcher has been downloaded between 1000000 and 5000000 times from the Play Store.

SO Launcher 1.95 requires the following permissions:

Allows applications to access information about networks.

Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.

Allows an application to collect battery statistics

Must be required by an AccessibilityService, to ensure that only the system can bind to it.

Allows applications to connect to paired bluetooth devices.

Allows applications to discover and pair bluetooth devices.

Allows an application to initiate a phone call without going through the Dialer user interface for the user to confirm the call.

Required to be able to access the camera device.

Allows applications to change network connectivity state.

Allows applications to change Wi-Fi connectivity state.

Allows an application to expand or collapse the status bar.

Allows access to the list of accounts in the Accounts Service.

Allows applications to open network sockets.

Allows an application to call killBackgroundProcesses(String).

Allows mounting and unmounting file systems for removable storage.

Allows an application to read the user's call log.

Allows an application to read the user's contacts data.

Allows an application to read from external storage.

Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.

Allows an application to read SMS messages.

Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting. If you don't request this permission, you will not receive the broadcast at that time. Though holding this permission does not have any security implications, it can have a negative impact on the user experience by increasing the amount of time it takes the system to start and allowing applications to have themselves running without the user being aware of them. As such, you must explicitly declare your use of this facility to make that visible to the user.

Allows an application to broadcast an Intent to set an alarm for the user.

Allows applications to set the wallpaper.

Allows applications to set the wallpaper hints.

Allows an app to create windows using the type TYPE_SYSTEM_ALERT, shown on top of all other apps. Very few apps should use this permission; these windows are intended for system-level interaction with the user.

Allows access to the vibrator.

Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.

Allows an application to write to external storage.

Allows an application to read or write the system settings.