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[Nova Launcher] Shahpur.Azizpour:
Hmm I still have the google label in the widget...nothing missing here.. running stock 4.0.3
[Nova Launcher] Piccles:
Same here. There is an option in nova settings... Persistent search bar.
[Nova Launcher] Nephilim:
That's what I thought too, I had the google label on the newest build of ICS I just installed until I installed nova and updated it to the newest beta.

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I gotcha man, I knew about the persistant search bar tweak, just was wondering why the google label in the search bar is gone in the newest nova build.
[Nova Launcher] Piccles:
It's there
[Nova Launcher] jjhiza:
Totally off topic, but I'm loving seeing Henry back with the Gunners, if only on loan! Love the clock! :)

Acer A500 Thor v80
[Nova Launcher] Piccles:
Yea, what a return! :)

Clock can be found here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1053899
[Nova Launcher] mavera:
+11111
[Nova Launcher] priyam basak:
Longpress in the homescreen and then you'll get all the features..?
[Nova Launcher] Sajoo:
When i long press on an app in a folder no submenu pops up.

So i cannot uninstall apps which are in folders.
[Nova Launcher] jelu77:
How do I add multiple apps to the desktop in the new beta? Cannot find that option anywhere.
[Nova Launcher] sordna:
Do you use the lock desktop feature? I do and observe the same bug on nova v3 so as a workaround I long press an app that's outside a folder to bring the temporary unlock dialog, and the I can long press apps in folders.
[Nova Launcher] Sajoo:
No i dont use this feature. I think that is bug.
[Nova Launcher] springer.music:
Could it be a device/ROM specific issue?

I correctly get a pop up menu when I long press an app icon inside a folder.
[Nova Launcher] andrewilley:
Has anyone found a way to reinstate the grid view for home-screen layout editing (as per the previous releases)? The new system is just a slightly reduced-size version of the full pages, and thus isn't much help in quickly re-arranging the screens.

That's about the only serious backward step I've come across in the new design. Although I'm not a big fan of material design in general, at least we don't have to put up with any of those infuriating floating action icons that Google are littering their own apps with.

Andre

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Is no one else having this problem? It's still happening for me with the latest beta update - any edits I make to the text underneath the icons in the App Drawer, Homescreens or Dock do not persist, and they revert to the default text when I next reboot the device.

Andre
[Nova Launcher] wifesabitch:
Having issues with my N9. It works fine with my other Nexus devices.

Widgets on the homescreen in portrait don't extend all the to the top, but they do and appear as they should in landscape.

The animation opening a folder in the app drawer is all messed up too, don't really know how to describe it but it doesn't look (normal) like it does on my N5 and N7.
[Nova Launcher] RedsonRising:
Guess I'm a bit sadistic... Running an early beta launcher on an alpha rom (cm12 alpha 2). Runs well with lollipop. Also running it on my S4. Had issues with apps I had moved to the SD card disappearing but was able to get them to reappear after clearing data in the app and resetting it up. I like the new setup. Thanks for continued hard work.
[Nova Launcher] calexchelse:
Beta is running fantastic. I'll admit I have tried several launchers over the years, but has been nova-fied for almost 2 years exclusively and don't even consider running any other as a daily driver. I do test out the occasional beta for someone, but to be honest, I always am in a hurry to get back to Nova.
[Nova Launcher] ironia.:
anyone use beta on nexus 5 lollipop 5.1?? feedback??
[Nova Launcher] yomiguy:
I've reverted again to 3.3 in my note. I don't find this materinova very smooth yet. I will be trying betas on my tab and remain with pervious version on the note.

One of the things that made me go back to previous version is gestures which are not as smooth and accurate as in stable version, but I'm sure Kevin will make his best with this app

Enviado desde mi PepiNote
[Nova Launcher] Sajoo:
I have an issue.

I cannot put apps into folders by selecting them when the folder is in a tab.

I created a tab "Root apps" and wanted to put some apps in folders in this tab.

If i click on select apps i can only see the apps from the main tab "Apps" but not the apps from my tab "Root apps" which consists a lot of apps.
[Nova Launcher] mrdoug:
Kevin did update them in the last iteration of beta, and they are much better... still, I agree that they could use a bit more tweaking. I'm sure it is in the works. ☺

Sent from my secret lair in a hidden mountainside.
[Nova Launcher] :
I update to beta 16 from beta 14, install, it says ok, but every time nova write v14.. Why?
[Nova Launcher] badams1:
I find the new betas to be smoother than the old versions. I'm running lollipop on my m7 so maybe that helps.
[Nova Launcher] Chinmay301:
Nova is best :)
[Nova Launcher] mrdoug:
For me, I think the needed tweak is the way the gesture is triggered. I feel like I need to swipe up, as an example, a half inch longer than I did with the old version in order to get the gesture to activate.

Nova has been the best regarded launcher for a very long time. Any hiccups we see will surly be ironed out come release. ☺

Sent from my secret lair in a hidden mountainside.
[Nova Launcher] vitoski:
I confirm, the latest beta requires longer swipe than previous (regular) version did.

Sent from my XT1052
[Nova Launcher] tonyo123:
Beta: Welcome new approaches but why eliminate the previous tried and true ways?

All-

Long time Nova Prime user, but is it just me that is feeling disoriented with this new release and beta? I went back to the previous 3.3 stable release as I could not 'fix' (revert) some of the 'enhancements' that showed up. These have been individually covered in this thread but thought I would collect them here:

- from home page menu options gave quick menu access to wallpaper, manage apps, nova settings, and system settings and now new menu basically gives you only three options while missing the important android system settings and manage apps; not crazy about the look and feel of the approach (maybe it's lollipop like but not sure as I run kit-kat samsung on a Note 3)

- the Apps and Widget Drawer does not now include the Widget drawer and cannot 'infinite scroll' across apps to drawers. This is my most frequent approach to accessing both. Would like to see the Widget Tab and infinite scroll remain. This has certainly been brought up in prior replies.

- the Applications App does not show in the Apps Drawer so to get to make changes to applications I have to find the Settings App then go in through that; this is very tedious with too many steps (quick access from home page is essential as in prior releases)

I didn't really get much of a chance to appreciate the new features outside of checking and modifying a few of the new settings. These may seem like small changes to the menuing and options but the 3.3 implementation has become second nature and least-clicks approaches. Why eliminate the previous tried and true ways?

Am I the outlier missing something here? Is there a way to set up the beta with the old menus?

PS...it was a hassle going back to the old release. Even while changing from beta to play store the newest version kept getting reinstalled so I went to the beta web page and downloaded the latest stable version 3.3 apk, unistalled the old version fully, installed the stable version, restored backup settings, had to reactivate my widgets (some took a little longer), finally turned off automatic update in Play Store (I love upgrading but 3.3 seems much cleaner to me).
[Nova Launcher] lyza_lim:
reduce size

It takes lot of space on my device :(
[Nova Launcher] DirkStorck:
Any chances to get the old widget picker which uses a list back?
[Nova Launcher] priyam basak:
It is only 15mb on kitkat ART.
[Nova Launcher] abalam:
85Mb in proces on 5.1
[Nova Launcher] priyam basak:
Does nova support API 22?!
[Nova Launcher] iamnotkurtcobain:
Issues in build #17

-drawer swiping could be smoother

-no visual feedback on app symbol when launching from app drawer

-font size in drawer is too big
[Nova Launcher] adl:
Thanks for pointing out that there´s a new beta. :good:
[Nova Launcher] iamnotkurtcobain:
I switched back to 3.3
[Nova Launcher] Thanofski:
Likewise...Although the new style overall seems really nice and the update is sweet I'm experiencing some hiccups here and there and there is definitely something wrong the gestures...sometimes gestures are slow, some others launcher doesn't even recognise the gestures...Well wait for a stable update.
[Nova Launcher] calexchelse:
Guys, really. You all really need to remember that this update is a beta. And unless you are a beta tester, you don't have the update.

Giving feedback on issues you are having or on things you feel are missing is needed. It is also needed for you to tell the dev what you may not like or what you do like. That helps.

But the constant I went back to the last stable version posts are not helpful.

The dev I'm sure is very well aware of the fact that alot of us will be switching back and forth. That is why is is called a beta.

I personally like what we have here as the beta is working fine. For my needs that is.

However, if next beta release doesn't, I'll give feedback on that and move on.

The constant 'I'm going back to the last stable version' actually scares people away.

Please refrain.
[Nova Launcher] :
Another thing is that you guys commenting on the beta are giving feedback here. Here where the dev isn't listening.

Not only is "I'm going back to an older version" pointless but you aren't even providing the developer with beta feedback in the proper place to do that.

If you participate in beta testing then you should actually PARTICIPATE. If not, stop complaining and use the official version from Play Store.
[Nova Launcher] priyam basak:
Recent beta is much smoother than the previous beta.

I won't ditch beta versions as I am a beta tester.

But sometime the dock icons are getting vanished when i press the home key to return to the homepage from app drawer. Strange.
[Nova Launcher] topcaser:
IMHO, if there are people out there who revert to the beta it is an indicator for the dev that the beta is far away from a stable release. You are true that the dev needs also information about why they revert to improve the app.

Sent from my Galaxy S5
[Nova Launcher] Thebear j koss:
The Dev knows it isn't stable, that's why it's called beta. Also dev doesn't read here and really only relies on good feedback and I'm positive he has a true test team. The beta is released for those that want to try out new things and should expect bugs. It's right on the beta website. For everyone else it is best to wait for official. Personally I despise the launcher3 lollipoop material design garbage update and am content using Nova 3 3, it does/has everything I need.

Thebe@r'$ G@L@XY

De-materializing Android 1 app at a time...
[Nova Launcher] andrewilley:
This one is editable (home screens, dock and drawer each have separate icon & text size settings now).

Andre
[Nova Launcher] sethgreen:
any chance to have the last version of Nova on ICS?
[Nova Launcher] :
:D
[Nova Launcher] JohnSpawnVFX:
None. Support for ICS was dropped. Nova now is 4.1+
[Nova Launcher] andrewilley:
Just in case anyone but me is interested, this was a bug and it's been fixed in beta 17.

Andre
[Nova Launcher] BYTeXperience:
Not sure if was already written but the icons applied manually seems to be blurry on all materinova beta's.

Look at the Type Mail icon applied manually in first screen is on materinova beta 4 running on my Nexus 4 5.0.2 Lolipop and in the second screen is the same materinova beta 4 but this time running on my HTC Desire 600 4.1 JB, i have also tried on my Minix NEO X7 mini PC running KitKat and is also blurry the manually applied icons.

[IMG="Nexus 4"]http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3208478&d=1426249361[/IMG] [IMG="HTC Desire 600"]http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3208480&d=1426249658[/IMG]

I'm also interested if Kevin will include in this new Nova Launcher (materinova) the custom/manual sorting option for the apps inside the drawer.

P.S. The widgets are fine where are now, for those of you who wanna theme in the drawer as a tab maybe can be an separate option, i don't like them there (in the drawer).
[Nova Launcher] fcasoli:
I love Nova Beta

Galaxy Note 4 + Gear 2
[Nova Launcher] DominoDoug:
Is that a Microsoft theme?! [emoji23]
[Nova Launcher] fcasoli:
no, I do not find Windows theme, so I use a wallpaper and Windows icons, you can add edit all icons with Nova.

You can download all material here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/15652760/Biggest Windows 7's icons pack created by NhatPG.rar

Sorry for this OT.
[Nova Launcher] mrdoug:
Has anyone noticed if this new version uses more memory than the stable 3.3? Just curious if it is the culprit in my reduced memory (according to elixir).

Thanks.

Sent from my secret lair in a hidden mountainside.
[Nova Launcher] aeroman:
how can you reach home screen shortcuts with new Nova L?

these were also removed permanently? :eek:

Regards
[Nova Launcher] springer.music:
The feature is still there but it now works like on Launcher3 / Google Now Launcher (as Nova has just been rebased on Launcher3): long press an empty area of your desktop to see the previews or assign another gesture to "Show previews".
[Nova Launcher] nIGhT-SoN:
It's possible, but I would expect that, it's a beta. First you fix bugs than you optimize it.
[Nova Launcher] aeroman:
nope i think, did not mean it. :)

i mean for example shortcuts for start any Activities (of whole Apps)

or make shortcuts from App Activities on Desktop. ;)

P.S. go look at Apex Launcher, where they are still integrated

Regards
[Nova Launcher] kingvortex:
Long press on the home screen.

Widgets.

Place Activities 1 x 1 wherever you want.

A list of activities will populate.

Choose the activity you wish.

Sent from my C6603
[Nova Launcher] smushyyy:
Probably the bes launcher for android. Awesome update. Never had a single issuse with Nova.
[Nova Launcher] aeroman:
Thanks, that's what I was looking for. ;)

Regards

Gesendet von meinem SM-N910F
[Nova Launcher] pkWhistle:
Any way to change the color of the search card background? In the app drawer when I've tried to bring up search, the recently updated list is set to a white card bg. I tried enabling cards in settings and then changing the color to black too see if it would effect the search [updated recents] bg but it hasn't changed
[Nova Launcher] aeroman:
any chance to bring back the Menu Button (Settings) with Nova L? :cool:

Regards
[Nova Launcher] Fustang:
#materinova.17 Public Beta 4 March 13, 2015 bootloop on LG G2 i need help here.

edit: nevermind i fixed it by going to Safe Mode. No more betas for me.
[Nova Launcher] androidnandroid:
Need system setting back plz with nova setting option
[Nova Launcher] Sajoo:
i noticed another bug.

i cannot swipe apps from one screen to another screen.
[Nova Launcher] marquimsp:
does anyone have "ok google" show as just a g icon on the status bar instead of a full pop up window?

never mind, restarted and everything is fine.
[Nova Launcher] RedSkyRoad:
Hi,

After removing all my homescreens to start afresh, Nova does not allow me to ad any new ones... How do I fix this?
[Nova Launcher] priyam basak:
Long press on the homescreen now you will get all options.

It is now like Google's Now launcher.
[Nova Launcher] andrewilley:
Of course this could be a problem if the reason you need to add a new homescreen is that all of your existing screens are full of icons so there's no empty space to longpress on...

I won't buy a phone without a physical menu button on principle, so that's what I use, but not sure how other people with less well-speced phones are meant to do this now?

I actually found the old homescreen management facility MUCH more useful (with all the screens visible in one view) and I can't for the life of me figure out any advantages that the new one might present for anyone.

Andre
[Nova Launcher] kingvortex:
Pressing the home key while on the default home screen also brings the overview up for me. I'm not sure if this is device specific though.

Sent from my C6603
[Nova Launcher] andrewilley:
True, I'd forgotten that. I've disabled that feature via the Settings menus as it annoyed me that if I accidentally pressed the home button again while already on the home screen, it duplicated the Menu key operation.

Andre
[Nova Launcher] adriannxda:
Still the same on both last beta versions. :(

I've attached a filtered logcat, in case it helps.
[Nova Launcher] Gassity:
Guys please tell me how can I reset all icons to the stock ones? "Reset icons" in the settings doesn't work, they're staying the same(

Material nova v17
[Nova Launcher] mutepoint:
Nova Settings > Look and Feel > Icon Theme > System

edit: If you "hand" customized any icons, then you will still have to individually edit them back to the system icon... Or you could just delete those shortcuts and when you replace them they will have the icon theme you have selected.
[Nova Launcher] Gassity:
Yes, I'm talking about hand customised ones. Okay, have yo do it manually(
[Nova Launcher] Mega Montana:
Using the new beta (test) version. I've noticed that word wrap of icon labels has disappeared from the app drawer even when there's plenty of space available to display the full label. Recommended that it be added back.
[Nova Launcher] Zordak7:
What a lucid response!

Couldn't be clearer, really, thanks a lot.

Saludos
[Nova Launcher] Tatsch:
Hello, issue on HTC One M7 - after updating OTA to Android 5.0.2 (and factory reset)

Open quick settings by tapping home button twice (gesture/button setting in Nova), the quick settings show up, but disappearing immediately.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Nova settings > Gesture and Buttons: Set Home Button to show quick settings (only on default screen).

Leave settings

2. Navigate to default home screen and then push home button.

Result:

Quick settings show up for some milliseconds, will disappear immediately.

On Kitkat it worked like a charm.

Any help? Already solved in beta?

Sorry, if this was already mentioned before. Thank you.
[Nova Launcher] cyberzone5:
My Favourite Launcher just got Better! Too bad, My friends were interested in Hindi Version of Nova but I think that's not available. So, I have decided to Help in translation :) . It feels so good translating for my favourite App!

EDIT:- Devs, I have completed the Hindi Translation work. Please check and approve :good:
[Nova Launcher] Mega Montana:
Be nice to see some new scroll effects added. Seems like its been the same old effects forever now despite all the new appearance and animations added now. Appreciate any new additions for scrolling around home screens.
[Nova Launcher] savvymatthew:
Loving the new feel.

But It would be amazing to have the recent apps you searched and opened. ... Instead of recently installed or updated in the search box there. Or least an option for it.
[Nova Launcher] technochatter:
Best Launcher ever

Can we replace the stock launcher of any android tab with Nova Launcher
[Nova Launcher] The Root:
Should be able to unless the stock launcher is deeply tied to something you use.
[Nova Launcher] ylexot:
I'm running beta 18 and getting a lot of FCs on the LG G3 running KK. I didn't get FCs on the previous betas.
[Nova Launcher] m0han:
me too; but, no fc yet. and the old menu options are back!

Wallpapers

Manage apps

Nova Settings

System settings
[Nova Launcher] kwankl:
I'm using the vertical scroll in the drawer. The swipe down gesture is a bit too easy for me to go into the search mode. It will be better to make the swipe harder to activate that.

Also, the font of drawer and folder should have Tiny option. Its a bit large in my Note 3.

And hope there is a dark theme in settings.
[Nova Launcher] adl:
Beta 19 was just released and fixes the FCs.
[Nova Launcher] Kingfish907:
It won't let me download beta 19, keeps saying join nova Google + community and opt in to be a beta tester, even tho I'm already in both ?
[Nova Launcher] m0han:
#materinova.20 is out.

Changelog

#materinova.20 Mar 17, 2015

Fix bug that can cause desktop contents to be lost

Fix FC

#materinova.19 Mar 16, 2015

Fix FCs

Updated gesture icons in Nova Settings

Fix back button not showing in Nova Settings

Fix some widgets not showing in drawer

#materinova.18 Mar 16, 2015

Tune swipe gestures

Restore legacy menu button functionality

More clearly label shortcuts in widget drawer

Improved handling of apps on sdcard

Fix FCs
[Nova Launcher] Kingfish907:
Got it downloaded. Had to install the beta apk first then it work
[Nova Launcher] orihuri:
A bug that i have, is that labels under the folders are not spaced correctly. Here is a screen shot
[Nova Launcher] ylexot:
Updated to beta 20, no more FCs so far.
[Nova Launcher] ironia.:
stable is near the corner????
[Nova Launcher] iamnotkurtcobain:
No. Too many bugs atm.
[Nova Launcher] MattyDip:
It's nice to see that the old menu function is back when i press the recent app key but I preferred the new preview mode. why isn't it possible to personalize it and to choose whatever I want? I found the option in gesture settings but it doesn't work...

Thanks
[Nova Launcher] anwedr:
Amen to that.
[Nova Launcher] zelendel:
I'll even agree to that. Now if I just didn't have to swipe threw 20 pages of widgets to get the ones I want lol
[Nova Launcher] cmoG530:
Agreed. Especially when you have to use Zooper Widegets.lol

Sent From Mm Mm ?BACON?
[Nova Launcher] solarus2011:
Use the search function. Swipe down from the top when the pages of widgets appear. The search automatically collates so as soon as you type "z" Zooper will be there.
[Nova Launcher] zelendel:
While I dont use zooper and you should know that i am already aware of that feature it really doesnt work when one app has 20 widgets in its self.
[Nova Launcher] andrewilley:
Agreed, I wish the view position in widgets would be remembered in the same way that you can with apps. I preferred the old hierarchy-based drill-down system anyway, which made it much easier to find widgets given that many apps now add quite a number of similar-looking widgets to the (ever-growing) list.

Also, why are Apps and Widgets no longer shown in the same view (as tabs, so you can just swipe between them)? Adding things to homepages via long-pressing on a gap is so much harder than it used to be, and I can't really see why?

I do like the return of the regular Menu function of course, however I'm a bit puzzled as to why the missing two selections weren't simply added as icons at the bottom of that new homepage-manager screen (there are only three big white icons there and a ton of empty space - a couple more icons would surely have been very easy to add, and would have kept everyone happy?). My suggestion would be to use the space better by having two rows of white icons, Wallpapers, Widgets and Apps on the top row, and then Settings, Nova Settings and Manage Apps on the bottom row. (Of course better still would be the old 'grid-view' of homescreens, which was considerably easier to use)

Andre
[Nova Launcher] Sajoo:
Why i cannot hide apps when they are in another tab?

I have to move them to the app tab at first.

If i dont, you cannot see them in the hide menu
[Nova Launcher] technochatter:
No I mean at ROM level. If I want to edit my ROM and want to replace Launcher with Nova Launcher then how to do it the right way :)
[Nova Launcher] nIGhT-SoN:
I have a problem with App drawer. It seems to remember position (page where I was when I locked my phone) even when the option Remember Position is off. That toggle seems to have no effect here. Does any of you have this similar problem?
[Nova Launcher] priyam basak:
Found this bugs in the latest update..

Anyone having the same issue?!

Am using kitkat 4.4.4 Android one model with stock rom.