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[Nova Launcher] KCuadrado:
Only thing I found in the latest 1.3b6 is this. After trying to delete an app from a folder in home screen, the icon stayed above and didn't go until a launcher restart. Check it out above the September widget letters
[Nova Launcher] !crazy:
Check 'MoreQuicklyPanel' from the market.

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The problem I have noticed with 1.3 beta 6 is that one cannot choose desktop after using 'Show Previews' via gestures.

Also, setting 'Widgets in Drawer' makes the redrawing of apps/widgets extremely slow after screen rotation.
[Nova Launcher] killian32:
Which would the benefit to move apk to system/app ?

(Sorry maybe this answer was already given but I try to found out in the thread without results)
[Nova Launcher] frenccw:
You get to swipe to the widgets tab in the app drawer that's it.
[Nova Launcher] killian32:
Removed Double Post (sorry)
[Nova Launcher] takuhii:
How can i add a separator between icons in the Dock?
[Nova Launcher] djmcnz:
Nova Settings | Dock | Show Divider

Edit: sorry - I didn't read properly. You'd have to add dividers to the icons I'm afraid.
[Nova Launcher] darkdoc:
Great app! Much better than the stock launcher
[Nova Launcher] takuhii:
Many thanks, but doesn't that just put a divider between the icons and the desktop?
[Nova Launcher] djmcnz:
Yeah - see my edit above (you were too quick!) :)
[Nova Launcher] takuhii:
No worries I'll tweak my icons to reflect. I dropped you some "thanks" anyway :)
[Nova Launcher] carrot34:
minor performance issues

I love this launcher! I'm seeing some lag, though, when switching home screens on the latest beta release. Does anyone know if there's a setting which would improve this? I hope it's something that gets fixed in subsequent releases.
[Nova Launcher] Xerovius:
Does anyone know if the dev actually reads this thread or is it just for users to discuss with each other?

Sent from my GT-I9100 using Forum Runner
[Nova Launcher] chikimonke:
He'll chime in from time to time, but feature requests he wants through the link he has in the OP.
[Nova Launcher] rentbox:
I'm having what I think to be an issue with the "hide apps" function of Nova. This happened with either the latest official or beta.

When I was running ICS (VI 4.0.2), I would create a new drawer group and then hide apps I didn't want in the drawer. Since then, I've moved to Cyanogen 10 (jelly bean). If I follow the above description, the apps I hide in one drawer group are hidden in all groups. This really makes the feature useless.

Anyone else see anything like this? I love Nova and how quickly it has runs, but my type a side would really like to be able to manage my drawer groups.
[Nova Launcher] Vrtfrank:
This bug goes hand in hand with the bug that the chosen tab group always resets to myapps, so that I have no tab with all of my apps. Mentioned this several times in this thread. I bought Nova, but use additional tool to show all of my Apps..

I consider it very bad support, not to have a bugtracker,ticket system or direct contact address to the developers to report the bugs and get informed about the status.

Nova Prime has been sold over 50000 times for I believe 3 Euro. That's 100000 Euro for the Developers. From a company earning this amount I await a proper service....

Beside that Nova is great, but for the mentioned reasons I'm very disappointed....

Sent from Galaxy Nexus with Jelly Bean
[Nova Launcher] frenccw:
By company you mean a single developer right? Kevin the dev has mentioned time and time again that he reads this thread but he hasn't got time to respond unless it's a critical bug (in which he usually releases a beta here to gauge feedback). You can email him directly using the address provided on the Play Store. Just don't expect a response because Nova is arguably the most used launcher in ICS/JB so you can imagine how many emails he gets everyday for feature requests, bugs etc. There are many smaller devs who i've tried to contact that doesn't reply back.

Keep it mind that this is a single person, just because he hasn't addressed a bug doesn't mean that he doesn't care - he just has bigger fish to fry. His apps are his primary income so i doubt he will abandon it anytime soon. And come on don't judge someone by his total income. His app sells for the price of a coffee.
[Nova Launcher] Vrtfrank:
Don't get the point. This is a commercial product with it seems very good income. It should be possible with that income to employ somebody handling bug tracking.

And in spite of your experiences I wrote to some Play store developers and got always response. Only Electronic Arts didn't answer.....

I don't want to discredit the developer!!! Nova Launcher is beside this bug a very good Launcher. I only want to point to a problem and didn't get heard....

I wrote another mail and hope to get a reaction......
[Nova Launcher] frenccw:
I understand your frustration but you need to realize that developing and maintaining an app is not exactly the same as running a company with a shopfront. Hiring someone to handle bug tracking is totally not worth it for a business at this scale. By your logic companies such as Adobe or Microsoft also should have bug trackers also but they don't.

You did the right thing by emailing him directly. There's a higher chance you will get heard that way. Can you try to explain your bug again? I'm having a hard time figuring out what was the problem in the first place.

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Hmm works fine for me on CM10. When you create an App Group make sure you have the "Hide Apps" option unticked. After that tap on the pencil next to the group name and select the apps you want to be in the group. Everything else will be hidden from that group but appear in the "Apps" tab.
[Nova Launcher] killian32:
I wrote him in the past and he always promptly answer and gave me a solution :)
[Nova Launcher] takuhii:
I can hide apps just fine, I am running the CM10 - JB build. Sometimes I find unhiding, then re-hiding the app sorts out the problem, but I have a complicated setup, so I am quite understanding about it ;)
[Nova Launcher] rentbox:
Thank you for the explanation. While the description seems counter-intuitive, it does work using these steps.

I guess when I saw the tick box for "hide apps" I was understanding it to be a option that allows you to use the hide feature, so I would immediately check it.

Also by using this , you can avoid the issue that was mentioned that the drawer automatically defaults to "my apps". I only wish this was more clearly indicated within the app.
[Nova Launcher] takuhii:
I agree with you, but no-one gets User Experience right first time, it takes time and feedback from users like yourself. I've worked in UX for most of my working life and it's still as hard today as it was 15 years ago...
[Nova Launcher] Death&co:
Hey all,

New Android user here and have been using the Nova Launcher and have been loving. I don't have my phone rooted yet but I would like to theme or change the icons with more options. I was able to change the icons to a MetroPack I found but is there more packs I can download?
[Nova Launcher] jjhiza:
You can use any ADW icon pack, and any icon png images as icons. Realistically, you could use any image you want as an icon, as long as it's sized properly.

Galaxy Nexus - ADA AffinitySERIES v1.0
[Nova Launcher] frenccw:
Yeah it probably should read "Hide from Apps tab" rather than just Hide Apps. Had to tinker around to figure that out too.
[Nova Launcher] carlo67:
hi

I have the Nova Launcher pro 1.22

I like restore widgets feature . but I can't restore Rain Alarm Pro widgets settings to my other tablet

when I select "'other instances " It is not saving the settings on widget.

any recommendations?
[Nova Launcher] bala_gamer:
just noted this weird problemm.. nova is giving a black shade in the screen when compared to to other launchers. im running the latest beta
[Nova Launcher] BlackDino:
Settings. Dock. Show shadow
[Nova Launcher] Siberian Tiger:
Go to settings-dock and scroll down and untick show shadows. ;)

Edit: you were faster :p
[Nova Launcher] bala_gamer:
Thanks both of you :). didnt note this before ,Strange to see it enabled by default

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Nova Launcher] Big-A-Rob:
My most desired features are selectable number of screens, more screen transitions, auto rotation, scrolling options and sorting options for folders, and sorting options in app drawer.
[Nova Launcher] vapotrini:
+10 to this. It's a must for me.

Great work btw!!!
[Nova Launcher] Luxferro:
Yeah, I noticed that right after I posted. Would still be nice to have the market icon there, and somehow hook your setting icon into the button bar on the lower right like some apps do for ICS (example would be the XDA app).
[Nova Launcher] adnan.makarevic:
very coool, please stay on it and add more functions.. ,) when we get a final version i will spend some credits to you..
[Nova Launcher] agormog:
Currently testing.

May someone tell me which clock this is?

And if its Beautiful Widgets' SuperClock, which skin is it?
[Nova Launcher] adnan.makarevic:
i test your beta 2 version.. its amazin man!! absolutely great work, im tooo happy with it.. ;) stay on stock touch as it is, only one thing which is missing, to add remove homescreens, and then its perfect!!
[Nova Launcher] kevin@TeslaCoil:
I'm seeing some crash reports from the app drawer, it's an out-of-memory error when loading the icons. OOM errors when dealing with loading bitmaps is kind of a common problem on Android. I'm not sure why Nova would have this issue and the stock launcher wouldn't, but it's something I'll keep an eye on. I haven't actually seen that crash happen on a Galaxy Nexus yet so it's possible it's a CM9 issue but I kind of doubt it. We'll see as I get more data.

Interesting. The setup was actually designed for WidgetLocker, where the setting exists but normally just opens to the WL Market page. However for direct-license (paypal) or if configured for beta access it behaves the same as the way it does in Nova Launcher.

The self-update will survive 1.0 in some form or another, probably off by default though. I'll need it for beta testers and for phones/devices that don't come with the Market.

Do you mean different grid sizes for different pages? Most likely not something I would implement but if there's demand I would consider it.

I did consider this but at the moment I don't think it's necessary. With ICS System Settings is easily available by pulling down the notification bar and selecting the icon there. But I might put it in the menu on the home screen (for devices that have menu buttons) but not put it in the dropdown menu in the drawer.

Will be fixed in the next update.

This is the legacy menu button to support apps not targeted at ICS. Nova targets ICS and I'm not going to change that as I need the new APIs and also I don't the app design to require a legacy feature as it could mean trouble with Android 4.1 or 5.0.
[Nova Launcher] kevin@TeslaCoil:
Beautiful Widgets Home + Weather 4x2 with the MattedBlues theme.
[Nova Launcher] adnan.makarevic:
hi kevin,

i have one thing, its not a bug, only a style question.. when im placing a widget on the screen and resize it to fill the whole screen, there are **for my feelings** to much free space on the left and right side from the screen. its possible to reduce it?? not to fill the whole screen, but if you can reduce the free space as it is now to 50% less it would be great??

many thanks for your replay!! great work!!
[Nova Launcher] Karle:
is it possible to use the adw icon packs for the whole system? so that not only the shortcuts on homescreens can be replaced but in the app drawer as well?
[Nova Launcher] Mike2501:
Hi kevin,

first of all thanks for your answers and the new beta. The scrollable docks are great and my request for one of the next releases are more homescreens and perhaps endless scrolling through homescreens like go launcher ex.

Now to my problems:

1. The wallpaper alignment, if scrolling is disabled.

- I can reproduce it. Everytime after a reboot it´s displaced.

- I´ve solved it in making a wallpaper on my pc with 1440*1280 pixels an merge my desired picture entirely left in it.

2. The searchbar widget.

- I can not reproduce it in portrait modus, but in landscape it is there and it would be great if u could remove it there also.
[Nova Launcher] MontAlbert:
oh yeah- forgot about that :D It's just something i need to get used to doing- ICS really is different to other android versions...

Thanks for that- i definitely do not think it is required in the drawer menu though
[Nova Launcher] liltbrockie:
Brilliant update love the new docking modifications
[Nova Launcher] DonJuan89:
Experience graphical lag (screen just hangs) for like half a second when pressing home button in the app drawer. The zooming out of the app drawer and into the home screen lags.

Otherwise, I like it.

EDIT: Running stock ITL41F, XXKK6 baseband and Faux 3.0.13 kernel...
[Nova Launcher] rikbrown:
Great!

Also, any plans to support 240dpi mode? (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1392089). That developer has tweaked the stock Launcher to support it.
[Nova Launcher] pascanu:
Great work, love it!!! I've been using GO Launcher until I got my GNexus and this makes me smile again.

Love the 5x4 screen, lack of persistent Search Widget and even the lack of widgets in app drawer (much harder to scroll through countless pages to get to that widget you want), love the scrolling dock (can you make it scroll continuous?).

Could you add swipe gesture for dock icons (like GO Launcher, it allows you to assign an app for taping and another one for swiping the icons in the dock)?
[Nova Launcher] 69reichertm:
Hello

Love your launcher.

Could you just give us more desktops than 5?

I would like to have as many as possible.

Thank you very much

Marcus
[Nova Launcher] rashad1:
Exactly. I find the 5x4 layout to be too cluttered on homescreens with apps, but it works well with homescreens with widgets because you can use the space at the very top.
[Nova Launcher] Mike2501:
Hi kevin,

now I´ve played a little around with the density and at the moment I stay at 280 dpi with 6 rows and 5 columns. It looks really really great, THANKS for this great mod! :)

By the way, I recognized at 240 dpi, that the search widget comes back in portrait mode.
[Nova Launcher] Fr4gg0r:
Err, did you test that? I think after an update it looses the permission..
[Nova Launcher] beren28:
My vibrant Beggs to differ.
[Nova Launcher] KBanause:
Negative. It's ICS only...
[Nova Launcher] just4747:
That shouldn't be the case at all. The icons show up the same as stock and you move them from the app drawer to the homescreens at will. The apps and icons do not get touched here..
[Nova Launcher] vaffanculo403:
Can we add more than 5 home screens on this launcher?
[Nova Launcher] just4747:
Yes you can.
[Nova Launcher] bjames2785:
Great launcher! Thanks for the hard work
[Nova Launcher] maddler:
Just installed and I can just say: AMAZINGLY GREAT!
[Nova Launcher] ehudmi:
Is there a way to have the screens cycle?

One of the features I would love to have on this great launcher is cycling back past the last home page to the first. Had it on GO launcher and loved it.

This launcher is much better than GO on ICS...

Thanks again
[Nova Launcher] Soulfl:
My .02 Cents

I know what i say is minimal...

I was running this last night on Bigxie V4 and it ran badly slow clunkie ect.

But i loved the look of it, so i installed Fanco's nightly #6 kernel wow instant improvement runs better then the stock one...

i have no clue if this info is beneficial but i hope it can help in any way.
[Nova Launcher] droidfish81:
hallo,

i am getting a parsing error when i try to open the apk. What the solution?

Thanks
[Nova Launcher] Nesty-Online:
Read the OP:

Install:

System App Requires root

This lets you have Widgets-in-drawer just like the stock launcher.

Either manually move the APK to /system or use the NovaLauncherUpdate.zip . Once installed you can update like a normal app (either in app > Check for updates or an APK from this thread).
[Nova Launcher] esoomenona:
You only have to put it in /system/app if you want the widgets in the drawer. Otherwise, you can run it just as normal. This is what I'm doing.

I believe a parsing error happens when it didn't download correctly. Try downloading the apk again.
[Nova Launcher] Nesty-Online:
Correct, missed the last part of the OP:

Standard App Root not required

Easier to install, but no widgets-in-drawer. Just install the NovaLauncher_beta.apk like you'd install any other APK.

You could also downlaod the zip and unpack it, and use the apk to install
[Nova Launcher] ermacwins:
Using Galaxy S2 checkrom 2.3.6

apk in system with roor explorer dont work

flash zip through recovery didnt work either. Whats going on here?
[Nova Launcher] mklass:
Is there any way the 240 DPI brd launcher could be incorporated with this launcher?
[Nova Launcher] blackbearblanc:
Very nice. A shortcut to Nova settings would be great. As img not using the app drawer.

Very smooth work!

Sendt fra min Galaxy Nexus
[Nova Launcher] :
works great on my custom captivate ICS ROM, good job!
[Nova Launcher] kimboinatl:
Any chance we could have an option that would space the icons out in the dock? In other words, if you set it for 3 per dock page, instead of grouping them all in the center, it would put space between them so that icons 1 and 3 would be at the edges of the screen and 2 would be in the center.
[Nova Launcher] wonger007:
maybe we can have a custom app grid size too =P
[Nova Launcher] Nesty-Online:
if you set 5 icons, and you place the 3 icons that you want then you have the setup you requested? or not?
[Nova Launcher] sdeft:
KCuadrado which widget is this on your homescreen ?
[Nova Launcher] cdordon:
It's UCCW typography. I have it on my sdcard but I'm not on pc so I can't attach.

Sent from my Cellular Telephone, which can do magic things over the internet.
[Nova Launcher] modmyphone:
Not sure if this is what y'all are trying to do, but.... if your trying to hide an app from displaying in the app drawer....

Open your app drawer, hold on the icon you want to hide and drag it to "group". Select the hidden apps check box and your all set.

Or

In the app drawer, click the little triangle on the apps tab. In that menu select configure. If the hidden apps tabs doesn't appear, click the little triangle again and select it. Now just select the apps you want to hide. Works the same with adding apps to other groups.
[Nova Launcher] iamnotkurtcobain:
Please update the launcher.. still a bit laggy. Oh and please add more

Animations for opening app drawer.

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9100 mit Tapatalk 2
[Nova Launcher] brunodmjr:
Agreed! Same here =)
[Nova Launcher] carlo67:
I have a question about desktop grid

with cm9 only rows 7 and columns 7

but

with cm10 rows 10 and columns 10

why?

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import desktop layout from another launcher

I have Apex Launcher pro

the import desktop doesn't work with apex launcher.

why?
[Nova Launcher] oddspec:
Does really answer or question but if u hold down the volume down button on the nova settings page ( enables labs menu )u can change the max size of or desktop to allow bigger rows and columns up to 14 I think
[Nova Launcher] carlo67:
it doesn't.

any more suggestions
[Nova Launcher] Heffaklump:
This guy has some of the best icon packs I've found. Think he has 4 different, all with 1300+ icons.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=30179827
[Nova Launcher] CerB:
Any chance of getting the bottom row of maps all the way down?

Sendt fra min Nexus 7 med Tapatalk2
[Nova Launcher] CerB:
And I mean folders

Sendt fra min Nexus 7 med Tapatalk2
[Nova Launcher] jjhiza:
^Change the desktop grid size......??

Galaxy Nexus - ADA AffinitySERIES v1.0
[Nova Launcher] creeve4:
Do you want larger and vertically centered icons?

See my post here.
[Nova Launcher] CerB:
yir, but if i do, i loose the tekst under the folder when in horizontal mode
[Nova Launcher] jjhiza:
True...unfortunately, I think that's the tradeoff at this point. Kevin doesn't seem to have gotten around to retaining icon labels in landscape for large grid sizes yet. I'm sure it will come in the future. :)

Galaxy Nexus - ADA AffinitySERIES v1.0
[Nova Launcher] CerB:
Well prefer the folders a bit higher up on landscape and have text on horizontal rather than not having the text

Sendt fra min Galaxy Nexus med Tapatalk2
[Nova Launcher] riahc3:
Why went I turn the phone into landscape, on the left side there is like a "second" empty dock? How can I remove it?
[Nova Launcher] Tweak90:
ADD:

I've recently reported problems with transperency while scroling, this problems do not exist in ADW EX
[Nova Launcher] jjhiza:
Not to be rude, but ADW has/had multiple people working on it, not just one guy the whole time. ADW also had more time to mature. Seriously though, ADW is a last-Gen (Gingerbread and Froyo) launcher...it hasn't been updated in forever, AFAIK, and doesn't support many of the vital ICS and JB features. It doesn't have bugs, because it isn't advanced enough to have them. :p

Galaxy Nexus - ADA AffinitySERIES v1.0
[Nova Launcher] djmcnz:
This is why separate signatures in apps suck. Why don't people remove them if they have a forum signature?
[Nova Launcher] jjhiza:
I know what you're saying, and thank you gor bringing it to my attention, but is it really that big of a deal man? :rolleyes:

Galaxy Nexus - ADA AffinitySERIES v1.0
[Nova Launcher] djmcnz:
Yes it is when you multiply it by the thousands of people that do it! It's a pain in the arse. Look at that above, who wants to see signatures quoted? Why are some people so inconsiderate that they even think two signatures, or a quotable signature are even remotely reasonable? It's a completely unnecessary intrusion.
[Nova Launcher] jjhiza:
Wow...someone's got their panties in a bunch... I didn't realize a double signature could ruin somebody's day. Life isn't this serious man...save your energy for things that actually matter. In the spirit of being accommodating though...how's this? Will NO mobile signature get you to stop hyperventilating? :sly:
[Nova Launcher] hunesco:
sweet launcher. tks
[Nova Launcher] xda6969:
The Nova icon in the app drawer no longer does anything. It justs dims for a split-second. Anyone else have this issue?
[Nova Launcher] Guatiao:
In my SGS2 it stays dimmed, does not open settings, or goes back to Nova, or anything...
[Nova Launcher] nsnsmj:
I hope it's okay to post links to Nova's Feedback/Feature Request site. If you like the idea, please vote.

Here's the feature idea and description:

http://feedback.novalauncher.com/forums/145180-nova-feature-requests/suggestions/3168892-folder-backup

I realize I could have worded that much better now, but there doesn't seem to be a way to edit ideas on that site. Hopefully it got the point across.
[Nova Launcher] riahc3:
Information on this?
[Nova Launcher] asphantix:
I would be very happy (and I would donate you a second time) when you will optimize the animation played when opening the drawer. Sometimes it isn't that snappy on my nexus 7...
[Nova Launcher] KCuadrado:
Here you go mate, download and enjoy.

http://db.tt/puoWQYzc

UCCW, but not typography. It's called r2isaboss but they look alike anyway.

Now back on topic, does anyone get the same bug I had or is it rare? I read many pages but no one had an answer. :confused:
[Nova Launcher] jjhiza:
It's not a dock...it's the persistent search bar. If you don't want to see it in landscape mode, go into settings, and switch the search bar option to "portrait only". :)
[Nova Launcher] xmariox2:
Hi,

Best launcher. Add custom icon arrangement in menu please:)

Thank you
[Nova Launcher] kevin@TeslaCoil:
1.3beta7 Sept 18 2012

Remove Prime ribbons on Prime'd installs

Landscape layout fixes

Minor performance improvements

Minor scrolling improvements

Minor animation improvements

Reduce memory usage and APK size

Fix screen switching from preview screen

Fix FCs

Translations
[Nova Launcher] wolfboy1984:
I thought you'd retired.