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[Nova Launcher] wolfboy1984:
I just came here to check that out.

Hit a blank space on 1 home screen and the shortcut opens app from the same position on neighboring screen. Only noticed it twice tho.

On latest beta.

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[Nova Launcher] rentbox:
This happens to me fairly frequently and I'm using Clean Clock on my homescreen. It seems that if I load a game, zDefense for example, and play for a bit, when I exit it forces the widget to reload for some reason.

Regarding the overlapping widgets - I've seen this, but it typically resolves itself with a reload or reboot. I haven't seen it happen recently, but I have seen it.

I'm using a HTC Sensation 4G w/Virtuous Inquisition 4.0.2.
[Nova Launcher] -DarkKnight-:
is there anyway to not join apps and widgets?
[Nova Launcher] dmonzel:
Nova settings > drawer > uncheck Widgets in Drawer. Then go to Drawer Groups and delete the one labeled Widgets.

Sent from my Unicornified, LK'ed-out, 4.0.4-driven LTE GNex
[Nova Launcher] upichie:
Can anyone tell me how I add folders to different tabs? My third tab is games. I want a folder with all my emulators in it. But when I add the folder, Emulators, it goes into my first tab—and I see no option to change this. Help, please. :p
[Nova Launcher] rentbox:
Nova settings -> drawer -> drawer groups

In drawer grips you should see all the groups you have made, click on "games" and then put a check mark by the programs you want in the group. It will automatically take them out of the main group tab.
[Nova Launcher] upichie:
Thank you kindly, but I'm trying to figure out how to have a folder in my Games tab. Whenever I create a folder, it's in my first tab. I want the folder to be in my third tab, titled Games. And I can't seem to figure it out.
[Nova Launcher] rtz619:
Single Screen Vertical wallpaper problem

Whenever I set a portrait wallpaper it gets zoomed in, is there any way/setting to put a clean single screen portrait wallpaper?
[Nova Launcher] mmegalodon:
Unless you resize, or find a wall with relative dimensions to your screen / device, you can drag the crop box as best as possible. Pull the sides to 'draw it out,' if you didn't know. You can then disable wallpaper scrolling.
[Nova Launcher] hiz99:
Idk if you can but if you can't that would be a great request

Sent from my 4.5 inch galaxy
[Nova Launcher] RubenRybnik:
HUBs functionality in Nova

I submitted this request(below) a while back, can't believe Nova or ICS doesn't have an ability to switch screens via a system Shortcut( Apex has switching but not via shortcuts, so almost useless for HUBs )

If you guys don't know what HUBs is search google, youtube or xda, it's a pretty awesome UI setup, takes a bit of time, but great results afterwards.

Anyways, if you guys like it check out the uservoice request and vote it up, would be a killer feature in Nova, especially with Nova's awesome backup / restore functionality which will help with restoring the UI.

feedback.novalauncher.com/forums/145180-nova-feature-requests/suggestions/2904119-desktop-shortcut-to-jump-to-another-desktop
[Nova Launcher] raiderkilo:
Thank You

Works perfect,I buy prime v.

Is possible better integration sony widget (music,photo,timescape releated) to launcher? (Xperia Mini Pro)
[Nova Launcher] wilcomir:
man hubs are awesome, thanks for letting me know about their existance. you got three votes from me :D
[Nova Launcher] RubenRybnik:
HUBs for Nova ... Vote it up! :)

Sweet ... Now we just gotta get 100 more people voting +3 ;)

Heres a link to one of the many youtube videos showing a hubs layout for those of you that don't wanna scrounge for one on google ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kB4YO2AHG9k&feature=player_detailpage

UserVoice Request for HUBs Feature
[Nova Launcher] upichie:
This is a great idea. +1 for the shortcut to change home screens. I'll throw a vote your way. :thumbup:

EDIT: Make that 3. :cool:
[Nova Launcher] RubenRybnik:
Ok, at 13 votes ... way more than the 3 I had of my own this morning( and only my one vote from when ever I requested it until now :) )

Who knows, maybe this will actually get some traction ... but got a long way to go!
[Nova Launcher] DesignGrits:
You got my vote. Not sure if you have an official poll going somewhere.
[Nova Launcher] enigma1981:
+3 from me - I only have two homescreens so I'll NEVER use that feature, but it does sound great for people with more screens or using tabs :)

Also, Kevin - is there any chance of a properly working 'lock in memory' option? I'm having to wait nearly 20 seconds after pressing my home key before the launcher reloads everything!!
[Nova Launcher] SirKronan:
Other than the weird flickering I mentioned on page 48 scrollable widgets, such as Pure Calendar, seem to work fine for me so far, and Nova isn't on the compatible launcher list for Pure Calendar.

I second the recommending of custom categories for apps in the drawer. This was one of the best features of Go Launcher and really cuts down on clutter and has a place to hide the apps that are almost never used without getting rid of them permanently. It would also be nice to be able to manually order and organize your apps in the drawer, a la TouchWiz 4.x.

Custom icons?? You can do that with Nova?
[Nova Launcher] currydude:
Damn that's nice! But maybe add up/down gestures to switch betwen categories too? :P
[Nova Launcher] nwbee:
hi this is great launcher for ics

but i had problems, i add 2 more screen

and sometimes my widgets on 2 of 7 screen disappear, only widgets and the icons still there

another problem is when i change the default action of home button and i press home button then the screen just fade in to the middle screen.
[Nova Launcher] talhamid:
I don't know jack about Android programming, but even I am getting irritated by some comments in this thread:

1) "It does not work on AbsoluteRom2.5 Release 5.6 Nightly on my HC or GB-running tablet hacked into ICS against its will"... Come on guys, OP just took responsibility for vanilla ICS for phones (if that). How can you expect it to work on tablets or non-ICS systems? Surely you know what havoc custom ROMs can play with various, specific apps?

2) "ScrollableWidget AceWeatherCalendar 3.5 is flickering".... Surely you realize that most scrollable widgets have not been updated to support ICS? If they are not working, write their devs rather than bombarding OP. As per my experience: if it will work on vanilla launcher, it will on Nova as well.

For me OP has achieved something no other launcher in history has managed so far: retaining all the goodness of the default ICS launcher while adding features and removing restrictions.

I think now you should focus upon making it faster and smoother, as I have experience various stutters and redraws.
[Nova Launcher] MoeDaddy:
Love the app can't wait for gestures... only thing I miss from ADW at this piont.

Thanks!!!
[Nova Launcher] ignitionnight:
This app is amazing, and exactly what I needed to get rid of the search bar.

Can I get a vertical scrolling app drawer?

Can't wait for further updates, thanks for all the work!
[Nova Launcher] seanubis:
I'm having that same problem - I added two screens (7 total), and whenever the launcher restarts, I lose a couple of icons and widgets from screens 6 and 7.

Other than that, I love this launcher :)
[Nova Launcher] just4747:
Dude check out the post I quoted of myself here. I am having that issue. Sometimes the widgets update but then they stop and I have to clear Nova cache and force stop or reboot to get them to work again. Yet, no one else is reporting this until you now.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=20674403&postcount=479

Can the dev help us with this and my other issue in that quoted link? I'm sure others are having the problem and it sucks.
[Nova Launcher] iluretar:
I'm having that issue with battstat and apw they don't update after a while and if i force the update i get a soft reboot ln both my captivate and my kindle fire so i thought it was a device issue
[Nova Launcher] jjhiza:
In general, I share the view that too many people, mainly here (I don't see it on Rootzwiki or DF much), seem to feel entitled to things, treating apps as property, and devs as employees. To be honest though, I haven't gotten that feeling in this thread... Most people seem to be posting bugs, offering feature suggestions, and saying thanks. I would venture to say that most of the people posting about how Nova doesn't work on their Xoom or A500, or whatever, haven't bothered to read any further than "you must be running ICS to use this". they just assume that because they're on an ICS ROM, that this will definitely work, and haven't read the posts by Kevin, regarding tablet support.

Don't worry guys, I'm sure that once the phone launcher gets cleaned up, maybe Kevin will work on optimizing it for tablets. Be patient though... (1) it's the holidays, (2) the launcher is free at the moment, and (3) we don't want to rub or friendly neighborhood dev the wrong way, by seeming pushy or demanding. Kevin has done a great job with staying in contact with us, asking for bug reports, feature requests, etc, so let's let him work his magic! :)
[Nova Launcher] Conjy:
This is the best launcher for ics hands down. Keeping much of the original launcher but adding customization to it! I can't wait for more folder customization! Keep up the great work :D
[Nova Launcher] chued:
Great work, minor feature requests

Best launcher out there. Keep up the good work.

Sorry if some of these have been posted before, but I reading through the first 30 pages to make the most of the awesome features has fried my brain...

1. When I set the persistent Google search bar, the orignal first page bar sticks, so I get 2. When I deleted the duplicate, resorting to non-persistent yields no bar, and I can't find it in the widgets/apps to add it back.

*I'm an idiot, just needed to find the right terminology... quick search bar.

2. Can you add a quick shortcut 'app/widget' for the nova settings? I'm just lazy enough to complain about 3 clicks... haha.

3. Notices are flashing the light through lightflow, but the dropdown notifications are lagging by up to a minute.

4. Is there a way to add the original launcher into the Apps so I can put that on my home screen? The notifications for #3 show up on the normal launcher, so my temporary fix is to just swap back and forth. The easiest way I've found to switch is the home button without a default set, or go to the default selection in the settings.

Much Thanks
[Nova Launcher] HanSolo607:
Is the .apk file in the OP beta 5 or beta 3?
[Nova Launcher] grooves12:
I just experienced the same issue. Had to reboot to fix it.
[Nova Launcher] zombieflanders:
It should be Beta 5, or at least it was when I d/led it yesterday.
[Nova Launcher] unikum:
Great Launcher. Only thing I miss is 5x5 grid in the appdrawer.
[Nova Launcher] danilo081:
I am on Sensation and this louncher is WOW !!! so much better than ICS default ... alt hose extra things and setings. GOOD JOB MAN !!!!
[Nova Launcher] erto90:
i wanted to translate this app for myself, but can't find strings.xml.. where is the language file? thanks a lot and great work!
[Nova Launcher] rldev:
message, email, phone notifications?

Unread count I mean. Is this on the roadmap?
[Nova Launcher] trentonw:
option to remove the dock would be wonderful, thanks for the great launcher!
[Nova Launcher] mcmarty2000:
Good idea!!!

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[Nova Launcher] wilcomir:
(I promise I'll stop OT after that)

Moreover, I'm gonna give HUBS a try on my galaxy S, that's not exactly as all the cool tablets I've seen in videos but I think I'll manage to do that.

thanks for sharing!
[Nova Launcher] PollPixx:
Looking good, would be nice to add this to Nova as well. Thanks for sharing that YouTube video.

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[Nova Launcher] RubenRybnik:
Glad you guys like it too... Well it's now 7th on "Hot ideas" with 33 votes, at least it's getting visibility now! Thank you to all who've voted so far, you rock! And big thanks to the dev if he could slap a "Planned" on the uservoice request ;)
[Nova Launcher] wedg11383:
Widget stretching.

I am still having issues with widget stretching when toggling the dock. I have attached screenshots to illustrate what I mean. I know I can set the dock as an overlay, but this has it's own issues with full screen widgets. Any advice would be very appreciated. Thank you in advance.
[Nova Launcher] wilcomir:
Have to report an issue about the dock too.

I unchecked from menu the "Enable dock", then I added one more row (seven in total). Now if I put an icon or a widget on the bottom row, where the dock used to be, it sometimes disappears. I tried to disable "allow stretched widgets in dock", did not work. Restarting nova *seems* to solve the issue, but only for some time. I'm sorry but I could not reproduce the problem reliably, it just happens sometimes. When I manage to put an icon on the bottom row it stays there with no problem...

I'm on latest version. Ask if you need some testing...

V
[Nova Launcher] ShimaMiku:
@kevin@TeslaCoil This is a fantastic launcher! One thing I noticed, if I click the home button 4 times, the screen colors inverse (clicking it 4 more times undoes this). Also, I wanted to set double clicking the home button to pull up the window switch method and "press and hold" the home button for a search, but it just seems to do the window switch either way. Any suggestions?

Also, side note, for Widget Locker (another fantastic app), have you instituted a white-list yet to allow things like Google Navigation or a phone call (either native or Groove IP) to just come back on the screen without having to unlock again?
[Nova Launcher] wilcomir:
update: I find out that the disappearing things go in the invisible dock bar, if you re-enable it it's all there... Had to remove a load of icons. However, it must be something about when you decide whether to put the icon in the dock or on the desktop. Moreover, it does not happen always... Maybe you are uisng two different ways to make that decision, and one is broken. Can't help more without sources, hope you'll manage to fix that soon.

bye

V
[Nova Launcher] RubenRybnik:
Yea! HUBs request is the number one HOT idea now, and almost on the first page of requests at 65 votes! Again, thanks for everyone thats voting it up... Maybe we can all post our HUBs setup in a "Nova Hubs" thread once(if) this is implemented, now we just need some developer acknowledgement :o)

Nova HUBs UserVoice Request

YouTube Tutorial showing the Shortcut feature to Jump to other Screens
[Nova Launcher] huskerpat:
Not so much a feature request at this point, but I wonder if it's possible to use miui icon themes.
[Nova Launcher] chlehqls:
Anyone having issues with stock calender widget not updating after adding/removing events? Inside the calender app shows it properly updated but the widget itself still shows deleted events.

EDIT: Actually, it's just really slow to update events on the fly, whereas the stock Launcher is able to do this much more quicker (almost instantaneous). Hopefully a fix?
[Nova Launcher] bobspace:
I am really pleased we can lock the desktop. Any chance of being able to remove the notification? I know the desktop is locked. I locked it. I don't want to move icons when I (my toddler) long presses the screen and I don't want the option to do so either. Cheers.
[Nova Launcher] Bor_NL:
I have a issue after latest update sometimes my widgets appear twice in overlay. When i tick them nova crashes and starts again and the problem is solved . Is there a solution for that ?

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[Nova Launcher] peterbonge:
Try the latest beta (1.2.1beta1). It fixes this problem.
[Nova Launcher] sstory792:
How do you lock it? I don't see that option.
[Nova Launcher] brmayhem:
Nova settings > Desktop > Lock Desktop

(Last option)
[Nova Launcher] GrenW:
Anyone else have a problem with the Poweramp widget with Nova. It constantly loses the album art. It's there as soon as you press play but a couple of minutes later the art has gone again.

Has only ever happened with Nova and no amount of reboots and widget replacement sorts it out.

xda premium app on AOKP'd GNex
[Nova Launcher] peterbonge:
Sounds like a widget refresh problem. Have you tried the latest beta? If not you should try it.
[Nova Launcher] motocomicnerd:
Center App icon vertically when label is removed

Here are 2 screenshots. One of Nova and the other of ADW. Using the same icons and same battery widget. As you can see, when the label is removed from the icon, on ADW, it centers the icon vertically. On Nova, it leaves the icon shifted up. Is there a setting I'm missing to center the icon vertically when the label is removed or can it be a feature request. Thanks. I feel Nova is an amazing launcher!
[Nova Launcher] wolfboy1984:
My poweramp widget has always had this problem/ niggle. I've never even thought of it as a launcher issue...

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[Nova Launcher] kevin@TeslaCoil:
1.2.1beta2 June 19 2012

Jump to page actions (HUBs)

Fixes for some TouchWiz devices

Optimizations

Fix FCs

People had been requesting HUBs pretty early, I think since before 1.0. But then it seemed interest died off and I'd rather not add an option that people won't use as it can clutter the interface. Seems there is indeed interest so here you go. Definitely looking forward to seeing what people do with it.
[Nova Launcher] upichie:
Awesome! Massive thanks, good sir! :D
[Nova Launcher] nsnsmj:
Bro love for you dude. :D Nova continues to impress.
[Nova Launcher] RubenRybnik:
Sweet! Thanks to everyone for voting the idea up! ... And thanks so much for implementing the feature Kevin! Can't wait to start playing, we should start a hubs with nova thread :o)

Hopefully I can finish up some work here and get to playing :o)
[Nova Launcher] rip_noob:
When I'm quiting an app that I've opened from a folder, the folder still remains open showing all the apps that are in it.

Not sure if its a bug or a feature, just an fyi :)

Edit: when I'm exiting an app with the menu button the folder is closed, unlike the behavior with the back button.

Version:1.2.1 beta2
[Nova Launcher] RubenRybnik:
Got my first setup going for HUBs, looks pretty good, although tedious as heck to setup lol... Not Nova's fault, that's more of a Minimalistic Text issue not being able to easily clone widgets really. Going to do some more tweaking and I'll post pics maybe tomorrow or Thursday.

One thing I noticed, and it's not a huge deal, but would be very cool. When you jump to page 5 from say 1, the desktop scroll effect goes through all screens, runs through super quick on my transformer prime, which makes it not that big of a deal. However it would be awesome if when using the "Jump" shortcuts it would only show the transition to the jumped to page. This would give the effect of jumping to the screen the look of it switching seamlessly instead of just 'fast auto scrolling', I think it would be a very nice touch.

Thanks again for this feature, having a lot of fun!
[Nova Launcher] PollPixx:
Can I install beta an keep pro functions?

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[Nova Launcher] kingofcomedy:
Sure, you can.

BTW: is there an option to hide the search/microphone-icon but not the menu/nova settings-icon?
[Nova Launcher] wilcomir:
yup I think that super fast scroll is not nice too, but I think it's the standard... I'm not sure how easy is to implement, keeping the launcher fast.

V
[Nova Launcher] GrenW:
Yep. On the new beta but still an issue

xda premium app on AOKP'd GNex
[Nova Launcher] Sboulema:
Just found a nice Easter egg :-)

Keep up the great work with this launcher!
[Nova Launcher] wilcomir:
That's soooo old :D

However, I've started to hub-ize my galaxy, if anybody is opening a thread about nova hubs please post the link here.

Got another idea:

feedback.novalauncher.com

I'm pretty sure that back button on home has no intended behaviour in google's guidelines, that would be very nice. You HUB guys should have a look at it.

cheers

V
[Nova Launcher] RubenRybnik:
Nice idea, I'm not sure I'd use it in my setup, but I can see how it would be useful to some.
[Nova Launcher] ArbiterGR:
A bit off topic so i'm sorry, but can anyone of use that you have a hubs setup running care to throw a screenshot ? i can only find tablet screenshots with that setup and i seriously lack imagination :P

Other than that, the latest beta looks good thanks:D
[Nova Launcher] djmcnz:
I stack mine...

;)
[Nova Launcher] XlAfbk:
Any chance to make them available externally so I can use Tasker to trigger switch pages?
[Nova Launcher] wilcomir:
why don't you open a dedicated thread? I'll be pleased to post my pics as soon as I've set up everything, but I'm in quite in a university mess and have got zero time to admin a thread like that.

V
[Nova Launcher] RubenRybnik:
Planning on doing this tonight if someone doesn't beat me to the punch... Just wanted to have some pics to post with it first.... Had a nice setup last night but decided to try it another way, may just end up going back to my original though, haven't decided.

In any case, if anyone is looking for inspiration, there are already several threads on xda that should have you covered, tablet or phone doesn't really matter, they can all give you ideas :)
[Nova Launcher] wilcomir:
Please remember to post the link here then...

I'll stop ot now I promise.

A question for kevin: did you fix the dock bar issue? It seems to work now but I didn't try it that much.

cheers

V
[Nova Launcher] kevin@TeslaCoil:
That shouldn't be the case. All apps or just some?

I was thinking about this as well. I tried with no animation and it's too abrupt (though no animation is used if coming from a third party app, so it looks clean if you unlock WidgetLocker [or a ROM's custom lockscreen] to a specific desktop). I'll probably add an option for a direct animation, it's a bit more complicated than one would hope but it's related to something else I want to implement.

Not at this time, but I think there's a user-voice feature request for it.

Back button is indeed mostly unused in the launcher. There's a few cases where it is used (closing a folder, exiting app drawer, while dragging an item, etc) but it'd probably be obvious when back would be "back" versus some custom action like previous home page.

Should work, I believe Tasker can activate an app shortcut right? Shortcuts > Nova Launcher > Jump to page. I've tested with WidgetLocker, AOKP's navbar, and MinimalisticText and expect them to work universally.

It's possible but probably not. I couldn't reproduce but cleaned up some related code.
[Nova Launcher] kingofcomedy:
I couldn't find it, but I'll just wait for that feature. :)
[Nova Launcher] wilcomir:
Sorry kevin but I'm not good enough in english to understand if you think it is a good idea or not to implement the back button feature.

About the dockbar, I'll let you know if the problem occurs again.

Thanks for your work,

Vladimir
[Nova Launcher] djmcnz:
Translation: He agrees in principle that adding that feature would not be bad but he does not commit to adding it.
[Nova Launcher] PollPixx:
This hub thing is nice on YouTube but I think takes a lot of time to get somewhere. That reminds me on WAD (advanced desktop theming program) on windows mobile in my Sony X1 period, busy for nights to get something fantastic, and two days later starting over again because you already came up with an even better idea :) never ending story and highly addictive.

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[Nova Launcher] rgawenda:
I'd give all my remaining votes in uservoice to this.
[Nova Launcher] wilcomir:
ok thanks, I'll just wait and see if it will be voted then.

bye

V
[Nova Launcher] Quinny899:
My simple shot at 'hubs', first time of using them

Pretty self-explanatory what they all do
[Nova Launcher] Quinny899:
Final design for tonight

And now bed.
[Nova Launcher] rip_noob:
I can't reproduce it anymore. I haven't change anything (rom,kernel,nova launcher settings). Anyway I let you know if it comes up again.