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[Nova Launcher] RggdLord:
The space between the icons in folders is now too small.

Is it possible to increase the space, I have not found any settings for this, see the pictures, the one with more space is 3.3
[Nova Launcher] Thebear j koss:
The codes are always there. They can be switched by changing the parent theme in styles.xml, problem lies in not many users know how to do this. Either way it's Kevin's choice and he obviously is keeping to stock android as close as possible. I don't see a switch coming anytime soon.

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[Nova Launcher] JohnSpawnVFX:
The colors are subjective. You hate it, I like it and think it's about time for a change. Haven't seen any data that black menus help save battery (As far as I know, could be like the whole "Delete battery stats to calibrate the battery" business, which was proven false later) and no one spends that much time in Nova settings that it will start affecting battery life.

About 1 stars, wish people would use their brain and realize there's more options than 1 or 5 stars. 1 star means the app is absolute garbage, completely useless and should be deleted from the store ASAP. If you want the Dev to give up and end Nova, that's the right way to go.

It's been told here more than once that since the Dev changed the launcher's base, it will take time for all the features to return. Hence the missing settings or settings that don't work properly. Settings moving from place is just a question of the user getting used to it and aren't worthy of complaint, otherwise someone else would complain that the features have stayed the same for too long.

Paid users don't own the dev and that doesn't give them the right to demand anything whatsoever, much less imply the dev works while drunk (or worse). You paid because you wanted and no one forced you.

Sorry if there's any mistakes, but English's not my main language and I'm tired of all the whining.
[Nova Launcher] y0000:
guys sorry for my question but this version is final stable release? or updates continues? because i wait for stable release version. thnx.
[Nova Launcher] guitardoc64:
It's the official release.
[Nova Launcher] HDFLucky:
That may very well be. But if so, his choice of color for the action bar and drawables (#D64526) is peculiar, since it's not part of the Material palette. The closest colors are Red-700 (#D32F2F) and Orange-900 (#E65100).
[Nova Launcher] bajamorde:
Is the best launcher that i know
[Nova Launcher] HDFLucky:
Well said. :good:
[Nova Launcher] isillo:
New EMPTY homescreen

How to add new empty homescreen in this latest version? Upgrade removed my empty homescreen and now I dont see option to add new empty one.
[Nova Launcher] JohnSpawnVFX:
So, basically change the background from light to dark and you go from 0 customization to full customization...
[Nova Launcher] bobgeneric:
I liked Light Material design!

Amazing!
[Nova Launcher] vanessaem:
Thread cleaned. People come here to get help with the app. Instead they have to sift through pages and pages of fussing about the new UI, arguing and name-calling.

See this is why we can't have nice things.

I honestly can't believe there is post after post complaining about, not a buggy update, not compatibility issues, or any like that, but because the UI went from dark to light. :eek:

We all have our preferences but some of what I saw on this thread was appalling. Things from complaining that you can't get into the developers smali to change things to encouraging people to give 1-star because you don't like the UI. I know some of you don't like change but please get over it. Just because you paid for the app doesn't mean the developer should give up his artistic and creative integrity to please people. Doing that just sucks the joy out of doing any of this kind of work.

I honestly hope development of this great app doesn't cease because of the comments seen here or folks who will take to the Play Store app's page to leave negative ratings because of, egads, the UI.

Luckily, kevin@TeslaCoil doesn't frequent this thread often to see any of this. He may stop this whole project altogether and I can't say I would blame him. When people refuse to see the effort you put into an app and instead focus on the trivial, who'd bother.

All being said, if the UI is such a problem, please ask him to change it here http://feedback.novalauncher.com/forums/145180-nova-feature-requests not on this thread. No one will see your gripes but yourselves and that won't change anything in the app.

If the arguing, bickering, and other assorted negativity continues, the thread will be closed even longer next time.

Regards
[Nova Launcher] fclifton:
Long press on a home screen. Scroll the mini views all the way to the right. Press on the mini view with the + sign. Ta-da! Empty home screen :)
[Nova Launcher] HDFLucky:
Since several people in this thread have asked about disappearing blank homepages post-update, am reposting this reply from TeslaCoil found buried in a Play Store comment reply:

I have no reason to keep blank pages on my phone, but I tested this and can verify it works. HTH!
[Nova Launcher] alexbk66:
Thanks for the tip! I spent like an hour looking for dissipated shortcut feature.

I quite disagree with mixing shortcuts and widgets, but may be just got used to them to be separate over the years.

[EDIT]At least I think would be useful if could detect upgrade from previous version and display a warning about merging shortcuts and widgets, seriously, from respect to loyal users. I spent time looking for missing shortcut feature and Googling
[Nova Launcher] nobreak1970:
Excellent launcher AS USUAL!! ?
[Nova Launcher] nickdc986:
Top and bottom desktop shadows is not working here on jelly bean 4.3 stock, please fix.
[Nova Launcher] cafehouse:
I have the same problem here. But my Android version is 5.0.1.

Btw, your homepage is too dark. I'm really not used to it.
[Nova Launcher] Bingley:
How can I see my hidden apps, in 3.3 I could tap a memu and show then intil I open an app.
[Nova Launcher] Alexey71:
Hello. Fix the addition of new labels. They are created on the new desktop. In version 3.3 they were created on the desktop by default
[Nova Launcher] darknessy:
which setting changes this?

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6630119/nova.png

Mines completely white..trying to get it transparent like the pic
[Nova Launcher] AakashKaushal98:
Slide down ur finger in app drawer, then search ur app..hidden apps will also shown there.
[Nova Launcher] D00ky:
Page indicator (bug?)

I am pretty sure that on previous version disabling page indicator under Desktop settings would't also disable page indicator in app drawer. I use only one homescreen without dock and that page indicator on the bottom looks weird but in the same time I am completely lost without it in app and widget drawer. Otherwise great update in my opinion.
[Nova Launcher] Bingley:
Urgh, that's terrible. I'm back on 3.3 anyway until this is all sorted out. White theming sucks, some options don't work, hidden apps is poor, and the widget draw is gone, and I get no reply from support emails :/
[Nova Launcher] Siberian Tiger:
Long press the icon and then hit edit.

Press the icon again and you'll get different icons to choose from.
[Nova Launcher] KBanause:
All system apps are in /system/app and that's the place for Nova Launcher too...

Greetings,

KBanause
[Nova Launcher] chiph411:
I would like to join the long list of people thanking you for the work you have done on this fantastic launcher.

This is my first "smart" phone. I formerly had the LG cosmos and purchased the Verizon Samsung Galaxy Nexus on it's release date. What a big learning curve, but with help from this forum and the android forum it has been a lot of fun and a great learning experience.

This launcher was my first attempt to "sideload" to my phone. At first I was very apprehensive to even try to do this, but using Airdroid I was able to transfer Nova successfully.

Anyway, thanks again for a great launcher.

Chip
[Nova Launcher] Bigal77:
Please have to prob to reduce icon size like adw

If you can,in adw, they have a permanent menu button at the bottom instead of 3 buttons, there are 4

Will purchase, great launcher and just launched
[Nova Launcher] _Sparks:
It would be great if this launcher supports previous android versions.:)
[Nova Launcher] lindahl85:
Request

Me too. If it will be continous scrolling instead of one page at the time.

I would also like it to remember the last page i was on in the appdrawer instead of starting from the beginning every time.
[Nova Launcher] Dyspnea:
oops wrong thread topic..

But I use the nova launcher and it runs great!
[Nova Launcher] phantomzer0:
Gee thanks for the advice. Obviously I'm going to deal with it if I want to use the launcher. I'm posting it because its a bug. Is that OK with you?
[Nova Launcher] inzaghi75:
Is no one here with high battdrain in the latest Beta10 (sleep mode 40mA)? I changed back to Beta8.
[Nova Launcher] GooTz66:
What app are you using to check that?
[Nova Launcher] nite2k:
Landscape Orientation hides icon names

I'm glad that Nova Launcher operates in landscape mode however the icon names are hidden in this orientation. Is there a fix planned for this?
[Nova Launcher] Milamber33:
It auto hides the icon labels whenever there isn't enough room to display them. How many rows/columns are you using? What have you got the margins set to?

Sent from The Past into The Future via The Present. :-)
[Nova Launcher] kevin@TeslaCoil:
Beta11 Jan 15 2012

Add dock margins user setting

Fix overscroll issue on last page

Fix FCs

Optimizations

Adjusted fling speed

Prep work for gestures (not user visible yet)

Prep work for translations Help Translate
[Nova Launcher] Milamber33:
Thanks! Updated successfully. Had a quick look around, no issues spotted yet. Nice work!

Sent from The Past into The Future via The Present. :-)
[Nova Launcher] Nordpolcamper:
2 Bug Reports

I am having to bugs.

1. I am using the card stack homescreen transition. but when I am scrolling to the left there is no fading out of the right screen. instead of fading it gets smaller and then its stuck for like a second and then disappears.

2. When I swipe through my appdrawer I sometimes got a black screen where the apps are supposed to be. when i swype again its fixed.

I have a rooted GSM galaxy Nexus running Android Revolution HD 2.1.2

hoping for a quick fix, because i really love the card stack transition and it would be uncool if I would have to use another transition.

Thanks in Advance^^
[Nova Launcher] stu5797:
THANKS! Update went smoothly. One thing I noticed, though. I really love the card stack scroll effect for the desktop view. But, in this update the card scrolling is too aggressive. It does not slowly fade in or out. Once you start to scroll you see the solid background coming in or out.

On the other hand, the card scrolling in the app drawer still scrolls perfectly. It did not change from the last update.

Hopefully it is an easy fix cause I also love card scroll.
[Nova Launcher] Thracks:
Did you change the fling speed of the card stack effect in the app drawer? I just updated to beta 11 and the animation has become very choppy.
[Nova Launcher] Tung_meister:
Also experiencing these issues with beta 11.
[Nova Launcher] Hemulen:
Having problems with cropped icons on homescreen and dock (only) with lower density. Currently running 260 DPI.

View attatched file.
[Nova Launcher] sabbotage:
Same here and I havent really had many problems with this launcher either, but the scrolling effect definitely is worse in this version than it was on beta 10.
[Nova Launcher] mhwarfield:
I'm running 4x4 and running into this. Stock launcher doesn't do it and Trebuchet doesn't do it. I posted some screen shots a couple pages back. The icons seem to be packed closer together and, in portrait mode the captions seem to be lower below the icons than in stock or Trebuchet. Basically seems to be a layout and spacing problem with the margins. Outside of that, NovaLauncher has been rock solid for me (unlike Trebuchet that want's to FC when you're scrolling around in the drawer for widgets).

I also noticed in landscape mode, the dividing line shows up on the left as if I had persistent search enabled (which I don't) and the area to the left of the line is blank. In portrait mode, that dividing like is absent.
[Nova Launcher] king.larry:
i was using Nova Launcher Pro for a long time ... the new version 4 is very bad! Some widgets (Profile Scheduler+) are not working under ver. 4, but still working under other launchers ...

That's very bad!

I know that the new design is subjective, but i don't like it.
[Nova Launcher] Venom0642:
Wow this 4.0 not stable, back to 3.3 ?

Running On New Deadly Venom Note 4 v3.0
[Nova Launcher] BiStudio:
After so much time yesterday I tried again this launcher, graphically is very pleasant but it is also unstable, I hope in an update
[Nova Launcher] joshken.fn:
thanks
[Nova Launcher] darknessy:
ur a genius, thanks!

couldnt believe how long i spend looking through the settings
[Nova Launcher] MrKaon:
Every thing working great here on my Nexus 5, thanks.
[Nova Launcher] wase4711:
if you dont have a nand/TB backup of 3.3, is there somewhere to grab it from?

thanks:good:
[Nova Launcher] Thebear j koss:
In the op there is a link to the nova website. It is available there.

Thebe@r'$ G@L@XY

Go here- http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1016053

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[Nova Launcher] wase4711:
thanks man!
[Nova Launcher] Nimueh:
Couldn't agree more with both of you ... I also went back to 3.3 and installed Apex parallel to it. Instead of going forward this update went 3 steps backwards.

Let's see if this plain opinion post also gets deleted again ... :rolleyes:
[Nova Launcher] wase4711:
sorry for the noob question, but how do you install 3.3 if you have 4.0 already installed?

uninstall 4.0, reboot, then install 3.3?

running android 5.02 on a s6 edge

thanks
[Nova Launcher] kitkat_chachacha:
All the features in 4.0 run smooth as butter on my galazy s5, but really hating the blinding white material makeover. Anyone working on a black/dark material theme for this app?

Still my favorite launcher.
[Nova Launcher] HDFLucky:
There's no excuse for not responding to support emails, but the widget drawer is not gone. Long press a blank spot on a home screen and voila. It will take me some getting used to the change as well, but it does make more sense than the old way. Now only apps are in the app drawer, and widget access is not duplicated in two places.
[Nova Launcher] Thebear j koss:
Yes. Make a backup of your settings and make sure you have another launcher like i presume tw is there just in case.

Thebe@r'$ G@L@XY

Go here- http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1016053

for amazing SuperSwiftkey themes❕❕❕
[Nova Launcher] Cyda:
Been a long time user of Nova Prime but this new update is horrible. The white theme is not nice at all and it seems a bit unstable.

Back to the old version, if I can find it.
[Nova Launcher] Venom0642:
Don't think that's ever gonna happen.

Running On New Deadly Venom Note 4 v3.0
[Nova Launcher] AakashKaushal98:
Contacts icon gone..?
[Nova Launcher] IronTechmonkey:
New update = very ouch baby.

I dislike the light theme but have accepted that many apps now conform to Google's new garrish and battery wasting standard. More importantly (IMO) is the fact that nice features have been removed. Nova, although still an OK launcher is just not the same product anymore. I do understand how the decision to re-base off of Launcher3 might help with stability and compatibility or to just make things easier however, the loss of significant functionality with no warning did not help. A move that big should have come with more communication (and blaming paid users who objected to degradation of features for holding back progress did not help). That said, it is nice to see this thread re-opened and I do hope that some of the features sacrificed in the re-basing can be restored.
[Nova Launcher] serhend001:
Thank U
[Nova Launcher] guitardoc64:
Perfectly stated. I feel the same. I can put up with material design, but taking away stability and removing functionality with the rebase is change for the worse.
[Nova Launcher] :
Can we get back to supporting each other.... And maybe stop the complaints about its appearance? No one will hear you here... And it's simply getting ridiculous.

That would be great! :good:

Thanks,

Darth

Forum Moderator
[Nova Launcher] mrdoug:
I have to say my favorite change is the floating aspect for search (Web and file). It is so much more professional looking. I know the white bg is there, but the general concept, IMO, is awesome.

Sent from my secret lair in a hidden mountainside.
[Nova Launcher] IronTechmonkey:
While the disappearance of the widget section of the App drawer :crying: may have been a necessary evil of Launcher3 I do hope some changes can be made in re the need to scroll within folders, the contents of which should fit within screen without scrolling...or maybe there is a workaround I've not yet found.

This is what I'm trying to preserve:

- Desktop grid = 5x4 (allowing subgrid positioning),Width and Height margins = Small

- Dock = Small icons, 5, Width Margins Large (System Default)

- System Fonts set to 130 (many devs including CM have forgotten to accommodate for large font size in the jump to L).

In this configuration I could have folder groups up to 5 rows (4 columns) without having to scroll. Each folder is effectively an alternate transient pop-up home screen potentially containing the same # items as the desktop in a similar 4x5 grid with a but with tighter icon spacing.... all with no scrolling. In fact minimizing scrolling and sliding in exchange for tapping is the raison d'etre for my folder groups.

I was hoping there was a newly changed or added top level setting that might help but could not find one or even a combination of settings that maintains that ability. Has anyone found a simple path through settings changes that can maintain folders groups of 4x5 with no scrolling required without shrinking icons or text?.
[Nova Launcher] NullyOne:
I go back to previous version, hoping for changes.
[Nova Launcher] andrewilley:
Sorry if I'm being dense, but if you want to quickly see hidden icons on a regular basis, why did you hide them in the first place rather than just putting them in a second tab group or folder?

Not quite sure what you are asking, but on my device I have a 4 x 6 icon layout without needing scrolling, with small text underneath icons, and then six icons in a single non-scrolling Dock (each with tiny text underneath). But for each area I can change the number and size of icons, and the text sizes, independently - it's a lot more flexible than the previous version was. Could you post a screenshot of what the specific problem is?

Please can people remember that the developer (it's just one person, not a massive team) does not frequent all of the various websites which happen to discuss his product - he'd never get anything done if he did. If you want to report something to him, do it via the correct Google+ route that he recommends, rather than posting some vague message that it's a bit unstable (how exactly???) and you are now using the old version. Also, Kev probably does not have time to respond to every single email query he receives either - and there's certainly no point in complaining about that here either.

Andre
[Nova Launcher] IronTechmonkey:
Oh, he is indeed hearing it through Google Play store reviews and direct email and I'm not trying to reach him through this thread, but I don't think this is a conversation we want to have here anymore ;). Keep in mind that you don't know what interactions people have had out of sight of this thread. Now.. back on topic for real, without any more lectures :).

Thanks for your response and trying to break down the issue I'm having. I've jumped back to 3.3 and can no longer demonstrate what was happening in 4.0 but in short:

In 3.3 I could have folders with 20 items in a 4x5 grid without having to scroll. In 4.0 scrolling within folder is required at the 4th row. This seems to relate to the icon new sizing options (and padding methods?) and may involve an issue preserving compatibility with large system font (130%).

[EDIT] Since a picture is worth a thousand etceteras, this screen grab is from 3.3 but in 4.0 the same folder group requires scrolling.

There was enough changed in the new version to send me back to 3.3 fairly quickly but when I next test I'll try to distill it to more specific causes, starting with seeing if the same thing occurs with system fonts set to 100%. Thanks again.
[Nova Launcher] calexchelse:
I don't know if people are listening. I like some of the update, but I'm not the dev, I couldn't develop a 1 screen game much less a launcher. And while there are some very good themers and developers on this thread, I bet most of us couldn't develop a launcher if we tried. That said, I'm pretty sure Kevin is listening, and this won't be the last update.
[Nova Launcher] tpayne2345:
Anyone else experiencing resized widgets?

Digital clock iterally shrunk to half the size after updating to latest version
[Nova Launcher] infectedorganism:
I had the same issue.

Nova Settings > Desktop > Advanced > (check both) Widget Overlap and Overlap When Placing > Resize your widget to desired size > (long press widget) Send to Back.
[Nova Launcher] HDFLucky:
I see what you mean, and I was able to duplicate it, but not by much. I was able to fit four full rows and the top 3/4 of the fifth row icons without scrolling. The problem is that there is only so much room. The rows are now spaced further vertically to accommodate the 2-line label option in Settings > App & widget drawers > Icon layout.

Make a feature request (but not here!) that rows be spaced closer if Single-line is selected. Seems like it would be a popular option given the space constraints of a pocket-sized device.
[Nova Launcher] Pfeffernuss:
Just for testing purposes, as I seem to be one of the few people really liking the new version, I changed to system font size 130% and created a test folder.

Put some apps in the folder. Started with 20 apps. Scrolling needed? Nope. And with 30 apps? Nope. All with system font size at 130%.

Deleted the test folder, reverted to font size 100, all is well. Nova 4 is fast, completely stable, smooth, has all things I need.

Have some things changed for the worse? Sure. Do some things look (way) less nice as before? Sure. Have other things been improved? Yup.

Bust most of all, is it still the best launcher? You betcha :good:
[Nova Launcher] IronTechmonkey:
Appreciate your testing, but you are using a significantly larger phone screen and smaller icons. Different usage scenario.

Also, as shown in my earlier pic.

In Nova, this same folder group of only 16 in 4x4 required scrolling. That is obviously not desirable, and indicates that certain combinations of screen size, resolution and font size that once played nice with each other no longer do so.
[Nova Launcher] Pfeffernuss:
No mention of any phone/resolution in your post, no mention of phone/OS used in your sig, pretty hard for me to guess the scenario that way, no :cool:

Icons here on the homescreen are 115%, in folders they're 100% (rarely use folders anyway but that of course is a matter of preference, as with most things).

Anyway, grabbed the good old SGS4 and redid the same test. Outcome is pretty much the same. Twenty apps is no problem, no scrolling needed. Last test as everybody uses other icon sizes, text sizes, screen resolutions, etc. :good:
[Nova Launcher] IronTechmonkey:
Well you only seem interested in proving it isn't so anyhow ;) but getting down to the technological nitty gritty; this is on a Motorola Atrix HD with a 720 x 1280 screen with a 4.5 inch viewable diagonal that comfortably fits a 4 x 5 grid of icons at Nova's 125% icon size (which keep the icons near the well implemented (IMO) size of the original icons for this phone).