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[Nova Launcher] EvanVanVan:
Just wondering if you could make an icon shortcut for the NovaSettings in the app drawer? I'd like to add it to my dock bar. I think its more convenient that way. Also is there anyway to lock the desktop?
[Nova Launcher] Rodeojones:
I'm having this exact problem - started last night when I upgraded to Beta4 and continued on Beta5. Had to flash a backup I had with Beta3 to get it to stop. And not sometimes, but all the time. Everytime I hit the home button I would get a redraw (even if I'm already on my default screen) and when everything returns I get the weird search bar issue - one will just magically appear on my default screen. And the strange issue with the app drawer appearing blank is also happening to me. Usually takes 4-5 attempts before things show up. Not sure if this matters, but I have a CDMA Galaxy Nexus running Pete's 4.0.3 nightly from 12/22.
[Nova Launcher] moqwai.:
The redraws are gone. I don't know why. After several times off pressing the button the redraws disappeared.

The appdrawer behaves better now, but sometimes the problem still occurs.

Greetings
[Nova Launcher] alsex87:
Hahaha

I'm so grown up.
[Nova Launcher] czonin:
It just keeps getting better and better! Glad to see that you are listening to suggestions over here, between this and widgetlocker, tesla is becoming one of my favorite devs!

I'm loving the new home button action setting but it looses some functionality when set. Would really love to see some homescreen gestures such as swiping up/down to allow us to show or hide status bar/open notifications/show previews/etc. Also to be able to pinch on the homescreens to open the previews.
[Nova Launcher] xanthumn:
And another holiday gift! Thank you for the quick update. So far all my FCs have stopped.

CDMA Galaxy Nexus

Stock 4.0.2, rooted

Nova Launcher, beta 5
[Nova Launcher] xGalaxyNexusx:
I knew there had to be a way! Thanks so much =)
[Nova Launcher] cnash6:
really enjoying this application! the one thing I have noticed is that, when installing the update from the app, it will obviously download. if you don't complete the installation (accidentally hitting the back button, or whatever), going back to the application to hit update doesn't re-open the install apk. what it does instead is get hung up because i think it's confused that it already has something downloaded. you then have to go to the sd card and install it by clicking on it. really really minor issue.

also, again related to installation, when you install the apk, it doesn't replace the app in the /system/app folder, but rather it installs it into /data/app. idk if this is a big deal, but i have just been moving it back into /system anyway. i also don't know if that's something you can fix on your end or if that's an android limitation.

the app itself is phenomenal! thanks so much for your great work!!!
[Nova Launcher] xxproblemzxx:
Can someone post the apk for beta3 because I'm having the same problem here and beta3 was the smoothest for me

Edit: OK reinstalled beta3 and then reinstalled beta5 worked like a charm. Everything's running smoothly :)

Edit 2: OK so now that that's out the way, is it possible to make an option for the home button binding to go to default screen first, then previews? Either way, awesome launcher
[Nova Launcher] pirri_mori:
Hi kevin I am one of many that use this application in Spain in the htcmania.com.Descompile application and the file would not come to translate strings.xml us easier to manage. My question is if you care to send the folder to translate values? Thank you very much and magnifies apk. Greetings.

Enviado desde mi I9000 usando Tapatalk
[Nova Launcher] ikon8:
Love the app but I'm still having the same problem as before, any widget placed on screen #5 disappears after a reboot, I have it install in /system.
[Nova Launcher] ferozfero:
ok can you please make the widget and app drawer split up like cyanogen mod..i mean in this launcher if u split it u get the app drawer and a list for the widget drawer...any way this can be made possible..that would bee perfection....
[Nova Launcher] haproot:
Loaded beta 5. Was working great but then the Google search bar appeared on my home screen right in front of me. I went to delete it then nova force closed. Might revert to stock again lol.

Loaded via cwm.

- from the GNex
[Nova Launcher] DHO:
You need to restart after beta 4 or beta 5 install, or at least I had to.

Love the updates (hope to see looping :) )
[Nova Launcher] emplox:
Feature Request: the ability to make folders 'invisible'. Just like this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1390539
[Nova Launcher] sykomaniac:
For me a good feature would be to go to general settings as an option when home is pressed as there isn't anyway to do this easily on a sense ics rom
[Nova Launcher] poser47:
Love the launcher but I have a quick question...How do I get to Nova settings? Nova is my default launcher but I'am too dumb to figure out how to do this:

Nova Settings>Behavior>Home button action

Thanks for the help and sorry for the dumb question:(

Edit: Read it on the first page, damn I'm dumb
[Nova Launcher] soCram:
A system persistant option would be very nice.
[Nova Launcher] beekay201:
nice work :)
[Nova Launcher] pedmond:
The captures you've seen are done on a Galaxy Nexus, which has software buttons. Your phone has hardware buttons.

So, no, it's not part of Nova.
[Nova Launcher] Revin:
Strange bug happened to me - I was playing Temple Run and when I pressed home button to get to Nova Launcher, my wallpaper changed - I had as wallpaper first screen from Temple Run! (Where you choose options, new game etc.) :)

Everything was acting normally, but it was not possible to change wallpaper, just restarting nova launcher helped. I am not sure, if it was bug of Temple Run or Nova Launcher and it was just interesting :)

Anyway, great launcher!
[Nova Launcher] zezal:
Nice one :)
[Nova Launcher] barryflanagan:
Hi

It is part of Nova, but will not show up on your SGS2 because it already has physical buttons.
[Nova Launcher] jellydroid13:
No

This is what I was asking. Roman said he had an unreleased nova launcher that has activities from any app. I want to know when it's being released.
[Nova Launcher] Lar5:
I've seen it too a couple of times. Exact same behavior.

Running Nova Launcher 1.03 b2 and Temple Run 1.01 on a Nexus S 4.0.4.

I didn't restart NL, but just jumping in and out of the app drawer a few times or starting a new program a think.

Unfortunately i can't recreate the bug. It only happed two or three times. I think i pressed the home button while running...
[Nova Launcher] Raymond Ebertt:
Nova Madness

I love the idea that I can change the dock icons. Looking forward to changes to the app drawer.
[Nova Launcher] Raymond Ebertt:
What's with the uploading errors for screen shots? Bloody hell...

Here's an image from Imageshack...

http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/3079/screenshot2012041500122.png
[Nova Launcher] jjhiza:
I'm assuming you're using the Premium app? If so, the image upload is and has been broken. Just about everyone and their grandma has complained about it, and it's still not fixed... funny, because the free version, along with the Tapatalk forum, work just fine. :confused:
[Nova Launcher] RedEyedSoul:
Just installed this on my E4GT and was wondering two things:

1.) My calendar widget seems to be missing from the widgets list.

2.) When I recieve SMS the icon (set to the bottom dock) doesn't respond with the little numerical bubble. (I do however still get notifications, the little red bubble is just missing).

Any idea's on either one of these issues or am I on my own here?
[Nova Launcher] daddioj:
does anyone have a weird wallpaper bug when setting a wallpaper? it really zooms the wallpaper makes it big. but the lock screen is ok? only way to fix this is swtich back to TW launcher set wallpaper then switch back to nova and all is perfect until next reboot
[Nova Launcher] RedEyedSoul:
I noticed this on certain wallpapers, seems like it doesn't effect stock wallpapers (or live wallpapers for that matter).
[Nova Launcher] daddioj:
thanks for the reply. it sucks lol. i have alot of custom wallpaper i would like to use. but doing that is really annoying i hope it gets fixed
[Nova Launcher] Rimher:
I've noticed a weird "folders bug".

After a while(haven't been able to replicate it), the folder icons seem to "zoom out" a little bit, like there's a little bit of space in front of them.

A restart makes it go away, but still, it looks weird
[Nova Launcher] XlAfbk:
seeing that every now and then as well. It happens when you set Folder Background=Platform and preview=grid. sometimes nova "forgets" that background is set to platform and shows "grid" instead of "grid (platform)".
[Nova Launcher] im.nick.hello:
I have also seen this bug every now and then.

i have had almost no problems with this launcher at all and when these little hic-ups happen it is no big deal.
[Nova Launcher] benrees21:
Even the free version is knackered.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus, running Slim ICS and the ever so mighty Trinity kernel.
[Nova Launcher] Rimher:
I've been using Apex in the last couple of days and I've got to say that it's improved a lot!

Hoping to see Nova updated soon so it can catch up
[Nova Launcher] radyougur:
Nova Louncher

Thank you..

---------- Post added at 07:34 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:06 AM ----------

Very Nice!

Thank You.
[Nova Launcher] jimmiegeddes:
I'm looking forward to an update too. Would love to beta test. I love Nova, still think it's the best ICS launcher.
[Nova Launcher] jnr21:
I tried to order nova launcher prime several times, but still can't download it. My bank account has been charged 12 euros (4 x 3€).
[Nova Launcher] Rimher:
I really like Nova, but right now Apex seems smoother and more feature-filled.

1x1 widgets in the dock, unread notifications bubbles, any kind of gestures, a lot of transitions effects, vertical drawer, folder in drawers.

Those are A LOT of features, and all seems to work flawlessly.

And I say that as a Nova Prime user, I've also bought the premium version.

Hope to see all this stuff in Nova very soon, otherwise, there's no reason to go back!
[Nova Launcher] Kurre:
Most likely Play Store error, since transactions are handled by the Google. Did Store gave you any error code?

You're able to see your transactions from Google account..I don't remember in which site, but it could give some hints :)
[Nova Launcher] ekjl:
I'm using Nova Launcher for Samsung Galaxy S2 and I want to customize it using desktop visualizer (dvr). I have my grid set to 5 rows and 4 columns.

I'm going to create my own icons but need to know the usable screen real estate space in order to space everything out evenly.

The SGS2 screen resolution for one screen is 480w x 800w.

My question is how much pixel does the dock take up for Nova launcher? As well as the top status bar if it affects the real estate at all. and how much pixel does the persistant google search bar take cause I like to be turned on? After I take those into consideration, I would have my actual usable screen real estate.

Hope some knowledgeable person can help me out.
[Nova Launcher] XlAfbk:
just take a screenshot and check in your prefered image editor?
[Nova Launcher] DesignGrits:
Does anyone know how to hide the notification bar and the dock bar in Nova Prime?
[Nova Launcher] mnazim:
Nova Settings -> Behavior

:)
[Nova Launcher] ekjl:
Not quite the answer I was looking for but thanks anyways. Anyone else have the solution?

I emailed the developer (Kevin), so I'm just waiting on his reply.
[Nova Launcher] DesignGrits:
Weird....The only option I saw was to "Show Notification Bar" and it was unchecked and I could still see the bar. I checked it and then unchecked it and boom...its gone....thank you!
[Nova Launcher] D3VI0US:
Nova launcher is great but there are two features i would like to see in Nova .. first the ability to add the play store icon in the drawer instead of the 3 dots that is option in the Apex Launcher that Nova Launcher lacks .. the other one is to control the space between the dock and the divider height not just the width to look like the stock launcher .. thanks for the great launcher
[Nova Launcher] djmcnz:
Play Stone is an app... is always in the drawer?
[Nova Launcher] frenccw:
I think what he meant was he's lazy to press menu > Play store. He wants a dedicated shortcut. If that's so important why don't you put a play store shortcut on the homescreen :confused: or use the many gestures to activate it? (prime of course). Sure it's convenient but you can put the shortcut pretty much anywhere so i don't think it'll be very high up in the developer's todo list... plus you are just asking him to emulate apex which kind of defeats the purpose of them being separate launchers.
[Nova Launcher] chinkster:
is anyone else getting the laggy feeling when you try to organize your home screen? like when you hold and drag an item on your home screen to the same home screen it lags like crap? but if you drag it to the next screen it works fine?

Also, why does it seem like homescreen swipes are smoother in landscape mode than in portrait mode.

I'm on an HP touchpad running CM9 by the way
[Nova Launcher] Akeem83:
Missing dock

Apologies if I'm missing something obvious.

I run Nova Launcher (Prime) on ICS CM Kindle Fire (Energy ROM).

The dock is missing. How to enable it?
[Nova Launcher] xRemingtonx:
When will be a new version ?:D
[Nova Launcher] TecQuality:
awesome launcher ... :P
[Nova Launcher] barryflanagan:
Hi

The dock does not show up when using a tablet device. This is common on a lot of ICS launchers.
[Nova Launcher] pghbiker:
(This information is for on a Galaxy Nexus. Not sure how it will convert on your device.)

using a 1440w by 1280h wallpaper...

From the top

_ 48 pixels get cut off the top.

_ 48 pixels used by the Notification bar.

_ about 90 pixels used by the Google Search

From the Bottom

_ 48 pixels covered by the Soft Buttons

_ about 132 pixels used by the Dock.

Attached is a .png wallpaper I use for measurements.
[Nova Launcher] pghbiker:
O.k. Restricted size on png files.

Here is a zip containing the wallpaper for anyone interested.

and a thumbnail view.
[Nova Launcher] Evaravenspell:
One of the best launchers i have ever tested.. Once i got on Nova.. i never looked at any other! :D
[Nova Launcher] Mirceabadea:
Is this launcher better than Trebuchet, default CM9 launcher ?
[Nova Launcher] XlAfbk:
if there was a general consensus on "better" there'd be only 1 launcher available for android. so to answer that question for yourself you'll have to download and test it.
[Nova Launcher] Mirceabadea:
In terms of features, bugs, and so on...
[Nova Launcher] frenccw:
It's free just without some very optional features so no harm trying. It's been way too long since i used Trebuchet (been on nova since day one) but in terms of features i'm sure Nova has way more. There aren't really any bugs.
[Nova Launcher] XlAfbk:
more features = more bugs :P
[Nova Launcher] brunoisa10:
Trebuchet in CM9 is really perfect and it is working on Portrait/Landscape without any issue on my Galaxy Tab ,there are gestures , dock for Tablets , the dev is now trying to make the widget 1x1 working on dock

as already said : just try both programs and make your choice ;)
[Nova Launcher] c00ller:
Compared to Apex and Nova, Trebuchet has verrrrry limited features, from subtle things like unscrollable folder contents (thus limited the number of apps you can put in a folder), to big one like no dock or icon options (they are temporary placeholders in the options, and nothing happens when you try to click on them...). Trebuchet is an unfinished product.
[Nova Launcher] WarLion:
+1
[Nova Launcher] D3VI0US:
This is Arabic Review for Nova Launcher done by me .. i believe it's a great launcher so i did quick review for it .. you can view it from here :

http://goo.gl/XwWpM
[Nova Launcher] sw6lee:
the thing i love about nova launcher is that sliding between home screen is smooth consistently, where apex is often jittery. however, even on my cheap Chinese tablet Cube u9gt2, apex is MUCH smoother when opening app drawer and scrolling in the drawer. nova is often laggy at both. i love the consistency while in the desktop on nova launcher, so im keeping this one, but i REALLY hope the developer makes opening app drawer and sliding smoother. sliding in the app drawer is very laggy on nova.

thanks for your work. ill be keeping it, and waiting for more updates. :)
[Nova Launcher] gbalerdi:
Standard (stock launcher) layout

Hi,

I would like to use Nova with exactly the stock launcher look and layout. That is, google search box enabled, and a 4 x 4 grid.

I noticed that the top row of icons stay in the same place, but then all the other rows get positioned lower. And especially the dock line is lower and the dock is kind of compressed.

I think that it would make sense that if the configuration is the default one (4x4 grid and google bar enabled) then the desktop should look the same as the standard launcher. Then of course when you start changing the grid or removing the google bar, obviously it would need to start re positioining things.

Could you please "fix" or make an option for this ?

Gonza
[Nova Launcher] CreazioN:
+1 seems a bit laggy from time to time - 1-2 secs delay sometimes - showing blank screen
[Nova Launcher] daskalos.healing:
There is no folder in app drawer :(

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Nova Launcher] morg01:
Slight bug

When you set grid size to 5x4 the text below the bw widget gets cropped slightly

Sent via courier pigeon
[Nova Launcher] enigma1981:
Try enabling overlapping widgets... it shouldn't crop it to fit then
[Nova Launcher] morg01:
Where's that option?

Can't seem to find it?

Sent via courier pigeon
[Nova Launcher] jjhiza:
Don't worry...it's not there. I would love to see the overlapping widgets option, like Widgetlocker has, but it hasn't been worked into Nova yet. Might make a good User Voice topic... :)
[Nova Launcher] morg01:
Either that or make use of the extra space between icons if you don't have the text displayed below them.

Also I've used up all my votes so far on user voice :D

Thats of course if someones already suggested it? I'll have a look :)

Sent via courier pigeon
[Nova Launcher] Ov3rbyte:
Any word yet if anyone is working on a notifier for text messages and email bubbles on the icons?
[Nova Launcher] Emama:
I would like to hear this too :cool:
[Nova Launcher] morg01:
Anybody else experiencing lag on widgetlocker sense lock screen unlock animation and nova?

Sent via courier pigeon
[Nova Launcher] jjhiza:
I've only tested widgetlocker with MIUI lately, but yes, I had some lag with the No Frills Sense setup. I wasn't running Nova at the time though, so I think the issue could just be that WL hasn't caught up to 4.0.4 yet...that's just a guess though.
[Nova Launcher] peterbonge:
I really hope that a new Beta will be released soon. Or at least some words about the development. The last Beta is more than 2 weeks old now! Apex is developing a lot of faster, is quite stable, runs smoothly and has a lot of more features.

But I'm not asking for a lot of new features here. Stability and smoothness is more important for me:

- Sometimes Nova still forgets widgets and their sizes!

- I've just made a backup of the settings ... and Nova crashed.

- Often it looks like Nova restarts itself. Maybe it just refreshes the screens.

- Often the app drawer acts a little bit choppy, but just at the beginning. After scrolling a little bit it runs smoothly.

EDIT: I forgot two things:

- If Prime is installed all Prime signs should be removed. Same with the Prime entry at the end of the main settings page. It's completely useless and does nothing.

- In the add drawer menu (3 dots) the Play Store is still called Market...
[Nova Launcher] quikslvr:
Sorry if it's been asked before

I tried some searches without luck, but I can't read all 405 pages.

In rearranging my screen, I added a second "page" in the dock. I would like to duplicate the app drawer shortcut to put it in the center of my second dock, too. I could swear I had done this before, at least on my Droid X at one time with Launcher Pro, but I am apparently too stupid to figure it out now. I tried Desktop Visualizer, but still didn't see an option to link to the app drawer.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Edit: using the version of Nova included with AOKP b33, if that makes a difference.
[Nova Launcher] pedmond:
Long press on the screen -> Nova actions -> App Drawer and voila!
[Nova Launcher] djmcnz:
Mine says Play Store, that was changed a while ago, sure you're using the latest?

Manually update from the Market to 1.0.2
[Nova Launcher] quikslvr:
Well, I really do feel like an idiot now. I'm so used to getting to my widgets, etc, without that dialog, I forgot about it completely. Thanks.
[Nova Launcher] Protonus:
In the stock launcher and other launchers, there is the ability to take a shortcut off a home screen, drag it to the trash, and hold it there, to do a "drop to uninstall". In Nova, there is no Trash, just an "X", and I can't seem to make it do a drop to uninstall via a shortcut (unless I go into the app drawer and do it that way).

Is there a way to do this in Nova? IIRC this even worked in the stock ICS launcher. If not, consider this a feature request - long hold on deletion of a shortcut to do an uninstall.
[Nova Launcher] wilcomir:
as you said, this only works from the app drawer. and that's intended.

V
[Nova Launcher] kingoanklebreakn:
It's intended that way? Bummer.
[Nova Launcher] DesignGrits:
So I have factory reset my device a few times now and still having the same issue. I really think the issue is Nova Launcher.

If I go in the Nova settings > Behavior > Check: "Show Notification Bar" after a few hours this setting will reset back to normal settings.....At first I thought it was the phone but then after testing it for a few days it happens way too often and at the same time its the only setting in Nova launcher that is doing this. Does anyone have this problem or know about this issue?
[Nova Launcher] PharmCAT:
Have you tried the Stable and also the Beta release of the Nova Launcher?

Btw, it's under Nova Settings > "Check for updates" > That little three square menu in the top right corner > Select "beta" and have it install the latest one.
[Nova Launcher] wilcomir:
submit that thing in the user voice. or live with it ;)
[Nova Launcher] Skunk Ape1:
I am not having that problem.

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Just Flash It !!!
[Nova Launcher] kevin@TeslaCoil:
1.1 released to Play and self-update. If you don't see it on the store yet you can do Settings > Check for updates > Menu > Self-update (or Public Beta).

1.1 April 23 2012

Custom app drawer tabs and folders (Prime)

Vertical scroll in app drawer

Configurable drawer transparency

Bulk add to desktop or folder

1x1 widgets in dock

Tablet optimizations (Dock, full screen app drawer)

System shortcuts for app drawer (Works with AOKP Navbar)

Activities shortcut

Many optimizations and bug fixes
[Nova Launcher] Helsie:
Keeps fc'ing since install of latest update..
[Nova Launcher] rip_noob:
Working fine here. Updated from latest beta.

I'm loving the new features :-D
[Nova Launcher] elhennig:
Same here
[Nova Launcher] kevin@TeslaCoil:
Anyone care to provide a logcat? I don't see anything notable in the automatic crash reports.
[Nova Launcher] Helsie:
It is caused as soon as I import existing backup of nova Launcher data. With cleared app data all is fine. Will look for a logcat.

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Logcat: http://db.tt/4QuDFlp3

My nova backup file: http://db.tt/CgiHkA2R
[Nova Launcher] OSully:
My dock is slightly higher again.
[Nova Launcher] XlAfbk:
bug introduced in 1.1: custom icons in dock have the wrong size. attached screenshot shows dock with 5 icons, first 2 have custom icon, other 3 have default icon. the icon images i'm using are 72*72px and worked fine with previous versions.

unsetting and resetting the icons doesn't fix this

edit: liking the new icon which you forgot to mention in changelog very much
[Nova Launcher] PharmCAT:
Ooo...new icon.
[Nova Launcher] huskerpat:
Awesome update. Love the custom tabs in the drawer.
[Nova Launcher] journeyman73:
Excellent update... Thank you good sir