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[Nova Launcher] Vilcek:
First.... don't use task managers at all... useless on android, actually it can drain your battery faster.

Second....What do you expect when you clean all the apps from a task manager, you clean also the nova launcher so it needs to be restarted again. Answer on this you can find in first post..

Stop destroying beauty of Android with stupid task managers please :)
[Nova Launcher] androidmonkey:
When I change the grid to 7x7 on my HP Touchpad CM9, the icon names are removed even though I have the checkbox checked to show them.

Any ideas why?
[Nova Launcher] afoocado:
Awesome

Just came by (and registered this account) to say thank you.

One of the first and only things I didn't like about my new Galaxy Nexus when I got it about a month ago was the sticky Google Search Bar on top of every screen. I quickly found Nova Launcher and installed it to fix that issue of mine. Since then, I've never looked back.

For me, Nova Launcher has always been stable and fast and with time, it got even faster. I really hope you can find the time and energy to keep up your amazing work!

Thanks!
[Nova Launcher] Gasaraki-:
My Nova Launch setting icons doesn't bring me to the settings page... :(
[Nova Launcher] pbv302:
+1 on that! :D
[Nova Launcher] jcsww:
Installed this last night on my Galaxy Nexus. Really enjoying it so far. I've noticed the dd bug but hopefully working on this isn't over yet. Keep up the amazing work! Going to add this launcher to my HTC EVO 3D also.
[Nova Launcher] jjhiza:
It's something that needs fixing for sure. I don't use on-screen icons (I'm a dock only kinda guy), but try creating a folder on a 7x7 grid...the entire thing will vanish. :P I'm sure it's a known glitch, and will be worked out in the near future. :)
[Nova Launcher] matejdro:
Is there an option for swiping up action? So I could just swipe up from dockbar to open app drawer.
[Nova Launcher] PrimeDeluxe:
No maybe later with an update

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[Nova Launcher] palmcrash:
Icons get rearranged after rotating screen

When you have a folder open when rotating to/from landscape, that folder's app icons get randomly rearranged (ex. phone icon goes from top left to 3rd row, 2nd column within the same folder). It'd be nice to either have an open folder's icons be locked (stay in same grid position even when rotated) or properly rotated (all icons rotate in unison 90 degrees).

Thanks again for the awesome launcher!
[Nova Launcher] Ben74:
great launcher. one small change request. notice how on my homescreen, there is almost no space between the widget at the top (Simple Calendar Widget) and the first row of folders. then notice how there's quite a bit of space between the last row of folders, and the power control widget. it would love it if the space was equal on top and bottom.
[Nova Launcher] snappy123:
best launcher so far, however i get some lag/delay with the dock bar sometimes :(
[Nova Launcher] nxt:
Has this been abandoned?
[Nova Launcher] ozone89:
devs have a life too...

moreover, have you even read all the bugs and feature requests in the thread...?

writing such an app is not that easy, y'know?
[Nova Launcher] nxt:
Was just curious, there were lots of updates earlier and now no updates for several weeks.

Personally I love Nova Launcher, I've no issues.

Just wondering if I should move on to something else that's still being worked on. Just saying.
[Nova Launcher] joelteixeira:
I see that your Simple Calendar Widget is full width sized (edge to edge) while I have some borders on mine. I couldn't find any setting to do this. Have you changed something?

Thanks
[Nova Launcher] devon1850:
I have set the dock icons to five and it happens, as well as switching to four. The odd thing is that not all the icons disappear, just some and not all disappear at the same time. I would be willing to try the margins any thoughts on a 5 icon dock?
[Nova Launcher] Ben74:
Set the width margin to zero.
[Nova Launcher] Ben74:
One more request: I would love an option to have the app drawer scroll vertically, like the old style launchers.
[Nova Launcher] stu5797:
I cant wait for this! Hopefully it is in the works
[Nova Launcher] Doctor Phate:
Not the right place for requestes. Check the OP.

Anyway this has already been posted and voted, go and support the idea if you whish ;)
[Nova Launcher] keoichan:
good job guy :D, awesome ... enjoying this =P
[Nova Launcher] joelteixeira:
Yeap, it worked. Thanks man.
[Nova Launcher] klärbär:
found a bug

Hello, good work, but i have found a bug, maybe.

When i go to the app drawer and then push the home button, so is at the next start of the app drawer only a black screen to see.

If i want to see the app drawer i have to restart the Nova launcher.

Sorry for the beginning english, but i hope you understand me.

Grettings from germany

Klärbär

Nexus S

Android 4.0.3. Stock rom

Rooted

Update.zip installed with recovery
[Nova Launcher] faddys123:
Same here
[Nova Launcher] kevin@TeslaCoil:
Beta14 Feb 9 2012

Widgets-in-drawer with just root/Superuser access, system-app not required

Attempt to fix widgets-not-updating after a restore. (May need a backup/restore from beta14 to fix if you were already having this issue)

Fix infinite scroll with two pages

Fix card stack and other scroll effects on tablet

Fix widget FC on buggy leaked 4.0.3 roms (Rezound, maybe others)

Fix other misc FCs

Fix icon bluriness when switching DPIs

Fix dock moving on home button press when it shouldn't

Updated translations

Cleanup
[Nova Launcher] mafo5000:
Kepp up the good work! This is by far the best launcher i have ever used and i love it! :D
[Nova Launcher] mhwarfield:
Very cool! Doesn't look like you've fixed anything that was bugging me (heck, nothing with Nova was bugging me). Sookay. Trying to upgrade anyways now. Site must be slammed.

I did notice that the latest ICS Alpha ROM from Deck for the EVO 4G (alpha6) is now including both Nova and Trebuchet. Fair warning though... I think it's the first one on the newer kernel and I think he's intended it to be a private click, like alpha3 was. It's, err, rather rough around the edges. :-P I'd recommend waiting for alpha7 or better. Don't try it without gooood backups. I only mention it because he's starting to include Nova.
[Nova Launcher] mottchew:
Updated but my widgets are not appearing in my application drawer. It does bring up my widget list as a pop up though.

I am rooted.

Is this right?

Love the launcher btw
[Nova Launcher] wolfboy1984:
Very good! Great improvements.

Cool that rooted users now get widgets in drawer from .apk too.

Nova Settings> Behaviour> Root Helper.

Sent from my ICSed Galaxy S i9000.
[Nova Launcher] sthomas38:
Just check the option to enable root in Nova settings (last category I think).
[Nova Launcher] mottchew:
Settings, behaviour, root helper.

I'm a fool. Sorry.
[Nova Launcher] dboechat:
Great launcher! It would be even better if there were the possibility to swap icons positions in the homescreen like in Go Launcher! :D
[Nova Launcher] sirdashadow:
There is a small bug when I click on Messaging it flashes and kicks me back to the homescreen. I have to hold down the message list for it to stay in the app...
[Nova Launcher] blackbearblanc:
I tried many times that it just opens the last opened app..
[Nova Launcher] sirdashadow:
Actually I just found out right before I upgraded to the latest build, I was hoping it would've been fixed by this one :)

The odd thing about it is that it just now started to happen. I wonder if there is a setting somewhere that causes the problem.
[Nova Launcher] grifforama:
WOW. The latest build is seriously smooth.
[Nova Launcher] ldiomedi:
Folders on screen only support 16 apps? I can´t add more than that. 14 updated on cm9 for moto defye
[Nova Launcher] Zelig:
Thanks Kevin. Great work.

At the risk of being seen as rude, any chance of an update on the progress/non-progress of some of the more popular Feature Requests on User Voice ?

I realise you can't respond to every single request, but it would be nice to hear your thoughts on some of the more popular requests.

Of the top 10 requests on User Voice (each with 200+ votes), 2 have the status of "started", whilst there is no comment on the other 8.

It would be nice to hear your thoughts regarding those other 8.
[Nova Launcher] n756gkj:
<rant ON> ...

<rant ON>

honestly ... there's scads of information in the OP, the UserVoice site, etc.

one gets a choice -- have him spend time answering posts, or actually building the product(s).

if the concern is that one's being ignored, or dev's not happening fast enough for one's tastes, there are alternatives ...

personally, i look forward to paying for this commercial 'pro' product, with preferred access to limited support

<rant OFF>

p.s. oh, forgot the xda-standard "lol".
[Nova Launcher] Razer(x):
1st page link is still beta 3
[Nova Launcher] MechaGen:
On beta 14!

So far, so Good!

Sent from ICS Cappy!
[Nova Launcher] christianlr25:
Does anyone know what weather widget Kevin is using in the screenshot in the OP? I tried using Beautiful Widgets but it's not set up like his is. :confused:
[Nova Launcher] kevin@TeslaCoil:
Mostly "started" means in good shape and will be included in 1.0. After either 1.0 or rc1 I'll try to update with planned for things for post 1.0. Some stuff that won't make 1.0 (folders in drawer, app drawer groups, notification counts for example) require more research before I can really say planned or not. I don't think any of the top are definitely not planned, I've tried to decline the ones I see that I disagree with or are not possible.
[Nova Launcher] mhwarfield:
Errr? I downloaded the link from the OP for the .apk and installed it in /system/app (after running adb remount) and it was Beta 14. Which link are you referring to?
[Nova Launcher] Fr33L4nc3r:
Quick question, I remember having set some custom shortcut (e.g one icon to launch the camera -standard one- and another one to launch directly the camcorder), but I can't remember how to / find the way to create them back :(

Wasn't it under Shortcut => Application ? :confused:

With a textual list of all Applications / sublist with chosen application main functions ?

I'm lost, I found that feature pretty cool ...
[Nova Launcher] klärbär:
Thank you for your work, the bug is gone :)

This is realy a great launcher.

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[Nova Launcher] jjhiza:
16 items per folder is the stock value for ICS. The feature (increased folder capacity) is/has been a pretty popular request recently, so we may see it included in future builds. :)

D3 CM9 Alpha 6
[Nova Launcher] chuckdz3:
Is there a way to hide the notification/status bar? If so, what the path for that option.

Thanks!
[Nova Launcher] azrael13:
dock icons disappearing

Every time I reboot or restart nova launcher, 2 icons from my dock keep disappearing (amazon market and cpu spy). Anyone know what could be causing this?
[Nova Launcher] sirdashadow:
Nevermind it was the messaging app misbehaving, it was happening with Trebuchet as well. A reboot fixed the problem.
[Nova Launcher] Zelig:
Another boring xda rant about how you shouldn't dare distract a dev by asking a question.

You say if you don't like it "there are alternatives" - sadly, if you go back and re-read the last few pages of this thread before the last update, some of Kevin's users (and potential customers for a paid version) were drifting off to those alternatives for no other reason than the silence.

Fortunately, Kevin provided the type of answer that was being sought. Just a simple update on possible future dev of the app (thanks Kevin).
[Nova Launcher] ldiomedi:
Thanks for the data.
[Nova Launcher] Zelig:
Just wanted to report that the issue I was having here seems to be fixed in Beta 14.

6th Dock icon no longer disappears on reboot/restart.

Yay - I can go back to 7 docks icons again.
[Nova Launcher] stmay30:
Posted a Japanese translation to crowdin.
[Nova Launcher] christianlr25:
Can someone please answer my question? :confused:
[Nova Launcher] pimmen:
Since the last update the wallpaper wiggles around every time I return to homescreen
[Nova Launcher] talhamid:
Best. Android. App. Ever

@Kevin:

Thanks for the update. Widgets in Drawers without system app ROCKS. Testing the rest, I am sure it will be faster, better, stronger, smoother. Just one suggestion: Maybe you could move the 'Root helper' option to the 'Drawer Settings' page rather than its current location. Kinda hard to find.
[Nova Launcher] Shadow-Nexus:
I think its beautiful widgets
[Nova Launcher] wilcomir:
Thanks for your awesome work, updated the app through the in-app update tool, it's installed as a system app and it worked perfectly.

Staying with you, for another mont if you need to ;)

V
[Nova Launcher] Mathias1:
WOW!

This is GREAT! Lightweight and snappy! Love it!

Can I be a little douche for a moment and request some new features..?

- Hide Apps in drawer.

- Ability to choose larger icons (like Go Launcher)

- App-badges (like unread emails)
[Nova Launcher] WasabiWa83:
Thanks for updating for those on the Rezound and other phones! You rock!!

EDIT: Just got it up and running again. NOTHING FORCE CLOSES ANYMORE!!! Kevin and TeslaCoil f'n FTW!!!! Keep up the amazing work!!!!
[Nova Launcher] superstargoddess:
Loving this launcher, I won't use anything else!

[Sent from my IC3Razr using Tapatalk]
[Nova Launcher] wolf230:
beta v. 14 is out!
[Nova Launcher] Monfro:
B14 is really great!!

Drawer now is really fast!!

For my needs Nova now is perfect!!

Sent from my Captivate
[Nova Launcher] blackbearblanc:
Still cant add an app as a shortcut. Wont open drawer that way!

Nexus
[Nova Launcher] Staggers:
You're not a douche for asking for new features, but, the fact that 2 of those features have already been asked for so many times that they're 2 of the 3 highest rated requested features listed here, well...
[Nova Launcher] nsx82:
Crashed :(

Hi

Im a beginner android user.. maybe I did something on a wrong way.

I installed the nova launcher as root.

It was running well. Today morning the launcher noticed me there is a new version

I updated. It still worked fine..

But few minutes ago i restarted my phone, and after i unlock the screen I got: Unfortunately Nova launcher has stopped. of course it wont be a big problem if i dont set nova launcher as default launcher. but nova launcher is my default launcher... what can i do now?

I hope you can help me:p

thanks in advance

Greets

---------- Post added at 03:03 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:51 PM ----------

I got back the default launcher so no problem :P

but i still prefering to use nova launcher in the future if its possible :P

I hope will be updated and will runs well again :P

I'll try to look back here later for further information :)

I just wanted to notice my problem isnt so big as i thought :)
[Nova Launcher] Tatsch:
Question about folder icon

Hi, first of all: Thank you for beta14! :)

Question about folder icon:

When I try to change an icon of a folder (default: black circle), the new icon seems to be in foreground. So I can not see the icons inside anymore. (Folder is still working, btw)

Even if I use an transparent folder icon, it does not work: I can see the wallpaper of the homescreen, but not the icons inside.

Is it possible to have a new folder icon in background?
[Nova Launcher] mhwarfield:
Don't give up on it. I have it happen, once in a while, if I restart the phone Nova (or any other launcher) give me that FC first time in if I'm too quick. I personally think it's the ROM and me being too impatient. If it restarts and then sits there a few minutes before I touch anything, I've never seen it FC. If it restarts and I hit the screen immediately, heh... 50/50 but getting better.

---------- Post added at 09:51 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:41 AM ----------

Really? Looks identical to my "Beautiful Widgets" other than a different font. Left justified time at the top, large, with location and date small on the bottom left, weather image on the bottom right, and temperature bottom center. Yup... Looks just like Beautiful Home Widget (large) to me.

I do recall having to resize it if I was running the default 5x4 grid but not if I changed it to the 4x4 grid (5x4 looses captions on icons anyways in landscape).
[Nova Launcher] mpalatsi:
Can someone please tell me why this launcher doesn't recognize transparency? I just want to use custom icons in the dock without having a black background.
[Nova Launcher] cwhitney24:
...mine work

I got your 10 char right here
[Nova Launcher] bnitty:
may wanna reflash bkuz mines does. see my transparent gtalk icon on the dock

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[Nova Launcher] KCuadrado:
Beta 14 is running great and smooth. The only thing that bothers me is that the icons from apps installed in the sd card don't refresh after a reboot and become an Android robot. The only fix I found is restarting the launcher, but sometimes the icons revert again. This didn't happen in beta 13,with the same ROM (InsertCoin 4.5.0 in HTC Sensation).

Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G.
[Nova Launcher] mpalatsi:
Weird, what format are your icons.
[Nova Launcher] jeanne8fr:
I did the same as you and it worked fine until I rebooted this morning. I figured out that doing the update created a second copy of novalauncher so that there was one in system/app and one as a user app. I deleted the one in system/app and rebooted and all was good.
[Nova Launcher] bnitty:
I'm just using my ADW icons

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[Nova Launcher] mhwarfield:
Interesting. I tried to do an update and it just sat there and refused to download. So I manually downloaded it from the OP and that went fine. Installed it in /system/app just fine using the usual adb remout method. I'm surprised that the update did that. Considering that you have to have root anyways for widgets in drawer, is there any reason to NOT install it in /system/app?

Ok... I already know the answer to that question. I was helping someone last week who was simply flat out of space on their /system partition. I don't remember if it was Nova or Trebuchet they were trying to install but the bloody vendor had left them no space. :-P Outside of THAT very valid reason, any other reason?
[Nova Launcher] b.huss2:
updates to system apps always get put in the user data directory. remember that nothing is supposed to get written to the system. the original apk will remain in the system directory unchanged. if you've ever noticed the you can't uninstall system apps but you can uninstall updates? that's why.
[Nova Launcher] tuk:
mine still show Beta 13 from the check for update.
[Nova Launcher] CamoGeko:
Tried restarting and checking again?

Also, manage apps - clear data, might work. Make sure you backup your config first.
[Nova Launcher] :
Hi,

Is anyone have the Beta 13 (the previous) to share?

Thank you very much in advance,it would be nice :)

;)
[Nova Launcher] b.huss2:
if you previously had it on your phone then it should still be there. look in

/sdcard/data/com.teslacoilsw.launcher/apk/

all previous versions are backed up here

edit: if you don't have it then pm me and i will send it to you.
[Nova Launcher] tgwaste:
still no swipe down actions? :(
[Nova Launcher] AbraCadaverY:
So far I really like this launcher, the only thing it needs is the ability to set a custom png as the dock background, at least that I can tell for now.
[Nova Launcher] :
Hi,

Thanks for your repply but no luck here there is the Beta 14 :confused:

I had the beta 13 before the update...:confused:

So,I'll PM you...

Thanks ;)
[Nova Launcher] daaper:
Absolutely love this launcher so far. Coming from LauncherPro, this is very close to the same functions. Not sure if this was mentioned, but the ability to hide apps in the drawer was one of my favorite features. Hopefully I'm not the only one who liked this and this could be added in future revisions.
[Nova Launcher] jeanne8fr:
Voila 13

Jeannette
[Nova Launcher] tgwaste:
Is there a way to change it so that the data folder 'com.teslacoilsw.launcher' goes into the current standard place for these things:

/mnt/sdcard/Android/data

instead of the old school place

/mnt/sdcard/data

?
[Nova Launcher] [TSON]:
Using it on my touchpad, 9x10, and Widgets vanish when I move through home screens, no matter what the transition is set to :$

Gonna have to use trebuchet I guess...

Edit: restarted Nova and it fixed itself.... I'm okay with this!
[Nova Launcher] Bonvaz:
have a lot of problem on last beta on build 16..trying to reinstall it..
[Nova Launcher] VipSaran:
I second that.

I've Onecosmic's ICSSGS RC4.1 (on I9000).
[Nova Launcher] jjhiza:
If you're making your own icons, or downloading images from the web, they need to be in .png format. Using a .jpg will give you a black background virtually every time, so just make sure you're either downloading or creating the correct format. I often use Gimp to check, and alter the transparency of my icons. Hope this helps. :)

D3 CM9 Alpha 6
[Nova Launcher] im.nick.hello:
I am getting the ics android icons on apps that are in USB storage. Similar to how icons would load late in gingerbread. This just started with beta 14- ns4g
[Nova Launcher] :
Nova Launcher is AMAZING (been using it on my Droid X running EncounterICS) but I do have a way that I think it can be improved upon.

As you can tell from the pictures below (the one on the left is the stock ICS launcher and the one on the right is Nova) there is a little bit of a spacing issue, or shall I just say difference? Anyway, the apps above the dock are a little higher on Nova than stock and the apps, or widget as is the case with my home screen, at the top are a little lower ultimately resulting in a home screen that appers to be slightly more shrunken. This may not be a priority for you but I would really enjoy these changes if you ever got around to them. Thanks for hearing me out!
[Nova Launcher] Fr33L4nc3r:
Nobody ? Any idea ?
[Nova Launcher] jfafard81:
Do you plan in the future to add the ability to hide icons in the app drawer? The launcher is awesome and I appreciate all your hard work. I am using a Nexus and with the ability to have folders I have alot more apps on the home screens and with the ability to hide the apps in the app drawer it would make it alot easier to access those app I dont have on the home screen. Thanks again for all your hard work and dedication to an amazing launcher!!!
[Nova Launcher] BrunoDF:
Usability Idea

Hey there!

Fantastic launcher! Very impressive, very responsive!

I noticed something that might be considered to level up a little the usability of Nova Launcher.

When you press and hold an Icon or Widget, a popup appears and show the options for that object.

But also, there is an X that appears on the top of the screen, that is the ICS standard.

Since there is the popup, I think that it would be nice to remove that X (The "trash icon"), cause the option to remove is being shown twice, one in the Top and one in the popup, and this X stands over the Icon or widgets that are in the first line, getting little easy to loose it from sight, and giving a kinda ugly appearance of overlapping.

Wish you the best!

EDIT: For some reason now the X just appeared after moving the first line widget around. Maybe this should be happening all the time, but for some reason sometimes it doesnt? If this is the default behavior, please disconsider the idea.
[Nova Launcher] mhwarfield:
Ah... No offense and all and you will have to forgive me but that totally made no sense to me what so ever.

What are is it you trying to do? Not how you think you get there but what is the end result you are trying to accomplish. Because, I think you are asking the wrong question.
[Nova Launcher] greydarrah:
I have installed the older version NovaLauncherUpdate.zip (flashed like a kernel) and now I'm not sure what to do about the updated version. If I re-download the current NovaLauncherUpdate.zip, will that be the updated version now? I flash ROMs all the time, so I just want to understand how I keep my updated Nova Launcher.