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[Nova Launcher] Ja_som:
He did not strip prime feature, so you have for what you paid.

Also, asking here why it was removed or when will be some feature added, or similar questions is pointless. Because dev(s) of Nova Launcher are not here. Kevin was here for the last time on 3rd July 2014, only users of Nova can are here and can answer simple questions.

Everything what I know, what can I share here with other users I have from the G+ beta community, if there is the same question/issue report, I can answer to users here.

If you, or any one else have questions/issues, you can read FAQ (you can find it in Nova settings) and if is not answered there, you can contact support (via Nova setting or contact on the Play Store), or you can join the G+ beta community...
[Nova Launcher] white7561:
Who said we're in charge?. We're just asking. Not forcing. The dev to re add the button. As it's so useful. [emoji23]

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Well I pay prime for features. So the apps can go further with features and I can use it. Not backwards (features removed one by one)
[Nova Launcher] sinisin:
Then buy another launcher ya damn cry babies. Or figure out how to actually use this one. A button is not a feature. A button is a button. Look here, Playstore in two clicks.....
[Nova Launcher] sinisin:
Maybe send your phones back when they update and take away "features" you just "can't live without". Hell, just use iPhones.
[Nova Launcher] Ja_som:
My last post to this...

You paid for the prime version which adds features that are not available in the free version. None of those features was removed. As sinisin said, only one button was removed, and only because you can now use it other way, yes, with another app. And there are also many other new features, so it is not going backwards.

From my side, it is OK, I never used that button, so I don't care if it was removed. And I like new things which are there because Sesame Shortcuts was implemented, and I have no problem to buy that app if it will display annoying windows or notifications...

If you want more info, check the G+ community, and If you don't like how it goes, use other launcher...
[Nova Launcher] bubba1601:
The nova devs are saying that playstore button might return, all that's been done is allow you all another way of doing the same thing.

You still have the play store short cuts as mentioned above so anyone complaining its a step back really needs to do their homework.

Nova belongs to Kevin Barry, and he has said he will never come to post here on XDA ever again, only because people that insist they are right and Kevin the developer is wrong means they will argue their point even if they are proved by 100 people to be incorrect.........

Its the same in the google plus community, but Kevin is good enough to answer as many questions as he can in posts even if its a few a month, he does interact with his users.

Google plus is the best place to get your point across, but as mentioned, if people are going to be angry and say things like the developer is taking steps backwards or stuff like that, the community owners and the developer will tell you about it and you would likely be banned from the community for disrespectful comments towards the Nova team.

My suggestion to anyone bothering to read this is unless you can have a rational discussion without making unwarranted, unhelpful and incorrect accusations that stuff has been removed and nova is taking a step backwards, I wouldnt say anything here you are not prepared to say directly to the nova team of Kevin, Cliff and the moderators in the nova community.

They don't like these accusations by users who don't know the reasons behind changes they dont like, and as a long term nova user, my feelings on this are irrelevant to this discussion and nothing to do with anyone else, but i suggest anyone complaining about this change go about it the correct way, not the stupid way.

Talk rational and sensible, not use the fact you paid for the features.

The developer has the right to make changes as he sees fit, regardless of you being a paid or free user!!!

Think of it like this.

You buy a new car, 3 weeks after you buy it, the manufacturer adds a feature not included in your own.

You are angry because you paid for your car and now want that update, so the manufacturer charges you more money for that update.......

In the case of nova, people are complaining they paid for it and removed a silly little play store icon, but the same functionality remains, nothing other than a icon has been removed.

Try that with Ford or general motors.

You would get laughed at.
[Nova Launcher] Ja_som:
[MENTION=7682183]bubba1601[/MENTION] may I ask you why you quoted me?
[Nova Launcher] bubba1601:
Of course.

I totally agree with you and your comments and what you have said here, I wanted to share my thoughts with you as agreeing but also so other people see they are complaining about this in the wrong way and should do it the right way.

I hope you agree
[Nova Launcher] Ja_som:
Oh, OK, I understand now. And yes, I agree with you ;)
[Nova Launcher] andrewilley:
Or just roll back to a previous version and turn off updates. There, vital button is back!

Andre
[Nova Launcher] sinisin:
Can't progress and degress at the same time. You just stay in the same place. Putting it back is going back a step. That's insane to me. What's even more insane, is the notion that people who've paid the 5 for Prime some how feel that 5 dollars gives them the right to cry and whine and make demands of the developers and development. You own their product, not them or the creative control. What a bunch of self entitled weiners. The world is a sad place and getting worse. I get in trouble on XDA because sometimes I just can't bite my tongue with some of these people and their pretentious snotty crap. It's no small wonder Kevin has no part of it.
[Nova Launcher] bubba1601:
I totally agree and know all about this as im on the G+ community.

The G+ community is choked with posts about the removal of the play store icon in app search, with the development team having to (quite incorrectly and unfairly) justify the reasons for its removal.

Kevin Barry owns nova.

He is free to make any changes to HIS app as he sees fit and doesn't ask for further payment at each update (unlike other launchers)

As I have already stated, people are complaining about one icon being removed (and I appreciate and respect its handy for some users) I'm in the category of user that doesn't use that feature, so is it OK for me to say this change really doesn't bother me?

Apparently not.

my opinion is apparently wrong because I don't use the feature that's been removed as I'm not taking into account its important to others (i do) and what a step back it is.

I don't agree its a step back.

Using Sesame is just a new way of doing things, and its an unlimited trial, you won't be charged for using Sesame (whatever people say)

As I said in my reply to [MENTION=5201515]Ja_som[/MENTION], if no one is prepared to say to the development team of Kevin, Cliff and the three moderators in the Google plus community what they are saying here, they really shouldn't be saying anything at all.

I can say that anyone making a post in the Google plus community thats full of self importance or that's demanding and self entitled would not last very long before being kicked out.

And that can only be a good thing.

One thing the whole nova team is against is anyone that posts in a demanding way or only considers themselves in the Post.

I hope the OP of the comments a few posts back takes heed and posts sensibly with respect towards Kevin and the team, and if he has not got the bottle to repeat in the Google plus community what he has said here, he should shut up.
[Nova Launcher] sinisin:
I paid for Sesame straight away before I even messed with settings or figured out how to work it. I installed it, opened it and navigated to the in app purchase, and then paid for it. I'm not a Dev, but I know it takes a lot of time and effort. The people developing awesomeness deserve whatever price they're asking. I wonder how many of these pukes just claim to have bought Prime but are running a pirated license? I'm on the G+ community but I'm on G+ like once or twice a year. LoL.
[Nova Launcher] bubba1601:
The nova devs now have a way of telling if someone requesting support for an issue is using a pirated version of nova,.

anyone that has the audacity to obtain a pirated version of nova, and then complain to the development team about a bug deserves everything they get from the development team.
[Nova Launcher] bubba1601:
Just need to correct your point about paying for "stripped features"

You didn't pay for the search function of Nova. The search is available in the free version.

What you paid for is:

Nova Launcher Prime

Unlock the following extras by purchasing Nova Launcher Prime

• Gestures - Swipe, pinch, double tap and more on the home screen to open your favorite apps

• Unread Counts - Never miss a message. Unread count badges for Hangouts, SMS, Gmail and more using the TeslaUnread plugin

• Custom Drawer Groups - Create new tabs or folders in the app drawer

• Hide Apps - Keep a clean app drawer by hiding never used apps

• Icon Swipes - Set custom actions for swiping on app shortcuts or folders

• More scroll effects - Such as Wipe, Accordion, and Throw

Please check the facts before making wild accusations.

As I have said before, if you are not prepared to say what you have said here in the Google plus Nova community where the nova developer AND Nova launcher employees are constantly active, you really shouldn't say anything at all (at least until you have the correct facts)
[Nova Launcher] white7561:
Are we still doing this? Really? . First. I said that "how can you did this even with Prime users?" . Its different from saying just clearly U REMOVE THIS FROM PRIME FEATURES..
[Nova Launcher] merc1ful:
please separate notification dark/white color when in homescreen or drawer, I have white wallpaper and dark background in drawer :D
[Nova Launcher] bubba1601:
Yeah, unfortunately.

Remember you started it ?

Seriously, please pop and have a read of the latest comments from Cliff Wade (customer service advisor for Teslacoil software) regarding the removal of the playstore icon in app search and sesame integration on the Google plus Nova launcher community.

I think even you will agree with what has been said there.

Regards.
[Nova Launcher] droidcol:
https://plus.google.com/communities/113183067148724183791
[Nova Launcher] white7561:
No. I didn't start this . I was quoting another user that have the same opinion as me
[Nova Launcher] Frances91:
You surely must feel very convinced about your argument being strong enough to merit calling into question intelligence of users who supposedly entitle themselves to more than the '5 bucks' they paid.

Not that in any capacity one can demand to know this, but just out of mere curiosity, are you part of /affiliated with the dev team at Nova in ways where you must feel so strongly about 'stupid' feedback /comments from long term users of the launcher?

If you are not, and happen to be only an avid admirer, I nevertheless request you to please accept my (much delayed) apology for unmindfully joining the discussion about a certain feature missing in a recent update.

I have since then read through the ensuing posts and tried to educate myself about how one should make friendly, meaningful comments. I have started spending more time to make best use of the many other features that were unfairly neglected while 'tools cried about the button' instead of welcoming 'progression'.
[Nova Launcher] sinisin:
Not sure what you're saying there. I do feel strongly about my opinion. People paid 5 bucks, and they act like they paid 5 million. People like that should learn to code and make a launcher themselves or learn to shut up and let the devs create whatever they want and be happy with it, because it's still the best launcher around by a mile. 4 years after it came out. I'm not part of the development of Nova, nor am I an avid fan. I came in looking for some info only to read a bunch of babies demanding the devs do as they command. It's sad people think they can just try to make people do something because they paid a miniscule amount of money years ago.
[Nova Launcher] bubba1601:
It's this self entitled and "demanding" attitude I'm hating seeing in the G+ community, and now here.

It's got worse recently.

The devs have stated they do not differentiate between their free and prime version users.

Everyone is treated as equal.

Can anyone remember a few betas back when people were complaining their dock disappeared all the time?

A clever addition to catch out users who were using pirated versions of the prime app........

They then had the audacity to post in the G+ community demanding the devs "must" fix the missing dock.

They were thrown out of the community and I'm glad they were.

The G+ mods are posting recently that anyone who posts in a demanding, self entitled or aggressive way would be suspended from the community and rightly so.

it's a shame xda doesn't adopt the similar policy, although there are rules asking users of these communities to leave that self entitled attitude at the door.

if what has been posted here recently was posted in the g+ community, the user would undoubtedly be banned or worse.

I'm still puzzled as why people complaining about a feature they supposedly paid for, has been removed.

I can tell anyone thinking that is incorrect, when you paid for nova prime, none of those features or extra functions you paid for were removed.

We could argue for days and months but the top line is the development team reserve the right to make changes as and when they see fit, no one has the right to complain about it or claim features they paid for have been removed.

I'm not getting into further arguments because those people complaining are not prepared to face the development team with their accusations.

Put up or shut up.

if they do goto G+ and speak to the people that make nova and made the changes they are complaining about, I will be the first to respect them for doing so.

while I also respect people are entitled to their opinions, and I have no problem reading those opinions, there are ways and means of getting those opinions out to the greater audience without doing so in that demanding or I've paid so you will give it to me attitude.
[Nova Launcher] Bingley:
I hide a lot of rarely used apps, but sometimes I'd like to have a deep link shortcut to them on my desktop. Further to this, would it be possible to move this shortcut to the app drawer?

ie. Hide Play Store in app drawer, but place a deep link/shortcut to the 'my apps' in the app drawer?
[Nova Launcher] Ja_som:
AFAIK it is not possible. Shortcuts can only be placed on the desktop.
[Nova Launcher] HuaweiUserFan:
Nova Effect

Is there anyway to disable overscroll effect in home screens that happens when there are no more pages, i know infinite scroll removes this effect, but is there any other setting that could disable this?.
[Nova Launcher] Enxchar:
Direct Dial and Direct Message options missing?

Direct dial and direct message are no longer showing up under gestures options, on my new phone.. we're these gestures options scrapped from the latest update?
[Nova Launcher] spamkuba:
I have galaxy s8 and I think Nova is a little slower than stock launcher when I open app browser. Do you have the same problem? I know it's animation but Is there any chance to change it? In animation option I choose faster than the light...
[Nova Launcher] bubba1601:
This is an example of Samsung messing with nova and slowing your user experience down.

Unfortunately there are many reports from Samsung users in the G+ nova community of various graphical and animation glitches, especially on the S8.
[Nova Launcher] Reechings:
Do you mean app drawer? It opens just fine on my S8 and feels the same as it did on my Pixel XL.
[Nova Launcher] spamkuba:
[MENTION=4452336]Reechings[/MENTION]

Yes, so it's a standard Nova animation... I think TouchWiz make it a little faster.

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[/COLOR [MENTION=4452336]Reechings[/MENTION]

Yes, so it's a standard Nova animation... I think TouchWiz make it a little faster.
[Nova Launcher] rmrbpt:
I'm pretty sure the search bar on app drawer used to have a Play Store icon.

It dissapeared and I can't find the option to turn it on again.

Is it really gone or do I have to look again for the option?
[Nova Launcher] Ja_som:
It is gone, there is a discussion about it here already.
[Nova Launcher] Quetzalfp:
Hi, I'm using Nova in a Nexus 6P, since I got the Android O preview the home screen animation is slow and sometimes non responsive at all, did someone else experienced this?

thanks.
[Nova Launcher] rmrbpt:
Shame.

It was actually pretty useful...
[Nova Launcher] Ja_som:
It is OK on my Nexus 5X

Use Seasame Shortcuts
[Nova Launcher] Wrapp:
Hi all,

On Android O I don't get the icons of newly installed apps automatic placed on my home although I have it enabled in Nova settings. Does anybody else experiences that ?
[Nova Launcher] Bingley:
While the Google+ post mentions notification dots coming in a future update, will that also include adaptive icon support?
[Nova Launcher] yasitoo:
Look for sesame shortcut on play store, and see how wonderful it will be, it nicely integrates nova search and adds more search results (contacts/maps/google/playstore etc)

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Is there a way to make nova search insensitive to accents?
[Nova Launcher] bubba1601:
Nova already has notification dots and has done for some time.

The development team did announce several weeks ago that adaptive icons are coming in a future update.
[Nova Launcher] h4rdXc0r3:
It's a know issue for me (Nexus 5X on Android O)..

Per Shane Lee on my Google+.. "Only works on stock pixel or Google now launcher because the option to add icons has moved from play store to launcher." :(
[Nova Launcher] AndroidDeveloperLB:
To the creator of the launcher:

Please support new shortcut API of Android O.

I've seen multiple users here complain about it.

I see this launcher doesn't support Android O in this matter. Please update it to be able to handle shortcuts :

https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/shortcuts.html#pinned

Currently, the launcher cannot create a shortcut on Android O from a third party app.

Not by itself, not from Play Store, and not from third party apps.

And, to make Nova special and above others, please consider the next features for it:

1. allow to choose if we wish to put adaptive icons or normal ones

2. allow to trust apps that requested the creation, including a list of trusted apps. The list (which is empty by default and the user can customize) will allow those apps to create shortcuts in the background. Apps that aren't on the list will cause a dialog to be shown, just like on Pixel Launcher.

3. Allow to choose if we want to put the tiny icon (at the corner of the app icon) of the app that requested to create it. On Pixel Launcher it is shown by default and you can't change it.

4. In case of multiple requests of shortcuts, allow to have a single dialog that shows a list of them, allowing to accept creation of all, none, or specific ones.

5. About the current feature of auto-creation app-shortcuts upon install, please make it work no matter what's the cause of the install : from play Store, from APK, and from adb.

6. Add option to always update the app icon upon app-update. The reason I ask for this, is that the new API doesn't allow to do it, if I as a developer choose to create a shortcut to another app. Only available options for me are having a resource of my own for the image, or choose a Bitmap object, which has its own content.
[Nova Launcher] bubba1601:
To answer your questions.

1. The development team have announced the android O app shortcuts are due in the next major update.

2. Adaptive icons are due in an update soon.

3. App shortcuts are controlled by the apps 100%, not by nova, this has always been the case.

I suggest you goto the google plus nova beta community, the development team are active daily there, where the development team do not use XDA and haven't for a couple of years, so asking the dev directly here is a waste of time.

Please place this request in the feature suggestions or general discussion section where the team will happily answer all your questions in depth.
[Nova Launcher] AndroidDeveloperLB:
3. Sorry for the confusion. I didn't mean "App shortcuts" (link here). I meant app icons. The ones that were always available on all launchers.

Of course those are in control of the apps.

The feature I'm talking about on #3, is the way the launcher can create them. Apps that target Android O must provide adaptive icons to launchers, but some users (like me) don't like the extra shape that surrounds apps icons (circle, rectangle, tear, etc...). I prefer the normal ones. Those that the designer of the app meant it to look like.

The shape of the background of the adaptive icons is controlled by the launcher, so the launcher can allow the user which shape to use, and my suggestion is to allow the user to not use any shape at all.

I actually do have Nova Beta, and Prime.

Where exactly can I write those?
[Nova Launcher] bubba1601:
You have two choices.

You can use the "contact support" feature in nova settings, email Cliff Wade (head of customer service for Tesla coil) with your request/suggestion.

Or

Goto the nova beta community / general discussion and start a discussion about this, explaining you are an app developer.

I am affiliated and part of the Nova team, obviously I'll make myself known in that community, not here.
[Nova Launcher] decmk:
Play Store icon in search is back in leatest beta update. Cheers
[Nova Launcher] Alexey71:
Bug add icon https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B35Mew37y2a_WWFSSFg5dEwtNEE/view?usp=sharing
[Nova Launcher] bubba1601:
If you want anyone from the nova team to see this and fix it, don't post stuff like that here.

No one from the Nova team uses XDA anymore and Nova's developer hasn't used XDA since 2014.......

This is a general discussion thread, if you need to report bugs direct to the Nova team, use the contact support feature in Nova settings and send that screen recording to them.

Also the developer and the whole Nova team are active daily on the Nova launcher beta community on G+, that's the best place to post your issue and you will get a reply directly from the Nova team, or the head of customer support, Cliff Wade.

By the way, what you are reporting is a known bug with Android 8.0 (Oreo) that's been posted about everywhere and is nothing to do with Nova launcher.

you need to report this to Google, not Nova, as it's an ANDROID problem, not a launcher problem.

Remember Google controls the play store and adding icons to the home screen, it's not Nova that does that, Nova only provides you with a setting for Google to add the icon........
[Nova Launcher] AndroidDeveloperLB:
ok sent them. Thought they check this forum too.
[Nova Launcher] bubba1601:
Kevin Barry (novas developer) hasn't used xda since 2014........infact none of the teslacoil employees use xda.
[Nova Launcher] madd0g:
Anyone had an issue updating to latest beta4? My night clock phone Samsung i9300 with Cyanogenmod 13 instantly soft reboots, then processes start crashing when restarting the phone. Removing Nova and downgrading to previous beta3 or stable releases works without issue though.
[Nova Launcher] htcthd1:
Yes, I've experienced same issue few hours ago, on i9300 with CM13 RR.
[Nova Launcher] AndroidDeveloperLB:
That's too bad.

Yet so many posts are written here...
[Nova Launcher] madd0g:
Do you run xposed on it? I tried the update on two other devices on LOS 14.1 and they were fine.
[Nova Launcher] htcthd1:
Yes, but on other devices with RR CM13 based and Xposed, Nova was updated with no issues whatsoever.
[Nova Launcher] madd0g:
Seems to be some odd issue with the specific phone then, which is weird lol.