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needanke ,

I looked for a new launcher when the sale was anounced a year ago and was sad to find no launvhers I can customize that much.

I went for Kvaesitso (github.com/MM2-0/Kvaesitso also on F-Droid) and stuck with it since. I really like the concept althought it might not be for everyone.

HereIAm ,

All I want is to remove the mandatory google search bar and calendar/weather widget at the top of the home screen on my pixel.

While alot of the third party launchers I’ve seen look cool and functional, in this case I would love just more simple one.

khannie ,
@khannie@lemmy.world avatar

You might be interested in lawnchair. It’s open source and based off the Google launcher (AFAIK) but you can remove the search bar and other things.

The one on f-droid is two versions out of date. Latest one is from their website:

lawnchair.app

BritishJ ,

It’s almost perfect. I all miss, is the ability to stack the icons on a folder, and set the folder background transparency when expanded.

cupcakezealot ,
@cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

i’m still using nova (was a premium subscriber from before the sale) does anyone have anything compariable? mostly the ability to use legacy icons, scale the grid size, have multiple tabs and folders, hide icons, assign icons to multiple folders (and hopefully import nova launcher backups into a new place)?

i’m fine with google play though i’d love it if it was on fdroid or neo store.

sgnl ,

I replaced Nova with Kvaesitso and honestly its pretty awesome.

Its more limited than Nova was but it meets my use cases. The biggest adjustment was using labels to filter things instead of using folders, which I’ve actually come to like better.

But plenty of customizations for everything else you mentioned and more.

cupcakezealot ,
@cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

hmm, as someone who was a long time del.icio.us user labels/tags sounds good

Moonrise2473 ,

It’s a subscription now? I paid $1 ten years ago or so

cupcakezealot ,
@cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

i dont think its a subscription. you can download it anytime but they have nova prime which has additional features for a one time cost

0oWow ,

Article mentions 3rd party launcher gesture issues, but I’ve never seen this problem. I used to use Nova but switched to Smart launcher for the blur, but at no time have gestures been an issue. Any ideas what they mean?

clay_pidgin ,

There’s a known (assumed intentional) issue with Android where a gesture to go home will show the home screen, but nothing responds to touch for a half second. I’ve been using Nova for years and I experience it daily. I feel like the delay has gotten better, though.

0oWow ,

Ooooh that. Yeah I get that with android auto.

I’ve recently turned off all apps (including google) permission to draw over other apps and that seems to have stopped it for me, on Pixel 8.

clay_pidgin ,

That makes sense. Good tip.

dlsolo ,

Until Nova Launcher is removed from the Internet, I’ll continue to use it. The original dev will continue to develop but at a slower pace…

DoucheBagMcSwag , (edited )

Missun Faiuled, we’ll giet 'm neaxut tiume

BlackEco ,
@BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com avatar

Crap, I recently migrated to Nova because I was fed up with Action Launcher bugs and lack of development… If I knew I would not have bought a paid license

yuuunikki ,

I mean I’m still gonna use nova launcher

Snapz ,

Seems you probably still do a lot of things you shouldn’t, and then openly boast unprompted as a badge of honor as if anyone cares, huh?

yuuunikki ,

You cared enough to reply to me

ladel ,

There’s a bug on samsungs (I think) where the home screen interface freezes, and the only way to unfreeze it is to relaunch Nova. It’s super annoying. This probably means it will never be fixed.

grayhaze ,
@grayhaze@lemmy.world avatar

The quickest way to fix it is to lock and unlock your phone by pressing the power button twice, but not too close together or you launch the camera.

Steve ,

Nova is still my primary.
I just disable all its network and data permissions. It all still works just fine, and doesn’t have any way to send any data home.

I’ve tried most all the others, and always come back to Nova

umbrella ,
@umbrella@lemmy.ml avatar

trebuchet is good enough for me

Magister ,
@Magister@lemmy.world avatar

Now that is a name I haven’t heard in a long time, last time I tried different launcher was maybe in 2015… I didn’t know custom launcher were still popular. I try to use vanilla android

DarkThoughts ,

Huh. I didn't really need it on my Pixel but I remember using Nova on my old Sony tablet. I'm surprised it lived that long, since most mobile apps typically die within a few years.

I_Miss_Daniel ,

On the plus side, #5 can relax at last.

hand ,
@hand@lemmy.studio avatar

Goodnight, sweet prince.

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