Nova Launcher, one of the most popular Android home screen replacements, is basically dead

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• Cris_Color@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I’m still waiting for a FOSS launcher to add padding adjustments for the home screen, widgets, and dock, half grid snapping, allowing overlap, and setting any widget as a search bar

  And maybe other stuff. Still really sad Nova fell into this state, I genuinely depend on settings that are exclusive to it

  I’ll probably just be using Nova with network connectivity disabled for some time to come. Maybe when I blow up my home screen setup and start over I’ll try to work within the constraints of another launcher :/

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  • clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    That’s where I am, too.

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  • Statick@programming.dev ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Maybe make some feature requests for Lawn chair? Or show support for existing feature requests if they’re already made?

    github.com/LawnchairLauncher/lawnchair

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    • Cris_Color@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah, I do need to sit down and do that sometime

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• callyral@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  i use Kvaesito Launcher though i’ve used Nova Launcher before.

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  • Damage@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I just started using Kvaesitso, but without folders it’s rough

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  • variety4me@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Its my daily on grapheneos

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  • maggio@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Kvaesito had lag issues on GrapheneOS in the past, but it was fixed about a year ago. Finally made the switch from Nova, and can only say good things about it

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• jotaro__@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Not FOSS, but the one that got me to let go of Nova was Octopi Launcher.

  Very close to a drop in replacement, brings most of the features and customizability that I got very used to.

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  • Klordok@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m liking it so far. Is there a way to add internet search to the app search bar?

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    • jotaro__@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Most I could find is this, so maybe in the future?

      lemmy.world/comment/16703742

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• hellmo_luciferrari@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I am currently using Nova with internet access blocked. There is one feature no other launcher I have ever used has that Nova does: swiping on an icon on the homescreen up or down allows to launch a different app or activity.

  I want to find an open source replacement but no matter what launcher I find, they all lack this feature.

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  • lemmy_get_my_coat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I just went launcher shopping recently - Total Launcher lets you assign different swipe shortcuts for four directions and a few other options IIRC. It’s very customisable so I’m giving it a go in parallel with my normal default of Kvaesitso.

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    • hellmo_luciferrari@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’ll give this launcher a shot. It’s UI and setup is clunky comparatively to Nova. But I will play around with it more yet!

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• Leg@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m forever on Nova 7.0.58. The ship has been sinking for some time now.

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• Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Lawnchair isn’t bad if you like the stock Pixel launcher.

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• EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Stupid question, but I’ve never used any of the Android launchers: what are people using them for? What do they do that makes them worth using over the stock interface?

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  • Numuruzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I can’t give a good answer but here’s my answer: I use Nova because it lets me set a custom image for folders. I made a custom background for my home screen and then set up folders with transparent images to make “hotspots”. It’s neat.

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• whiwake@lemmy.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  You shouldn’t be using android anyway, it’s google influenced. You can’t degoogle fully while using anything google influencies, which includes chromium/blink. ……this also includes electron and its apps (sorry)

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