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The end of Nova is confirmed

a year ago by mintiefresh to c/android

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This was posted by Kevin Barry, the original developer and founder of Nova Launcher.

So long and thanks for all the fish

shortwavesurfer 60 points a year ago

Ad company buys popular launcher -> promises its not going anywhere°> breaks promise

Who could have seen that coming? /s

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30p87 52 points a year ago

WTF

Open sourcing would've been so great...

Fuck Branch.io

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Sivilian 13 points a year ago

So glad I moved on early

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lemmyseikai 8 points a year ago

Same. I moved to lawn chair when I head about the Nova sale.

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IllNess 12 points a year ago

Open sourcing Nova would be a huge game changer. Hopefully the original creator can find something in legal where he can release it himself. I am sure a lot of devs would love to help him clean it up ready for open sourcing.

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GenderNeutralBro 32 points a year ago

So Branch reneged on their agreement? Super scummy.

I've been using Lawnchair ever since the buyout was announced. It's a downgrade from Nova tbh but it's good enough.

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davidgro 18 points a year ago

Dang. I still haven't found a replacement that has features I use like pulling up on an icon giving different actions, the separate "work" tab in the app list for my pornwork profile apps, assigning apps to categories such as 'games', etc.

I'd love suggestions if anyone is using something feature full that they like

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JetpackJackson 10 points a year ago

Kvaesitso

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davidgro 9 points a year ago

Hmm. Doesn't look like it supports traditional put-them-where-you-want-on-multiple-screens icons. That's a deal breaker for me, but thank you

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JetpackJackson 6 points a year ago

Ah sorry I should've mentioned that. I saw the part about the work tab which kvaesitso can show.

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Undearius 7 points a year ago

I've been quite pleased with Neo Launcher

A build hasn't been released on GitHub for awhile, but there is an active branch and a more recent build on the telegram/matrix chat. The 0.9.3 version has worked well enough for me.

I haven't used the features but in the Drawer section of the settings, there is "Categorise Apps" and "Second tab for Work apps".

I do wish that Nova was open source, that's basically the only reason I switched.

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davidgro 1 point a year ago

Ok, I'll try that out. Thanks!

I'm also looking into Lawnchair.

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Aldursil 4 points a year ago

Check out Octopi Launcher. It's in early development but it's been usable for awhile now. I like it so much I contributed to the developer.

Octopi Launcher

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Jayb151 4 points a year ago

Shelter from f droid is what I use to keep a separate work profile on my phone

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davidgro 4 points a year ago

Sure, I'm using Island for that (found it first years ago), but my point was that Nova launcher handles it nicely.

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limerod 2 points a year ago

Smart launcher has auto app categorizing. You can add a catergory for work apps and put their work related apps in there.

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emuspawn 13 points a year ago

I've been using Niagara since the first stink of this was in the wind - price tag, yes, but I love it.

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JayGray91 1 point a year ago

ever since I got my new Samsung phone, I've been us8ng the default launcher just fine.

but I think it's time to get back to Niagara.

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scrubbles 12 points a year ago

Weird, launchers like this have such a small niche community already. I'm surprised they want to piss them off. Linux/nerds like us aren't well known for being forgiving.

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MITM0 1 point a year ago

Good on the nerds.

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Brokkr 11 points a year ago

Any replacements? I'm looking for a traditional launcher that let's me put apps and widgets on screens, let's me choose the grid size, and which let's me set a search bar that is not chrome.

The minamalist ones or the ones with everything in a list aren't what I need.

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Steve 13 points a year ago

Been using Lawnchair. Not as good, but best I've found.

Edit: I just noticed, I've been using Neo Launcher for nearly a year I think. I forgot about that.
Okay. Neo hasn't been updated since 2022. So I went back to Lawnchair, and remembered why I tried something else. If I increase the size of home screen icons, the app drawer icons get smaller. Super weird. Still does it. No idea why the two are even linked, let alone inverted.

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tatann 1 point a year ago

I tried it multiple times but I can't add a single widget :/

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Steve 2 points a year ago

I think there's a system level permission for that.
As I remember it, the pop up asking, appeared automatically the first time.

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tatann 1 point a year ago

Yeah I get the pop up, check always allow but it's still not working

I get the same issue with widgets on Fossify Launcher (but not Nova or OneUI) and sadly the other FOSS launchers are really too minimamist for my use

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darcmage 6 points a year ago

I've been on Neo Launcher ever since Nova was sold. It's FOSS and has the features you're looking for but not nearly what Nova had. Been happy with it all this time.

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davidgro 7 points a year ago

Unfortunately, it hasn't updated in nearly 3 years, which doesn't bode well for future Android release compatibility.

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woelkchen 2 points a year ago

Unfortunately, it hasn’t updated in nearly 3 years, which doesn’t bode well for future Android release compatibility.

Commits to the Github repository keep going but the developer doesn't seem to realize the importance of more regular but smaller in scope releases which attracts users and more users mean more contributors.

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cupcakezealot 7 points a year ago

the buying of it by the ad company was awful but there were never any open source fdroid launchers that were as good. kevin open sourcing it will hopefully help get a decent open source launcher going, hopefully!

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lucid 16 points a year ago

I'm reading this as it's not going to be open sourced. He was asked to stop working on the app and the open sourcing effort.

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cupcakezealot 1 point a year ago

yeah i just re-read it and i misunderstood the first time :/

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Delusion6903 6 points a year ago

I'm shocked and disappointed. But I also moved to kvaesitso when the ad company bought it.

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Alphane_Moon 4 points a year ago

This was bound to happen. Perhaps Barry can make a new launcher that replicates the Nova Experience.

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madcaesar 3 points a year ago

This fucking sucks.... Nothing comes close to Nova and even when it was bought by that shit company I didn't switch because there simply is no good alternative....

First google killing sideloading, now no nova... Android is basically becoming Apple but shitter.

I've never owned an Apple device but I feel like I'm getting pushed to the brink.

Everything that has made Android awesome has been getting killed off.

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P00ptart 1 point a year ago

I totally thought this was about the PBS show.

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ardi60 1 point a year ago

I tried other Launchers mentioned like Niagara, MSFT, Octopii, Lawnchair. But, I want horizontal App Drawer and stability like NOVA. Nothing beats NOVA atm. that is shame

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OminousOrange 1 point a year ago

I'm looking for a launcher that can hide a folder under a typical icon. I love the swipe up to open the folder, or tap to open the app functionality from Nova. It looks nice but still has everything i commonly use just a swipe and tap away.

I've taken a quick look at Lawnchair, Kvaesitso, and KISS, but those don't seem to have that capability.

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Fourth 1 point a year ago

🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦

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kokesh 1 point a year ago

I guess you can keep using it? I don't think I noticed any new features lately anyways.

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LordCrom 1 point a year ago

What's the opinions on pear launcher?

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