After Working on it alone for a year, the founder and original developer of Nova Launcher Kevin Barry has stopped working on Nova Launcher and the open sourcing efforts. More Info: https://teslacoilapps.com/nova/solong.html

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[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 month ago (16 children)

It's not even the 6th yet! ...which tells me he's in Europe and that makes Nova a little cooler.

iPhone guy but of course I have Nova Prime on my backup phone. I wanna say I had a couple other apps he made, too? Tesla Coil sounds familiar. But it's been almost 10 years since an Android phone was my main phone.

So Nova should be usable for a few more years at least... but... what's everyone gonna replace it with? For what I use my S10 for, it should be good enough. I mainly need the launcher to support custom grid sizes, larger icons, and custom icons since my Android phone is a cosplay prop. (It's meant to look and act like the NookPhone from Animal Crossing. It's fully functional — you open Nook Music and it's Apple Music which I'm subscribed to, as long as it has WiFi it will play, and it has a lot of stuff downloaded. And of course the browser is Firefox with uBlock Origin — it's just Redd the fake art purveyor on a globe rather than the red panda we all know and love.)

[–] mahavir@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Try Kvaesitso its free and open source: https://github.com/MM2-0/Kvaesitso

[–] ThirdConsul@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Does not have widgets/has some limited plugins. Can't have apps pinned on screen. Looks nifty but it's unusable for me :(

[–] mahavir@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Well, you can add some apps and widgets on home screen. 1.For Apps: Settings > Home screen > Dock. After that add the apps you want on home screen to Favorites. 2. For Widgets: Settings > Home screen > Enable Show Widgets on Home screen. After doing that Swipe up that will show widgets. Go to end to edit widgets and add whatever widget you like.

Other than that yeah it is different , it is supposed to be different. Like, how Niagara launcher is different. If you want something more like nova launcher then I'd suggest Lawnchair.

[–] antipiratgruppen@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

Regarding pinning apps, you can add apps to Favorites by holding the app icon and tapping the ★ icon. On the homescreen, the pinned favorites can be shown and either sorted automatically by usage, or sorted manually to lock them in place on the screen. You can also do a mix of auto/manually sorted, so that the apps at the top are static while those below are dynamically changing.

Another option is adding one or multiple tags to each app (hold the icon, tap the three dots, then Customize). After setting some tags, you can then tap the pen icon in the bottom right corner of the Favorites view, tap the first + to add a new tag to favorites. You can then switch between "folders"/"collections" of the pinned tags inside the favorites view.

[–] rainwall@piefed.social 5 points 1 month ago

Amazing recommendation. I've used Nova for years, and while its different, Kvaesitso is stunning. So smooth, and it surfaces apps and actions I use all the time better than Nova.

[–] overload@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

Is the dev Lithuanian? Noticed a weather data app in the repo.

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