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

So long and thanks for all the fish

  • Brokkr@lemmy.world
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    6 days 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.

        • Steve@communick.news
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          6 days ago

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

          • tatann@lemmy.world
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            6 days 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

    • darcmage@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      6 days 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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        6 days ago

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

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          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.