If you want to do something crazy, like not have a search bar on your home screen, then yes.
What does this mean? I don’t have a search bar on my home screen, and I’m not using a third-party launcher.
Depends what phone you have - Pixels have a search bar on the home screen by default (not sure if they can be turned off on later models, maybe?)
I haven’t used anything other than Nova on my Pixel 7 Pro since I almost immediately realized I couldn’t find a way to turn it off in Pixel Launcher. The whole ad campaign that they ran around personalization was a complete joke, feels like an iClone and I hate it.
Agreed - although, just to check you know about Nova being bought out a few months ago by a firm known for data harvesting? If you did and/or are fine with it no worries. If you didn’t, it’s worth looking into (and sorry to be the bearer of bad news).
I used Nova for years, but have switched to Total - less slick and user friendly to set up, but very customisable, even more than Nova.
Sadly yes, I’ve been exploring a few alternatives in case it starts looking like a data mining nightmare but nothing so far, maybe I’ll give total a shot
That’s a pixel problem, not an Android problem.
That’s my point.
“Do you still need to be allowed to decorate and modify your own home?”
Yes.
unless you want android to turn into ios then yes
there’s so much i can do in nova that i can’t do in one ui or the pixel launcher
My Nova Launcher-config has survived in one form or another for 8+ years on multiple phones, so yes?
Yes.
This a questiın that shouldn’t be asked in the first place
Question makes no sense, it’s a feature not a need. I have written a launcher for a specific usecase.
Yes.
I’ve been using Niagara launcher. This launcher is has been great for larger screens and I can use the phone one handed.
This is a gross violation of Betteridge’s law of headlines.
Yes and KISS
Yes!
Yep.
Yes.
Yes even though android gestures are not working correctly with them and it’s best to revert to 3 buttons navigation.
Works fine with Niagara. What exactly is it not doing right?
I’ve had to give up on KISS launcher recently because of this. 95% of the time it works fine, until it scrolls right to the end of the lost and won’t allow you to scroll back. Swiping left and right then also breaks and the only thing to do is force stop quickstep.
EDIT: Just tried with Niagara and got the same issue almost immediately. (Seems to be triggered by opening recent apps from the launcher itself)
For reference, I’m on a Fairphone 5 using the stock ROM
Nova Launcher (7) works without problems on my Pixel 8 Pro. On my Xiaomi Mi 9 SE gestures with Nova were broken somehow, but now with the Pixel it’s fine again.
huh interesting currently using two pixels one with stock with Niagara and one on graphene with kiss I haven’t had that seemingly it’s phone based which is weird based on comments
Try Niagara. Long live 3rd party launchers.
Niagara and kiss are my two go-to launchers
Kvaesitso and Niagara for me
although i have practically abandoned niagara for kvaesitso
