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Nova Launcher update improves app icon handling

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by Jeff Causey on
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Popular launcher app Nova Launcher released a new update over the weekend that adds much more flexibility and control over app icons to go along with normal optimizations and bug fixes. While many people put their favorite apps on their homescreens, others like to access them using the app drawer. This is where many of Nova Launcher’s recent updates are focused. Users can customize app icons and titles used in the app drawer independent of the theme they currently have selected. Users can also group apps into folders in the app drawer and then drag these folders to the homescreen. This essentially means folders can be created from the homescreen or the app drawer. » Read the rest

Nova Launcher updated to version 2.0 with several new features

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by Jeff Causey on
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Just last month we completed some testing of launcher apps on tablets to replace what users may have received on their devices. Among our favorites was Nova Launcher, which just got an update to version 2.0 in the Google Play Store. Nova Launcher‘s developer, TeslaCoil Software, has included several new features in this latest version with many of them being available in the free version. » Read the rest

Nova Launcher 2.0 Beta Doubles Down On Customization

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by Rudy Rivapalacio on
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You don’t have to be Xzibit to appreciate what Nova Launcher has done with its latest beta. No, the beta launcher won’t help you install an x-box to the trunk of your Toyota Celica but it does go a long way in helping you pimp your home screen. Nova is one of several capable third-party launchers but with the addition of a handful ton of customization options it’s doubling down on a more user-defined look and feel to Android.

Like with the version available on the Play Store, ver. 1.3.4, Nova Launcher 2.0 beta requires Android 4.0.1 or higher. And while both versions offer an increased level of control over its stock counterpart, 2.0 takes it to a different level. We’re talking transparency settings, resizing folders, gestures galore and some nice wallpaper tweaks. The 2.0beta3 release addresses some early beta bugs, with fixes to expanded notifications on Android 4.2, dock as overlay, dock infinite scroll, disabled wallpaper scrolling and force close issues.

Hit the break for a complete list of Nova Launcher 2.0 features and the all important download link.

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Nova Launcher No Longer Requires System Installation

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by Ed Caggiani on
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Replacement home screen launchers are popular in the Android world, and with the advent of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, some new ones have come out that are built specifically for Google’s new OS. One popular one is called Nova Launcher by kevin@TeslaCoil. It has an interesting feature called “widgets-in-drawer” that, until now, required system installation, which was a slightly more complicated and an advanced installation method.

The new beta14 version of Nova Launcher now installs as a regular .apk file, and only requires your device be rooted to enable the widgets-in-drawer feature. Check out a screenshot of the changelog after the break:

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