Nova Launcher has been acquired by analytics company Branch
www.androidpolice.com
Hopefully, this isn’t the end of an era for Android launchers

Since a few folks seem unaware of this, I’m posting anew for visibility.

  • bionicjoeyEnglish
    5·
    2 months ago

    When this acquisition first happened, I went hunting for a replacement and found one on Fdroid called OpenLauncher which felt very similar to Nova in terms of features. Unfortunately it appears to not be updated for the latest versions of Android, but might still be worth looking into

    • 14th_cylon@lemm.eeEnglish
      6·
      2 months ago

      Unfortunately it appears to not be updated for the latest versions of Android, but might still be worth looking into

      Man, dead project is definitely not worth looking into

      • bionicjoeyEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        Could be forked, could have a PR, could be that it works fine in newer versions but the author hasn’t updated the repo for Fdroid to reflect which versions it works on.

        I have no idea if any of those are the case, but that’s what I mean when I say it’s worth looking into.