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NOVA Launcher getting massive update, going Materialistic

Nova Launcher is getting a massive redesign. TeslaCoil Software has just announced a beta version of material design update and is currently available in beta channel of Google’s Play Store. Listed below are the screenshots for the beta version and the full changelog

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  • Full Material Design
    • All settings screens and dialogs are material style
    • More animations
    • Google Search from the search bar shows as an overlay
    • Edit Shortcut dialog, and quick menu, tinted based on colors of the icon
    • New icon
    • New Nova Action icons
  • Rebased on top of Launcher3
  • Individual icon layout settings (size, font, etc) in Desktop, Drawer, Dock, Folder
  • Max icon size boosted to 150%
  • Widget Search
  • Pull to search (pull down in the drawer to open app or widget search)
  • Widgets given their own drawer, removed from App Drawer
  • Ability to change Page Indicator color
  • Drawer Tab Bar completely optional
  • Support for Android for Work managed profiles (Lollipop)
  • Workaround Expand Notifications Nova Action not working on Samsung Lollipop
  • Requires Android 4.1 or higher (Dropped support for Android 4.0 ICS)
  • Unlimited desktop pages (previously limited to 9)
  • Easy add/remove of desktop pages by dropping icons on the blank page, or removing all icons from a page
  • Add blank desktop pages (for gestures or live wallpapers) from overview
  • Improved bulk edit of folders (Folder > Menu > Select Apps)
  • Added shadows to unread badges
  • Unread Badge size scales with icon size
  • Allow reordering drawer folders by drag/drop within window
  • Added Roboto-Medium font option
  • Improve handling of apps installed to sdcard

Amarendra

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