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Kevin Barry, the founder and original developer of Nova Launcher has stopped working on Nova Launcher and the open sourcing efforts. (lemmy.world)
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After Working on it alone for a year, the founder and original developer of Nova Launcher Kevin Barry has stopped working on Nova Launcher and the open sourcing efforts. More Info: https://teslacoilapps.com/nova/solong.html

However I was ultimately asked to stop working on Nova Launcher and the open sourcing effort. Nova Launcher has been an incredible project and has an incredible community. I'm grateful for the years of support, feedback, and enthusiasm. Kevin Barry September 6, 2025
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[–] 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Does anyone know of a good replacement launcher that supports Private Space?

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Lawnchair supports it.

    https://lawnchair.app/

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I think Lawnchair is the closest visual / UX replacement to Nova that I've found, but it is missing many features compared to Nova 🙁.

    Also, I'm starting to learn Private Space is a pain, as amongst other shortcomings it forces you to use a logged-in Play Store to install apps ("private", my ass!). You can install apks via ADB, but who can be bothered to do that.

    Under the hood, it looks like Private Space uses another hidden user, so I think I'll just make another user logged into nothing and switch to it occasionally instead of using private space.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    "Private" from other people who may have access to your phone, but not private from Google. I use it to segment my work and personal stuff, and can still get notifications for both accounts, where as separate users wouldn't get that.

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