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@tino_manya Can you shoot us an email at [email protected]?

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New release ✨, check out the release notes below!

🚀7.14.1
🆕 Allow scrolling while reordering apps
🐞Fix lost pro status
🐞Fix duplicate app detection
🐞Fix background images not updating in presets
🐞Bug fixes & performance improvements

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@vipulrawal Shoot as an email with the email address you want to use and we'll send you an invitation!

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Release!
🚀 7.13.0
🆕Change app language on Android 13+
🆕Disable gestures on any screen
🆕Homescreen can have a single folder
⚡Faster wallpaper list rendering
⚡Saving custom themes is faster
🐞Fix double tap on notifications (Android 15)
🐞Bug fixes & performance improvements

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@vipulrawal Good ideas, we'll document your ideas. Broken links have been fixed - if you're still seeing the issue can you let us know?

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@vipulrawal Love the optimism, but as of now we're still discussing how to make that feature work and look. We do have a beta release out though!

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@lwanlima Thanks for the reply, you can rename apps now with the pro version. We have tickets in our backlog for the other two; the latter we're adding to the launcher soon - not the next release but afterwards

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@itorrentz Can you email us with more information about your request?

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@vipulrawal What kind of filter options were you thinking of? The first that comes to mind is simply grouping by app. Other options, grouping by hour or day, text search. Which would you use?

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@tpbhagwat We're looking at resizing widgets for an upcoming release. No plans yet for list of all apps on the right side, that one is trickier - in the meantime you could play with smaller fonts?

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@Arundasss This is already a feature in the launcher; the latest update will allow you to set even just a single folder or _only_ folders on your home screen if you want.

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Hey everyone, we have a new release rolling out! This time we weren't stuck in limbo 🙃

🚀 7.11.0
🌙 Dark / light toggle for app search
🐞 Fixes for lost purchase status
🐞 Other bug fixes and performance improvements

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@estcommander Yes. In Settings -> Styles & Themes -> Background & Themes you can choose a preset theme or create one of your own. That includes changing the home screen color / setting a background and changing the text color.

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@vipulrawal We're actively investigating the notifications issue, it's high on our priority list.

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@avelaz00 If you have everything configured, definitely check out this link since you're probably experiencing a Samsung specific problem.

https://t.co/PSuPyCEsXh

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@avelaz00 Hi Gerardo, make sure the Before Launcher is set as the default launcher, isn't running inside of a work profile, and battery optimizations are disabled. Usually you don't need to do the last one, but it can help on somne devices.

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@Arundasss You can add folders to the home screen the same way you would add apps, this is already available in the app!

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🚀 7.12.0
🧠 Add notification filter advanced settings
🐞 Bug fixes and performance improvements

The advanced settings allow overriding the notification filter so you can always enable, say, alarms, even if your preferred alarm app isn't in your filter exclusion list!

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@vipulrawal Great ideas, we'll put them in our development backlog. Thanks for the suggestions!

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@CrabParlor We do intend on adding widget support, although we're not sure when it's coming yet.

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It's finally here!
🚀 7.10.0
❤️ Sort folder apps A-Z / Z-A from long-press menu
🐞 Fix recently opened apps not appearing in recents
🐞 Bug fixes and performance improvements

Our next release will have an update to fix the lost pro status problem that has plagued us.