Niagara Launcher v1.12.2 · 2nd Hotfix

🐛 Bugfixes

• Fixed issue with notifications and media player not opening on tap
• Apply the new Amex Anycons icon for non-US Amex apps
• Resolved a crash that could occur on devices with work profiles
• Removed an empty and invalid section when selecting an individual icon from an Anycons pack

🌍 Updated Translations
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Niagara Launcher v1.12.1 · Hotfix

Fixed a bug where the option to enable web search suggestions was missing from the search settings (Niagara Settings > Features > Search)

Niagara Launcher v1.12.0 · Summer Update

Earn rewards with our new invite program, explore fresh icons from the Anycon vote, and enjoy enhanced in-app search with integrated web suggestions and contacts. You can read the full announcement on our blog.

Niagara Launcher v1.11.9 · Stability Patch

🐛 Notification summary: A bug in 1.11.6 reset the selected apps for the notification summary. We fixed the issue and restored the selected apps.

Niagara Launcher v1.11.8 · Updated Translations

Thanks for your continued support! If you encounter any untranslated phrases, we would greatly appreciate your help in submitting translations.

Since version 1.11.7 appears stable and v1.11.8 does not include any code changes, we will begin rolling out this update on Google Play in the coming days as well.

Niagara Launcher v1.11.7 · Hotfix Patch

🐛 Fix clock scaling of several clock styles
The clock scaling was broken for several clock fonts, especially the pixel font.

🌍 Updated Translations
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Niagara Launcher v1.11.6 · Tweaks And Fixes

We know you have all been waiting for a big update for a while now. That update will be released soon, but today, we’re already back with a decent collection of minor improvements, tweaks, and bug fixes.

You can find a list of all these changes detailed below:

👀 Quality of Life Improvements

• Integrate our help and feedback section: This new settings section adds useful links to our knowledge base about using the launcher, Niagara Pro, commonly requested features, and commonly reported bugs, grouped into easy-to-understand categories directly in the launcher.
• Add Anycons explanation dialog: Add a new dialog, accessible from the icon pack selection dialog, that illustrates Anycons and their benefits.
• Anycon tweaks: Add audio recorder & video app category icons and add aliases for some categories.
• Group clock settings: Since there are quite a few clock-related settings, we now group them inside a separate clock settings menu.
• Wallpaper collection: refined the experience when browsing and picking wallpapers from our collection.
• Niagara Coin: There’s now a shiny ripple animation when the coin lands. Because it utilizes new shader APIs added in Android 13, it only works on devices with at least this version.
• Safer secret commands: Some secret commands now require explicit confirmation before executing from the search. Furthermore, their functionality is described in the confirmation dialog for some of them.

🐛 Fixes

• Fix the screen being blank for a bit after returning home: This animation bug only occurred in rare edge cases; see our issue tracker for more details.
• Tweak accidental home button press detection: The launcher ignores a second home button press shortly after the first one to prevent accidental presses. We now only ignore that second press shortly after returning to the home screen, so users can quickly close our search screen with a home button.
• Fix OneDrive shortcuts not being added to the home screen: The OneDrive team has thought of a very creative way to add shortcuts to the home screen. When the user adds a OneDrive folder shortcut, OneDrive multi-track drifts two shortcut APIs at the same time, which causes some misbehavior in the launcher. We now handle this case correctly.
• Apply clock style even when clock is tiny: Previously, the new clock styles were only applied if the clock was big enough. Now, they are also applied if the clock is tiny. The clock will use a condensed appearance if there’s not enough space or when rotating your phone to landscape mode.
• App icons: the icon assistant indicator for automatically assigned apps is now reliably shown on the screen where you can edit individual icons.
• Fix S24 theme color: Workaround “auto” theme color being mostly dark gray on Galaxy S24 devices.

Niagara Launcher v1.11.5 · Updated Translations

🌍 This version includes your submitted Anycons voting translations; thanks for your continued support! If you encounter any untranslated phrases, we would greatly appreciate your help in submitting translations.

Niagara Launcher v1.11.4 · Anycons Voting

🗳️ Anycons Voting
2024 is the year of voting. Not only will people across the globe elect their next government in at least 64 countries, but they can also vote on which distinct app icons we should design next for our Anycon packs ;) While not as consequential, we want you to have a voice on how we can extend Anycons to improve your and everyone's home screen.
If you want to participate, go to Launcher Settings > Look > App icons > Anycons voting.
You can find more info on our help page.

Quality of Life Tweaks

🖋️ Enhanced Icon Assistant for Anycons
With Icon Assistant, individually set Anycons sync across all your Anycon packs.
Moreover, we fixed some issues with auto-restore; switching back to an Anycon pack now restores all your individually set icons.

👀 Refined Launcher Icons
We've updated our launcher icons, making them slimmer for a sleeker, more contemporary appearance. This update applies to most icons within settings, dialogs, tips, and the Niagara button, excluding Anycon packs.

🔷 Simplified Icon Shape Selection
When selecting an adaptive icon pack (i.e., where its icons can have different shapes), Niagara Launcher now asks you to choose a shape. You can learn more about the change here.

🐛 Bugfixes

• Resolved an issue where changing the clock style did not take effect on Android 9 devices
• Addressed a problem causing widgets not to display rounded corners as intended
• The calendar agenda now filters out duplicate calendar events
  Several issues seem to cause third-party widgets to sometimes disappear. We fixed a few of them, but probably not all. Please let us know if you notice any patterns in when your widgets disappear.
• Improved gesture navigation within the wallpaper collection, allowing the back gesture to close the open category rather than exiting the screen abruptly.
• Fix a bug with individually set Outlined Anycons. For further information, see this bug report.

Niagara Launcher v1.11.3 · Minor Tweaks And Fixes

☁️ Fix Google Drive 'Backup Too Large' Issue
Google Drive's automatic backups are limited to 25MB per app. This limit can be exceeded for users who have been using Niagara Launcher for a long time, and the backup will fail. We reduced the size of the launchers so that Niagara Launcher gets backed up by Google Drive.

🔎 Search Improvements
We tweaked the search algorithm so it shows more app results. Moreover, searching for apps with non-Latin script names is more consistent, as explained here.

🌅 Morning Mode: Don't activate it when a sunrise alarm starts
When the screen turned on due to Google Clock's sunrise alarm (the screen slowly brightens before the alarm goes off), the launcher counted this towards phone usage and activated morning mode. Now, morning mode only activates when the user passes the lock screen. If you never heard about Morning Mode and are curious what it is, you can learn more about it here.