Recently, a lot of Nova Launcher users have reported encountering problems with Nova Launcher on their Xiaomi devices running MIUI 14. Users are facing issues with the search bar widget. If you remove the search bar widget, you can fix the issue. In the meantime, there is a workaround for this.
Nova Launcher is a great customization tool. Hopefully, this problem will be resolved shortly, as developers have already acknowledged the problem users are facing. Today, in this article, we will be sharing the workaround for users facing the issue with the Nova Launcher.
- Visit this website (here), and then click on “Upload your backup.”
- After this, it will share with you a fixed backup that you can import to resolve this issue.
Future updates of the Nova Launcher will likely resolve the search bar crashing issue on your MIUI. Until then, this is the workaround, as the developer is working on fixing this issue.
If you don’t know how to create and restore the backup, then here is the guide to follow:
- Open Nova Launcher and then tap on the menu button that appears in the upper-right corner of the screen.
- After that, tap on “Settings.” From there, tap on “Backup & Import,” and then tap on “Backup.”
- Give your backup a name, and then tap “Save.”
After creating the backup, all you have to do is upload the backup to this website (https://apex.moe/search-bar/). From there, you will have a fixed package that you can use until the patch comes with a future update. So now, how can you restore a backup? Here are the instructions mentioned below.
- Open Nova Launcher on your device, and then tap on the menu button that appears in the upper-right corner of the app.
- Next, tap on “Settings,” and then tap on “Backup and Import.”
- From there, all you have to do is tap on “Restore” and then browse to the fixed backup file.
- Choose the restore file and then tap on “Restore.”
So, this is how you can fix the issue. However, you can create multiple backups of Nova Launcher and restore them to any device as per your preference for Nova Launcher installed. If you encounter any problems with your backup or restore, you can get in touch with Nova Launcher on Twitter or the website.
If you don’t want to upload your backup to the site, you can do it yourself on the GitHub page here (https://github.com/apex2504/nova-search-bar). From there, you can get yourself a patched package for the search bar that doesn’t crash on MIUI. Hopefully, this guide remains helpful for you. Thanks for being with us. We would love to know your valuable opinions and feedback. If there is any query, share it with us in the comment section below. Stay tuned for further updates in the future on the same.