Kiss launcher freezes on my Pixel 8

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Describe the bug I experience some buggy behaviour with KISS Launcher on my Pixel 8. When I wipe up to switch from an App (like Firefox or Signal) to the Launcher, most of the times The App Icons in the scrollable list are not present - only the names are displayed.

When I then enter the search bar to find an app that's not in the list, the Launcher gets completely stuck. As I enter letters to the search bar, the search list is not updated. If I then select an app from the (not updated) list, another app starts instead (one that was previously on the position but is not anymore). The only way to reliably start an app in such a case is to completely write out the app name and then hit the magnifying glass.

In those situations the launcher also stays frozen when I exit the keyboard again, leaving half of the display unused.

Noticeable, this problem does not occur everytime I switch from an app to the launcher but just sometimes. However, it happens multiple times a day. So far I couldn't find out, what exactly triggers this unwanted behaviour.

I already tried to wipe the Launcher history and to delete and reinstall KISS launcher.

I use a Pixel 8 (stock, not rooted) with KISS launcher installed from the play store.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Go to some App and use it
2. Wipe up to switch to the launcher
3. Launcher is sometimes unusable

Expected behavior Use the search bar to find an app - list should get updated and items from the list should be selectable.

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Additional information

• App version: 3.21.0
• App installed via: Play Store

Additional context Is it possible to get some debug information from the launcher? I will happily provide this information, if you tell me how to do it.