Nevermind. I checked with users of the Global ROM and they are having the same issue. So I guess it's Xiaomi's implementation. And it up to the developers at Xiaomi to implement it sine otherwise you won't.
Because those animations don't belong to any launcher. They are part of Android 10. Android 10 has those app closing animations. Also, with the Poco Launcher animations work but not until selecting the stock launcher and Poco back again - video here.
I too tried Nova Launcher. The app closing animation with Nova (for ex.) is it fades from the middle. With the stock launcher it bounces back into the icon from where it was opened. Will try to make a video showing what I mean.
Edit: Video showing what I mean - here.
It seems I cannot freeze the system launcher. I tried with Link2SD and Titanium Backup and the first one (Link2SD) does nothing and second (Titanium) says it has been frozen but in reality it also does nothing.
I can force close the system launcher but after a reboot the animations will not work anymore. Maybe if I freeze the system launcher? Will try and report back...
No third party animations are working (since a long time) (when swiping to close apps) but the Poco launcher and that only works if going to settings-Home screen-Default launcher and selecting System launcher then again the Poco launcher.
Also when installing any launcher it displays over the...
Dark mode is really useful for me as I like Dark and have an AMOLED screen but App Vault no matter what I do stays in light colors.
I even installed this Magisk Module for force dark (BTW I recommend it, it works great on MIUI 11) and even though all the apps that had light colors turned to...
Tried it and it turns off after a while in the dark. Since I use AOD in the dark (as night watch and notification stand) I resorted to using a 3-rd party app that works fine. Thank you.