LG opted to discard
the app drawer for the LG G5 in a bid to adopt the everything - can - be-spotted-on-the-homescreen philosophy used by iOS.
Nevertheless, LG is now pushing out the update which marks the return of
the app drawer for the LG G5, Android fans will be pleased.
Now you have a separate layout for your home screen and
an app drawer for your apps.
EMUI forgoes
the app drawer for a «Springboard» - type launcher, more like iOS.
The Acer Launcher is very similar to the old stock Android launcher found on devices such as the Nexus 4 and features separate tabs in
the app drawer for apps and widgets.
By contrast, Huawei's EMUI interface has offered the choice between this method and the traditional Android
app drawer for a while now, and it would've been nice for ColorOS to finally do the same.
Galaxy S8 Tip: Follow these steps to remove the dedicated
app drawer for an iPhone - like experience
You are greeted with an «Apps for DeX» banner when you open
the app drawer for the first time, and the banner suggests that you go to the Galaxy Apps store to get supported apps.
The manufacturer highlighted many of the EMUI 5.0 features users can expect upon update, including the ability to remove
the app drawer for more screen real estate, the ability to run several user profiles simultaneously and machine learning, which studies users patterns navigating their device to optimize how the device runs, among many others.
First of all, there's
no app drawer for all the apps to sit in.
It comes with redesigned
app drawer for stickers, etc. iMessage now also syncs with iCloud which will always keep your chats, etc. safe across all the devices.
The app drawer for example still utilizes a dedicated button in your dock instead of the swipe up that pure Android uses.
Things are a little wonky still, but Now on Tap is finally ready for M Preview testers to tinker with — as part of an app update that also re-vamps
the app drawer for those on Lollipop and earlier.
And besides, most Android users will have to wait a long time to get Android N anyway, so they'll get to enjoy
the app drawer for at least another year or two even if it gets removed in the new software.
A new feature recently added to the Google Now Launcher puts a dedicated section at the top of
your app drawer for your four most commonly - used apps.
That menu also lets you create folders in
the app drawer for better organization.
Not exact matches
It doesn't show up in the
app drawer but there's Gmail and Google Drive and once you sign in with one of those the Play Store is accessible but there still is no icon
for it so it's not easy to get to without using a separate launcher.
The same goes
for the eden ui
app drawer (the red line to choose from).
Key features of Terrain Home include: a smart sidebar (called A Bird's Eye View, letting you bring together all of your favourite
apps, tools, contacts, news and social media), a powerful local phone search,
app drawers (allowing you to find the
app you are looking
for quickly and easily), swipe gestures (right
for the sidebar, up
for search, and to the left
for your
apps), customize your homescreen icon size, and do it all without a negative impact to your battery life!
At the bottom of each home screen are five customizable omnipresent
app shortcuts
for the Notebook, Email, Chrome, Camera and Calendar
apps, as well as a shortcut
for the
apps drawer.
When you unlock the Tab's touch screen, you'll find a familiar home screen with a floating Google search bar, dock icons
for e-mail, Web browser, and a
drawer for apps.
Beyond the core
apps in the dock (mail, Web,
drawer), two of the five home screens come with preinstalled
apps for YouTube, text messaging, news and weather widgets, and more.
Android 6.0 Marshmallow With improved functions and features such as the redesigned home screen with permanent Google search bar including the refreshed Google logo; vertical scrolling on the
app drawer; and predictive
app search to help you find what you're looking
for.
In fact, the menu itself is organized into a list rather than the standard Android «
app drawer»
for simplified menu navigation.
The changelog, which remains same
for all four models, reveals that the open beta update brings a new Toolbox Card in the shelf homescreen and a Hidden Space
for the
app drawer.
It is not clear what OnePlus means by the Hidden Space in the
app drawer, but it notes that the update also brings support
for editing dynamic icons like the weather, clock and calendar.
As it does on other Asus devices, ZenUI offers a very attractive and colorful desktop theme, notification
drawer and icons, along with specialized
apps for note - taking, task management and content sharing.
You can place whatever
apps, albums, movies, websites (anything that appears in the main carousel) you want into the favorites
drawer for quick access.
I also think the contrast is pretty terrible, less so
for reading, and totally when I open the
app drawer and try to see what
apps are loaded.
For example, what is the «
app drawer» and why does Market not get past the terms of service agreement?
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for full size) Performance The Acer Iconia A1 - 713 is slow to boot, and there is a very slight but perceptible delay when the
app drawer is opened.
As mentioned in the getting started tips guide
for the eReader Pro, Google Play doesn't show up in the
app drawer initially.
Two years later there really hasn't been a killer
app to show the use case
for the platform and like many out there I had put my Move into a
drawer and hadn't thought about it
for quite sometime.
While the round icon shape is used by default, the Pixel Launcher also supports several options
for customizing the look of system
app icons on the Home and App Drawer screens, including «Squircle,» «Rounded corner rect,» «Square,» and «Cylinder.&raq
app icons on the Home and
App Drawer screens, including «Squircle,» «Rounded corner rect,» «Square,» and «Cylinder.&raq
App Drawer screens, including «Squircle,» «Rounded corner rect,» «Square,» and «Cylinder.»
For its part, HTC says it's in the process of moving away from contracts with third - parties for preloads, and points out that you can hide unwanted but non-removable apps from the App Drawer if you pref
For its part, HTC says it's in the process of moving away from contracts with third - parties
for preloads, and points out that you can hide unwanted but non-removable apps from the App Drawer if you pref
for preloads, and points out that you can hide unwanted but non-removable
apps from the
App Drawer if you prefer.
Users will now be able to choose between vertical and horizontal scrolling in the
app drawer, which will be great
for people that like to customize their Android device to how they like it (such as users that install custom Android launchers).
LG claims that market research indicated that consumers were looking
for more streamlined and simpler experiences with their smartphones, and eliminating the
app drawer also removes the sometimes confusing menus that pop up when looking to uninstall or remove
apps, or move icons around.
Basically, once you enable Dual Messenger
for an
app (
for example, WhatsApp or Facebook), you will see two versions of the same
app in your
app drawer (with the second version indicated by a chain icon in the bottom - right corner).
It also has two buttons on the right - hand side
for going back and opening up the
app drawer.
I have access to Winamp, my
drawer, and sliders
for my camera
app and Tesla LED (to make my camera LED into a flashlight).
The launcher — which manages your home screen and
app drawer — has come a long way since the early days of Android, and has transitioned from a basic home screen into a sort of dashboard
for the entire Android experience.
Android's customizable launchers are easily one of the best things about the operating system in general — you spend so much of your time looking at (and
for) things housed on the home screens and in the
app drawer, so making the most of that experience is definitely something you should do.
Apple, in its infinite Apple - ness, is circumventing the hype around bots and will be simply letting developers build
app extensions that live inside of a new «app drawer,» which users will open in Messages on iOS 10 by tapping the little blue A button that historically stands for App Sto
app extensions that live inside of a new «
app drawer,» which users will open in Messages on iOS 10 by tapping the little blue A button that historically stands for App Sto
app drawer,» which users will open in Messages on iOS 10 by tapping the little blue A button that historically stands
for App Sto
App Store.
The default arrangement
for the Galaxy S5
app drawer is alphabetical, but you can set it to group
apps however you like.
There's no longer an icon
for the
app drawer, but you can still see all your
apps with a single swipe up from the bottom of the screen.
As of the July 2017 update, this animated clock icon displays in Action Launcher
for the Google Clock
app,
for desktop shortcuts as well as in the All
Apps drawer.
Nova Launcher is a $ 5 productivity
app that offers customizable «
drawers» to access
apps and widgets easily, and includes a backup - and - restore function
for maintaining layout choices.
Features list: Call Recording Auto call recording 4 Ways Reboot (Reboot, Recovery, Hotboot, Download) Full Color / Transparency customization
for Status bar and Notification
drawer elements Secure Samsung Keyboard Option to keep «Add Call» button with Call recording menu Disable Camera shutter sound (+ Screen Capture) Skip Music with Volume buttons Save Call Logs View Enable Keyboard Symbols Enable Hangouts Calls trough cellular Enable Camera while calling Unlimited and Customizable Multi-View support Bypass Exchange Lock check Notification Panel Customization Long Home key behavior Long Back key to kill
App (+ white list) Disable increasing ringtone Messaging Tweaks (raise limits and conversion) Disable Scrolling cache Enable Full rotations White / Colored Circle Battery Transparent Notifications panel Customize Clock format and size Customize Battery text helper size Customize Quick Settings buttons number per row Collapse Quick Settings after toggle 2 line formatted date on the panel header Dark themed Multi-Window Disable Boot sound Customize Two line date header format White / Black Email
App background (Supported on some devices) Transparent Quick Settings buttons background Default hidden SMS logs Add Call button to Logs and Contacts list Disable Accounts icons on Contacts list Custimize Wifi AP Clients number Disable Launcher page rotation Add Exit button to browser SMS Automatic input mode Disable Call number formatting Enable unlimited Contacts joining Enable Gallery Rotation trough button Set default Browser view to Desktop Hide Wireless charging popup Hide Full Battery Notification Clock position Status bar (Hide, Left, Right, Center) NFC behaviors (UN / Locked on Screen ON / Off) Hide Headset icon and notification bar Disable TW DVFS Blacklist
for Application where you want to disable DVFS when it's default enabled Hide Smart Stay, Alarm, NFC icons on status bar Launcher: Enable Scroll wallpaper and Hide Dock labels Disable Wake Home button Use separate Address field on Contacts Add Fast PIN unlock (to be used with caution) Added SMS sent time details Enable Screen ON options on Messaging
App Disable low Battery warning Add custom carrier label on notification label Set low Camera battery level Change System Holo Dark / Light background Acces hidden Lockscreen shortcuts menu Disable SEAndroid / Knox notifications and container Disable volume control sound Disable low battery sound Auto Disable Knox notifications when Knox
Apps are installed Set SELinux to Permissive mode on boot ScreenShot and ScreenRecord (Requires Busybox) on Power menu CM Numeric Circle battery Screen Off animation (CRT / Fade) Expand all notifications Disable Temperature check on Camera recording and Flash Enable Heads up notifications (Optional ongoing notifications and display delay customization) Support SHealth and Private mode (Disable secure storage on both
Apps) Disable Battery and USB cover warning And much more to come
For starters, the Pixel launcher gets rid of the
App Drawer button on the home row, and now a fifth app shortcut can appear inste
App Drawer button on the home row, and now a fifth
app shortcut can appear inste
app shortcut can appear instead.
For example, Nova already has an option to use the new Pixel Launcher's style of
app drawer.