Add or remove
an apps tray button: By default there is no apps tray button and you open the apps tray with a swipe.
Not exact matches
The tool
tray shows direct access
buttons for media, climate, phone, navigation,
apps, and settings.
Overall, we like the look of the ICS / TouchWiz combination on the Tab 2 10.1, but with the
app button, notifications menu, Mini
Apps tray and multiple home screens, there's quite a lot to process versus the more straightforward iOS on the iPad.
When docked, there's a sort - of Windows - style Start menu offering recent
apps, although by the time you've tapped the
button, you might as well have opened the Android
apps tray to select what you want.
App switching is done via a soft -
button on the
tray, displaying the last 5 used
apps in a column.
We had the normal Home, Back, and Recent
Apps buttons, but also added a Menu
button and one that auto pulls down the Notification
tray because it's hard to reach sometimes.
Tap the finder bar in the
apps tray, then hit the menu
button on the right then «manage
apps» and you can choose where it searches.
This applies whether the
app notifies you by flashing a regular taskbar
button or a system
tray icon.
The home screens can also be personalized with live wallpapers, but there are two elements that can't be changed: the pull - down notification
tray on top, which now includes wireless manager and profile functions, and the toolbar along the bottom with quick - launch
buttons to the phone
app, e-mail, Web browser, and applications.
First, open the Settings
app on your Chromebook by clicking the menu
button and selecting settings or clicking the «system
tray» area at the bottom - right corner of your screen and selecting Settings.
That gives you seven customizable home screens, an overview screen where you can see all screens at once, easy access to system services in the pull - down notifications menu, and a certain look and feel to the interface, from the static
buttons on the home screens to the look and behavior of the
app tray.
When docked, there's a sort - of Windows - style Start menu offering recent
apps, although by the time you've tapped the
button, you might as well have opened the Android
apps tray to select what you want.
pressing the
App button on Android essentially turns it into a
tray full of icons just like iPhone, so what Android does offer is to some more complicated but to others more powerful.
Instead of having a
button on the right of the favorites
tray allowing you to view all your
apps, you now access the
app drawer by swiping up or down, similar to how the Google Pixel Launcher works.
Create an
apps tray folder: Hit the EDIT
button, drag one
app over another and a folder will be created.
The square folders and squared
apps tray icon don't sit as naturally with material design's use of circles - like the new instant action
button in Gmail for example.
If you want to go back to the
app, you have to double press the Home
button and again select the
app from the multitasking
tray.
Put an
apps button on the home screen: For years Samsung has had an
apps button you can tap to open the
apps tray.
Accessing the
apps tray isn't a huge deal and removing the
apps button doesn't make a huge difference either.
Another example of the operating system falling short is that while on most Android phones you'll get an
app tray that's accessed by pressing a
button on the bottom of the screen, on this device, you'll instead be taken to «Live,» which is LeEco's attempt at taking on Netflix and Hulu.
Normally, a big phone forces you to strrrretch your thumb between a Home
button at the bottom of the screen, a notification
tray way on the top of the screen,
app back
buttons in the upper left corner of the screen, and power / volume keys high up on the sides.