Control Center is one of my favorite iOS features, but one of its most obvious limitations is the limited number of toggles and quick
launch app shortcuts, and the lack of ability to customize it.
The same applies for quick
launch app shortcuts.
It would also be nice if we have the ability to rearrange the position of the toggles and the quick
launch app shortcuts.
But Apple can make it a lot more useful by giving us the freedom to customize its functionality by allowing us to change the toggles and quick
launch app shortcuts.
Simply attach the DIMPLE.IO tags near your phone's NFC radio, and you can then use the app to program the buttons to do everything from calling emergency numbers,
launching app shortcuts, triggering hardware settings, and more.
Not exact matches
Samsung also released the Galaxy 7 Edge model, which has an enhanced Edge panel that can display up to 10
shortcuts to
apps, contacts, and actions, such as creating a new text message or
launching the camera.
These include a rustic default theme (which reminded us of an Andrew Wyeth painting), the Lenovo Launcher - a widget that allows you to
launch your e - mail / browser / eReader / media player, the ability to close
apps from the layers menu, and the
App Wheel - a rotatable widget with thumbnail
shortcuts to your six favorite
apps.
By default, the home screen shows
shortcuts to pre-installed
apps and an interactive bookmarks widget for
launching one of your favorite sites with a tap.
Tapping the house icon in the corner of the widget or tapping the program's
shortcut on the
apps menu
launches Social Touch.
This can be programmed to
launch an
app, or used as a
shortcut to a specific function.
Hitting the physical N button once from anywhere in the Nook Tablet's OS
launches a menu with
shortcuts to
apps, books, the browser, newstand, and the store.
Actually reading books in Cloud Reader is a pleasure, and you'd be hard - pressed to tell that you aren't using a native
app, especially if you place a
shortcut to the web
app on your iPad's home screen, which
launched the reader in a chrome-less, full - screen browser.
You can use the OS without knowing the
shortcuts, but it's a rough experience: you'll spend a ton of time going to and from the Start Screen,
launching and re-
launching apps.
Huawei MediaPad M5 Pro 10.8 will be
launched during spring and with EMUI 8.0 alongside Android 8.0 which adds a few
apps and features, as well as a Desktop View with a taskbar and
shortcuts to files.
You can set letter specific speed dials,
shortcuts to
launch apps, and even customize which letters
launch the compose action, which is not linked into any one type of message.
Unless you're happy to litter your home screens with
shortcuts, this is where you'll
launch most of your
apps and games from.
Under the hood, the Iconia Tablet A200 - 10G08U will be powered by a dual - core nVidia Tegra 2 processor that features a clock speed of 1 GHz, coupled with 1 GB of DDR2 RAM and running on Android ™ version 3.2 Honeycomb ™ at
launch and optimized with Acer's «ring interface» that contain three customisable
shortcuts, a volume control bar, a quartet of your favourite
apps and a scrolling wheel of web links.
there are
apps that will let you
launch the camera with a double press of any button (except Bixby) or have it as a lockscreen
shortcut?
Whether you want to call a specific contact with one tap, keep your phone unlocked when you're at home or work,
launch the camera in a flash to quickly capture the perfect moment, or search for an
app while in a rush, here are some of the best
shortcuts built into Android that you're probably not using.
The UI offers a few
shortcuts that can be used to
launch apps, open camera when the phone is locked.
Motorola's other contribution — Moto Actions — offers gesture - based
shortcuts for
launching apps and triggering settings.
If you have the «Hey Cortana» voice
shortcut enabled, this means you can just say «Hey Cortana,
launch Google Chrome» to your PC and it will automatically open that
app.
Simply tapping on this
shortcut will
launch the
App Locker settings without it asking for your password.
The Pixel phones are also the first devices to surface Android 7.1's
app shortcuts: Just long - press on an
app icon, and you'll get options to
launch directly into specific behaviors.
There isn't much in the way of further customizing these
shortcuts, but it's a nice way to speed up
launching some of your favorite
apps.
Most
apps are met with a three - to - five second wait (some even longer) when first
launching, even when pressing the customizable
shortcut button, leading to a more sluggish experience than we've had on other Android Wear 2.0 devices with similar specs.
You will also find a similar
shortcut on Samsung Galaxy S7 by double - tapping the home button, but unlike the Huawei Honor 8 where the
shortcut starts the camera
app and goes on to capture an image, the Galaxy S7's
shortcut only
launches the camera
app and nothing more.
Perhaps the most popular hardware
shortcut on Android, «Quick
launch Camera,» allows the user to enter the Camera
app quickly by double - tapping on the power key.
Swipe - up Action for Icons on Home Screen - You can swipe up from any
app icon on the home screen and set to open other
apps or
launch a
shortcut.
Gestures - Nova Launcher Prime unlocks a ton of gestures which you can set to
launch apps,
shortcuts or even a specific activity inside an
app.
Once this functionality ships (roughly targeting mid-2018), users will be able to install web
apps to the desktop and launch them via icons and shortcuts; similar to the way that Chrome Apps can be installed to
apps to the desktop and
launch them via icons and
shortcuts; similar to the way that Chrome
Apps can be installed to
Apps can be installed today.
Installed Chrome
apps can be launched from the Chrome App Launcher, the Apps section on Chrome's New Tab page, the Start menu (you'll find them in a «Chrome Apps» Start menu folder), or even a pinned taskbar icon or desktop short
apps can be
launched from the Chrome
App Launcher, the
Apps section on Chrome's New Tab page, the Start menu (you'll find them in a «Chrome Apps» Start menu folder), or even a pinned taskbar icon or desktop short
Apps section on Chrome's New Tab page, the Start menu (you'll find them in a «Chrome
Apps» Start menu folder), or even a pinned taskbar icon or desktop short
Apps» Start menu folder), or even a pinned taskbar icon or desktop
shortcut.
Each watch features two hardware buttons: the power button, used for most tasks like waking the display,
launching Google Assistant, and viewing all
apps; and a
shortcut button that, by default,
launches the Workout
app.
So when you're on the home screen and have a lot of
app shortcuts you may find yourself
launching those rather than putting the tablet into sleep mode.
Preprogrammed
shortcuts let you use it as a shutter key when you're taking selfies, hide information when you enable the phone's privacy mode, and
launch apps corresponding with certain fingers.
Windows 7 and Vista have all the same Windows + X
shortcut keys as other versions of Windows, such as Win + E for explorer and Win + D for the desktop, but adds in all of the Win +
keys to launch the shortcuts in the Vista Quick Launch menu (or switch to apps in Windows 7), as well as Win + X for mobility center,launch the shortcuts in the Vista Quick Launch menu (or switch to apps in Windows 7), as well as Win + X for mobility center,Launch menu (or switch to apps in Windows 7), as well as Win + X for mobility center, etc..
The Note 8 brought us
App Pair in order to have a one button
shortcut to
launch two
apps on the display at once.
For the longest time, I have simply dragged all of the default
app «
shortcuts» off of my Dock, and used Spotlight via the keyboard to
launch everything.
Some
apps have
shortcuts built in by the developers, which you can
launch with a gesture.
Keep in mind that, unless Trusted Places is turned on, you will still need to unlock your phone if you
launch an
app or
shortcut from the lock screen.
With the
shortcut option, users were able to access
apps in the Secure Folder directly from their home screen instead of
launching the Secure Folder first.
You also don't have to enable Edge Launcher — you can keep your phone - squeezing needs to
launching one
app or
shortcut instead of an array of them.
Owners of this phone can use keyboard
shortcuts, which require the BlackBerry Launcher, to help
launch Android
apps instead of touching its display.
There are not a lot of specific keyboard
shortcuts for working with the Start menu, but you can still use your keyboard to navigate it and
launch apps.
You can also hold down Shift while using those
shortcuts to
launch a new instance of an
app that's already running.
Using the Ctrl key with those
shortcuts displays the most recently
launched instance of an
app.
They are also more concerned about their
apps supporting new Android features, including notification channels,
shortcut pinning, picture - in - picture, autofill — all of which are set to debut alongside Android O when it
launches this summer.
And while the number
shortcuts only go up to ten, you can also press Windows + T to highlight the first
app on your taskbar, then use your arrow keys to move through all your taskbar
apps and press Enter to
launch whatever is highlighted.
Launcher capability provides customers an easy way to
launch apps and access commonly used menu and navigation
shortcuts such as Guide, Home, DVR, and more.
With a squeezable frame, you can literally grip the sides of your phone tightly to activate a
shortcut to a certain feature or to
launch a specific
app.