Customers who do not wish to keep the app can simply delete it by pressing and
holding on the app icon and selecting Remove.
If you long
tap on the app icon, you can have a quick glance at the notification so you can either read it by tapping or clear it by swiping away.
Click on the app icon from within this window to open a list of the icon packs you have installed on your device.
When you press against it, it provides the same physical feedback you feel when you use 3D
Touch on an app icon: a small vibration, and that's it.
Here, you will see a dot
on app icons whenever this app has some notifications in the notifications shade.
You can press and
hold on an app icon that's showing a badge and the notifications will be revealed in a pop - up menu.
Android 8.0 Oreo introduces a host of features such as picture - in - picture mode, unread
badges on app icons for new notifications, a simplified settings app, and more.
Other Pixel Launcher features of note is the swipe up gesture to open the app drawer, a new weather widget, and long press
on app icons for quick shortcuts.
You'll be able to use swipe
gestures on app icons in this release, perhaps paving the way for a force - press feature for a future Galaxy handset.
Press and hold
on the app icon until it starts to wiggle, almost as if it's shaking in terror at the thought of you giving it the heave - ho.
This starts with Notification Dots that show up as a tiny dot
on an app icon as alerts roll in.
Covers make the first app in the folder both the folder icon and the tap action for the folder, hiding the folder until you
swipe on that app icon.
For example, a long - press
on an app icon displays a popup menu to uninstall or put an app to sleep, instead of Android 7.1's quick actions shortcut.
Swipe sideways from left to right or right to left to move between recently open apps (similar to double - clicking the Home Button to reveal the Fast App Switcher and tapping
on an app icon immediately to right).
A press on the Facebook app icon on the home screen brings up options for updating a status or checking in, and in Dropbox, a press
on the app icon brings up options to search or access recent documents.
App shortcuts is Google's answer to 3D Touch on Apple's iOS devices, allowing you to long - press
on an app icon from the luncher or app drawer, with a list of specific actions popping up so you can jump to a specific part of the app.
Unlike the iOS implementation though, the dots
on the app icons don't give you a count of how many notifications you have — you'll have to long press to get that information.
There are several customization options on offer as well, including notification badges, which lets you see the unread
count on app icons.
Furthermore, the app even redirects to the mobile version YouTube website whenever a user
taps on the app icon.
You'll feel a slight vibration, just like the haptic feedback you feel when using 3D
Touch on an app icon.
From all the changes that come with Android Oreo, the most immediate and perhaps the most noticeable change users see isn't the new emoji or multi-window: it's all that horrible
white on their app icons.
As you can see from the short video below, 3D Touch on Android might be similar to the iOS version, at least when it comes to deploying app shortcuts that would be available on the screen, when performing a specific
gesture on an app icon.
As a bonus, Meizu has built in a pressure - sensitive layer into the screen to enable 3D Touch - like features, giving you the option to press
hard on app icons to bring up bespoke quick actions.
Android 8.0 Oreo introduced the concept of displaying
dots on app icons to signify unread notifications.
To uninstall an app, go to the Apps list and long
press on an app icon and choose delete, or you can select manage from the menu to access all apps.
Press and hold
on an App icon.
If you have the Badge App Icon setting enabled, it means that if an app wants to alert you to unread e-mails or messages, it will typically show an unread counter (badge)
on its app icon, as seen here with Hangouts.
All it takes is a long - press
on the app icon.