All it takes is a long -
press on the app icon.
They're visible whether the app is on the home screen or inside the app drawer, and if you long
press on an app icon, you'll see your unread notifications.
This feature allows up to 5 contextual shortcuts within each app, accessible by long -
pressing on the app icon.
This point release includes a host of improvements like shortcuts when you long -
press on app icons (similar to 3D Touch on iPhones), seamless system updates, and a Night Light mode to reduce blue light coming from the display late at night.
Long -
press on an app icon, and you may find shortcut options for specific behaviors.
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.
One Apple feature I've been excited about using on a regular basis is 3D Touch, which presents you with options after a long
press on an app icon.
With this update, one will be able to long -
press on an app icon and launch several actions, but like the GIF keyboard, this will only work with compatible apps, with most of them being Google - owned apps.
To interact with it, you can long -
press on the app icon and a pop - up bubble appears showing the notification, right above where the app icon is on the screen.
The 3D Touch display first introduced with the iPhone 6s and featured in all but one model released since then is smart enough to sense pressure, allowing you to take quick actions from the home screen just by long -
pressing on an app icon.
If you're a big fan of long
pressing on your app icons to perform actions, this should delight you.
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.
Manually reorder apps: To manually move apps around, long
press on an app icon and then drag it to the location you want it to be, but be careful not to drop it on another app, as you'll make a folder, as below.
You can still long
press on app icons to bring up quick actions or long press on links and images to get a preview, but you can also use 3D Touch to interact with your notifications.
Long
pressing on the app icon will show you the notification.
Not exact matches
If you attempt to return to the Duolingo
app by
pressing the
app's
icon, it may reload the lesson and you may lose your progress
on that lesson.
Just
press deeply
on an
app icon to quickly check the weather, stocks, and see other information.
On the
app, users view profiles one at a time,
pressing the heart
icon to like a particular photo or the profile in general.
As an anecdote, I remember once watching my partner's infant nephew
pressing icons on an iPad to open up
apps on the screen, and how extremely rewarding this was to him.
Available features and services include: Handsfree phone calls or texts Built - in radio options, which allow drivers and passengers to stream internet radio through Bluetooth or plug - in compatible personal devices in to USB or AUX ports Uconnect Navigation with turn - by - turn directions Touchscreen with customizable menu bar, using the Drag and Drop feature Drag and drop the most used
app icons to the main menu bar for one - screen usability SiriusXM Radio, Travel Link, Traffic and SiriusXM Guardian connected services provide real - time information and a variety of entertainment options: The vehicle can be commanded from virtually anywhere, allowing owners to remotely lock, unlock doors or start their vehicles via a smartphone
app In the event of a minor collision, medical or other emergency, the occupant can
press the SOS button located
on the rearview mirror to be connected to a trained call center agent who can send emergency assistance to the vehicle's location Send & Go sends the destination directly to the Uconnect Navigation system before entering the vehicle.
Once we downloaded the
app, and turned
on the video call setting within the program, we dialed a Fring contact by
pressing the video camera
icon on screen.
Uninstalling
Apps and Removing Content — Simply long -
press on any
app, ebook, movie, or other
icon to bring up the option to «Remove from Device».
To get back to a book you were reading in, say, Moon Reader +, you have to turn the device
on,
press the
Apps button, select the Moon Reader +
icon, THEN search for the book you were reading, find it, and open it.
Press and hold
on an
App icon.
Press one of the three buttons
on the right of the screen, and the display will show
icons of frequently used programs - very similar to an
app drawer.
To start searching, just touch the microphone within the Google
app or
press the mic
icon on the Google home screen widget.
CWM Recovery can be entered by
pressing Volume Up + Home + Power buttons or you can launch it from your CWM
icon or ROM manager
app, these should be installed
on your phone.
Customers who do not wish to keep the
app can simply delete it by
pressing and holding
on the
app icon and selecting Remove.
Essentially it works in the same way as existing Android builds, so if you enter your list fo
apps, a long
press on an
icon will give you the option of dropping it onto one of the homepages.
Apple made the first step towards a wider adoption of 3D Touch by adding support in its own
apps, so for example, when
pressing the Mail
icon harder, you get options such as all inboxes, VIP, search, and message, while doing the same thing
on the camera
icon lets you take a selfie, record video or slow - motion, or shoot a photo instantly.
Long -
press one
app icon and drag it
on top of another one to put them together in a folder.
Also, a surprising number of popular
apps, like Netflix and Dark Sky and Pocket, don't fully fill the new elongated screen unless you
press an
icon on them.
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.
- Quick Settings: — allow secured tiles in lock screen when it's insecured by Smart Lock — added Battery tile: ------ with
icon showing current battery level ------ with text showing current temperature and voltage ------ single -
press toggles battery saver mode ------ long -
press opens Battery Settings ------ configurable in Tile specific settings menu - Power tweaks: added option for disabling battery saver indication (orange bars)- Signal Cluster: added option for disabling exclamation marks in status bar signal
icons - Potential improvement of battery style handling
on unsupported devices - Reduced some error logging
on Xperia devices - Launcher tweaks: adjusted for Google
App 4.5.12 and 4.5.13 - Updated Russian translations (thanks to gaich)
When I
press down
on my
icon no x appeared so I
pressed the menu button and scrolled to applications,
press applications,
press manage applications, all of your
apps appear, select the
app you want to delete, click uninstall, then
press okay.
- Improved support for Motorola Moto G Dual SIM: — QS: adjusted network mode tile (allows changing SIM slot
on long -
press)-- QS: adjusted handling and reordering of cellular tiles — QS: proper adjustment of signal tile size for tiles per row option — Signal cluster adjustments, including
icon coloring (NOTE: cell signal doesn't support data activity indicators)-- fixed Smart radio — all other misc Multi SIM related adjustments - Quick settings: — revived Ringer Mode Tile (silent == priority)(thanks to romracer)-- revived USB Tethering Tile — fixed other misc issues in tile management (thanks to romracer)- BatteryBar: improved behavior in lock screen status bar (now allows bottom position)- ProgressBar: improved behavior in lock screen status bar (now allows bottom position)- Phone: — added workaround for missed calls notification LED — added 5s ramp - up duration for ascending ringtone - Ultimate notification control: — fixed issues causing unexpected heads up and notification
icon «jumping» — show package names in
app descriptions for better identification of packages having the same
app name - Power: improved option for low battery warning policy - Navigation bar: improved handling of cursor control keys - Recents: added option for using alternate
icon for clear all button - Fixed unexpected disappearing of centered clock and centered traffic monitor - Other misc Motorola specific fixes (thanks to romracer)- Updated Japanese translations (thanks to WedyDQ10)- Updated French translations (thanks to ch - vox)- Updated Hungarian translations (thanks to benjoe1)- Updated Chinese (Simplified) translations (thanks to liveasx)- Updated Portuguese (BR) translations (thanks to wyghor, KingKaminari)- Updated Russian translations (thanks to gaich)- Updated Chinese (Traditional) translations (thanks to PeterDaveHello)- Updated Malay translations (thanks to zamzameir)
- General fixes and improvements: — QS: improved reliability of NFC tile and GravityBox NFC Actions — QS: reworked Protected mode of tiles — QS: fixed protected tiles showing wrong color after unlocking — QS: fixed some long -
press actions still working
on protected tiles while locked — QS: fixed
press actions still working for header tiles while locked — QS: removed info
icon showing for protected tiles — Improved image choosing / cropping to eliminate direct file access causing problems
on some systems — ProgressBar: fixed not showing for
apps targeting old versions of Android — GB Torch: fixed auto - off feature to use Alarm (does not require WakeLock permission anymore)-- Phone: adjusted for the latest version of Google Dialer - OxygenOS improvements: — Added OOS theming support to GravityBox tiles — Added option for enabling built - in call recording — Added option for disabling Dash charging sound — Made Dash charging sound respect GB Quiet Hours - Samsung fixes and improvements (provided by Firefds)-- Fixed duplicate reboot confirmation — Added Samsung specific strings for rebooting into Download mode — Fixed disabling safe media volume warning — Fixed duplicate notification slider showing in Volume panel - Updated Russian translations (thanks to gaich)
To uninstall a keyboard, remove the
app like you normally would — long -
press the
app icon on your home screen and tap the X that appears.
Launch actions
on your favorite
apps, such as Twitter or Google Maps, by simply long
pressing the
app icon.
This application let you customize many aspect of Samsung stock Roms: - Fast PIN unlock - Advanced Power Menu: Screen Capture / Record (Busybox required) and Reboot options - Fake System status - Disable TIMA / KAP - Clock positions - Call Recording - Auto call recording - Extended Multi-window support for all
apps - Skip Music track with Volume buttons long
press - Bypass Email Exchange restrictions - Disable tether provisioning - Disable battery level / temp checks while using Camera - Disable wake
on Home button - Long back
press to kill
App - Show Data usage - Disable some annoying quick settings notifications - Switch between LTE and 4G
icon - Hide Alarm
icon - Disable Adb during secured lockscreen - Enable Message save and restore from sdcard - And few other features
This new feature introduces up to five contextual shortcuts within each
app, accessible by long -
pressing on an
app's
icon.
For notebooks, a user would simply
press on any of several
icons presented
on the cover and when the lid of the notebook opens, the
app the user chose is already to use.
You can
press and hold the «A» button
on those
apps to rearrange the
icons.
On the Huawei Mate 9 (left), you can say Alexa to summon the assistant once the app is open, but on the iPhone version you'll need to press the microphone icon in the top right corne
On the Huawei Mate 9 (left), you can say Alexa to summon the assistant once the
app is open, but
on the iPhone version you'll need to press the microphone icon in the top right corne
on the iPhone version you'll need to
press the microphone
icon in the top right corner.
Using the new 3D Touch technology (more
on that in a bit), you can also
press and hold the Camera
app icon and instantly choose to take a selfie shot with the 5MP front - facing camera.
A long hard
press on the Sonos
app icon will allow you to pause or play the most recent track you were listening to without opening the
app first.
The one place where it is clear — and genuinely useful — is
on the home screen, where force -
pressing icons pops up a shortcut menu to different areas of the
app, and in some cases a handy widget too.
There are also the quick actions which pop - up
on compatible
apps when you
press - and - hold the
app icon.
With the dock visible, long -
press an
app icon on the dock and then drag and drop it to the left or right side of your iPad's display.
This ability doesn't require that you tap
on a microphone
icon when the keyboard
app is up, however; rather, you'll want to toggle
on the Dictation
on keyboard capability to enable the ability to start the dictation mode by
pressing and holding the Bixby key while the Samsung Keyboard is open.