In the case of the Google Pixel, it also somewhat confuses the design of the Pixel Launcher, making it less clear that you should swipe up from the bottom of
the screen access the app drawer.
Not exact matches
There's a also the clever Guest mode,
accessed using the shortcut near the
apps drawer link at the top - right of the
screen.
The Android experience on the E4 Plus is incredibly close to stock, including features like your Google Feed cards on your left-most home
screen, swiping up to
access your
app drawer, and even the Pixel animation when pressing the home button.
Lock
screen icons make it easy to quick launch up to three
apps and radio toggles in the Notification
drawer offer faster
access than digging into the settings when you want to connect to Wi - Fi, Bluetooth, and more.
Eliminating the
app drawer button is a tad confusing at first, but then you realize that you can quickly
access your
apps with just a swipe up from the bottom of the
screen.
To
access your
app drawer, tap the arrow icon at the upper - right portion of the
screen.
To the right, you have the
app drawer with a useful search option, and you can add your favorite
apps to the shortcut menu that's easily
accessed from the main home
screen.
The redundancy of
App Drawer access methods, swiping either up or down, may not have been an issue if it weren't for the size of the
screen.
To
access the
app drawer, you will have to swipe up from the home
screen button.
Since this is the same interface as the S8's, you get an updated launcher where
accessing the
app drawer is done by swiping up or down on the home
screen, with the option to remove the
apps button from the home
screen dock.
The home
screen launcher still swipes over to Google Now, though you do lose the Pixel Launcher's long - press
app functions, as well as the swipe up gesture to
access the
app drawer — there's the old - fashioned button taking up space in your dock instead.
With a missing
app drawer, the
apps can now be
accessed by pulling up a tray that is pinned to the bottom of the handset's home
screen.
In other words, you can swipe up to
access your
app drawer, the Google Search widget is at the bottom of your home
screen, the At a Glance widget will showcase the weather and upcoming calendar appointments, and there's a fully - functional Google Feed on the left - side of your setup (for better or worse).
They make it even easier to
access some of the
apps and features we've mentioned above, and will complete reskin your phone (including the home
screens and
app drawer) with a Microsoft feel.
It brings a refreshed interface with optional
app drawer, more intuitive
access to settings (you no longer need to dive through 50
screens to get to where you want to be), as well as standard Nougat additions like multi-window support.
In case you're not familiar with the
app drawer, it's the icon on the bottom of your Android device's display that you can click to
access all the applications on your device, not just the ones that are on your home
screen.
There are small enhancements, such as the Google Now widget on the top left of the home
screen, the revamped
app drawer that you can
access by simply swiping up from the quick
access bar, and new gesture controls that let you open the notifications tray by swiping down in the fingerprint sensor in back.
A list of recommended
apps can be
accessed by swiping down on the home
screen or through the
app drawer, though I've never found this to be particularly useful.
As far as new HTC software features go, you get a new HTC Sense launcher with easy
access to the
app drawer or notification shade with a swipe up or swipe down actions anywhere on the home
screen.
As for the interface itself, the Nokia 6 features a Pixel - style launcher that lets you swipe up from the bottom of the
screen to
access the
app drawer.
Plus, if you
access any of your
apps using a swipe gesture or an icon or widget on your home
screen, you can hide it from your
drawer since you have another method of opening it anyway.
You can also quickly
access the
App Info screen by long - pressing an app's icon on your app drawer, dragging it to the «App info» shortcut that appears at the top of the screen, and releasing
App Info
screen by long - pressing an
app's icon on your app drawer, dragging it to the «App info» shortcut that appears at the top of the screen, and releasing
app's icon on your
app drawer, dragging it to the «App info» shortcut that appears at the top of the screen, and releasing
app drawer, dragging it to the «
App info» shortcut that appears at the top of the screen, and releasing
App info» shortcut that appears at the top of the
screen, and releasing it.
One hidden nugget is the ability to swipe up anywhere on the home
screen to
access the
app drawer but also swipe down anywhere to bring down the notification shade — no more reaching!
An
app drawer can be
accessed by swiping up from the bottom of the
screen, and once an
app has been opened for the first time, it will show on the home
screen in a grid view.
The new
app drawer can be
accessed by swiping up or down on the home
screen as the dedicated
app drawer icon isn't present in the pre-configured layout.
Applications can be
accessed easily from the
app drawer, which opens and closes with a pleasing animation, while notifications and settings can be
accessed by swiping down once or twice from the top of the
screen.
To
access swipe down from the top of the home
screen > hit the settings cog icon > tap Home Screen Style (visible within first page) > choose between Standard and App Drawer op
screen > hit the settings cog icon > tap Home
Screen Style (visible within first page) > choose between Standard and App Drawer op
Screen Style (visible within first page) > choose between Standard and
App Drawer options.
The latest iteration of the OnePlus Launcher has a lot of similarities to the Pixel Launcher — you can slide up from anywhere from the lower half of the home
screen to
access the
app drawer.
Another big change, at least in the Google Pixel's launcher, is that the
app drawer is no longer
accessed by tapping a dedicated icon on the
screen.
The launcher learns your
app usage habits and adjusts the shortcuts accordingly, and when you need to
access an
app not displayed on the home
screen you can either type the first few letters on the keypad or swipe up for a traditional
app drawer.
By holding down on a compatible
app icon the home
screen or
app drawer of a compatible launcher (currently that's just the Pixel Launcher), you can
access pre-defined shortcuts, and create new icons from those shortcuts.
On Tizen, the home
screen comprises of a dock with eight
app shortcuts, and
accessing the
app drawer is done by swiping up from the bottom of the
screen.