Since Android 7 there is this function, when you press and hold an icon, app-related shortcuts will appear. But on my Mi A1 with Android 8.0 this shortcuts are cut off when the icon is located in the middle.
Does anyone know how to fix that?
Thanks a lot!
No problem here..are u using stock launcher? Maybe its a launcher bug...try using nova or any other..u can also try reducing the display size in display settings
The shortcuts are only cut off with stock launcher and display size 'medium'. But these are the settings I like most, I don't want to use another launcher or set display size to small or large.
Is it a general bug or is it just me?
put 5 icons in a row and you will see that he is right.
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I was thinking of a nice "concept" of launcher kind of Today plugin of app launcher (like iLauncher , Pocket Plus, etc.).
Usually this kind of app will use TAB and most of the time will consume a lot of screen estate (area).
My idea of a good launcher :
1. Using big icon size
2. Only one row of icon (without TAB), maybe 5 icons max.
3. You can slide that row with your finger to display other icons (shortcuts), with scrolling animation if possible
4. Double Tab of the icon to launch the app (or tab+hold). This is necessary because we need to reserve the single tab to slide the icons.
Is this a good idea or not?
Well, one might ask "I have a lot of shortcuts and it will be annoying if I must scroll/slide a lot".
That's correct, but another idea is to have somekind of "Page container" to hold, let say max 12 icons (3x4) The page will be displayed as a popup ...
Anyway, just my idea
gogol said:
I was thinking of a nice "concept" of launcher kind of Today plugin of app launcher (like iLauncher , Pocket Plus, etc.).
Usually this kind of app will use TAB and most of the time will consume a lot of screen estate (area).
My idea of a good launcher :
1. Using big icon size
2. Only one row of icon (without TAB), maybe 5 icons max.
3. You can slide that row with your finger to display other icons (shortcuts), with scrolling animation if possible
4. Double Tab of the icon to launch the app (or tab+hold). This is necessary because we need to reserve the single tab to slide the icons.
Is this a good idea or not?
Well, one might ask "I have a lot of shortcuts and it will be annoying if I must scroll/slide a lot".
That's correct, but another idea is to have somekind of "Page container" to hold, let say max 12 icons (3x4) The page will be displayed as a popup ...
Anyway, just my idea
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So a sort of HTC home Today app?????
Whats wrong with HTC Home?
Problem with HTC Home:
1. It is TOO BIG (require about 50% of screen estate).
2. It can only hold 1 tab for application launcher (with only 9 max shortcuts).
So, it is pretty useless if you have more than 9 app shortcuts that you want.
My idea is to have just 1 "row" of icons that you can "scroll / slide" through to display next apps/shortcuts.
thebishop1978 said:
So a sort of HTC home Today app?????
Whats wrong with HTC Home?
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gogol said:
Problem with HTC Home:
1. It is TOO BIG (require about 50% of screen estate).
2. It can only hold 1 tab for application launcher (with only 9 max shortcuts).
So, it is pretty useless if you have more than 9 app shortcuts that you want.
My idea is to have just 1 "row" of icons that you can "scroll / slide" through to display next apps/shortcuts.
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Gotcha.
Maybe cool, but not for me, as I do the basics with my fingers, Call, read emails/SMS, launch Calenders, etc and when the need arises just whip out the stylus for the rest.
I say develop it...sounds like a good idea!
hello all
have a look at the attached screenshot. i decreased the screensize (smaller). now i can just use the space like for the standard screensize. i tried some apps already but with no app i can use the full space
i prefer have rather 1 home screen with all what i want as having 5 home screens
any hints so far
thanks
Try Launcher Pro from the app store to change from the default home launcher...in the options you can specify how many columns and rows your home screen(s) have, so that you can fill up all that unused space with icons if you wish.
You can't fill it because the launcher doesn't think they're there. The stock launcher is 5x5. Decreasing the density doesn't give you more rows&columns.
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mrgrey1701 said:
Try Launcher Pro from the app store to change from the default home launcher...in the options you can specify how many columns and rows your home screen(s) have, so that you can fill up all that unused space with icons if you wish.
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spot on with this response.
Pille69 said:
hello all
have a look at the attached screenshot. i decreased the screensize (smaller). now i can just use the space like for the standard screensize. i tried some apps already but with no app i can use the full space
i prefer have rather 1 home screen with all what i want as having 5 home screens
any hints so far
thanks
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you might be interested of this. Laungh-X Pro is the solution!
hello ovigt
thank you for the name of the software.
i will try it
i found awd launcher yesterday. and it fulfill the wishes
as you can see in the screen 8x6 icons. if i place a bigger icon (like the watch - 2 icon size) it still allow me to put some next to it.
do they have a trial version ?
i mean - the 1.8 are not the problem - if that tool is what i am looking for. it needs to be smooth with movements, not a battery killer and easy to handle.
thank you
Hello,
Been using Nova Launcher Prime for quite a few months now. I really enjoy how light and slick the launcher is, however I generally add icons and little more than that. I don't really play around with the grid settings, margins, however I have seen so many great home screens for the Nexus 4 I'm beginning to get a little jealous as many are using Nova and not some bloaty launcher like Buzz.
I have found when using an icon pack, the dock icons are never the same size as the icons above on the main home screen. If I check "small icons" in dock settings they are smaller as I would expect, however if I uncheck this then the dock icons are bigger than the homes creen icons.
It gives any layout I'm trying to achieve an odd look. I wanted to give my screen an MIUI/Iphone home screen look where the icons in both dock and above are the same size. The only way I think I can do this is remove the dock, but then I won't be able to add dock backgrounds should I wish.
Anyone understand where I'm coming from here?
Also, if someone can point me somewhere to get the best out of Nova, put together some cool home screens etc, Thank you.
Have you tried resizing icons under nova settings>look and feel>icon size? Haven't really paid attention to the icon differences as I don't use a dock now.
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I've noticed that some icon packs don't play nice with nova. Meaning that the icons get stretched out and look like they're cut off. Now if I manually add the icons, they're fine. It's not all icon packs though. Have you tried other icons?
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I think there is also an option for the hight of the menubar itself (normal and higher). maybe this will help.
I've looked around and I've found a method that works with Style/Pure but it seems not working on my Play
The trick is:
- Remove LauncherConfig, which is locking rows to 4 icons from /system/app
- Reboot
- Wipe data on Google App
- Go to home screen
- You now have 5 icons per row
Any ideas? Maybe changing DPI
Just use Nova launcher
pijes said:
Just use Nova launcher
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I'm just too used to GNL, the left page it's so much useful
The best way to improve GNL is to have a bigger grid size
Just got my PH-1 and I usually use Nova, but no matter what grid combo I select I have this gab between the last row of icons and the dock and I cannot add any icons there??? its about 12mm wide, I even tried evie launcher, same thing, it wont let me add icons above the dock. any ideas/solution, hate this blank space between app icons and dock on Homescreen.
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Just got my PH-1 and I usually use Nova, but no matter what grid combo I select I have this gab between the last row of icons and the dock and I cannot add any icons there??? its about 12mm wide, I even tried evie launcher, same thing, it wont let me add icons above the dock. any ideas/solution, hate this blank space between app icons and dock on Homescreen.
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I'm running Nova and I don't have that issue.
You might need to tweak the settings but I came from a LG G6 and my settings just worked.
hi, in settings what have you got your display settings as? default with default font? are you in immersive with nav bar dropping away after a few seconds or is it static? thanks
Fixed: some conflict (I guess) between settings in Nova/Evia and immersive and resized Navbar. so I just went back to stock settings and restored a nova backup and all is well.
tech_head said:
I'm running Nova and I don't have that issue.
You might need to tweak the settings but I came from a LG G6 and my settings just worked.
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Screen shots?
For everyone here try out lawnchair launcher pixel 2 work perfectly fine on my ph1 here is the link to download the apk https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/deletescape-media/