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Questions tagged [home-screen]

The home-screen is what you usually get to see first after unlocking your fresh started device, where your widgets etc. are placed, and where all activity usually starts.

Questions tagged home-screen obviously should involve actions with the home-screen affected.

Things you should tag :

  • issues invoking actions from the homescreen (e.g. opening the app drawer, starting apps from shortcuts/widgets)
  • home-screen display (e.g. landscape/portrait issues)
  • number of home-screens (including adding/removing homescreens)

Things to better attach a different tag to:

  • If the problem is clearly focussed on the launcher, you should rather use the tag. If you can even bring it down to a specific launcher, check first if there's already a specific tag for it -- as e.g. , , , and more.
  • home-screen folders have the tag -- so if your problem is clearly focussed here...
  • same for (adding/removing widgets, misbehaving widgets)

Combinations

Of course, in many cases it makes sense to combine some of the mentioned tags. Be as specific as possible -- but don't exaggerate (i.e. do not use too many tags).

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What happens to a running program when "home" button is pressed in Android phone?

One thing puzzles me. It looks like if I use some program on Android and press the "home" button I see the home screen and can rerun the program and see that program in the same state as it was before - so looks like the program is not fully…
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Nexus 7 , Android Ver. 4.2.2, Locking icons down on home screen

We have a set of 30 Nexus 7's that are checked out by students who constantly delete/move/add icons on the home screen. We would like to lock the home screen icons so that they cannot be deleted/moved or added to. Is this possible?
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How do I copy pictures onto a folder on the home screen?

I have some pictures that I want to copy to a folder on the home screen, but I can't see any way to do that. The home screen isn't a directory like all the others, so I can't copy files there. Is there any way to do that? I have a Samsung Galaxy S…
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How to get out of broken home screen replacement?

I was writing my own home screen replacement, and while trying it out on my ZTE Blade I got into a bit of trouble. I have hooked the HOME-button, and set my app as the default for it. Too late I realised there is no (easy) way out of such an app. I…
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How to remove home-screens on a Vodafone 845?

Good day, after playing around with the Vodafone 845 (Android 2.1) icons positions I ended up with additional empty home-screens (or are they desktops, not sure for the term). What is the proper way to remove those empty screens?
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If I tap and hold on the homescreen, nothing happens

I wanted to uninstall and move some applications from my homescreen, but when I tap and hold to get the menu for uninstalling and editing, nothing happens. The icon is selected, but there is no response. This was working fine earlier, but has been…
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How to Sort shortcuts in a folder?

I have made many folders on home screen on froyo containing shortcuts of applications. Is there any way I can sort those shortcuts by names?
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Facebook icon randomly changes size on homescreen

The facebook icon on the homescreen of my android tablet, version 4.2.2, keeps randomly changing size. Sometimes it's the same size as other icons, sometimes it appears much smaller than the rest, what's causing that?
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launch/start an App (Activity) by a gesture on the homescreen

is it possible in Android(>= 3.0) to launch/start an App (Activity) by a gesture on the homescreen. For example: if the user swipes from the bottom to the top on his homescreen, then App XY should be started. Thank you
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why do some apps not appear when adding app to home screen?

I have HTC Desire HD. I want to add an app (ColorNotes) to the home screen to quickly launch it. But when I try to add it, it is not in the Apps list. Is there a way to add it?
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How to set Android home screen grid size to 6x6?

I use a Samsung Galaxy S9+. My home screen grid only allows till 5x6 grid. Is there any way to set customise grid layouts?
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Samsung Galaxy A21s

On my new Samsung Galaxy A21s I am trying to get it to open on the homepage every time I switch it on. Presently, if I am on gmail and switch it off, and then turn it on it goes back to gmail. What I want is that it always open in the homepage. I…
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Always open to Android Home Page?

On Android devices, is there a way to always default to the "home page" of apps when you open the phone? On the Android phone, the user can make multiple "app pages" that contain app shortcuts. There is a "home page" for these apps.
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Stop Adding Home Screens on App Install

I do not want to turn off new icons being added to the Home Screen. Instead there is a problem where my tablet will keep adding new Home Screens. It's curious, because there is plenty of space for new icons on the previous page. The tablet is…
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Add a shortcut to a different home screen?

Is there a way that I can add a shortcut to another home screen? What I'm aiming for is having my primary home screen that includes a shortcut to various topical home screens where I can have both widgets and app shortcuts. Adding a number of home…
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