- Customizing the Home Screen
- Setting the Apps View
- Changing System Settings
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
Setting the Apps View
The default method of viewing your installed apps is an alphabetical, multipage grid. Because you’ll spend a lot of time in Apps, you may prefer to change this display to show your apps as a custom grid that you’ve arranged in a fashion and order you prefer.
On the Home screen, tap the Apps icon.
Tap the menu icon and choose View As.
In the View As dialog, select one of the following:
- Alphabetical Order. This is the default display style, presenting and maintaining all app icons alphabetically. Whenever you install a new app, it is automatically inserted into the correct spot.
- Custom. This option enables you to create additional grid pages and arrange the app icons however you like, such as putting all games or image-editing apps together and placing your most frequently used apps on the first page.
In either view, you make most changes in Edit mode. To enable Edit mode, open the menu and choose Edit.
Alphabetical Order view. Although you can’t rearrange the apps, you can use Edit mode to create folders, view an app’s App Info screen (normally accessed by tapping Settings, Application Manager), and uninstall or disable certain apps. Press and hold an app and then drag it onto the appropriate icon at the top of the screen.
Custom view. In addition to the Edit mode actions in Step 5, you can rearrange apps by dragging them to new positions. You can also create additional app pages by long-pressing an icon you want to add to the new page, and then dragging it onto the Create Page icon at the top of the screen.
When you finish making changes to the Apps pages, exit Edit mode by tapping the Back icon or by pressing the Back key.
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Creating and Working with App Folders
As mentioned, folders are now supported in both Apps views and are automatically placed on the last Apps page. The purpose of creating folders is to reduce app clutter and impart additional organization to the Apps pages, grouping similar apps in one convenient location. When an app is added to a folder, its icon is removed from the Apps grid.
Create App Folders
To create a folder in Apps, do one of the following:
- Open the menu and choose Create Folder.
- Press and hold an app that you want to move into the new folder, and drag it onto the Create Folder icon at the top of the screen.
- Name the folder.
During the folder-creation process, you can optionally select apps to populate the folder. Do one of the following:
- To immediately add apps to the folder, tap the plus (+) icon, tap the check box of each app you want to add, and tap Done. The added apps are moved into the folder.
- To create the named folder without adding other apps at this time, tap the Done key on the keyboard.
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Work with App Folders
After creating a folder and adding some apps to it, you can do the following:
Launch an app. Scroll to the last page of Apps, tap the folder to open it, and then tap the icon of the app you want to launch.
Change the background color. Open the folder, tap the menu icon, select a color, and then tap anywhere in the folder. You set the background color individually for each folder. You can change the color even when Edit mode isn’t active.
- Remove apps from a folder. Enable Edit mode, tap the folder to display its contents, and then drag the app out of the folder onto any Apps page—other than a folders page. If you release the app on a folders page, it’s assumed that you want to create a folder to enclose the app.
- Rearrange folders (Custom view only). Enable Edit mode, press and hold a folder to select it, and then drag it into a new position on a folders page. As is the case when rearranging apps, no blank spaces are allowed within a folders page.
Remove a folder. Enable Edit mode, press and hold the folder, and then drag it onto the Remove icon at the top of the screen. Tap OK in the Remove Folder confirmation dialog. Apps within the deleted folder are restored to the Apps pages.
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