Hi, has anyone had the issue where there is no icon for play books or play movies?
i have a stock one x unbranded. You cant uninstall the apps just their updates so i cant remove and re add them. Anyone know of a manual way of adding icons? They work fine if opened from Play. its minor butt annoying.
Thanks
David
It's certainly annoying.
If you long press on a homescreen, and choose to add a shortcut (rather than a Widget or App) then you can select "Books" and create a homescreen shortcut to a specific book.
If you uninstall Google Books, and reinstall it from the Play Store - making sure that "Auto-add widgets to homescreen" is selected in the Play Store Settings, then that will create a working shortcut on your homescreen.
Only way to get a shortcut in the App Drawer is to ditch sense and use a different launcher. Must be a Rosie/Sense Launcher issue, maybe something to do with the fact that the label in the App Drawer has a different name to the label on the homescreens - it's probably getting confused? Wouldn't expect a fix from HTC any time soon. Maybe Google can fix something on their app...?
Try using AnyCut off the Play Store...it allows you to create shortcuts.
This is a temporary limitation in Android that will be fixed in a future software update as soon as Google finalizes the underlying architecture.
Hello,
I am looking for testers for my app Appsi Sidebar.
This is a sidebar application which allows quick access to your apps.
It would be nice to get some feedback from other developers.
Xda App thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2326315
Google play link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appsimobile.appsi
There are paid plugins to extend the functionality to contacts, call log, settings etc. If you'd like you can of course buy them and test them as well, but the request is really about Appsi itself. Note that there is a more extended apps plugin that adds recents and allows you to disable sections and set the amount of items in them.
If you would like to test the current beta, that is also possible, please join this google+ community (https://plus.google.com/communities/111374377186674137148)
and opt in using this link https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.appsimobile.appsi
Thank you all!
Cover has released its app for retooling the Android lock screen into a useful, adaptable launch pad for apps.
Cover is available on Google Play in the US, Canada, and Europe, and the startup hopes to bring it to other countries soon. Those who can't get it through Google Play can sideload the Cover software.
Cover brings a number of features to Android phones: it picks commonly used apps on your lock screen, changing them according to your location and time of day based on your usage patterns for work, home, or in between. It lets you slide the app icons partway over for a quick peek at them or flick them all the way over to launch them. And it offers a new multitasking option: a long press on the right of Android's status bar will produce a drop-down list of your most commonly used items.
Link - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.coverscreen.cover
Direct link of APK file
For those who can't access the file from play store, can download the file and install it directly.
Link - https://www.dropbox.com/s/4jy054o614druzn/com.coverscreen.cover-experimental-latest.apk
The developers of the app said -
You won’t be able to receive auto-updates (though we’ll occasionally notify the group when new versions are available). Again, this version of Cover is completely unsupported, and some features may not work at all in your region, so please proceed at your own risk.
We have launched a brand new service for developers and designers to test their app icons on iOS and Android devices. See how your app icon appears on home screen, App Store and Google Play.
First link is the URL for uploading new icons and if you want to see existing icon in action please see second link:
icontester.com
icontester.com/share/dc0f751e
Since we have just started, we need your feedback and suggestions to improve this service. We will be adding new features and tuning existing ones based upon your feedback.
Cheers,
Icon Tester Team
Is there an option to remove that widget from homescreen?
There must be a solution to this without using a different launcher.
No, if you search on the Mi A1 forum (basically the same device), nobody found a way to remove the search bar from the stock launcher, because it is hard-coded.
The only way is using another launcher (Nova recommended) or modify the stock launcher apk to remove the bar, and replace it.
Maybe this works?
Disable the Google App
Danielle Furry recommends disabling the Google app in settings, which works for a range of Android versions. Here's how it works:
Open Settings, then open Apps
In the All apps list, find Google app, or just Google, tap it and select disable
Reboot your phone and the search bar should be gone!
If you disable the Google app, don't worry about breaking your phone. Apps like Google Play Services are essential for your system (unless you build your OS outside of Google's ecosystem), but your other apps will work fine without the Google app.
Do be warned however, the Google Assistant and voice search depend on the Google app, so disabling the Google app will also negatively affect dependent services such as Google Home, Google Lens, and Google's notifications about weather and transport, for example.
https://www.androidpit.com/how-to-remove-the-google-search-bar-from-your-android-homescreen
ConradB said:
Maybe this works?
Disable the Google App
Danielle Furry recommends disabling the Google app in settings, which works for a range of Android versions. Here's how it works:
Open Settings, then open Apps
In the All apps list, find Google app, or just Google, tap it and select disable
Reboot your phone and the search bar should be gone!
If you disable the Google app, don't worry about breaking your phone. Apps like Google Play Services are essential for your system (unless you build your OS outside of Google's ecosystem), but your other apps will work fine without the Google app.
Do be warned however, the Google Assistant and voice search depend on the Google app, so disabling the Google app will also negatively affect dependent services such as Google Home, Google Lens, and Google's notifications about weather and transport, for example.
https://www.androidpit.com/how-to-remove-the-google-search-bar-from-your-android-homescreen
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Worked for me. I used Nova Launcher Prima to remap the center button to open the app drawer instead of launching any Googly stuff. This frees up space to put more apps on the bottom row.
ConradB said:
Maybe this works?
Disable the Google App
Danielle Furry recommends disabling the Google app in settings, which works for a range of Android versions. Here's how it works:
Open Settings, then open Apps
In the All apps list, find Google app, or just Google, tap it and select disable
Reboot your phone and the search bar should be gone!
If you disable the Google app, don't worry about breaking your phone. Apps like Google Play Services are essential for your system (unless you build your OS outside of Google's ecosystem), but your other apps will work fine without the Google app.
Do be warned however, the Google Assistant and voice search depend on the Google app, so disabling the Google app will also negatively affect dependent services such as Google Home, Google Lens, and Google's notifications about weather and transport, for example.
https://www.androidpit.com/how-to-remove-the-google-search-bar-from-your-android-homescreen
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even disable the widget still there..nothing to do with..:laugh:
otongniee82 said:
even disable the widget still there..nothing to do with..:laugh:
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Same for me, there's a search bar remaining and not responsing at any tap...
In my case too. After disabling app, widget is still there. Tried 1st day when phone coming
Waiting for TWRP and then will freeze google app with Titanium. That always worked in my case
just install this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=amirz.rootless.nexuslauncher
eltano06 said:
just install this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=amirz.rootless.nexuslauncher
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For me it's not a solution but just a workaround