So I recently installed SlimKat on my Nexus 5 and I didn't like the DPI. So I changed that back to the stock DPI using texdroider_dpi. Now the icon rows have room for icons and it looks crammed because the DPI is higher. Is there a way to change the icon rows in SlimKat? I looked trough the settings and didn't find much.
Loomsytiger said:
So I recently installed SlimKat on my Nexus 5 and I didn't like the DPI. So I changed that back to the stock DPI using texdroider_dpi. Now the icon rows have room for icons and it looks crammed because the DPI is higher. Is there a way to change the icon rows in SlimKat? I looked trough the settings and didn't find much.
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You are talking about Google Now Launcher right? Have a look at this xposed module.
You can also try force stopping Google Search (the launcher) and going back to the homescreen. It always works for me. The only downside is you'll have to do it on every boot.
SlimKat uses Nova Launcher as their default launcher. Go into your app drawer and choose:
Nova settings>Desktop>Desktop Grid to change the rows and columns.
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Is there a way to fix it?
Whilst being on stock ROM, I've had 4x5 drawer which was perfect. Navigation bar was at 48dp (default), font size was at 90%, and I still had 4x5 drawer. After switching to DroidKang v18, this has changed. Going down to 90% has caused the drawer to change to... 4x6, and I hate it. Tried at all navbar sizes, going from 0dp to 48dp, and it was still the same. Going to font size around 100-110% and 40dp navbar, has brought back 4x5 drawer, and then changing back the font size to 90-95% still retained the 4x5 drawer. But once you reboot, it's gone again, and back to 4x6 drawer.
Can anything be done about it? It's really getting annoying and no way to change it back. I thought it could be GApps, so I've tried PA and BaNkS, but still the same. Tried franco and Linaro kernel (Linaro is default), and no difference. I've fixed permissions a few times, cleared cache + dalvik, and still persists. I've also tried changing dpi from 480 to 445, but this has only further expanded the app drawer to 6x7, I think.
Has anyone got the same issue? Could it be latest version of GEL which has caused it (I think it's integrated into Google Search now)? Any help would be appreciated! I just want 4x5 drawer with 40-48dp navbar and 90% font size. It worked perfectly on stock ROM, around 2 weeks ago, no matter what size it was, the app drawer was always the same. 90% font + 40dp navbar gave me 4x5 app drawer at times, but reboot made it switch to 4x6 instead. So yeah. :|
Thanks in advance!
Got sick of GEL, switched to Nova Launcher Prime and I'm happy. Don't worry about this.
Are there any mods out to change the homescreen grid size from 4x4? It seems silly to only have 4 rows of icons when the resolution is so high. I use blinkfeed often so using apex or nova is out of the question for me.
chrisjm00 said:
Are there any mods out to change the homescreen grid size from 4x4? It seems silly to only have 4 rows of icons when the resolution is so high. I use blinkfeed often so using apex or nova is out of the question for me.
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I can't find this too.
If you have Xposed installed you can use Sense 6 Toolbox to get an extra row. It has an option to add another row to all homescreens. 4x5 is the only option but it's better than 4x4.
If you don't mind not using sense 6, get a new launcher like nova or apex. But getting xposed (if you are rooted) if you want to keep sense is your best bet.
I had modded my dpi to 280, and on the previous version of the Google app, this caused more app icons to fit because it increased the number of columns and rows in the grid. The sizes.of icons and text were nice and small.
With the 5.3 update along with the vertical drawer, app icons are big and only 4 fit per row. Any way to get around this? Will I have to reset dpi and change it again?
You can change your launcher, some allow you to change the size of the icons. Or try something like Icon Changer Free.
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Just downgrade your launcher.
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I had modded my dpi to 280, and on the previous version of the Google app, this caused more app icons to fit because it increased the number of columns and rows in the grid. The sizes.of icons and text were nice and small.
With the 5.3 update along with the vertical drawer, app icons are big and only 4 fit per row. Any way to get around this? Will I have to reset dpi and change it again?
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Friend you can use nova launcher which allows you to manipulate icon sizes and you could also hold back to stock Google now launcher like experience on it.
Guys Yesterday I installed the apk of pixel launcher and it looked very good, so I decided to make more room on my desktop, switching the DPI to 440.
The result, after reboot, was a mess: now I have only 4 icons on the quick launch area of the desktop, instead of the default 5 and a huge space between the icons in the app drawer. Reinstalling the app haven't sorted the expected effect.
Back to trebuchet launcher, it's working fine with usual icon spacing.
I think there's some hidden config file deep in the phone folders that holds the wrong configuration of pixel launcher, but I don't know what to do in order to get it working correctly.
Change the DPI to 400 or 410... That will work and make some more space. Pixel launcher Icon size and desktop grid depends on DPI , while trebuchet launcher have options to change icon size and grid. That's why it didn't affected trebuchet.
The strange thing is that at the first install there were 5 icons in the quick launch area and a good icon spacing also with 480 DPI. Moreover if I change DPI to 400, the space in the drawer will not change, I will only be able to get 5 icons in the quick launch area.
still got this problem in my 3 devices with resurrection remix rom,did u figure it out?thx
There is no solution for that. Pixel launcher is not configurable enough. Either change your dpi or choose some other launcher. I'm on Nougat and it looks pretty good, with small font and smaller display size settings.
I have rooted my pixel, changed LCD density to 380, and icons size is still the same. Would like more screen real estate without using an aftermarket launcher. Any ideas?
If you change the Display Size setting it shrinks everything down, doesn't add more rows or columns to the launcher though...
You could use Nova and tweak it like Pixel Launcher...
http://www.howtogeek.com/285117/how-to-make-nova-launcher-look-and-function-like-the-pixel-launcher/
Yep use Nova prime and tweak anything you want.
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I already changed the built in settings which helped but the icons are still too large for my taste. I specifically want to keep the factory launcher because of the ability to swipe right for Google now cards. I have paid for Nova prime and I've used it on my other devices but I want to keep the Pixel launcher and simply make the icons smaller. Changing LCD density in build prop used to do this for me on previous devices but it made no difference on the Pixel. Any ideas?