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.
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I'm trying to cram a couple wigdets and icons onto the same same for my Epic 4G, and I noticed something when I was trying out Launcher Pro: the bottom control icons didn't have titles under them, and as a consequence, Launcher Pro is able to fit 5 control widgets on one line.
Is there any app/workaround out there that allows you to change the grid size of your display from 4x4 to 5x5 or to hide the text that is below the app icons to provide more app space?
mission possible! you need to be a hacker http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=697994
good luck
Don't you just need to change the number of rows and columns in the LauncherPro homescreen settings? Unless you're talking about something different.
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There is an app called lcd density I believe and it makes it possible to fit more
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LCD density just changes the DPI, so things look bigger or smaller. It doesn't affect the placement of shortcuts or widgets. Like Jumba said, you can change everything you've mentioned in Launcher Pro. It's the main reason I use it over Sense.
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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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.
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?
Hi guys,
I am wondering is there a tweak or some way to tweak the size of the icons in OneUI Home?
I wrote this in Reddit, but I still haven't received a working solution, so I decided to post my question here:
I've recently bought S10e and when you switch the grid from 4x5 to 4x6 the icons are getting too small.
Honestly, I think that's a bug, because there is plenty of space left on the screen, especially between icons and at the bottom, and beside this, folder icons are staying bigger, which should be the case in the app drawer. Looks very ugly, unfinished this way.
Already tried 3rd party launcher but there isn't any which is allowing to place icons in the drawer in custom order( most of them sort alphabetically).
I've also tried changing the dpi in developer options to from 411 to 450 and that did what I wanted, but there's a problem with the font in app drawer getting too small...
I would appreciate any help!
I Have same problem too! Icons are too small in s10e i hate this. Before update i think that icons were a little more bigger than now. It's really sad that in 2019 doesn't exist any tweak or APK for display resolution and One UI icon size. Any way for resolve this ?
Can't help with a custom app drawer layout, but Nova launcher will allow you set custom icon size both on your homescreen and in your app drawer. You can increase the size up to 150%. And yes, I checked and it works with the stock icons.
Also Lawnchair Launcher.
I don't bother with any other now. It's very good.