EDIT: Sorry, didn't realize what section I was in. Can a mod move this to the Nexus 5 Q&A section? Thanks!
EDIT 2: Next time I'll use the search feature, as I see someone else posted asking and the answer is it cannot be changed.
So the other night I went through my nightly ritual of opening the Play Store and checking for app updates. There were a few, so I just went and said to update them all.
The next morning I went to open an app and saw the app drawer now is one big scroll page instead of swiping left and right to change app drawer pages.
I don't like this. Is there a way to change how the app drawer functions? I looked around but didn't see anything.
Running stock rooted 5.1.1 (LMY48M).
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I've been using Go Launcher EX for quite a while now. I have a Droid X rooted on stock 2.3.
I have my app drawer scrolling set to vertical continuous.
For a long time, when I went into the app drawer, it opened at the spot I was last at.
A few versions ago, they broke that functionality and it always started me back at the top. I emailed them and posted on forum and the next version fixed it.
Then, 2 versions ago, it broke again. I've emailed them and posted, but haven't heard anything. Today, there was an update and still not fixed.
Can anyone confirm this bug exists on their setup? Any way to get them to fix? They've generally been responsive to fixing bugs reported. I don't recall them ever emailing me back, but they have fixed things I've emailed them about.
Also, one other note. If the app drawer is set to horizontal scrolling, it does take you to the spot you left off when you go back in, so the bug is only with vertical scrolling.
Please use the search before posting and post in pre existing threads..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=926940&page=28
On that note thread closed.
So I've been giving KitKat a go today and so far I'm not 100% convinced.
While some things have improved, others have changed for the worse.
Or I'm just too stupid to find the proper settings?
1. The Email app
It finally got some love - Google has been working on it.
BUT - I can't select all emails in one account at once? Seriously? The app just downloaded 54 emails after setting it up and now I have to tap every single one of them to mark them as read?
Somebody please tell me I'm missing something here.
2. The sidebar for the apps that was introduced in Jellybean has disappeared. It wasn't an overly useful feature, but I did like it.
3. Contacts
I have yet to find a way to remove or at least reduce the size of the contact pictures.
Also, to remove a contact, you have to open it first. There's no menu when you tap and hold a contact anymore.
What changes do you guys like/dislike?
Did anybody come acrossed the above mentioned and found solutions?
steeserious said:
So I've been giving KitKat a go today and so far I'm not 100% convinced.
While some things have improved, others have changed for the worse.
Or I'm just too stupid to find the proper settings?
1. The Email app
It finally got some love - Google has been working on it.
BUT - I can't select all emails in one account at once? Seriously? The app just downloaded 54 emails after setting it up and now I have to tap every single one of them to mark them as read?
Somebody please tell me I'm missing something here.
2. The sidebar for the apps that was introduced in Jellybean has disappeared. It wasn't an overly useful feature, but I did like it.
3. Contacts
I have yet to find a way to remove or at least reduce the size of the contact pictures.
Also, to remove a contact, you have to open it first. There's no menu when you tap and hold a contact anymore.
What changes do you guys like/dislike?
Did anybody come acrossed the above mentioned and found solutions?
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I know. It's a little annoying. But the smart RAM Management is good.
I am okay with all of these as long as I get 4GB of Internal Storage....
I haven't missed the sidebar, it's still there. Unless we're talking about a different sidebar
Sent from my Nexus 7
I'm talking about the one in the apps screen, the one you get when you swipe to the left. It allows to change the order and uninstall apps. I haven't seen it in the Kitkat builds from AOSP for XL.
steeserious said:
I'm talking about the one in the apps screen, the one you get when you swipe to the left. It allows to change the order and uninstall apps. I haven't seen it in the Kitkat builds from AOSP for XL.
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You haven't seen it as this feature is in launcher not the rom itself.
Try installing Sony Launcher from 4.2.2 and you will have it.
Alright, I thought about that but haven't looked into it.
Thanks
Does anybody know how to get rid of the avatars in the contacts?
Ok, I apologize as I know the answer is somewhere in XDA (I saw it once), but for the life of me I cannot find it via XDA's search function or google. Apparently bad search fu today.
I'm running a custom ROM that has all apps enabled for multi-window use. Which is great. But the problem is when I choose an application that is not on the first screen of apps, it will choose one from the first page instead (in I think roughly the same location of the screen). The only "work around" I've been able to deduce is on the first screen (w/o scrolling), drag the bottom right app into the multiwindow bar. Then remove it fro there. This will shift the apps up by one spot. Then repeat this until you get the app you want.
This becomes annoying when the app you want is towards the bottom of the list.
Anyone know of a better way of doing this? I recall this same issue on my S2, but perhaps I didn't have any many apps installed so it wasn't such a big deal.
Thanks
John
I'm using Facebook for Android both on my phone and tablet.
Some time ago I applied for beta testers for Facebook Android app, and soon new version of Facebook app was out, with main difference that instead of three buttons in top bar there were now four, the left bar disappeared, and option to choose between top stories and most recent stories was gone. Also if I scrolled through news feed, and chose an external link, upon going back to Facebook, the app threw me at the top of the news feed.
This is just the tip of the iceberg, and saying that I wasn't pleased is an understatement.
So I got out of beta testers, uninstalled the app and via google play, I installed the standard app. The old layout and options were back UNTIL I turned off the app for a few hours. As soon as I opened it again, the new layout was back. Does ANYBODY have any idea why this happens? My girlfriend has the same app on SG4, with a screensize larger than on my phone, and with regular updates, she has the old layout from the begining?
Interestingly, if I force stop the app in app manager, the old layout returns, but only for a short time because if I leave the app, and open it again in a hour or so, the new layout returns.
Any help would be appreaciated. I would REALLY like the old layout back
marf
Just install apk from 4shared be sure to have unknown sources checked in settings
I accidentally upgraded my d851 to CM13 last week (didn't read version number before updating). After much fiddling around, I got it installed and working. Today I updated again to the latest nightly, and now the app drawer has a pointless search bar taking up space at the top and I can't see how to make it go away. Any help would be appreciated
Get a custom launcher, boom
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An option to disable the search bar seems to have been added in the latest nightly.
Definitely way better now.