Running stock(ish) OS on S8+
Got my setup "just so", and needed to change my DPI in Developer Options from default 411 to 514 (=411*1.25) to make use of larger screen real-estate I paid a premium for.
Option to resize the Home & App grids have disappeared, so even though app fonts & icon sizes are closer to what I desire, widgets on home screens look bad - scaled proportionately but padded to take up 125% space
Keeping the DPI & font sizes as-is, is there a way to tweak the grid sizes?
New launcher required
Seems this is an artifact of the launcher & not the "display manager".
Managed to get something approximating the outcome desired by making use of Nova Launcher
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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.
Is there any standalone app to do this? With the exception of launchers, roms, or xposed.
Not exactly, you can change the dpi and that will allow a bigger grid but everything will get smaller too. I'm using 445 dpi currently, but I tried 400 dpi and that did add a column and row to the grid. http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/themes-apps/mod-nexus-5-dpi-changing-zip-t2673704
I think this is your only option without changing launchers since we needed xposed to modify the google launcher.
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?