APEX LAUNCHER FOR A COMPLETE MAKEOVER OF YOUR ANDROID HOMESCREEN

   Are you bored with the default Home Screen which comes with every android? You can always use custom android launchers easily available in the playstore. With their diverse features and multiple customization options made available, they impart a stylish new look and a delightful functionality to your android device, thus –

   i. Giving you a rich experience while using an android with their array of options

   ii. Giving you greater control over your phone including apps, widgets and gestures

   iii. Letting you access maximum features with minimum clicks

   iv. Letting you save your time while enhancing productivity

   v. Making your android stand out in your group! 💪

   vi. Offering you some groundbreaking features like transition animations and a variety of scrolling effects

   vii. Giving you endless possibilities of customization as per your taste

   viii. Letting you have an altogether different feel and look to your android periodically with a crop of new themes constantly being added (some free, some paid), thus empowering you to furnish a complete makeover of your phone whenever you wish

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   After trying a few launchers, I settled with Apex launcher, the pro version. It is simple, uncomplicated and easy to follow. My favorite feature being an infinitely scrollable dock at the bottom of the home screen which lets you add any number of apps to it, thus preventing clutter on the home-screen and keeping the beauty of the wallpaper intact. See below –

My Home screen on Android

My most frequently used widgets –

A few more auto-updating transparent widgets –

The app drawer with folders – 

  One confusing characteristic of Apex developers is that they may keep on adding new features to the launcher without updating the information in the playstore! A bit lazy huh…? 😬 I had to spend a lot of time featuring out the ways to set up the app drawer, folders, widgets etc. This is true for any launcher for that matter as the number of customization options may confuse a new user. Here, I am giving below the ready-made settings that I have opted in my tablet and a useful FAQ at the end. You can use this guide to set up Apex launcher on your phone or tablet, it will be a BIG time saver for you!

    APEX LAUNCHER

1. HOME SCREEN

1a. Layout and Style

   Rows: 10 Columns: 5
   Horizontal & vertical margin: s
   Icon Size: 100 for tablet, 70 for phone
   Show label: Yes
   Label Size: 100 for tablet, 70 for phone
   Label Font: Roboto regular
   Label color: any dark

1b. Scrolling & Transition

   Overscroll effect: yes
   Show indicator: dot

1c. Wallpaper: yes yes (You can also select a custom wallpaper folder from your gallery)

1d. Search Bar (opens up when you swipe down on Home Screen)

   Search contacts – no, rest – yes

1e. Widget

   Resize: yes
   Padding: default

1f. Card Feed ?

1g. More

   Hide notification bar- no, rest yes

2. APP DRAWER

2a. Drawer Style & Settings

   Background color: any faint
   Background opacity: 50
   Show search bar – yes
   Search text color: Dark
   Drawer style: vertical/horizontal

2b. Drawer Layout & Icons

   Rows – 6 Columns – 5
   Icon Size: 110 for tablet, 70 for phone
   Show Label: yes, size: 100 for tablet, 70 for phone
   Label font: Roboto medium
   Label color: dark

2c. More

   Close drawer when app opens – yes

3. DOCK

3a. Show dock on home screen – yes

3b. Dock Layout & Style

   No. of icons: 5
   Horizontal margin: s
   Dock height: 49
   Icon size: 89 (smaller on phone)

3c. Scrolling & animation

   Scrollable dock – yes
   No of pages: 3 or more
   Infinite scrolling: yes
   Dock is a real time saver. You can add most frequently     used apps to the dock.

3d. More

   Dock as overlay: No

4. Folder

   Preview & background: ios
   Animation: scale
   Folder background style: light
   Background opacity: 100
   Hide folder name: yes
   Show label: yes
   Label font: Roboto regular
   Label color: dark

5. Actions & Gestures

5a. Customize apex menu: only themes – no, rest – yes

5b. Home key action: Go to default screen

5c. Home key to default screen – yes

5d. Menu key long press action- none

5e. Enable quick actions: yes

5f. Screen orientation: default

5g. OK Google detection

   Access with voice match – yes

5h. Gestures

   Swipe up – none
   Double tap – none (imp)

6. Hidden Apps – easy

7. Advanced Settings

   Normalize icon size: yes
   Report usage statistics: yes

    FAQ Apex Launcher

1. How to create new folder in app drawer?

   Locate those 3 dots in the upper right corner of app drawer. Open and select New Folder.

2. How to add/delete apps to/from folder?

   Long press the folder – edit – select apps to add/delete. Ok. 

3. How to add app icon to app dock?

   Open app drawer. Long press and move any app. It will jump to the home screen. Drag it to the dock.

4. How to add widgets to the home screen?

   Long press on the home screen. Tap on the widgets menu icon. A list of widgets opens up. Long press any widget and drag it to the home screen.

5. How to open default search bar provided by Apex launcher?

   Swipe up on the home screen. The search bar opens up which is powered by Bing search engine.

6. How to add a new home screen?

   Long press the default home screen – tap on the Screen Manager – Click on the plus icon to add a new home screen.

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