Release the app icon to put it on the home screen. Other than that, if you want to move an app from the app drawer to the home screen, touch and hold the app icon and drag it to any edge of the screen. But the same isn’t true for the home screen unless you have enabled the ‘add apps to home screen’ option in your launcher settings. How to Place Apps on Home ScreenĪny app that you install will be immediately placed in the app drawer. Launchers like Nova Launcher open the search by double-tapping on the home button. You can use it to find and open the app quickly. SearchĪlmost all launchers provide a search bar at the top of the app drawer. It is available in the premium version of Nova only. Tabs are different sections inside the app drawer to organize your apps. Nova goes a step ahead by offering tabs in the app drawer. The default launcher from Samsung, Nova Launcher, and Microsoft Launcher are some apps that support folders in the app drawer. While all launchers support folders on the home screen, very few of them let you create folders in the app drawer. The salient features of the app drawer include: Folders Check your launcher settings for the app drawer style option. Some launchers give you the ability to choose the scrolling style. That is, you have to scroll horizontally to access the full list. Others list the apps in horizontal pages similar to the home screen. In some app drawers, you can scroll up and down (vertically) to view all the apps. For that, tap on the three-dot icon at the top-right corner of the app drawer and choose your sort mode. You can choose from alphabetical order, most used, etc. However, some app drawers let you customize the sorting mode. Most default app drawers follow alphabetical sorting order. So the recently installed app will be seen at the end of the list. Typically, the apps appear in the order that you installed them on your phone.

You can customize the row and column count of app drawer in supported launchers like Nova and Action Launcher. You will find all your apps neatly arranged. The app drawer looks similar to your home screen but devoid of widgets and the dock. It indicates that you have to swipe up to access the app drawer. On some phones, you will notice the small up arrow at the bottom. The app drawer icon usually looks like one of these icons. The app drawer icon is present in the dock - the area that houses apps like Phone, Messaging, and Camera by default. Swipe up from the bottom of the home screen. How to Access and Open App DrawerĪn app drawer can be accessed from the home screen only. Also, the app drawer doesn’t support widgets. To remove an app from an app drawer, you will have to uninstall or hide it. You can remove an app from the home screen without uninstalling it, but the same isn’t possible in the app drawer. And if it’s not visible in the app drawer too, then the app isn’t installed on your phone. On the contrary, if the app isn’t available on the home screen, you can access it from the app drawer. The primary difference between the two is that the home screen contains only some of the installed apps, particularly your favorites ones. Home Screenīoth app drawer and home screen are part of the same launcher. The apps that you access frequently should be placed on the home screen for quicker access. You can open the app either from the app drawer or home screen. Whenever you install an app, it is placed in the app drawer and not on the home screen (some launchers let you place on the home screen simultaneously). On Android phones and tablets, things are different - you get a home screen and app drawer. Now, if you are coming from an iPhone, you would think that’s the home screen. In simple words, an app drawer is a section on your phone that houses all the installed apps. So let’s check out the features of the app drawer and how to use it on Android.

Only some stock launchers like Mi Launcher don’t offer an app drawer. It’s pre-installed on most of the Android phones and is quite useful in organizing the installed apps. If you are switching from an iPhone to Android or you were reading a troubleshooting guide that mentioned app drawer, you must be wondering what this app drawer is ? Where is it present and how to open it on your Android phone?ĭon’t worry! You don’t have to install a third-party app to access the app drawer.

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