UriahShaulMandel/BaldPhone

Delete apps from the home screen

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#744 opened on Dec 5, 2020

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Description

My grandmother have tried BaldPhone and it says that it's perfect but there're too many applications on the homescreen.

It would be really cool if there's the possibility to delete from the home screen some of the apps, so that only the most important ones (like 2-3 in this case) remain available. Of course it would be amazing that, if an entire row is empty, the other applications will be enlarged in order to fill all the screen.

Meanwhile, as a possible temporary solution I'm thinking to replace all the useless buttons with a blank app that returns to the home screen when it is pushed (with a transparent logo).

Thank you in advance!

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Research direction
Examine the home screen grid layout and adapter code (likely in Launcher or similar package). Understand how apps are added and rendered. Then implement a long press or edit mode that allows removing apps, and adjust the grid to fill empty rows.
Tech stack
javaandroid
Domain
mobile
Issue type
Feature
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3
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1-2 days
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Active
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Mostly clear
Prerequisites
JavaAndroid development basics
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50