Go Launcher - App drawer icon MISSING!

Waqasbutt86 · Jun 1, 2012

Hi guys,

I think it's called the 'app drawer' icon, basically when you click on this icon you will see all of your apps. If i've accidently deleted this how can I restore it?

arcootje · Jun 1, 2012

Hit on an empty spot on your home screen for a couple of seconds. Press launcher actions. then press open/close app drawer. There is now an icon on the home screen. You can drag them icon to their spot you like.

geeded · Jun 19, 2012

arcootje said:
Hit on an empty spot on your home screen for a couple of seconds. Press launcher actions. then press open/close app drawer. There is now an icon on the home screen. You can drag them icon to their spot you like.

I am having the same problem and this works only on the ADW launcher I think. I can find no 'launcher actions' on go launcher.

How do you get back and/or duplicate the "app drawer" icon?

Thanks in advance.

korrupTed · Jun 20, 2012

Go to the bottom panel of your device. The one that holds the apps that remain in your screen even if you move your screens around. Delete one of the apps in this panel. (press and hold then choose delete) It should then turn into a plus sign. tap that icon, then choose "app drawer icon"

geeded · Jun 20, 2012

korrupTed said:
Go to the bottom panel of your device. The one that holds the apps that remain in your screen even if you move your screens around. Delete one of the apps in this panel. (press and hold then choose delete) It should then turn into a plus sign. tap that icon, then choose "app drawer icon"

Thanks for the reply. That's the way it was on my Bionic but on my new Razor Maxx (same 3.03 Go version), if I add or remove an icon from the "dock", it no longer shows the 'plus sign' placeholder. Instead it adds or removes the space. It's a nice touch, but how in the heck do I get the app drawer icon back? It's driving me nuts.

Any help would be appreciated. Oh, if I remove and reinstall the app, does all my setup work disappear?

Cheers

RyanB · Jun 20, 2012

Just drag the icon into the tray. It probably is resizing the space between the icons, depending on the number of them that are docked.

korrupTed · Jun 21, 2012

If you don't mind losing your current configurations, I would suggest you just remove all data, uninstall, then reinstall the app. That should put you back on track. I believe there is also an option to change the number of docks you have. have you tried adding additional docks and creating the app drawer icon from there?

nicka3200 · Jun 21, 2012

korrupTed said:
If you don't mind losing your current configurations, I would suggest you just remove all data, uninstall, then reinstall the app. That should put you back on track. I believe there is also an option to change the number of docks you have. have you tried adding additional docks and creating the app drawer icon from there?

The above is totally unnecessary.

Press and hold any space on one of your home screens. Select Add>Go shortcut>Appdrawer>OK. You now have the icon on your home page. Provided there is a space in your dock (max 5 icons) you can now drag and drop this icon into your dock where you want it. If necessary then press and hold, select replace, and choose a custom icon you like.

korrupTed · Jun 21, 2012

That's what I told him earlier, but he said that the option does not even appear. So that was a last resort kind of post. ;P

nicka3200 · Jun 21, 2012

That's what I told him earlier, but he said that the option does not even appear. So that was a last resort kind of post. ;P

korrupTed said:
Go to the bottom panel of your device. The one that holds the apps that remain in your screen even if you move your screens around. Delete one of the apps in this panel. (press and hold then choose delete) It should then turn into a plus sign. tap that icon, then choose "app drawer icon"

That's quite correct for older versions but if he is using the latest Go Launcher EX the + sign does not appear (which I think is the problem) the icons just resize to fill the gap. But as I said you can drag & drop icons onto the dock

korrupTed · Jun 21, 2012

Oh, ok. I gotta tell my hon to update her Go Laucher. I tested it out on hers first before I said anything. I didn't know they changed that already. Thanks!

geeded · Jun 21, 2012

nicka3200 said:
The above is totally unnecessary.

Press and hold any space on one of your home screens. Select Add>Go shortcut>Appdrawer>OK. You now have the icon on your home page. Provided there is a space in your dock (max 5 icons) you can now drag and drop this icon into your dock where you want it. If necessary then press and hold, select replace, and choose a custom icon you like.

Thank you very much. Success. I'm apparently using the newest version since I just got my Maxx a few days ago. This resizing is obviously a new 'improvement' and I'm apparently a slow learner (especially with no manual :mad:

).

I appreciate all the help from everyone and hopefully, this will help others in the future. I know I'm bookmarking it.

Again, thanks to all for the help and for cutting a newbie some slack.

Cheers

bk11222 · Aug 17, 2012

you're my hero nicka. thanks so much

tcat007 · Aug 17, 2012

Much easier to just swipe up and have the app drawer open, no icon required.

maybe2 · Dec 18, 2012

I have the latest version as of Dec 18, and cannot remove the app drawer icon. Long pressing only provides the option to rename or replace it. Dragging off the screen does not bring up the red trash can. What's app with that?

maybe2 · Dec 18, 2012

I figured out a way to remove the icon: place it on a new /blank screen all by itself and then drag the entire screen to the trash can (in screen preview mode).

Deleted User · Dec 18, 2012

Maybe they are looking to make the accidental deletion of the app drawer button more difficult took achieve?

Venven · Dec 14, 2014

clean your dock area.. and long press on it.. then a Box will pop up.. saying "add to dock".. tap the "default icon" then choose app drawer.

JulieTiger · Apr 29, 2015

As of april 2015 version, if you've deleted your app drawer you long-press on the lower dock menu, click "default icon" and a list of defaults is displayed including the app drawer. They're slooowly getting better at this mess.

Channeler · Nov 6, 2015

JulieTiger said:
As of april 2015 version, if you've deleted your app drawer you long-press on the lower dock menu, click "default icon" and a list of defaults is displayed including the app drawer. They're slooowly getting better at this mess.

Thanks Julie! That was great info!

JASPER123w · Dec 31, 2015

nicka3200 said:
The above is totally unnecessary.

Press and hold any space on one of your home screens. Select Add>Go shortcut>Appdrawer>OK. You now have the icon on your home page. Provided there is a space in your dock (max 5 icons) you can now drag and drop this icon into your dock where you want it. If necessary then press and hold, select replace, and choose a custom icon you like.

Help me with this please
i did long press the empty place pf the home screen but this is what i experienced

no app drawer icon in shortcuts

Yum Yum Rainbows · Feb 25, 2016

I have the same issue! But I did that, and when I pressed + there was NO app drawer. I just got my phone, it's brand new and never did have one. It is fully set up, but other widgets I have downloaded do not appear anywhere on the phone at all( even in the file manager). It's all so very weird.

TylerDurden919cc · Mar 4, 2016

OK here's where it's hiding.
Press and hold anywhere on the Dockbar.
A Go box appears 'Add to Dock'.
Under this are four options:
Apps Shortcuts Go shortcut Default Icon

Press Default Icon. Appdraw is one of the five Icons
listed, along with Dial Contacts Message and Browser.
I guess these would be the five most likely Shortcuts that most
people would most likely wish to add to their Dockbar. Not
particularly obvious though, for such an essential item.

A niggle. Still, I've been using Go launcher for maybe four or
five years. It's flexibility and customisation and intuitive interface
(most of the time :rolleyes:

) makes it my personal choice of launcher.
I wish that Go would update Go Dialer as this was the best on the
market. Sadly it doesn't work with 5.0 & 5.1 Lollipop. *Sad face*

kal s · Oct 3, 2016

I don't know if this question fits here but I've looked all over and this thread is the closest that I can find to my issue. I'm running Go Launcher Ex Prime and I'm wondering how to get rid of the app tray tab on the side of the screen. It wasn't there a month ago so it must have come from some update that I didn't pay attention to. It's annoying and completely gets in the way.

Can anybody help?

eebvending · Oct 4, 2016

kal s said:
I don't know if this question fits here but I've looked all over and this thread is the closest that I can find to my issue. I'm running Go Launcher Ex Prime and I'm wondering how to get rid of the app tray tab on the side of the screen. It wasn't there a month ago so it must have come from some update that I didn't pay attention to. It's annoying and completely gets in the way.

Can anybody help?

Assuming you have some Galaxy phone. My previous phone was a Note 3 and it had that. There are 2 ways to disable it. The first is to long-press the back button, but when you reboot it will come back. The second is to turn off Multi Window in the quick panel in the pull down settings.

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