Help How do I keep new app shortcuts from making a new page?

TharosTheDragon · Aug 24, 2017

I don't want to disable automatic app shortcuts. I want app shortcuts to be created when I install a new app, but they're being created on a new page even though there's room available on my first page. How do I fix that?

I'm running Android 7.1.1.

Thom · Aug 24, 2017

I do not have them automatically created on the Home screen. I have them in the app drawer and they are by default alphabetical. I then drag an image of the app icon to the home screen where I want it.

I am a firm believer in Nova Launcher Prime and find that it provides the tools that I need to arrange my devices the way I want. I have it running on four phones with three different versions of Android (one of which is 7.1.1.),

... Thom

lunatic59 · Aug 24, 2017

That's the default behavior for the Google Now launcher. I don't see any setting to change that.

I use either Apex or Nova launcher (depending on my mood or my phone) and those launchers will put the new shortcuts on the default home screen if there's room and only create a new screen if there isn't. If that's the behavior you want, you'll have to use a different launcher.

Dannydet · Aug 24, 2017

I'm with Thom on this one.
You can long press an icon and move it to any screen, or remove, or uninstall.
Also depends on the launcher your using

TharosTheDragon · Aug 24, 2017

I'm confused. Are you saying the solution is to just move shortcuts manually?

TharosTheDragon · Aug 24, 2017

How do I know what launcher I'm using? And why did I get the desired behavior on my old phone running Android 6?

lunatic59 · Aug 24, 2017

TharosTheDragon said:
How do I know what launcher I'm using?

I can never remember the exact way to get there in settings, but if you open settings and use the search bar at the top, if you search for 'home' you should see 'home app' in the results. tap on that and it will show you what your default launcher is. Tap again and if you have any other launchers installed, you can change it.

TharosTheDragon said:
And why did I get the desired behavior on my old phone running Android 6?

Google Now was not the default launcher in Android 6 unless you had a Nexus. With 7 many manufacturers have incorporated a lot of Google Now behaviors into their launchers, or given you Google Now as an option at startup. See what you've got and then maybe you can look into an alternate launcher.

Thom · Aug 24, 2017

TharosTheDragon said:
How do I know what launcher I'm using? And why did I get the desired behavior on my old phone running Android 6?

On the Moto Z2 Force ...
Settings/Apps/cog wheel and select Home app

Pre-installed apps are "improved" by the vendor from release to release. In Motrola the one that got to me was the Phone app. Every release ... learn a new phone app,

The solution is to find third-party apps that you like and use them on the old and new devices.

The top of my list ...
Nova Launcher Prime
Pixel Phone Pro
Tasker
Tasker App Factory

... Thom

TharosTheDragon · Aug 24, 2017

Okay, it looks like my old phone had TouchWiz home and my new phone has Moto App Launcher. I'm trying out Nova now.

TharosTheDragon · Aug 24, 2017

Nova Launcher reset the apps that were already on the home screen. Is there an Android app launcher that can automatically populate the home screen with all apps from the drawer so I don't have to go and drag each of them individually?

Thom · Aug 24, 2017

Nova is a different way of looking at the job. It didn't reset anything. If you go back to settings you can switch back to the old launcher and everything will be where you had it.

The new things that Nova brings in is multiple drawers in app drawer. You can backup the configuration, take that file to a different device, restore the file and have the new device configured just like the old one. You can have multiple screens in the home screen. (I use seven.)

... Thom

lunatic59 · Aug 24, 2017

TharosTheDragon said:
Is there an Android app launcher that can automatically populate the home screen with all apps from the drawer so I don't have to go and drag each of them individually?

In Nova, go to Nova Settings (not phone settings) > Backup & import settings > Import

And that should let you import your desktop from The Moto launcher. I'm not sure there's a setting that will let you turn all your apps from the drawer into home screen shortcuts.

TharosTheDragon · Aug 25, 2017

That's very strange. Moto App Launcher didn't show up when I went to import. Stranger still, it allowed me to import from Google Now but it was an empty configuration. I just verified that I don't have Google Now on my phone but I do have Moto App Launcher.

lunatic59 · Aug 25, 2017

Nova may not know how to import from Moto launcher. You might want to touch base with the developers for that one.

support@teslacoilsw.com

Thom · Aug 26, 2017

TharosTheDragon said:
I don't want to disable automatic app shortcuts. I want app shortcuts to be created when I install a new app, but they're being created on a new page even though there's room available on my first page. How do I fix that? I'm running Android 7.1.1.

On the Moto Z2 Force ... 7.1.1 ... Moto App Launcher

In Play Store I turned the option on to add the icon to the home screen. I then installed a new app from Play Store.

On the Home screen it was added at the end of the list of apps.

The list seems to be in the order that the apps were added.

So the "added to a new page" behavior is not present.

(As mentioned ... I never use this option.)

... Thom

Thom · Aug 26, 2017

I strongly recommend that you do not import information into a new launcher. I recommend that you start with a clean slate, arrange things the way you want, and create a backup.

This approach removes the variable ... did the import screw something up>

... Thom

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