One of the advantages of the Android operating system compared to its largest rival in mobiles, iOS (that is to say the iPhone), is the versatile which is in personalization. In Android Podemos Change almost what our device looks likeAnd even today, it is not even necessary to install applications to make some of the most important changes, the same operating system allows us by default.
However, many people don't really take advantage of this possibility. It is not bad, everyone uses their mobile as they wish, but it may therefore have that their home screen looks like an endless sea of icons of all colors and all shapes, including some that do not even use. Here are some Tips to control your mobile start screenIn most cases without installing anything and in a few minutes.
Define priorities: few applications and few files
Let's start with an important rule: if you install a new application, You don't have to have it available on the desktopMuch less on the main home screen. If you only use one application for something concrete every two or three days, or if you installed a game and after only 15 minutes, you forgot, what do you do on the same screen where your WhatsApp, an application that you use all the time is?
Personally, I usually order my home screen depending on Maintain as many applications as possible on the desktop screenNext to a few widgets that I constantly use. In the lower wharf of the applications, we can include those that we must always have at hand, for example: the phone application, WhatsApp, Spotify, your favorite browser and the camera application icon.
The rest of the screen can be a good idea Limit it to one or two rows of icons. If there is one, we can choose to include one or two files in which we include related applications: a file for social networks and another for games, for example. Limiting the quantity of icons and “noise” on my home screen, I get a greater visual harmony and order, I always know where everything is, I don't have to spend several seconds looking for this application in a sea of icons.
This home screen can be Combine with a second office a little longer. In this office, I include a large widget with my calendar, applications that use constantly but not every day or not all the time (such as the bank's application, domestic applications and the letter of letters, the social network of films) and another widget having access to my alarms. I have been using this formula on my main mobile for about 7 years, it is the most comfortable and, above all, useful.
Aesthetics as the most important aspect
Maybe what you want is a home screen that is not only more ordered, but which also looks much better. Fortunately, as we have already said, Android is an operating system offers many personalization options. In the past, it was necessary to install launchers and icon packages to completely renew your mobile; Today, it is also possible to do so, but Android itself includes several native customization options which are very useful.
My favorite is, without a doubt, the possibility of Use a color palette throughout the system: We can choose a color or color palette and apply it to the whole system, including the same application icons. For example, on these lines, we see how my partner Pepu has configured all the icons of the same shade, next to a wallpaper with the same style. The result is, in my opinion, beautiful, very aesthetic.
This is very easy to achieve: we remain pressed on the wallpaper on the desktop, we select the option to modify the home screen, click on the color palette, we choose the palette we want and We apply it to icons applications.
There must be a balance between the wallpaper and the icons
Important advice which applies to one of the styles of these recommendations is that it is advisable to make a Good harmony and consistency between the wallpaper we choose and the icons Applications on the desktop, in addition to the position in which we place them.
For example, if we use a very busy photo as a wallpaper and fill it with application icons, it will be difficult to easily navigate the interface easily and intuitively. A wallpaper with a more subtle look is generally perfect with a more ordered office. It will depend on everyone's preferences, but it is something to take into account.
The “four four” and the super files govern
Four files and four applications in the platform, nothing more. (The “telephone” application is the exception, but sometimes I usually eliminate it from the office)
On certain occasions, when I want a interface as clean as possible, I generally apply something that I baptized as a rule “the two four”. This means that on my home screen, I only have four icons on the platform and four icons on the quay. Of course, the four icons on the platform are thematic files.
It is a slightly radical format, but it served me a lot When I want to avoid distracting myself on the mobile And thus, enjoy more trips or vacation, for example. It seems incredible, but having to make an additional step to enter an application like a social network, makes a little less likely that we are constantly entering the call “Doom parchment“, The infinite roll.
Goodbye to application screens, hello to thematic pages
The application screen is this screen in which all our applications are available, which appears if we slide the finger from bottom to top. It is not necessary that this screen exists, If you don't use it, you can deactivate it In the Settings menu, in the screen section. Once deactivation is deactivated, all installed applications will appear in the various offices.
It is possible, then, Organize all applications in different thematic offices: One for our days and our free times (with access to social networks, YouTube and others), another office with work -related applications, another office for various applications or games, for example. The idea is to experiment, yes, to maintain the most important applications you use in the platform, such as the phone and WhatsApp.
Extreme minimalism
The image on the left is the home screen. Yes, only seven text -shaped applications. Extreme minimalism.
If what you want is a little more extreme, forget the “visual noise” and your office is as clean as possible, the solution could be to install a launcher, but not just any launcher, but A dedicated to minimalism.
My favorite is'OLAUNCHER. Minimal launcher', which allows you to organize applications and a home page in the form of a simple text. Her look It's fascinating, especially if we combine it with good wallpaper, we can get a clean interface, which seems almost futuristic. Goodbye to icons, hello to the peace of flat text. And above all, it is available for free and without advertisements on Google Play Store.
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