How to Organize Your Apps

The Android operating system provides several options for organizing your apps and widgets. This section describes the most common options.

For help with the Android OS, please visit Google’s support website at http://support.google.com/android/.

Home Screen

The Home screen is a place to organize apps and to display widgets. To return to the main Home screen at any time, tap the Home icon in the Navigation bar.

Note NOTE  If the Navigation Menu is not visible, swipe up from the bottom of the screen to open it.

Your NVIDIA device supports multiple Home screen pages. When you add more apps and widgets than can fit on the default Home screen page, additional pages are created automatically.

How to Create Home Screen Pages

Drag an app to the left or the right edge of the screen.

How to View Home Screen Pages

From any Home screen, swipe left or right.

Apps and Widgets

How to Add Apps to the Home Screen

  1. Tap All Apps .
  2. Tap and hold the app icon that you want to move. The Home screen appears behind the app icon.
  3. Drag the icon to the page and location where you want to place the app.
  4. Release.

How to Move Apps Around the Home Screen

  1. Tap and hold the app icon that you want to move. The icon glows briefly and appears larger.
  2. Drag the icon to the location where you want to place it. To move the app to another Home screen page, drag the icon to the right or left edge of the screen.
  3. Release.

How to Add Apps to the Favorites Tray

The Favorites tray shows on all Home screen pages. If the Favorites tray already shows six apps, remove an app before you attempt to add another.

  1. Tap and hold the app icon that you want to move. The icon glows briefly and appears larger.
  2. Drag the icon to the Favorites tray.
  3. Release.

How to Remove Apps from the Favorites Tray

  1. Tap and hold the app icon that you want to move. The icon glows briefly and appears larger.
  2. Drag the icon to the Home page.
  3. Release

 

Folders

How to Create Folders to Group Apps Together

  1. On the Home screen, tap and hold an app icon.
  2. Drag and drop the icon onto another app icon. The folder is created.
  3. Tap the folder.
  4. Tap the text Unnamed Folder.
  5. Enter a name.
  6. Tap anywhere on the touchscreen to save the new name.

How to Rename a Folder

  1. Tap the folder.
  2. Tap the folder’s name.
  3. Enter the new name.
  4. Tap anywhere on the touchscreen to save the new name.

How to Open Apps That Are in a Folder

  1. Tap the folder. The folder opens to show the app icons inside.
  2. Tap an app icon to open the app.

 

SD Card

You can add storage for apps and content with a microSD card. For more information, see How to Add Storage with a microSD Card.