Add more than one app to a folder at a time

**KillerG** · 11-17-2011, 12:19 PM

Whenever I have to reinstall Th3ory's Shift3r base, it wipes all my data. No big deal, it's all backed up. But I have to re-set up all my settings and home screens. No big deal, doesn't take that long. But I like to have a folder filled with all my games on a homescreen. That's the problem...dragging and dropping app after app into the folder, it takes forever! So I was wondering if I could change that? Be able to just select all the apps I want to add inside an app or something and then it'll add them all at once?
I don't personally like the launcher's app drawer grouping. First of all, since they haven't fixed the issue with apps disappearing, I have to restore apps (including a lot of games) when I reboot my phone. So when I reboot my phone, any apps that were deleted are removed from my grouping. The folder keeps a little icon there, and if I hadn't restored it, "the application isn't installed on my phone." Not a huge deal, I just restore the app and the shortcut works.

**LDubs** · 11-17-2011, 06:51 PM

Go launcher does this. Might be my new favorite.

Sent from my [P]URIFI3D Droid Bionic

**KillerG** · 11-19-2011, 09:54 PM

Originally Posted by LDubs

Go launcher does this. Might be my new favorite.

Sent from my [P]URIFI3D Droid Bionic

I was kind of hoping for something inside of Blur...but I may switch to Purity sometime and check that out.

**LDubs** · 11-20-2011, 02:17 PM

Originally Posted by KillerG

I was kind of hoping for something inside of Blur...but I may switch to Purity sometime and check that out.

Killer, you can run go launcher or any other 3rd party launcher without a custom rom. Just install it, set it up and voila.

Sent from my [P]URIFI3D Droid Bionic

**Arelunde** · 11-20-2011, 03:31 PM

One of the Bionic's (actually Android's) best kept secrets is how to make folders from the app drawer ...

App Drawer > touch icon at upper left > New Group > Name it whatever > touch icon at upper left for folder decoration icon > touch icon of "old fashioned" floppy disk to save the folder > touch the "+" > select apps for the folder. Then touch your folder icon at the upper left corner > Add to home.

MUCH faster than dragging/dropping app after app.

Also, when you go into the app drawer and touch the upper left icon, you will find a list of your folders and you can open them from there, too. OR, you cah have the "all apps" activated to show them all.

**LDubs** · 11-20-2011, 05:40 PM

Whoa! Didn't know that. Sweet!

Sent from my [P]URIFI3D Droid Bionic

**KillerG** · 11-20-2011, 06:37 PM

Originally Posted by Arelunde

One of the Bionic's (actually Android's) best kept secrets is how to make folders from the app drawer ...

App Drawer > touch icon at upper left > New Group > Name it whatever > touch icon at upper left for folder decoration icon > touch icon of "old fashioned" floppy disk to save the folder > touch the "+" > select apps for the folder. Then touch your folder icon at the upper left corner > Add to home.

MUCH faster than dragging/dropping app after app.

Also, when you go into the app drawer and touch the upper left icon, you will find a list of your folders and you can open them from there, too. OR, you cah have the "all apps" activated to show them all.

I had tried that once before, but it got annoying that whenever I hit the app drawer after using that group once before that it wouldn't automatically go back to "all apps." And if one of my apps disappeared after I restarted, I'd have to re add it to the group.