How can I change icons at bottom of home screen?

[walkingrock]

I found this once, and now can't find it again. I have 1 thing I removed, but can't figure out how to replace it.

 

[porkmoon587]

You mean the dock on the bottom? Drag an app down there just like a if you were putting it on any other homescreen.

 

[walkingrock]

I was trying to drag it from the Apps page, and it wouldn't stay there, I got it to work by first dragging to the upper part of the home page, then to the dock at the bottom.

 

[broadwayblues]

I was trying to drag it from the Apps page, and it wouldn't stay there, I got it to work by first dragging to the upper part of the home page, then to the dock at the bottom.

That's how you do it!

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[rvhighway]

You can also do the following for the lock screen:

Settings . . . Security . . . Lock Screen Options . . . Shortcuts

It takes you to a "Set sortcuts on lock screen" page where you can delete them or change their order.

 

[walkingrock]

yeah, but I couldn't change the dock on the home screen there.

 

[dooby68]

I have the same issue with the Galaxy Note 2 - the Home Screen dock (or bottom) icons appear uneditable. It is a pain when you want to edit those you use the most. Any ideas?

 

[bjboucher]

I have the same issue with the Galaxy Note 2 - the Home Screen dock (or bottom) icons appear uneditable. It is a pain when you want to edit those you use the most. Any ideas?

To remove, they work the same as any of the apps on a screen. Just long press and drag to the recycle bin. To add them, unfortunately it appears you have to move the app to a space on one of the screens first, then drag down to the dock area.

 

[paintdrinkingpete]

If you really want full control, try Nova Launcher! It runs so buttery smooth on the S3, that I never notice any lag at all, plus there are lot more options for configuring the dock icons and the general home screens as well.

 

[RoFra]

I have the same issue with the Galaxy Note 2 - the Home Screen dock (or bottom) icons appear uneditable. It is a pain when you want to edit those you use the most. Any ideas?

Did you work it out? Because all advice seems to refer to older/different versions, as no matter how long I long press the bottom app tray icons they seem uneditible. I've tried in 'edit' mode in Applications among many other approaches. I don't want to change launchers as I miss some of the S Pen stuff.. which I may get around to using.

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[JohnAU451]

This was driving me nuts as so many people made suggestions that didn't work on my SG2. Bottom bar disappears when you press and hold.

Press Applications icon
Menu softkey - Edit

You now have a special screen for:
- editing Applications including the bottom bar
- uninstalling apps
- creating folders
- adding screens
- deleting blank screens

Why is this made so unintuitive to find?

 

[moorken]

This was driving me nuts as so many people made suggestions that didn't work on my SG2. Bottom bar disappears when you press and hold.

Press Applications icon
Menu softkey - Edit

You now have a special screen for:
- editing Applications including the bottom bar
- uninstalling apps
- creating folders
- adding screens
- deleting blank screens

Why is this made so unintuitive to find?

guess the developers who made this don't use a SG themselves LOL

 

[rebel_ebeth]

Brilliant, thank you so much for figuring this out! None of the other solutions here worked on my samsung galaxy except this one you found.

 

[verityone]

Thanks, It took me a couple of minutes to get it but it worked great.

 

[Zeb Zigan]

how do i change what they look like???

 

[GSDer]

Welcome to the forums!

how do i change what they look like?

You can't change what the stock app icons look like, but you can use a 3rd party launcher or custom themes to make them appear differently. Search the Google Play Store or look in the various 'show us your Home screen' sub-forums for ideas. Ex. http://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?t=188633

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[Danuda Jayawardena]

Anyone got any ideas of how to customise my lenovo 7 inch idea tab?

 

[Danuda Jayawardena]

I have the same issue with the Galaxy Note 2 - the Home Screen dock (or bottom) icons appear uneditable. It is a pain when you want to edit those you use the most. Any ideas?

 

[GSDer]

Welcome to the forums!

Anyone got any ideas of how to customise my lenovo 7 inch idea tab?

Have you looked at a 3rd party launcher? There are lots of good ones in the Google Play Store, and many of them that have a basic feature set that's free - here are just a few that I've tried that I could recommend:

Action Launcher http://market.android.com/details?id=com.actionlauncher.playstore

Nova Launcher https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...ls?id=com.teslacoilsw.launcher&token=BKcNeRVI

Next Launcher 3D Shell Lite https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...?id=com.gtp.nextlauncher.trial&token=MpBbn5-J

Themer https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...ls?id=com.mycolorscreen.themer&token=sJ5BbmPM

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