03-13-2018 04:58 PM
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  1. Martin Storer's Avatar
    Martin Storer
    Until I updated my Galaxy A5 (2017) recently to Android 7.0/Samsung Experience (TouchWiz) 8.1, I could add and delete app icons, widgets and shortcuts from my Touchwiz homescreen. After the update I can't! I can only move things around from one page to the next. Tapping and holding an item no longer brings up the pop-up menu...

    Strangely everything works fine in the secure folder I setup before the update?

    Anybody have any idea how I can get this functionality back?
    09-16-2017 12:05 PM
  2. Javier P's Avatar
    Javier P
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    Hello Martin! Welcome to the forums! Do you have animations disabled in the developer options? If so, change the animator duration scale to 0.5x or 1x and see if the problem persists.
    Craig Pender likes this.
    09-16-2017 12:14 PM
  3. Martin Storer's Avatar
    Martin Storer
    Thanks Javier

    Problem solved.

    I had changed Animations setting to disabled for performance reasons, but it looks like TouchWiz programmers (or library compiler) have failed to take this option into account. Well done for spotting it.

    It's a pity that the Animations option does not allow a more variable setting. 0.5 is still too long for my taste and as an end user I would prefer it to be scalable down to as close to zero as I can get (without upsetting some apps likeTouchWiz).

    Martin
    Javier P likes this.
    09-19-2017 03:06 AM
  4. Craig Pender's Avatar
    Craig Pender
    So have to enable animations, remove the icon, then re-disable animations. Wow that's stupid. I'm not sure how you figured that out, but thank you!
    09-29-2017 06:50 PM
  5. Javier P's Avatar
    Javier P
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    It seems that the latest update fixed the problem. Take a look.

    https://forums.androidcentral.com/sh...d.php?t=835261
    09-30-2017 07:16 AM
  7. ebk02's Avatar
    ebk02
    Originally Posted by Martin Storer
    Until I updated my Galaxy A5 (2017) recently to Android 7.0/Samsung Experience (TouchWiz) 8.1, I could add and delete app icons, widgets and shortcuts from my Touchwiz homescreen. After the update I can't! I can only move things around from one page to the next. Tapping and holding an item no longer brings up the pop-up menu...

    Strangely everything works fine in the secure folder I setup before the update?

    Anybody have any idea how I can get this functionality back?
    Install Google App Drawer and all functionality returns
    03-13-2018 04:58 PM
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