Best Way to Get more Screen Density?

[deathsyn]

Hi, I just moved to a Nexus 6 from an Xperia Z Ultra, and I guess I've been rather spoiled by the information density the Sony provided. Chiefly, on my launcher, the Z Ultra is able to provide a 6x6 grid of icons at 1080p. My new Nexus 6 however, only provides 5x5. Also I've noticed my keyboard consumes nearly half the screen with the completion bar enabled. Has anyone got ideas on how I might make the Nexus 6 more like the Xperia Z Ultra in these respects? I've attached photos below to provide clarity (would have just linked from G+, but the rules only let me link after 10 posts, and I'm new here):

Any useful advice here would be greatly appreciated

 

[ejordan]

I'm not actually sure about how to change the keyboard size natively, but for the screen density a lot of people use the Nova Launcher ($5 for the Prime version which I think is more than worth it and worth supporting) and you can change the grid to pretty much any number x number you want. I don't think natively you can do anything about either sadly

 

[deathsyn]

I looked at Nova Launcher, and it claimed to support the grid I wanted, but when I tried to place icons next to each other within it, it kept trying to make folders. Maybe I'm missing something?

 

[ejordan]

I've noticed it's hard if you bump them next to each other especially if you're trying to push an icon over one spot by putting another in it's current position. I just hard press for each into a spot that I've already opened up and don't run into any problems, hopefully it's not giving you that trouble when the icons haven't even touched each other?

 

[deathsyn]

Okay, I monkeyed around with it a bit more, and figured it out. Nova Launcher for the win! I went ahead and bought Prime from the Play Store (down to $4 right now, it looks like) since it works so well! Thanks again for the help!