Is there a facility to magnify when looking at a restaurant menu like the IPhone?

[AC Question]

Saw a video where the iPhone settings can turn the phone I to a little magnifying glass to view a restaurant menu. Wondered if available on the S7 Edge?

 

[jasonandrews25788]

sure ! use this app (Magnifier) :
https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...=mmapps.mobile.magnifier&hl=en&token=F4K_CqFT

 

[underway99]

You can do it without a dedicated app with advertising and data sharing. Just open the camera and zoom on the text.

 

[WalkingHorse]

Saw a video where the iPhone settings can turn the phone I to a little magnifying glass to view a restaurant menu. Wondered if available on the S7 Edge?

It's called 'Magnifier' and it is a widget that comes preinstalled on your phone.

 

[dlgus]

It's called 'Magnifier' and it is a widget that comes preinstalled on your phone.

OMG, these old eyes thank you SO much! lol

 

[WalkingHorse]

I can relate and you're welcome!

 

[Steph6n]

I can relate and you're welcome!

It's curiously not a widget, despite it being in the widget section; it acts like a shortcut and can be dragged and dropped into a folder on the home screen, unlike actual widgets. I was trying to create a customized icon for it and wondered why I could not locate it in the app screen, then realized it was from the widget section, even though it was an icon in a folder.

 

[Rukbat]

A widget is a small app placed on the screen, so it's a widget.

 

[B. Diddy]

A true app shortcut simply opens the app. It's a widget if it opens to a specific feature. Since the Magnifier is part of the Accessibility Suite (and not its own standalone app), that's why the thing you place on the homescreen (that seems like an app shortcut) is technically a widget.

I still think you can just as easily open the Camera app (I use the double-press of the Power button to open it) and zoom in.

 

[serpico]

Funny I was trying to figure this out on my Note 9. Found that built in widget now. Thanks.