Screen size keeps changing

[Android Central Question]

Android 9 on moto x4. Screen size is set to 5x5, yet it keeps changing itself to 4w x 5h! App icons get removed from the app tray and others get shuffled out
of place. Reboot returns to the 5x5 setting. I've set up the display size and checked that it hasn't changed.

 

[mustang7757]

Android 9 on moto x4. Screen size is set to 5x5, yet it keeps changing itself to 4w x 5h! App icons get removed from the app tray and others get shuffled out
of place. Reboot returns to the 5x5 setting. I've set up the display size and checked that it hasn't changed.

Are you using a launcher?

 

[Patrick Freudenthal]

The stock "Moto App Launcher" that came with the device may be the source of the instability. Thanks for suggesting this as a place to look.

I've only had the phone a few days - still getting it set up. Just now installed Nova Launcher and will see if that solves the issue (and one other with a widget that refuses to appear in the widget list).

 

[Patrick Freudenthal]

Solved! The issue was with the stock moto launcher that came installed. I installed Nova Launcher and it solved the issue the with screen size being unstable.

 

[B. Diddy]

I just realized you had also posted this issue here: https://forums.androidcentral.com/m...-appearing-list-how-do-i-fix.html#post6544116. Considering that you were having multiple issues with your stock launcher, it would be interesting to see if they resolve by clearing the launcher's app cache and data, as described in my response in that other thread.