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I've been using Android since the G1. I don't think I've ever had the search bar on the home screen for more than a couple minutes after getting a new phone.
by paholg 3y ago
I've been using Android since the G1.
I don't think I've ever had the search bar on the home screen for more than a couple minutes after getting a new phone.
My in-app web views are also in Firefox. I'm pretty sure just changing the default browser changes this, though there may be a second setting I'm forgetting about.
This is actually my main sticking point on refusing to try iOs. You can't even install Firefox on an iPhone, their "Firefox" is just a wrapper around Safari.
- sphars 3y agoThe search bar on the home screen referenced by OP is a Pixel launcher exclusive, which is the default installed launcher on Pixel devices. You can't remove it. You can install an third-party launcher however. You can also use a widget provided by a browser app to put a search bar on the homescreen (all major browsers have such an option). For the most part, my webviews are in FF (selected as my default browser), but it depends on what app launches the webview. Sometimes it defaults to Chrome.
- paholg 3y agoAh, I have a Pixel phone but have been using a third-party launcher for so long that I don't even know what the default looks like anymore.
- data-ottawa 3y agoI was wrong about the web views, I didn’t realize they updated because it seems like app developers can choose to use specific web views instead of the system one. Also wrong about the launcher, I’m relatively new to Android and hadn’t seen any settings for it.