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I noticed the Nexus 7 home screen uses a "smartphone style" layout, with the favorites tray at the bottom of the screen, the All Apps button located in the cent
by needle0 14y ago
I noticed the Nexus 7 home screen uses a "smartphone style" layout, with the favorites tray at the bottom of the screen, the All Apps button located in the center of the tray, and the Back/Home/Multitask soft buttons centered.
As far as I remember, previous Android tablets after Honeycomb used a dedicated "tablet style" layout, with no favorites tray, the All Apps button located in the top right of the screen, and the soft keys left-aligned.
Why isn't the Nexus 7 using this? Is it because the 7-inch screen was deemed too small for the tablet style layout? Or has the tablet style layout been deprecated entirely from Jelly Bean?
- jan_g 14y agoCheck out this nexus 7 unboxing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3pePDUVpgI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3pePDUVpgI You have apps and widgets tabs, but probably one can rearrange everything to his own needs. Also, projects like Chameleon offer further customizations.
- ConstantineXVI 14y agoThat bar could get cramped in portrait mode, the phone arrangement is likely more usable.
- ZeroGravitas 14y agoAndroid team member Dianne Hackborn suggests they tried both and liked this way better for the 7" size: https://plus.google.com/105051985738280261832/posts/6eWwQvFGLV8 https://plus.google.com/105051985738280261832/posts/6eWwQvFG...
- skystorm 14y agoThe "why?" has already been answered. So I'll just add that you're free to change it, if you're not afraid of rooting the tablet: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1749501 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1749501