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How to create empty placeholder folders using the Nova free app launcher on Android (or any launcher)
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Arlen Holder
Dec 29, 2020, 8:05:14 PM12/29/20
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How to create empty placeholder folders using the Nova free app launcher
(this probably works with any app launcher on Android)
o <https://i.postimg.cc/vmLp9fv1/placeholder01.jpg>
o <https://i.postimg.cc/MT6gYHs9/placeholder02.jpg>
o <https://i.postimg.cc/9MLKg2KC/placeholder03.jpg>
In the olden days, on my Samsung Galaxy S3, as I recall anyway, whatever
launcher I had on that S3 would create an empty placeholder folder simply
by longpressing on the homescreen; but that launcher didn't do all the
other really nice stuff that the Nova free app launcher does by default:
o Nova Launcher, by TeslaCoil Software, free, ad free, GSF dependent
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.launcher>
Today I figured out a way to create empty placeholder folders on Nova free!
o It probably works for _all_ launchers, given it's so ridiculously simple!
1. Use any method you like to create a blank PNG icon.
I chose to download & install "Blank Icon/Widget", by Straight Up
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.blankicon>
I used "Blank Icon" to create a blank icon in my Android DCIM folder
o Internal/DCIM/blankicon.png
2. Set any desired existing app to customize the icon to this blank icon.
(I chose my own "hello world" app; but any app will do as well.)
Put two of those arbitrary apps together to create a new folder
Name that new folder "placeholder" (or whatever you want).
3. Longpress on each app icon to delete the name & set the app icon:
a. Delete the "hello world" name of the app
b. Set the app icon to the blankicon.png you just created
Voila!
Now you have a placeholder folder on your homescreen using Nova launcher!
o <https://i.postimg.cc/vmLp9fv1/placeholder01.jpg>
o <https://i.postimg.cc/MT6gYHs9/placeholder02.jpg>
o <https://i.postimg.cc/9MLKg2KC/placeholder03.jpg>
See also:
o Tutorial: How to easily change Android app shortcut icons & app names
<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.mobile.android/3bu27OTTdGY>
o What free Android launcher do you use (if it's not the stock launcher)?
<https://groups.google.com/g/comp.mobile.android/c/UglKvJEYlHU/>
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Posted out of the goodness of my heart, so that we increase our knowledge.
(this probably works with any app launcher on Android)
o <https://i.postimg.cc/vmLp9fv1/placeholder01.jpg>
o <https://i.postimg.cc/MT6gYHs9/placeholder02.jpg>
o <https://i.postimg.cc/9MLKg2KC/placeholder03.jpg>
In the olden days, on my Samsung Galaxy S3, as I recall anyway, whatever
launcher I had on that S3 would create an empty placeholder folder simply
by longpressing on the homescreen; but that launcher didn't do all the
other really nice stuff that the Nova free app launcher does by default:
o Nova Launcher, by TeslaCoil Software, free, ad free, GSF dependent
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.launcher>
Today I figured out a way to create empty placeholder folders on Nova free!
o It probably works for _all_ launchers, given it's so ridiculously simple!
1. Use any method you like to create a blank PNG icon.
I chose to download & install "Blank Icon/Widget", by Straight Up
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.blankicon>
I used "Blank Icon" to create a blank icon in my Android DCIM folder
o Internal/DCIM/blankicon.png
2. Set any desired existing app to customize the icon to this blank icon.
(I chose my own "hello world" app; but any app will do as well.)
Put two of those arbitrary apps together to create a new folder
Name that new folder "placeholder" (or whatever you want).
3. Longpress on each app icon to delete the name & set the app icon:
a. Delete the "hello world" name of the app
b. Set the app icon to the blankicon.png you just created
Voila!
Now you have a placeholder folder on your homescreen using Nova launcher!
o <https://i.postimg.cc/vmLp9fv1/placeholder01.jpg>
o <https://i.postimg.cc/MT6gYHs9/placeholder02.jpg>
o <https://i.postimg.cc/9MLKg2KC/placeholder03.jpg>
See also:
o Tutorial: How to easily change Android app shortcut icons & app names
<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.mobile.android/3bu27OTTdGY>
o What free Android launcher do you use (if it's not the stock launcher)?
<https://groups.google.com/g/comp.mobile.android/c/UglKvJEYlHU/>
--
Posted out of the goodness of my heart, so that we increase our knowledge.
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