Samsung Galaxy S8: How to Automatically Show All Apps in Home Screen in Android 7.0 Nougat

By default, the home screen layout in Samsung Galaxy S8 is set to Home and Apps screens which makes your phone has a separate Apps screen contains with all your apps that you can access simply by swiping up the bottom of the home screen. While using this layout, you can add shortcuts to your favourite apps on your home screen for faster access. However, if you don't have many apps in your phone and want to be able to access all your apps directly from your home screen, you can set the layout to Home screen only to have your phone disables the Apps screen and shows all your apps in your home screen automatically.


How to set the home screen layout to Home screen only?
As the example, we'll do so by using two different methods: from a home screen and from the settings menu.

Method #1: From a home screen

1. On a home screen, pinch the screen using two fingers or long tap on an empty area to go to the screen where you can customise your home screen.
2. Tap Home screen settings.
   
   
3. Tap Home screen layout.
   
   
4. Select Home screen only and then tap Apply button.
   
   
5. A pop-up window appears to inform you that changing the layout will discard any customisations you have made to the home screen. Tap Apply button to continue applying your selection.
   
   
6. Now, your phone will show all your apps on the home screen for easier access.
   
   

Method #2: From the settings menu

1. On any screen, swipe down the top of the screen to open up the notification panel and then tap to go to the settings menu.
   
   
2. Tap Display.
   
   
3. Tap Home screen.
   
   
4. Tap Home screen layout.
   
   
5. Select Home screen only and then tap Apply button.
   
   
6. A pop-up window appears to inform you that changing the layout will discard any customisations you have made to the home screen. Tap Apply button to continue applying your selection.
   
   


7. Now, your phone will show all your apps on the home screen for easier access.
   
   

Samsung Galaxy S8: How to Auto Align Shortcuts on Home Screen in Android 7.0 Nougat

If you have a messy shortcuts on a home screen in your Samsung Galaxy S8 but have no time to rearrange them manually, you can use the auto align shortcuts feature to easily tidy them up by moving those shortcuts, either widgets or app shortcuts, into a line at the top or the bottom of the screen so you can have a neat home screen in one go.


How to auto align shortcuts on a home screen?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. On a home screen, pinch the screen using two fingers or long tap on an empty area to go to the screen where you can customise your home screen.
2. Swipe the screen to the left or right to find the required home screen you want to align it shortcuts.
3. Tap to move all shortcuts into a line at the top of the screen, or tap to move all shortcuts into a line at the bottom of the screen.
   
   
4. A pop up window appears to tell you that once you align shortcuts on the selected home screen, you cannot go back to your previous arrangement. Tap Apply button to apply your selection. As a note, if you don't like this pop-up appears each time you align shortcuts on your home screen, check the Do not show again option before you tap the Apply button.
   
   
5. The shortcuts on the selected home screen will be aligned.
   
   

Samsung Galaxy S8: How to Add or Remove App Shortcuts on Home Screen in Android 7.0 Nougat

If you have installed many apps in your Samsung Galaxy S8 and it makes you have difficulty when you want to access your favourite apps, you can create shortcuts to those apps on your home screen for easier access.


How to add an app shortcut to a home screen?
As the example, we'll add a shortcut to the Gallery app on a home screen by using the following steps:

1. On a home screen, swipe up the bottom of the screen to access the Apps screen where you can find all your apps. However, if you don't like this way, you can show the Apps icon on the home screen so you can use it to access the Apps screen.
2. Swipe the screen to the left or right to find the Gallery app.
3. To add a shortcut to the Gallery app on a home screen, long tap the Gallery app icon and then select Add shortcut to Home. Alternatively, you can do so by tapping and holding the Gallery app icon and then drag it to an empty area on a home screen.
   
4. A shortcut to the Gallery app has been added on your home screen.
   
   

How to remove an app shortcut from a home screen?
When needed, you can easily remove unused or unwanted app shortcuts from the home screen. As the example, we'll remove the Gallery app shortcut from the home screen by using the following steps:

1. Go to the home screen where the Gallery app shortcut is placed in.
2. Long tap the Gallery app shortcut and then select Remove shortcut.
   
   
3. The Gallery app shortcut has been removed from the home screen.