In the event that you have the impression that the readability of your home screen does not suit you, that you need to make the icons bigger or smaller to see more of them, know that it is possible thanks to the features integrated into the latest versions of Android to do so on your Honor Play 8. We will precisely, in this guide, explain to you how to change the size of the icons on your Honor Play 8? Thus, you will be able to choose the format that best suits you to arrange your home screen optimally.
For this, to begin with, we will find out how to change the size of application shortcuts on the home screen of your Honor Play 8 , then, how to modify it in the list of applications, and, finally, how to use a Launcher to accomplish any changes you want to the size of the application icons of your Honor Play 8.
How to change the size of the application icons on the home screen of an Honor Play 8?
We start by consequently our little guide by revealing you the procedure to follow for change the size of app icons on your home screen.
We therefore present to you the only way that we have found, it is actually a question of using a trick of the customization options of the home screen of your Honor Play 8:
- Unlock your smartphone screen
- On the home screen, do a long press on an empty space or pinch the screen with two of your fingers as if you wanted to zoom out
- Click on the » Home screen settings "And in the" tab Home screen grid »You will be able to choose the distribution of your screen, for example if you select» 4 × 5 »You are going to have the largest possible icons, and fewer application icons displayed on the home screen of your Honor Play 8.
- On the other hand, if you select " 5 × 6 »You will have many more icons and therefore smaller app shortcuts
How to change the size of the icons in the application list of an Honor Play 8?
We now move on to the second part of this article, what is the procedure to change the size of the icons in the application list of your honor play 8? Alas, there is only one way to do it, it is the same as seen just above but by modifying Application grid We have researched several ways to do this, the only possible way that we have found is using of a ROM , unofficial version of Android which will have a different organization and content, but it requires a lot of manipulation, or you can use a Launcher and for that we recommend that you read our next section. You can still, if your wish corresponds to a readability problem change the font of your Honor Play 8.
How to use a Launcher to change the size of icons on Honor Play 8?
Another technique to change the size of the icons on your Honor Play 8 will be to use a Launcher. A Launcher is an application that will replace the software overlay or the basic Android launcher and will consequently give the possibility of organizing the home screens of your smartphone completely differently. We can use icon packs to give a different look that you like more, use the dark mode , position your icons or Widgets anywhere on your screen and in the grid locations… And, of course, the functionality that interests you the most adjust the size of the icons of your Honor Play 8. We will therefore explain the procedure to use Nova Launcher :
- Go to the Google Play Store
- Download and install the app Nova Launcher
- Set the app as the default launcher
- Make a long press on your home screen in an empty space to reach the Launcher settings
- Click on the menu » Icon layout »
- In the setting " Icon size ", Move the cursor to choose the size (in percentage) you want to assign to your icons
If you want customize the home screen of your Honor Play 8, see our article.
In the event that you want a maximum of tutorials to become a master of Honor Play 8, we invite you to consult the other tutorials in the category: Honor Play 8.
