If you have the feeling that the readability of your home screen is not good, that you want to increase the size of the icons or to shrink them to show more, you will be glad to know that it is possible thanks to the features implemented on the latest versions of Android to do it on your Sony Xperia 1. We will precisely, in this guide, teach you how to change the size of the icons on your Sony Xperia 1? Thus, you can define the format that suits you best to organize your home screen optimally.
To do this, first we will see how to change the size of application shortcuts on the home screen of your Sony Xperia 1 , then, how to modify it in the list of applications, and, finally, how to use a Launcher to make any changes you want to the size of the application icons on your Sony Xperia 1.
How to change the size of application icons on the home screen of a Sony Xperia 1?
We therefore start our little tutorial by revealing the manipulation for change the size of app icons on your home screen.
We therefore reveal to you the only way that we have found, it is in fact to use a trick of the customization options of the home screen of your Sony Xperia 1:
- Unlock your mobile phone 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 will have the largest possible icons, and fewer application icons displayed on the home screen of your Sony Xperia 1.
- On the other hand, in the event that 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 a Sony Xperia 1?
We now move on to the second part of this article, what is the technique to change the size of the icons in the application list of your Sony Xperia 1? However, there is only one technique to do this, it is the same as seen above but by modifying Application grid We have researched several ways to do this, the only possible way we have found is using of a ROM , unofficial version of Android which is going to have a different organization and content, but that means a lot of manipulation, or you can use a Launcher and to do this we advise you to read our next section. You can nevertheless, in the event that your wish corresponds to a readability problem change the font of your Sony Xperia 1.
How to use a Launcher to change the size of icons on Sony Xperia 1?
Another technique to change the size of the icons on your Sony Xperia 1 will be to use a Launcher. A Launcher is an application that will replace the software overlay or the basic Android launcher and will therefore allow you to organize your mobile phone's home screens completely differently. We can use icon packs to give a different look that suits you 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 Sony Xperia 1. We are therefore going to teach you how 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 Sony Xperia 1, see our article.
If you are looking for a max of tutorials to become the absolute master of the Sony Xperia 1, we invite you to consult the other tutorials in the category: Sony Xperia 1.
