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   Chris Green to Andy Burns   
   Re: Android 15 - icons with no text that   
   22 Sep 25 09:25:50   
   
   From: cl@isbd.net   
      
   Andy Burns  wrote:   
   > Chris Green wrote:   
   >   
   > > I have just got a tablet running Android 15.   
   > >   
   > > It has a row of app icons across the bottom of the screen that don't   
   > > have the app name below them and can't be removed.   
   >   
   > The bottom row of icons is called the favourites bar (they are common   
   > across multiple home pages if you scroll left/right)   
   >   
   > You can add/remove icons from the favourites bar, but you won't get the   
   > space back for anything else, I keep common icons like   
   > dialler/sms/firefox/thunderbird/camera there.   
   >   
   > > If I drag one up then the 'Remove' isn't there, it has 'Cancel'   
   > > instead and dragging the app icon to it does nothing.   
   >   
   > I'm on a Pixel with android16 (and the QPR1 UI refresh), if I do a   
   > long-press, then drag an icpn from the bottom row, I do get the remove   
   > 'pill' at the top, if there is a copy of the favourite icon on the home   
   > screen *then*/ I get cancel pill instead of remove pill.   
   >   
   > > How can I get rid of them? Several also appear as 'normal' icons with   
   > > text under that can be removed.   
   >   
   > As above, I think those several which also exist as normal icons will   
   > trigger the cancel, not the remove?  I'm not sure what the logic is   
   > there ...   
   >   
   OK, thanks, especially the last paragraph, it's the lack of sense as   
   to how it works that I was finding a bit confusing.   
      
   I'm trying some different launchers to try and get things more the way   
   I like, currently Niagara Launcher is the front runner.   
      
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