From: mariasophia@comprehension.com   
      
   VanguardLH wrote:   
   > The app page doesn't give a comparison between the free and paid   
   > versions.  For the free version, are the ads ever displayed when the   
   > shortcuts it creates are used?  How intrusive are the ads within the app   
   > when using it to define shortcuts?  Does it ever display fullscreen ads?   
      
   It's trivial to set one-tap shortcuts to notifications, and it's trivial to   
   create custom icons (if desired) but it's less trivial to set icon size.   
      
   We wrote entire tutorials using the free full no-ad version of Activity   
   Launcher so I'm not sure why the OP appears to be confused about ads.   
      
   As described in many tutorials posted to this newsgroup, it's trivial to   
   find an activity (such as notification history) as long as it's public.   
      
   Then it's trivial to create the one-tap shortcut to that exported activity.   
   It's trivial to change to a custom or stock icon in your shortcut folder.   
      
   The only thing not trivial is changing the size of that icon, where I've   
   tested every known free Android launcher in the past & settled on the last   
   known good version of Nova Launcher by the Klinker Brothers for that task.   
      
   Nova Launcher allows much more control over icon sizing than stock Android.   
      
   You can shrink icons using the Icon Size slider, reduce label size or turn   
   labels off, increase the desktop grid to fit more icons per page, enable   
   subgrid positioning to reduce padding, and use icon packs with smaller   
   artwork. Nova also lets you scale adaptive icons so they do not appear   
   oversized. These options together give much finer control over icon size   
   than Activity Launcher or the default launcher.   
      
   Nova Settings > Look & feel > Icon style > Icon size   
   Nova Settings > Look & feel > Icon style > Label size   
   Nova Settings > Home screen > Desktop grid   
   Nova Settings > Home screen > Subgrid positioning   
   Nova Settings > Look & feel > Adaptive icons   
      
   In addition, Nova supports icon packs, where many packs include icons that   
   are smaller and padded differently. Please see my tutorial on icon packs.   
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