Hey all,

I wanted to share a new workaround I found. TL;DR see "WORKAROUND BEGINS HERE"

Many of us are annoyed by the very limited nature of OOS launcher.

One such limitation is the number of icons you can have on the home screen: Either 4x6 or 5x6

I remembered seeing some YT videos of some iOS mods that used widgets with launchers built-in and that got me to thinking about doing this in Android.

WORKAROUND BEGINS HERE

Sure enough, I found a program that lets you make a widget launcher that even works with custom icon packs!

The free app is called Quickshort: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.atolphadev.quikshort

I have no relation to this app/dev. This app will let you put many icons inside the widget, with spacing as you desire.

STEPS:

1. Install Quickshort and run.

2. If you use a custom icon pack, go to Shortcut Settings in the app and choose your icon pack.

3. From there, it is easier to create your shortcuts first, to each app.

4. After your shortcuts are created, create a "group".

5. Add your shorcuts to the group.

6. There are options to adjust background transparency, remove labels, etc in the group settings.

7. You will note there is an option at the bottom of the group page to reorder the shortcuts.

8. Save your group and add your widget to homescreen.

A few notes:

1. The screenshot attached is an example of what it looks like for me within OOS launcher.

2. You'll note that the page dot is missing. That's because I'm using a wallpaper from the Backdrops app. It seems that if the wallpaper has only a tiny amount of white in the spot where that dot is, OOS launcher ignores it and doesn't turn the dot black.

3. My icon pack, if anyone wants to know is something I made in Icon Pack Studio. It's called "Flat Clean Light". It's nothing fancy and entirely free. Search for it in Icon Pack Studio.

Enjoy!

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