CHAPTER 6:  Organize Your Home Screen: Icons and Widgets 
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Tap 
Long  
press 
Launch the app 
tray by tapping 
Launcher icon on 
the center bottom 
of the Home 
screen. 
Long press on the 
desired app by 
pressing until you 
feel the vibration. 
Your app icon will 
appear on the 
Home screen. Long 
press and drag the 
icon to reposition it.  
 
Figure 6–1. Adding icons to the Home screen. 
Follow these steps to add an app to your Home screen: 
1.  Navigate to page of the Home screen you want to modify. 
2.  Open the App tray and find the icon for the app you want to launch. 
3.  Long press the app and keep pressing. 
4.  The App tray will vanish after a few seconds, and you’ll see the Home screen. 
5.  Continue to press down, and then drag your app to the desired position. 
6.  Release your finger. 
Adding Bookmarks to Your Home Screen 
You’re not limited to just App icons. You can also long press a bookmark to add it to 
your Home screen as a shortcut. It will be added to whichever Home screen page you 
viewed immediately before launching the Browser app. You can read more about using 
the Browser app in Chapter 11: “Surfing the Web.” However, if you’re already familiar 
with using the Browser app and adding bookmarks, Figure 6–2 illustrates how to add a 
Browser app bookmark to your Home screen.