When you need to type something and the keyboard does not show up, this could become annoying really easily. This problem is quite common and has several easy solutions most of the time. If the keyboard is not showing, it’s likely the keyboard app has stopped working properly or crashed. Force stopping or restarting the …
Android UI
The on-screen keyboard is a standard feature on Android. Has the onscreen keyboard on your Android phone suddenly gotten smaller? A small keyboard on Android can due to the activation of the One-handed mode. You can easily switch to the normal keyboard by turning off the One-handed mode. To turn off and return to your …
The clock widget on the Home screen of your Android phone lets you conveniently view the time and date when using the device. How do you customize the clock’s look and feel? To change the Home screen clock on Android, you can create a new one: Press and hold the existing clock widget > tap …
There are many reasons you might want to keep the data on your Android device private and secure. One way is to hide folders in your gallery. To hide a folder, go to the file manager app and select the folder you want to hide. Create a new folder with the name “.nomedia”. This basically …
Your Android phone has an edge bar (aka sidebar) feature for easy access to your favorite apps and content from the screen side. How do you move the sidebar upwards or downwards along the side or shift it to the other side? To move the edge bar, touch and hold the bar handle and slide …
While some Android users find the Google search bar on the Home screen useful, others do not and feel it takes up too much screen space. These are common ways to remove the Google search bar from your screen: Touch and hold the Google search bar and tap Remove (phone with custom UI) Use a …
As an Android user, you might have mistakenly checked “Remember My Choice” when selecting an app for an action e.g. opening a link or specific file type. Doing so makes the app the default for that action. How do you change Remember My Choice and can choose another app for a task? You can change …
Most phones today have a home button. However, ever since Apple removed their home button and Samsung allowed users to turn off navigation buttons and use navigation gestures instead, there’s an ongoing debate about which of navigation buttons or navigation gestures is better. Some users feel buttons are a quicker and more intuitive way to …
Are you finding it difficult to go back to your home screen from apps? Does your home button disappear every time you open an app? To get your home button back, swipe up from the bottom of your screen. Once your home button comes back, open Settings > Display > Navigation Bar and select “Button …
When an app takes up the entire screen of your device, it’s typically running in full-screen mode. Can you turn off full-screen mode for an application? You can turn off full-screen mode using Android’s Full-Screen Apps setting. You may also find an appropriate setting in the app itself. A third option is to use a …