Android launcher update adds auto-rotate, forces icon size consistency Android developers won't follow the guidelines, so Google is forcing apps to comply.

Android finally supports launcher auto-rotate, app icon size consistency By Tim Schiesser January 14, 2016, 9:30. ... the default homescreen app for Android, is auto-rotate support.

In fact, with the last beta release (Beta 3) of Android Q Google re-added a 3-button navigation mode as well, and anyone using that mode were also able to see the icon and activate rotation lock.

Android has long offered an option to rotate your phone's UI based on orientation, and while Google did improve things with Android 9 Pie, by adding a small rotate button that appears when you ...

As seen in the screenshots below, Android 13 QPR1 (at the right) makes the bottom-left rotate button bigger and therefore easier to tap. The size of the rectangular rotate icon is unchanged, while ...

So long inconsistent app icons in the Android launcher: Ars Technica reports that Google is updating the app menu to enforce icon size consistency. The update also brings auto-rotation to the app ...

The update brings some meaningful new features, like support for new Live Updates notifications that can better keep you aware of ongoing processes like food deliveries, plus a full-fledged desktop ...

Android 16 Beta 1. Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra first ... Android P DP4 introduces new rotation toggle icon, gives it more prominent placement in gesture nav navigation. By Ryan Whitwam. Published Jul ...

Android 9 Pie was released at the beginning of last week, and it brings a number of interesting features, including a rather useful new rotation suggestion feature, and that feature is also ...

Tapping this icon will rotate the screen accordingly. Again, this doesn’t count as using the system-wide auto-rotate toggle seen in the dropdown menu or settings page.

Eh. I've been using L Launcher for about a year. These feature have been around in other launchers for a while. Perfectly fine and solid launcher. Only issue is when the phone is in battery saver ...