February 28, 2018

iOS App Icons Should Snap to a Grid

Rands published a Tweet asking others to show their iPhone home screens and being the nerd that I am I couldn’t get enough of scrolling through all the replies looking for inspiration. One thing I noticed in quite a few of the replies was many had the apps they use pushed down where you can easily access with one hand. Here is an example:

> Back in Black. [pic.twitter.com/u0B7BLylHM](https://t.co/u0B7BLylHM) > > — Mike Hawkins (@mike\_hawkins) [February 27, 2018](https://twitter.com/mike_hawkins/status/968309577635610624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

Apparently, you can’t do this without janky workarounds like blank home screen or Makeover. I tried the invisible but it’s actually black so you need a black background, and Makeover just seems like too much trouble.

I wish Apple would just make the app icon grid snappable, or drag/drop so I could put stuff where I want. On my phone I only have the top two rows to push the others so I can access them easier and would be much less dim to have this feature included.

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