# Locking position of icons on Android phones **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 17, 2018, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locking-position-of-icons-on-android-phones/806820 "2018-01-17T13:08:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Batano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@Batano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batano)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locking-position-of-icons-on-android-phones/806820/1 "2018-01-17T13:08:19Z")
Probably due to my fat old fingers, but over time the icons on my Android-based smartphone end up all over the place. Is it possible to lock them in place so I don’t accidentally drag them? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locking-position-of-icons-on-android-phones/806820/2 "2018-01-17T13:12:20Z")
You could try a different launcher. I use [Apex](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.anddoes.launcher&hl=en). ---
**Author:** ![Batano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@Batano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batano)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locking-position-of-icons-on-android-phones/806820/3 "2018-01-17T13:31:25Z")
I didn’t know launchers were a thing. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locking-position-of-icons-on-android-phones/806820/4 "2018-01-17T14:52:17Z")
> [@Batano](#): > > I didn’t know launchers were a thing. Thanks That’s just the term that Android used for the Graphical User Interface that sits on top of the Linux. You are already using one–the bundled Android one—you just didn’t realize it because it isn’t advertised that way. ---
**Author:** ![misling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@misling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misling)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locking-position-of-icons-on-android-phones/806820/5 "2018-01-17T20:37:52Z")
Nova Launcher also allows locking the desktop icons. And resizing them, changing their spacing, etc. Nova’s my favorite though I’ve heard Apex is good. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locking-position-of-icons-on-android-phones/806820/6 "2018-01-17T22:24:05Z")
Yeah, Apex also allows you to make the icons bigger or smaller, and have more or fewer per screen. Same goes for the dock. You can spend a long time going through all the modifications it lets you make. (On a different note, I use FiveWallPapers to allow me to have a custom wallpaper image on each page of my home screen.) ---
**Author:** ![Batano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@Batano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batano)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locking-position-of-icons-on-android-phones/806820/7 "2018-01-18T03:49:29Z")
Installed Apex, love it so far.