Widgets are the perfect way to add functionality to your Android phone -- here's how to easily drop them onto your home screen.

If you're fairly new to Android widgets, don't worry; they're quite easy to use. You just need to add them to your home screen.

An app drawer is the menu on your Android phone where you can see all of your installed apps and open them. It's one of the ...

Niagara Launcher is a modern, minimalist home screen launcher for Android. Instead of interacting with your applications via the app drawer, you get a customizable and adaptive list front and center ...

Android lets you add a lot of things to your home screens—widgets, shortcuts, folders, apps—so much that organizing it all can get overwhelming.

On your home screen, you really only want to see the apps you use regularly. To add an app to the home screen, tap the button to bring up your full app list.

The GMail app actions menu. How to add an app shortcut to the Android home screen Your email has been sent One feature that brings a serious level of efficiency to Android is App Actions. With ...

By following these steps, you can easily add a PDF shortcut to your Android home screen, making it easier to access your important documents without navigating through multiple menus.

My Android home screen is, for the most part, empty (more on that in a bit). I've always found a home screen filled with app launchers to not only be a confusing mess, but also redundant.