{"id":21913,"date":"2017-05-24T10:33:32","date_gmt":"2017-05-24T05:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/?p=21913"},"modified":"2017-05-24T10:33:32","modified_gmt":"2017-05-24T05:03:32","slug":"how-to-get-ios-like-homescreen-search-on-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/how-to-get-ios-like-homescreen-search-on-android\/","title":{"rendered":"How to get iOS-like Homescreen Search on Android"},"content":{"rendered":"

Android\u00a0and iOS pack in their own distinctive features but if there\u2019s one thing that Android beats iOS hands down is adaptability. Of course, elements of iOS are opening up to developers yet it\u2019s still nowhere near the adaptability Android offers. If\u00a0you are an Android user, you\u2019d realize that you can get most of the iOS features on Android, because of different applications. Like the iPhone\u2019s swipe-back gesture, you can\u00a0get it on Android effortlessly. Like iOS\u2019 homescreen search functionality, well, you can get it with the cool new Evie launcher.<\/p>\n

We certainly adore iOS\u2019 universal search functionality and while we like Google Now, iOS\u2019 capability to give priority to local data alongside structured results depend on your previous interactions\u00a0truly comes in handy. The latest Evie launcher, launched earlier this month gives the similar functionality on Android. So, without any further ado,\u00a0here\u2019s how to get iOS-like homescreen search on Android with Evie launcher:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Firstly, you will have to\u00a0download<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>the Evie launcher application from the Google Play Store.\u00a0When you first open the application, you will see different slides informing you about the features of the application. You can tap \u201cSkip<\/strong>\u201d and then, select \u201cDone<\/strong>\u201d when you are done with the slides.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Note<\/strong>: The application is only accessible in the US as of now, so if you are from any other country\u00a0but need to try the application, you can download the APK file of the application\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    \"How<\/p>\n[ad type=\u201dbanner\u201d]\n

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    1. The application will then ask you if you want your\u00a0app and folder layout from the previous launcher<\/strong>. Select \u201cYeah!<\/strong>\u201d if you need or \u201cNo thanks<\/strong>\u201d if you want to try Evie from scratch. Then, the application will prompt you to set Evie as the default launcher.\"How<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      3.Once done, you will see the Evie launcher taking over your homescreen.\u00a0You can then\u00a0just swipe down \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 anywhere on the homescreen to bring the iOS-like search panel<\/strong>. You can then search for nearby \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 restaurants, places, movies, music, contacts, applications or anything else and get results in a structured \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 design, just like you would on iOS. While some results open up in card like design with extra features, some \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 web results will open in the Google application.<\/p>\n

      \"How<\/p>\n

      Like iOS, there\u2019s no application drawer here, instead the\u00a0application list is accessible in a sidebar from the left edge<\/strong>. The sidebar features tabs for Apps, Widgets and Settings. You can then\u00a0pick the applications or widgets from this sidebar to place on the homescreen. If you are a fan of Google Now, you can go to Settings tab and\u00a0enable the option to\u00a0launch Google Now with a swipe up<\/strong>.<\/p>\n[ad type=\u201dbanner\u201d]\n

      \"How<\/p>\n

      Try Evie Launcher to Get iOS-like homescreen search on Android<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

      From the looks of it, Evie looks like\u00a0one of the usual Android launchers, yet, once you utilize its iOS-like search feature, we are sure you\u2019ll\u00a0discover it unique.\u00a0Also, the launcher seems light on the resources, as we did not face any lags and moreover, the launcher\u00a0comes with support for icon packs, which is certainly thing news for people who adore utilizing\u00a0various icon packs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      How to get iOS-like Homescreen Search on Android – mobile – Android and iOS pack in their own distinctive features but if there\u2019s one thing that Android<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24634,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1791,46018],"tags":[29384,58098,64415,64407,64412,57009,64399,64402,46894,58220,64413,64404,60089,64410,64403,64405,50501,64406,29517,64416,49559,64401,64408,46930,64400,64411,64414,64409],"class_list":["post-21913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-android","category-mobile","tag-android","tag-android-to-ios","tag-app-ios","tag-apple-ios","tag-apple-ipod","tag-ios","tag-ios-7","tag-ios-8","tag-ios-app","tag-ios-app-store","tag-ios-developer","tag-ios-development","tag-ios-device","tag-ios-download","tag-ios-latest-version","tag-ios-update","tag-ios-versions","tag-ipad","tag-iphone","tag-iphone-4-ios","tag-iphone-ios","tag-iphone-os","tag-iphone-system","tag-iphone-update","tag-latest-ios","tag-latest-ios-version","tag-new-ios","tag-what-is-ios"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}