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Subject: [iDevices] App Management in iOS 15: Rita’s iDevice Advice for October
25, 2021
App Management in iOS 15: Rita’s iDevice Advice for October 25, 2021
How to move and App, How to Share an App, and How to Access the App Library:
How to move an App on your Apple iOS Device:
Here are instructions using VO gestures.
1. 1-finger flick right or left to the app you want to move.
2. 1-finger flick up until you hear "edit mode".
3. 1-finger double tap on "edit mode".
4. 1-finger flick up until you hear "drag app-name".
5. 1-finger double tap this option.
6. 1-finger flick right or left to the app near which you wish to reposition
the dragged app.
7. 1-finger flick up through the choices and 1-finger double tap the one you
want. You should hear:
- stop editing
- add new-app-name to the drag
- drop app-name before new-app-name
- drop app-name after new-app-name
- create new folder containing app-name and new-app-name
Note 1 - after you choose what you want, you will still be in "edit mode".
Note 2 - "edit mode" will automatically turn off after ten (10) seconds if no
action is taken.
Note 3 - to move an app to another page, follow the above suggestions two enter
edit mode, and choose to drag the app. Then choose the next page with the page
selector, and proceed to find where you want the app to be dropped.
===
How to Share Apps from the Home Screen
When you want to share an app, If you have the app downloaded to your iPhone,
you can easily share it right from your Home Screen or app folder.
When running VoiceOver, perform a one finger double tap gesture when the
directions say to tap on an item.
You can share an app directly from your Home Screen or from a folder on your
Home Screen:
• Long press the app icon until a menu appears.
• Tap Share App.
• Select the method for sharing, whether that be via AirDrop, Messages,
Facebook Messenger, or another method.
• Enter the name of the person you want to share the app with, and select
their name, and tap the Send arrow.
When you want to share an app, there are a couple of ways to go about it. If
you have the app downloaded to your iPhone, you can easily share it right from
your Home Screen or app folder. If you'd like to share an app that you don't
have downloaded or easily accessible, you can also share it from the App Store,
which only takes a few additional steps.
Note: When running VoiceOver, perform a one finger double tap gesture when the
directions say to tap on an item.
You can share an app directly from your Home Screen or from a folder on your
Home Screen. Here's how:
• Long press the app icon until a menu appears.
• Tap Share App.
• Select the method for sharing, whether that be via AirDrop, Messages,
Facebook Messenger, or another method.
• Enter the name of the person you want to share the app with, and
select their name, and tap the Send arrow.
====
How to Share an App from the App Store
If you don't have easy access to the app on your Home Screen (such as if you've
hidden or deleted the app), you can still share it from the App Store. Follow
these steps:
• Open the App Store app.
• Select the Search tab by tapping on the magnifying glass in the
lower-right corner.
• Tap into the search bar and enter the name of the app you wish to
share.
• Tap Search on the keyboard, or select the correct app from the
suggested results.
• Tap on the app name of the app you'd like to share.
• Tap on the Share icon.
• Select the method for sharing, whether that be via AirDrop, Messages,
Facebook Messenger, or another method.
• Enter the name of the person you want to share the app with, select
their name, and tap the Send arrow.
You can also use these directions to share web pages you have created, and
those bookmarked pages can easily be shared in the same way.
===
How to Use the iPhone App Library:
The App Library automatically sorts your apps into folders and also offers an
alphabetical directory where you can search for any app you have downloaded.
This takes away the difficulty of searching through your Home screen for
lesser-used apps, and offers helpful suggestions when you're not sure which of
your apps would best suit your purpose.
In addition to being able to put Widgets on your home screen, you can now
remove apps without uninstalling them. A new top-level screen called the App
Library contains all the apps installed on your iPhone. Mastering the App
Library is key to keeping a tidier and organized iPhone and quickly being able
to find the app you want. The App Library is located to the right of your last
home screen.
When running VoiceOver, perform a 3 finger swipe gesture (from right to left)
to advance screens of apps, until you get past the last page of apps and then
the App Library will appear with one more 3 finger swipe gesture.
You can also get to the App Library by selecting the Page selector, which is
located just above the Doc and is represented by dots. If you have 5 pages of
Apps, then there are 5 dots in the page selector area. You can flick up and
down with one finger to go forward and backward through the pages of Apps on
your iOS device. When you keep flicking up, you will go past the last page of
apps and then there will appear the App Library. If you keep flicking down,
you will arrive at the "Today View" which used to be Page 1 in prior versions
of the iOS.
When you do get to the App Library, you do not have to organize this screen.
All your apps will appear in little four-square boxes. The upper left box is
always Suggestions. This will show four apps that Siri has determined you are
likely to use based on the time of day, your location, etc. It gets smarter the
more you use your iPhone, and the suggestions are calculated entirely on your
device. No data about your app use, habits, or location is ever shared.
In the upper right you will find Recently Added, which is self-explanatory. It
shows apps you have most recently installed. Tap the big app icons to launch
the app. Tap the small four-square group to open the category folder. Beneath
that are four-square folders that are auto-arranged by app category. Apple
automatically determines to which category an app belongs, Each of these boxes
will show three full-size app icon together with a little four-icon grouping in
the lower right. Apple does not make it clear, but if you tap a full-size app
icon the app will launch. If you tap the little four-icon grouping, you will
open up a view of all the apps in that category. The category boxes themselves
are not always in the same place. They will reorder themselves based on which
apps you use most often.
Searching the App Library: If you do not want to open and close the app
category boxes looking for the app you need, search is the way to go. Just drag
down on the App Library, or tap the search box, to get an alphabetical index of
all your apps. Tap the search box at the top of the screen, or swipe down
anywhere on the screen, and you can search by name or scroll through an
alphabetical list of all the apps on your iPhone.
Adding apps to the home screen: If there is an app in the App Library that is
not on your home screen, it is easy to add. Just tap and hold on an app icon
until you see the context menu, and choose Add to Home Screen. If an app
already exists on your home screen, you won't see that option. Long-press an
icon in the App Library to add it to your home screen.
Adding an app to your home screen does not remove it from the App Library it
will always contain all the apps on your iPhone. You can also enter jiggle mode
and drag apps off the left edge of the App Library to place them on your home
screen.
Removing individual apps from the home screen: If you want an app to exist in
the App Library but do not want an icon on your home screen, that is easy to
do. Tap and hold on the app until the context menu pops up. Choose Remove App
and you will be presented with a popup with three options: Cancel, Remove from
Home Screen, or Delete. Just long-press an app icon to remove it from your home
screen. It will stay in your App Library, if you choose. Delete will remove the
app entirely, but Remove from Home Screen will simply take the icon away, and
it will still exist in the App Library where it always has been.
Removing pages of apps from the home screen: You can remove entire pages of
apps (and widgets) from the home screen, too. Tap and hold on an empty space of
your home screen to enter jiggle mode and then tap on the little page indicator
near the bottom of the screen. Enter jiggle mode and tap the page indicators to
disable or enable entire home screen pages. This will bring up an Edit Pages
screen where you can select or de-select entire home screen pages. If you
de-select one, it will no longer appear on your home screen, but all those apps
will always be in your App Library. Your iPhone saves those layouts, so you can
simply re-enable them later.
Downloading apps to the App Library: Once you get used to a minimalist home
screen with just a few widgets and app icons, it is hard to go back to all that
clutter. When you download a new app from the App Store, it will still appear
on your home screen, but you can change that behavior. You can download apps
without cluttering up your home screen. If you want new app downloads to skip
the home screen and only appear in your App Library, open Settings, tap on Home
Screen, then select whether you want new app download to appear in both the App
Library and the home screen, or just the App Library. You can also choose to
show notification badges (the red dots in the corner with numbers) on App
Library icons. Remember, all your apps are always in the App Library.
=====
Useful shortcuts on your Apple iOS device:
here are useful shortcuts in the Apple iOS Shortcuts app that are little
widgets that can automate app actions for you. Some of them are just for fun,
and others can prove really useful in everyday life. You can browse for the
shortcuts by searching for what you would like a shortcut to do in the Shortcut
app's Gallery section. To access this, simply tap on "Gallery" at the bottom
right of your Shortcut app's screen.
Shortcuts gets your iPhone's apps to work together in a sequence to generate a
useful action. There are official Apple-created Shortcuts and user-generated
ones too. Some Shortcuts bring Siri voice control into play, such as the fun
"Say Cheese" Shortcut which lets you grab a hands-free photo by saying "Siri,
say cheese" to your phone.
A classic example of an official Shortcut that you tap to activate is the "Home
ETA" Shortcut. No matter where you are, this Shortcut uses the Maps app to see
where you're at, looks at your pre-programmed home address to see how long it
will take you to get there, then uses your Messages app to generate an SMS with
your ETA, and sends this information to a pre-selected contact. So, once
you've initially entered the required data in the Shortcut sequence, all this
happens by simply tapping on the Shortcut in your Shortcuts library.
Home ETA looks at your current location, sees how far away you are from your
pre-loaded home address, and calculates how long it will take you to return to
base. It then messages a pre-selected contact to give them your ETA.
Get Siri to snap a hands-free photo
Say Cheese is a brilliantly named Shortcut that uses the Siri integration to
grab a snap from your iPhone's camera. For iOS 13 users, if you "Say Cheese" to
Siri it will launch the Shortcut and take a hands-free photo.
===
How to Remove Apps from the Home Screen without Deleting Them from Your iPhone:
One of the many ways iOS 14 allows you to customize your iPhone Home screen is
by giving you the option to delete apps from your Home screen without deleting
them entirely. This enables you to keep your Home screen clean by only
featuring the apps you want the quickest access to, while allowing you to still
access the apps you removed from your Home screen, through the App Library.
Keep your Home screen clean but all your apps available with these easy steps.
Note: If you are using VoiceOver: when the instructions say "Tap on an item",
perform a one finger double tap.
How to Delete Apps from Your Home Screen in iOS 14 1. Long press a blank part
of your Home screen until the apps start to wiggle.
2. Swipe to the app page with the app icon you want to remove 3. Tap the
minus (-) symbol on the top left of the app icon.
4. Tap Remove from Home Screen.
The app will still be accessible through the App Library but will no longer be
featured on your Home screen.
===
the organization of apps and widgets on the Home Screen, App Library, and Today
View:
These can be edited in various ways.
To start editing, focus on an app or widget, swipe down with one finger to the,
“Edit mode,” rotor action and double-tap. You can then use the actions rotor
to drag apps and widgets by focusing on them, selecting to start a drag
session, moving to where you want to move the items, and then selecting to drop
them at that location.
To add a widget to the Home Screen, double-tap the, “Add widget,” button and
select the one you want to add. If you opt to place one app directly on top of
another, a folder is created, which iOS will attempt to name based on the
categorization of the apps inside it; dragging all but one app out of a folder
will disband the folder.
To delete or hide an app, move to it while in edit mode, double-tap it, and
confirm whether you want to delete it from your device, move it to the App
Library, or cancel the operation.
===
The structure and architecture with in Apple iOS software and with in apps:
App architecture:
The top of the screen
• Back button. The back button typically lives at or near the top-left
corner of your screen. When pressed, it will take you back to the previous
screen, category or menu. Visually, it is represented by a left-arrow. With
Voiceover, you may hear something like, “Settings, back button.” Voiceover is
reporting the back button as well as the previous category you will return to
if this button is pressed.
• Edit button. Edit buttons also live near the top-left corner of your
screen in native iOS apps. The edit button lets you make changes to the
information on the current screen. For example, finding your contact card, and
then finding the Edit button will let you edit your own contact information.
• Done button. When you are finished making changes to information, you can
find the Done button near the top-left corner of your screen. This acts as a
confirmation button to save the changes you’ve made. This may also appear as a
Save button.
• Cancel button. This button occurs at the top-left corner in many native
iOS apps. It will cancel any changes you’ve made and close out the screen.
The bottom of the screen
Tab bars
A tab bar is a set of two to five tabs that let you move to different sections
of an app. It lies along the bottom of your screen from left to right.
Visually, tabs are often translucent, and may or may not have a background tint
to them. Let’s use the phone app as an example of what Voiceover may report
when encountering a tab bar.
• Tab bar announcement. As of iOS 14, Voiceover will announce that you have
encountered a tab bar when focus moves to the bottom of the screen.
• Tab name. Voiceover will announce the name of the tab you’ve encountered.
For example, “Keypad, tab.”
• Tab position. Voiceover will announce the position of the focused tab in
relation to how many tabs there are. For example, “Keypad, tab, 4 of 5.”
• Selection. When you double-tap a tab, its content will appear on the
screen. Along with this, you will hear that your chosen tab is selected. For
example, “Selected, keypad tab, 4 of 5.”
Tool bars
Just like a tab bar, a tool bar is a set of buttons that lies along the bottom
of your screen from left to right. Tab bars let you move between sections of an
app, whereas tool bars give you a list of actions to perform. An easy tool bar
to explore appears in your Safari app, which serves as your internet browser.
Let’s talk about what you will hear.
• Tool bar announcement. As of iOS 14, Voiceover will announce that you have
encountered a tool bar when focus moves to the bottom of the screen.
• Button name. Tool bars contain buttons that can be pressed to perform
actions. In Safari’s tool bar, you may hear, “Share, button.” Double-tapping
this will bring up an iOS share sheet.
The middle of the screen
This is where the main content of your app will appear. Let’s talk about what
you’ll find.
• Items. The items in your app will be different depending on which app
you’re working in. In the Voicemail tab of your Phone app, your items are
voicemails. In your inbox of your Mail app, your items are emails.
• Categories. These are sets of items or selectable options. Your Settings
app contains a wealth of categories represented by buttons.
• Actions. These are actions related to working with the individual item
you’ve found. These actions can vary depending on which app you’re in.
Voiceover will report to you that actions are available. This means you can
swipe up or down to move through your list of actions, and double-tap to
perform an action. Visually, lists of actions may appear after you perform a
long-press on an item, or they may appear as a button with three dots that
needs to be pressed.
Scrolling through content
There are a few ways to scroll through pages of content in an app.
• Headings. Headings separate your app into sections for easier navigation.
You can use the headings item in your rotor to move through these. Use your
rotate gesture until you hear, “Headings.” Swipe up to move to the previous
heading, and swipe down to move to the next heading.
• Scroll gestures. Voiceover lets you scroll with three-finger swipe
gestures. Swipe up with three fingers to scroll down, and swipe down with three
fingers to scroll up. While scrolling, Voiceover will report your position and
progress. You will hear things like, “Rows 1 through 10 of 50. Rows 10 through
20 of 50,” etc.
• Indexes. An index is an alphabetically organized list of items. The index
in your contacts list of your phone can be used to navigate quickly through
your address book. When you encounter this element with Voiceover, you will
hear, “Section index, adjustable.” Swipe up or down to move through the list of
letters of the alphabet, and swipe right to hear items corresponding to that
letter.
• Vertical scroll bar. The vertical scroll bar appears and extends
vertically down the right edge of your screen. It gives you a quicker way to
scroll through what may be pages and pages of items. When encountering this
with Voiceover, you may hear, “Vertical scroll bar, five pages, 10 percent,
adjustable.” Swipe up or down with one finger to adjust the percentage you
hear. If you need to find something near the end, try swiping down until you
hear, “90%,” and then explore the middle of your screen for the item you want.
App inconsistencies
Sometimes, apps can behave unexpectedly or inconsistently. Here are some
examples of what you may find.
• Unclear tab bars. Tab bars are usually good at telling you what you will
find when you select one. Some, may have tabs that are labeled in a vague or
confusing way.
• Poorly structured tab bars. The last tab in a tab bar usually marks the
end of the content on your screen, letting you swipe no further. Some tab bars,
however, will let you swipe out of them and into the contents of your screen.
This can be disorienting.
• Rotor focus changes. Sometimes you will try to swipe through rotor
actions, only to hear characters instead! Refocus your list of actions by
performing your rotate gesture to the left.
• Unlabeled buttons. Well-developed, accessible apps will have buttons that
tell you what will happen when you press them. Some apps, however, are filled
with buttons that will only say, “Button,” when encountered with Voiceover. You
can remedy this by using the Label Element feature of Voiceover. Here’s how to
do this.
Touch the unlabeled item to bring it into Voiceover focus.
Perform a two-finger double-tap, and hold, keeping your fingers pressed to the
screen after the second tap. You will hear three beeps, and Voiceover will say,
“Alert, label element.”
You now have a text field on the screen. Type or dictate the label you are
assigning. For example, “Back,” for a back button.
Find and double-tap the save button to save your label. You now have a back
button instead of a mystery button!
App crashes
Sometimes, apps will crash and become unusable. Here are a couple of solutions
you can try.
• Reactivate Voiceover. If Voiceover has been rendered unresponsive, summon
Siri and say, “Turn Voiceover on.”
• Exit and reenter the app. Move back to the home screen via the home
gesture or home button, then double-tap the app again.
• Close and reopen the app. Activate the app switcher, and close the unruly
app with a three-finger swipe up. Then, move back to the home screen and open
the app again.
• Contact Apple Accessibility. If you have feedback about a particularly
buggy or inaccessible app, you can contact their accessibility support hotline
by calling 1-877-204-3930.
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