Android lets customers pin or lock apps to the display screen. It is a helpful function to forestall different individuals from accessing any apps that aren’t pinned.
When Google launched Android 5.0 Lollipop in 2014, one of many options it introduced was Display screen Pinning which allowed customers to pin or lock an app to the display screen, stopping using different apps when the gadget was handed over to another person. Regardless that the function has existed for a number of years, not many individuals learn about it or know the right way to use it.
Android units have a handful of options that permit them to be simply shared with different individuals. Amongst these are multi-user help and visitor mode. There’s additionally a function referred to as Youngsters House for youthful customers which is out there on choose Android tablets. Whereas a few of these options are native to Android, others are integrated by the producer. For instance, Samsung telephones and tablets have a function referred to as Youngsters Mode that’s fairly totally different from Google’s Youngsters House.
Display screen pinning or App pinning retains an app in view till it’s unpinned. This will come in useful when a person desires to lend their telephone or pill to somebody to make use of a specific app however would not need them snooping round. It can be helpful for adults who hand their telephones to their kids to play a recreation or watch a video on YouTube. By default, Display screen pinning is turned off. To show it on, open the Settings app, scroll down and faucet on Safety & location. Scroll all the way down to Display screen pinning and switch it on. The method may be totally different on some units, so a faster means is to seek for Display screen pinning, App pinning, or Pin home windows (for Samsung units) inside the Settings app. Choose the suitable search consequence and switch it on.
How To Pin An App/Display screen
Some units have a further toggle that requires a PIN, sample, or password earlier than an app is unpinned. This may be turned on for customers who need an additional layer of safety. Different units, like OnePlus telephones, require the telephone’s navigation fashion to be set to the basic three-button navigation as an alternative of gestures earlier than Display screen pinning may be turned on. To pin an app, swipe up and maintain to disclose the Overview or Recents app menu if utilizing gestures, or faucet on the Overview/Recents button to deliver up operating apps. Press and maintain the app to be pinned and choose Pin from the menu that seems.
To pin an app on Samsung telephones, open Recents and faucet on the icon on the high of the app to be pinned. Choose Pin this app within the menu that seems to pin the app. On units operating Android 8.1 and under, open Recents and choose the app to be pinned within the Recents carousel. A big Pin will seem under the app, which may be tapped to pin it. To unpin an app for telephones with the three-button navigation, press and maintain the Again and Overview/Recents key collectively to unpin the app. For these utilizing gesture navigation, swipe up and maintain to unpin. Enter the PIN, sample, or password when required. Android units with a fingerprint scanner may also unlock utilizing a registered fingerprint.
Supply: Google Help
