The idea
Let an app be given your own name, the way iOS lets you rename a Home Screen bookmark.
Long press an app, More > Rename..., type a name, done. Leaving the field empty puts the
name Android reports back.
The name would show everywhere the app appears: Home, the dock, folders, the App Library
and Spotlight, and the app would sort under the name you chose. Searching the app's
original name should still find it, so renaming Samsung Internet to Browser doesn't make
it unfindable by its real name.
I have this working on my fork and it stayed small: a map of custom names in the saved
state, applied once over the app list the model publishes. Every screen already reads
AppEntry.label, so no display code needed changing. Happy to open a PR if you want it.
Why it helps
Plenty of apps ship with names that are long, generic or just not what you call them:
"Phone by Google", "Samsung Internet", "Messages" vs "Texts". Renaming keeps Home
readable at a glance, which matters most on the cover screen where labels are tight,
and it makes search match the word you'd actually type.
Where it matters
Cover screen, Unfolded, Half folded, Phones and tablets
References
iOS allows this for Home Screen bookmarks. I can attach a screenshot of the rename
dialog if it helps.
The idea
Let an app be given your own name, the way iOS lets you rename a Home Screen bookmark.
Long press an app, More > Rename..., type a name, done. Leaving the field empty puts the
name Android reports back.
The name would show everywhere the app appears: Home, the dock, folders, the App Library
and Spotlight, and the app would sort under the name you chose. Searching the app's
original name should still find it, so renaming Samsung Internet to Browser doesn't make
it unfindable by its real name.
I have this working on my fork and it stayed small: a map of custom names in the saved
state, applied once over the app list the model publishes. Every screen already reads
AppEntry.label, so no display code needed changing. Happy to open a PR if you want it.
Why it helps
Plenty of apps ship with names that are long, generic or just not what you call them:
"Phone by Google", "Samsung Internet", "Messages" vs "Texts". Renaming keeps Home
readable at a glance, which matters most on the cover screen where labels are tight,
and it makes search match the word you'd actually type.
Where it matters
Cover screen, Unfolded, Half folded, Phones and tablets
References
iOS allows this for Home Screen bookmarks. I can attach a screenshot of the rename
dialog if it helps.