Want your Android home-screen icons to stay where you put them? BIG Launcher keeps button editing separate from everyday use. Holding and then dragging a regular BIG Launcher home-screen button does not rearrange its icon. With the full version, you can also password-protect the configuration controls.
On a conventional launcher, an accidental long press can expose controls for moving or removing an icon. BIG Launcher keeps those editing controls in its menu, separate from everyday use.
Put the actions you use in predictable places
Start with the buttons you need most. You can assign an app, contact details, a direct call or SMS action, a website shortcut, or a link to another BIG Launcher screen.
- On the BIG Launcher home screen, tap the three dots ⋮ next to the clock.
- Choose Set buttons, then tap the button you want to change.
- Choose its function and finish the setup.
- Try the button once. Check that its label makes sense and that it opens the action you intended.
The free version lets you customize buttons in the right column. The full version unlocks the rest of the button layout and password protection.
If you need more room, add a screen through Preferences → Customize buttons and screens → Add screen. Then choose how you want to reach it:
- Open it with a button. In Set buttons, assign Go to screen to a button. This gives you a visible route to the next screen without needing a swipe.
- Swipe left or right. Enable Preferences → Screens’ options → Use swipe to navigate screens for side-by-side screens, like a conventional launcher.
You can combine both. Keep two everyday screens a swipe apart, with a Social apps button that opens a separate screen of social-network shortcuts. Or make a Family button open a screen of family photos, each set to call that person. Choose the arrangement that feels familiar; adding more apps need not crowd the first screen.
Password-protect the configuration
In the full version, protect the menu once the layout is right:
- Tap ⋮ → Preferences → Preferences menu.
- Enable Protect menu.
- Open Password and set a password you will remember.
This protection also covers Set buttons. You can still change the layout when you want to; you enter the password first.
Keep a secure record of that password. BIG Launcher has no password-recovery option, and reinstalling it resets the settings. The password protects BIG Launcher configuration, not all Android settings or other apps.
When your current launcher’s layout lock is enough
You may not need a different home screen. Look in your current launcher’s settings for a layout-lock option. Samsung, for example, offers Lock Home screen layout to prevent home-screen items from being removed or repositioned. If that resolves your problem and the rest of the home screen suits you, keep it.
Samsung’s layout lock is not password-protected, so it can be turned off again in Settings. It also does not protect against uninstalling apps from the Apps screen: a removable app can still offer Uninstall in its app-list menu. This is different from removing a home-screen shortcut. The exact menus vary by Galaxy model and software version.
BIG Launcher is worth choosing when you also want a simpler screen built around a small set of clearly labelled actions, with configuration kept behind a password. Its regular buttons do not enter a drag-to-rearrange mode during ordinary use.
Check the layout without changing anything important
- Choose a harmless app button, such as Calculator—not SOS or a direct-call button.
- Tap it, return Home, then hold and drag it. Check that its position and label stay the same.
- Open Set buttons deliberately. Check that the password is required, then leave without changing the button.
Make the home screen familiar—and keep it that way
Try the button layout first. If it suits you, the full version lets you customize all buttons and protect the configuration with a password.
