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When using a smartphone, it is surprisingly many to open "settings".The contents are diverse, such as the lighting time of the display, the connection to the Wi-Fi, and the change in the character input settings.However, the setting menu has a large number, some have a deep hierarchy, and it often takes time to call the necessary items.Simple items, such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth on / off, and in-flight mode, can be operated with the quick setting panel buttons on the notification, but there are many things that are not here.

What I want to use in such a case is a shortcut to the setting menu.If you create a shortcut to the required setting screen in advance, you can access directly from the home screen like an application.Android has a function to create a shortcut set as a widget, so there is no way not to use it.

However, shortcuts that can be created with the standard functions as widgets have a limited function that can be accessed.In such a case, I would recommend using the shortcut creation app.If you use such an app, you can call a specific screen of the app in one shot.Here, I would like to introduce tricks related to such shortcuts.Since Android has its own implementation for each manufacturer, there is also a difference in functions, so here we will introduce the procedure as an example of Google genuine smartphone, "Pixel 6 Pro".

ウィジェット設定から簡単に作れる

Changes to the settings may take many times to tap the screen, so it takes a lot of time.For example, if you want to change the time before the display automatically turns off, the procedure is as follows.First, tap the "settings" of the gear mark on the home screen or the quick setting of the notification, open the "Display", tap "Turn off the screen", and select the time you want to change.You can see that just writing in this way will take a lot of time.

Depending on how you use it, the lighting time of the display may change frequently.In the case of the author, when using a Pixel 6 Pro voice recorder, the time to turn off is longer.This is to check the text written with the voice recorder feature function.In this case, the lighting time is set to 30 minutes.On the other hand, 30 minutes is too long for normal use.It has never been shortened, as it can be a factor that consumes the battery.

What I want to do in such a case is the creation of a shortcut.

If you press and hold a place where the icon on the home screen is not placed, the widget selection screen will be displayed.Here, select the widget of "Settings", press and hold and place it on the home screen.Then, the menu of which screen to open is displayed.If you select "Display" here, a shortcut that opens the "display" of "Settings" in one shot will be created.

Although it is a shortcut created from a widget, the size of the icon is easy to place on the home screen.If you tap the shortcut created in the above procedure, it will be possible to open the display setting screen with one tap, and the number of times to tap the screen will be greatly reduced.In addition, there are shortcuts for frequently open menus, such as "Wi-Fi access point" (tethering), "data usage" and "ringtone and vibration".If you select a frequently used item and create it, it will be easier to change the settings.

アプリを使ってより深いカスタマイズも

However, the functions of the standard widgets are limited to the types of shortcuts that can be created.In one example, the screen of the "network and the Internet" that sets Wi-Fi and mobile data communication can be issued, but the shortcuts to "data saver" to reduce the data communication amount in it are shortcuts to "data saver".I can't make it.It is only necessary to use one -tap the "network and the Internet" menu, but if you use it frequently, it should be more delighted to display it.

In such a case, use an app that creates a shortcut.What I would recommend is a free app called "Shortcut Maker".This app is for creating a variety of shortcuts, and can directly open a screen that cannot be accessed with standard functions.As described above, the procedure for opening the data saver directly is as follows.

First, start Shortcut Maker and tap "Settings".Next, select "Setting Activity".Activity is a word that means the screen of the Android app.In other words, the setting activity is the screen in the settings.The number of activities in the settings is displayed, so the number is very large, but when the purpose is clear, use the search.Here, "Data Saver" was entered.

Then, the data saver activity hits one, so tap this.

Whether this activity is really a data saver should be tapped on the next screen "Try this shortcut".If it is a correct activity, tap "Create a shortcut" at the bottom of the screen to create an icon on the home screen.By the way, it is also possible to change the icon to the one created by yourself when creating.

Data saver is an example, but various items are provided in "Setting Activity".I used ShortCut Maker to create shortcuts using ShortCut Maker when displaying a SIM card for data communication on a dual SIM terminal.Depending on the ingenuity, you will be able to call the frequently used functions with one tap, so I would like to use it.However, some things cannot be displayed depending on the screen.Please note that it is not versatile, although it is an app.

アプリの特定機能を一発で開くこともできる

With Shortcut Maker, you can create a shortcut other than the setting menu.The app is one of them.The application is often fixed at the start of starting, and is fixed in the form of still image shooting for camera apps and mailboxes for Gmail.It is not possible to shoot videos with the camera app or put out an email screen with Gmail.

In such a case, the ShortCut Maker introduced earlier can be used.When the video shooting screen is released from the beginning with the camera app, open Shortcut Maker and select "Activity".When you open the camera item, nine activities are displayed.The "video" in this is the screen for video shooting.If you create this shortcut in the same procedure as before, and place the icon on the home screen, you can start shooting immediately by tapping.

There are two camera icons, but if you want to take still images, you can just tap the normal camera app icon, if you want to take a video, just tap the shortcut icon, save the trouble of switching and start shooting immediately.can.

Gmail can create shortcuts in the same procedure.However, since all the names of activity are GMail, "com.Google.Android.GM.Choose the one that says "ComposeactivityGmailExternal".

In addition, the ShortCut Maker can simplify various operations, such as downloading and creating shortcuts to files created by users, launching two specified apps at the same time and splitting the screen.This is a bit complicated in an application related to the Android system, but if you remember it, it will help you simplify the operation.The width of the customization is the charm of Android.I recommend that you try to make your own shortcuts through trial and error.