In this guide, we will show you the steps to display the Gboard icon in the app drawer on your Android device. Various OEMs have now adopted this keyboard app from the Silicon Valley giants as the default keyboard app. And in devices where this isn’t the case, users would have already ditched their stock keyboard app for Gbaord. The reason for its rise to fame is no hidden secret either.
When you are getting the likes of Glide Typing, Voice Typing, Emoji, GIFs, integrated Google Translate, then there’s not much left to ask from a keyboard app. However, there is just a questionable decision from this app that leaves too many questions to be asked. For some reason, its default behavior is that its app icon will be hidden in the app drawer. Well, one reason behind the implementation of this rule could be the fact that as opposed to other apps, you wouldn’t open this app more of then than not.
Rather the app would get invoked every time you tap on the text field. While that is completely understandable, but they should have made the default state to have its app icon enabled and then let the user decide whether they want to keep it enabled or not. But while that is not the case, you could still easily change this default state and display the Gboard app icon in the app drawer on your Android device. And in this guide, we will show you how to do just that. So without further ado, let’s get started.
How to Display Gboard Icon in App Drawer on Android
- To begin with. head over to the Settings > System menu on your device.
- Then go to Languages and Input and select the On-Screen keyboard option.
- After that, choose Gboard from the list and you will be taken to its Settings menu.
- Now go to the Advanced section and enable the toggle next to Show App Icon.
- That’s it. The Gboard icon will now be displayed/visible in the app drawer on your Android device.
Why is there a Need to Display Gboard Icon in Android?
So what’s the issue with the app icon being disabled? Well, if at any point in time you wish to change the Gboard’s settings, customize it or troubleshoot it for issues, you would have to unnecessarily take quite a long route. Here’s what all you need to do, just to access its settings menu (if its app’s icon isn’t present in your app drawer).
- To begin with, head over to the Settings menu on your device.
- Then go to System followed by Languages and Input section.
- After that, select the On-Screen Keyboard and select Gboard from the list
- You will now be able to you access its settings menu.
Well, this is asking for quite a lot of effort, which in fact could be shortened to just a single step, if you have its icon enabled. So owing to this reason, it definitely makes sense to display the Gboard icon in the app drawer on your Android device. So if you also echo this thought process, then this tutorial should come in handy for you. Anyways, on that note, we round off this guide. If you have any queries concerning the aforementioned steps, then do let us know in the comments section below.
