Android 4.4 KitKat controls the visibility of screens with the apps. To exist a screen needs an app assigned to it.
To add a new screen
On Android KitKat move one of the home screen apps to create a new screen
- long press on an app icon to select it
- slide it to the right edge of the screen
- a white bar shows at the right edge of the screen
- continue to apply pressure to the edge of the screen
- a new empty screen is created
- at the bottom of the screen an extra dot is shown above the set of common action apps (phone, chrome browser etc.)
To remove a screen simply delete all the app icons or slide them to one of the adjacent screens.
I found that I was able to add a new screen to the right, but not to the left.
To make the home screen the centre one I moved one across from the right to the left hand side.
To more a screen
- long press on the screen to show a smaller version of the screen, with its neighbours to left and right. Below are icons for wallpapers and widgets.
- slide the view of the screens from left to right to review all.
- long press on the screen to be moved
- once selected drag it to its new location, this can be at the far left or right, or in between two existing screens
- click outside of the strip of screens to exit the edit mode
I Found that moving a screen to the left of the current home screen worked until the phone was turned off and thence restarted. The home screen was then once again the left most of the screens. The home screen had changed.
