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Add the app you want to quick settings on your phone with Android 6.0 Marshmallow .

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Marshmallow Android 6.0 lets you add any app to the quick settings with a trick simple and a new app.

natively with Android 6.0 cell Marshmallow, such as Nexus and Nexus 6P 5X, allow you to have Tuner UI system to customize your Quick Sets simply.

Custom app called Quick Settings extends this feature to not only add any app you have installed – as a shortcut – but also lets you add a Web address to open directly from there and other quick settings I probably would not have activated. You can also set each of these new “quick set” with an icon, title and even a different action when held down.

1. To begin, you need to activate the Tune UI system to start customizing the Android Marshmallow quick sets. Here’s how to do it.
2. Download the app Custom Quick Settings on the Google Play Store.
3. Open the app and select the icon “ + ” on the bottom right.
4. Follow the steps or go to the end of the instructional and select “ Start “.
5. Select Quick Setup & gt ; Add mosaic & gt; Transmission Mosaic
6. Place the name “ CUSTOMTILE1 “. It is important to place the name exactly so (in capital letters).
7. Select OK .
8. Choose until you return back again to instructions by pressing the key or button back to your device.
9. Select Done .
10. Select the title or name that shortcut you want (then you can change) Tile Title .
11. Click Tile Icon to access and select the icon you want to represent that shortcut (then you can change).
12. Select Click Action Tile & gt; Launch App , select the app you want to place in the quick settings panel. You can also select Launch URL in the menu Tile Click Action to add a shortcut to a Web address, or you can also select Toggle within the same menu to add one of the quick sets that allows you the app. The app has a Pro version lets you add shortcuts.
13. (Optional) Select Tile Long Click Action to select another action when holding down this icon you added to Quick Sets .
14. Click the icon dove to finish.
15. Done. Open the quick sets to display your new shortcut.

Custom Quick Settings app (left) lets you take advantage of the tuner UI Android System Marshmallow (center) to add shortcuts to apps and URLs to the (right) quick sets.

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If you want to change, app (or action) icon or title of the shortcut created, you have to open the app and select it to open its settings. Then you have to press the icon of the dove to save it changes.

You can also add more than one shortcut to perform the same steps and create mosaics Transition with consecutive names. For example, for the second shortcut placed CUSTOMTILE2 , for the third CUSTOMTILE3 and the fourth CUSTOMTILE4.

On the other hand, can order the positioning of these shortcuts and settings fast to enter the device settings & gt; Tuner system UI & gt; Quick Setup . Drag each icon to swap positions with where the single icon.

This Android app Marshmallow function will allow you to access these apps or Web addresses from any part of the interface where you are or from any app you have open. For example, I added Feedly to read news at any time, a shortcut to the camera, Twitter and Google +.

What shortcuts you added or would like to add? Let us know in the comments.

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