MIUI Launcher gets Hidden Apps feature, here’s how to enable it

Xiaomi’s MIUI is well-known for the customizations it offers, despite being user-friendly and customizable people have some complaints with MIUI such as Notification Shade and MIUI Launcher. Xiaomi tried fixing the notification shade with MIUI 9 notification shade and further improved it with MIUI 10 notification shade but MIUI Launcher didn’t get much improvement with new MIUI versions. At first glance, MIUI launcher seems to have taken inspiration from iOS launcher and it still lacks an App Drawer. Also, MIUI launcher doesn’t have the capability of hiding apps on the homepage which some other Android skins have since 2012. Recently, Xiaomi updated its MIUI launcher with MIUI Global Beta ROM update and after the update users now have an option to hide apps. Option to hide apps can be found under App Lock. [gallery size="large" link="file" ids="263050,263049,263048"] A tutorial is shown to users to access hidden apps on turning on the feature for the first time. [gallery link="file" size="large" ids="263047,263046,263045"] Hidden apps are moved to a folder on the home screen, the folder which contains hidden apps is also hidden. The hidden folder can be accessed using a pinch-out gesture, following which users are asked to enter the app lock password. As soon as ...