First-run checklist

Zenith is running and it's your home screen. Here are the five things worth doing on day one. None takes long, and every one is optional — do them in any order, or skip what you don't want.

1. Make Zenith your home. If you haven't already, set it as your default launcher so the Home button brings you back to the sky — your home screen. You can undo this anytime. See Set Zenith as your default launcher.
2. Learn the one gesture. Press and hold the empty sky until a ring — a wheel of your apps — blooms under your finger, then slide onto an app and lift to open it. This is how you launch everything. See Zenith in 5 minutes — your first sky.
3. Get some apps onto your sky. During the welcome, the last step can hand you a ready-made starter ring so you're not staring at a bare sky. Started with the bare sky instead? Add your own apps one at a time. See Zenith in 5 minutes — your first sky.
4. Turn on the extras you want. The welcome offers four optional permissions, each skippable: "notification comets" — your notifications, drifting across the sky to catch; zenith actions — a helper that lets gestures do system things like lock the screen, open recents, or pull down the notification shade; weather & your real sky — local weather, plus the real night sky as a live background (Gold); and "notifications" — the few Zenith sends itself: when your sky is backed up, Gold purchase and restore confirmations, and when a new Zenith app is installed. Turn on only the ones you'll use. Say no to location or notifications and one line tells you so — you can allow it later in Android's settings.
5. Know where settings live. Tap the ⚙︎ in the lower-right corner of the sky, or press and hold that corner, to open settings. Zenith points this out the first time your sky appears, along with drawing a quick circle or flicking up to see all your apps. Missed a tip? In Settings › system, "reset hints" shows the first-time hints again, and "replay welcome →" runs the welcome again.

That's a solid first day. Explore the rest at your own pace.

See also. Zenith in 5 minutes — your first sky · Verify your setup · The sky — your whole home screen