>> Same as before. Samsung galaxy note 10.1, apex launcher, 8 rows x 10 columns
The standard grid is fewer items than that.
>> the distance between envelope and text "home" is too large...compared to the upper widget
Yes, because I'm intentionally trying to make it look more like a home screen shortcut (icon), so it's different from the other widgets.
So basically it's about me having to decide between
(a) the frameless widget looking more like home screen icons when using the default Android grid
(b) fixing this special case for Apex's more dense grid, and making (a) worse
I think (a) is preferable to (b), just because of the number of users who use the standard grid (with default and third party launchers) vs. those who use third party launchers and a more dense grid.