Questions tagged [widgets]
For questions regarding Android widgets, functional "super icons" that can be added on to a launcher home screen.
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Sometimes Widget not working
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There is a phenomenon that the widget can not run under certain circumstances. Even Preview is invisible.
At first, it occurred at the terminal of Galaxy S9 or more, and ...
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weather widget disappeared on Galaxy S9
the weather widget on my home page disappeared and when I try to add a weather widget I get a message that says "can't add more than one weather widget to home page."
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SamsungWidget_ProgramMonitor is not listed on Widgets selection screen
On my Samsung Galaxy S3 (GT-I9300) with the latest stock ROM there are following files present in /system/app:
SamsungWidget_ProgramMonitor.apk (484 kb -rw-r-r--)
SamsungWidget_ProgramMonitor.odex (...
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Add Multiple-Contact Messages Widget To Home Screen
Is there a way to add a messages widget to the home screen for a conversation with multiple contacts?
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Why don't I see Twitter's homescreen widget on my Android?
When I go to add widgets to my home screen, I don't have any widget from Twitter available. Other widgets are appearing in the widget list, can be added, and work fine. Just nothing from Twitter.
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Weather widgets
On my Galaxy J4 Core I do not find my weather widget
If I hold down on my home screen I do see the widget tab, but do not see the purchased Transparent Clock and Weather widget
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Calendar widgets always prompt to select a calendar app when tapping an event
I have two calendar widgets that operate like this. I emailed the developer for one of them, and he said that it was not the widget causing this issue. I've cleared defaults for all my calendar apps ...
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Is there a widget or something I can go with IFTTT to block and unblock a contact?
I have a friend that says some pretty bad things about certain people pretty often and a lot of the time I am around those people while he's sending me those messages.
I just want a button/widget I ...
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How to remove the Google search bar?
How can I remove the Google search bar from the main screen? It's taking up screen space and I'm not using it.
I have a Pixel running 8.1.0.
I found ways to remove it from other models and versions, ...
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App Windows as Widgets
I want to pin an app window to the home screen, like a widget, except that it is a live app.
I need this because there are so many applications which do not have any widgets. Instead of opening an ...
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How do I display two different calendars exclusively on 2 different widget?
How do I display two different calendars exclusively from my Google calendar on 2 different mobile app widget?
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How to have Firefox Widget for Bookmarks?
Google Chrome has own widget for bookmarks, but Android Firefox does not.
I am thinking how to proceed to do the feature request for the widget.
OS: Oreo 8.0
Phone: Oneplus 3T
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Google search widget has bad quality images
When i search from the google app widget, the images are low quality. How can i fix this?
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How to remove a widget from the home screen on Oreo
I used the Widgets app (press and hold on the home screen) to install the calendar schedule widget. I no longer want it displayed. There must be a simple way of removing it, but I can't seem to do it....
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My Aristo Android 7.0 does not have a clock widget
I've followed every link I could find in the last 75 minutes. Nobody addresses the real issue I am having. Every one of them tells me how to get to the widgets list, that I should select the clock ...
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How to change lock screen clock display on Samsung Galaxy A3?
On the lock screen of a Samsung Galaxy A3, the clock is displayed in two rows:
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18
I'd like it to be displayed as God intended:
14:18
And I've spent an hour trying to get it this way, and ...
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Daily data usage on home screen
Can I see daily mobile data usage (excluding Wi-Fi) on the home screen using a widget?
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Weather and Clock widget disappeared on home screen of samsung S7
When I try to reinstall it I get a message that say the current weather widget must be removed before a new one may be installed. The problem is I am unable to see the current widget on my home screen....
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Making an app into a full screen widget (no source code)
Is there any way to convert or declare in the main activity of an app without having access to the source code or using smali? I'd like to have an app as a full-screen widget in nova launcher.
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Widget to display Outlook calendar
I am coming to Android from Windows Phone and trying to replicate my old experience, which included showing my next appointment on the home screen. I understand there are things called widgets that ...
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ALL google widgets are gone!
I accidentally disabled my google app, and therefore the search bar widget disappeared. Since then there are NO "google search" widgets available at all... Any ideas? I have a galaxy s7
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Why do widgets disappear after running out of battery?
After phone shutting down by running out of battery, when I start it again all the widgets disappear. At first I thought that this is a problem of my launcher (Apex), but even the native one (...
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Show a piece of a Google Spreadsheet document on Andriod main screen
I have a Google Spreadsheets document that is frequently updated and there are some cells in it that show a kind of short summary. Let it be a 2x2 block of cells that contains two headers and two ...
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Can't select widget
I have an android 5.1.1 tablet. There is a narrow, tall widget appearing at the top left, and just says "Problem loading widget". Whenever I hold it for several seconds, it just acts like I am holding ...
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Remove Google widget [duplicate]
How do I remove the chunky, waste-of-space Google search widget at the top of every home screen? And if I do, can I put apps there instead? I know I can add and remove Google widgets on the main home ...
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Remote control widget [closed]
I am looking to develop a remote control widget on the Android platform which is similar in concept to the JustABlip remote control widget on iOS. So wanted to know whether the android architecture ...
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Clock weather widget Honor 5X
I have lost my clock/weather widget,, for my Huawei Honor 5X. Can someone help me get it back? I am on Android 6.01. The lack of an app drawer doesn't help either.
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Make specific App into widget?
I apologize if this has been asked and answered, if it has please just link me to the solution.
Here's the question:
Is there a way to make a section of a specific app into a widget if the app ...
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Phone is killing important background/sync processes (Wiko Lenny 3) – what to do?
My friend recently bought a Wiko “Lenny 3”, which runs Android 6.0.1
After a short while of using it, it seems that this phone is configured by the manufacturer to very aggressively kill background ...
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Widgets not updating anymore
Since a couple of days/weeks, I noticed that my widgets aren't updating anymore on my home screens of my Nexus 6 (Android 6.0.1). It's not related to a single widget, it's all of them. I haven't found ...
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Toggling SIM2 on and off
Is there any widgets available for toggling the SIM2 turn on and off. I have Samsung J7 dual sim phone and for internet/data, I use SIM2. For getting maximum battery life, I would like to turn off the ...
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Missing widgets bar/docker
It seems I have missed the option for adding widgets on Android 5.1 (this is on a chinese branded phone), maybe I touched on the wrong place. Now, when I long tap over home screen I get nothing but a ...
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Why is there no direct message widget on my Galaxy S6 stock?
On a brand new Samsung Galaxy S6 in Europe with Android 5.1.1 and Nova Launcher there are widgets for adding a shortcut into a contact and to call a contact's phone number, but the one for text ...
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Is there a more efficient way to turn mobile hotspot on / off? [duplicate]
I'd like to reduce the number of steps needed to turn mobile hotspot on or off. Currently it's unlock, then five taps.
Galaxy Note 4, Android 5.0.1 Lollipop.
I did find this question, but it's from ...
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stock data usage widget is displaying the wrong info
I'm running 5.1 and have the stock data monitor/usage widget on my homescreen.
My problem is that the quantity displayed on the widget is completely unrelated to (the correct) quantity displayed in ...
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Can I make the weather widget depend on wifi rather than location?
I upgraded from Galaxy Mega to Galaxy S6 Edge +.
The weather widget seems to depend on me turning on 'location' (which I'm guessing is the renaming of GPS). In Mega, I need only Wifi. Now, I have to ...
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Google Calendar Widget Week View
How can I set the Google Calendar Widget to show the week view instead of the month view? I've browsed through all the calendar settings and just can't find any way to modify the widget's view. I can ...
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Space for widget which not exist
My problem is that I want to delete space for the widget which is shown in below screenshot. Any hints how can I remove it? I have got CyanogenNod 12.01 (Android 5.1.1).
the thing I want to delete (...
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Widgets are not updating post-boot on CyanogenMod nightlies
I am using the Moto G 4G (Peregrine, XT1039). Cyanogenmod 12.1 latest nightly. I update once a week. Widgets are not updating post-boot on CyanogenMod nightlies. Do you know why?
I have not ...
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Swipe from the side to activate a widget overlay?
Have looked in various places, googled, looked on the play store, etc., but so far I've been unable to find an app or other way to do what I'm looking for, which I'll describe here:
I've been using ...
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Automating widget launch
Title says about everything. I'd like an ability to automate launching a widget.
Specifically what I'd like to do is link the ustream broadcast now widget into an automation app like Tasker or ...
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Settings shortcut widget in Galaxy Tab running Android 5.0.2?
I'm using Galaxy Tab 4 10.1 with Nova launcher. On widgets section, I don't have settings shortcut. Below is the screenshot. What I want is notifications log from that shortcut.
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How do I launch a widget from a shortcut on Home screen?
I use MultiROM manager to switch from one ROM to another. It has a widget which lists all of your installed ROMs and you can choose anyone to boot into.
(Click image to enlarge)
All good here, but ...
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Change temperature unit on Total Launcher
I'm using Total Launcher, from the makers of ssLauncher. It has a weather widget that uses OpenWeatherMap. The default string is %4.1f° and the widget shows Celsius.
I tried every letter in the ...
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Can I get a shortcut on home screen to open gmail with a specific search string?
I can add a shortcut/widget to home screen to directly open a particular label in Gmail app, but I want a shortcut to open Gmail with the results of a search string loaded.
I can't do this with gmail ...
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Galaxy S6 settings widget
I want to add a shortcut to the tethering/mobile hotspot setting, but I can't find the settings widget. Does this not exists? Is there a way to add it to the quick settings (swipe down from top)?
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remove weather from clock widget on kitkat
The title pretty much says it all.
I don't really want the weather info on my home screen or my lock screen. I actually have windows in my house.
Can I remove the weather section from the widget?
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How to get “Say Ok!Google” text on google search widget
I have a samsung galaxy A5 running android 4.4.4. I've seen many kitkat devices having the text "say ok google" on the google search widget in the home screen. How can I get that? It gives the look of ...
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To show Mobile Bookmarks of Chrome in Desktop?
I would like show my bookmarks in my Screen because some webpages work better than any application.
It would be also create an application-like-button for a webpage if possible.
Possible through ...
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Widget to toggle “OK Google” detection always on/off
I am looking for a widget which toggles my Nexus 6's option for "OK Google" always listen on/off.
Usually when I am in the car, I need the phone to always listen for "OK Google" and easily turn it on ...
