Available in Google Market...
End December 2010 I released WMD-Weather Lite in the Android Market. This widget is based on the WMD-Weather widget I created earlier for the Windows Mobile UI Androkkid. Since then, I've been working on the full version of this weather app & widget, hoping to release it soon as a paid version. This one will extend the lite version, and combine ideas from two other Androkkid widgets I created: WMD-Clock and WMD-WorldClock.
The application features a weather application, showing the current conditions (weather icon, temp, short text, status icons), a 6-day forecast and details when a weather icon is clicked (see images below), including a radar image. Where available (US), the UV index and pollen information/air quality are available as well for today's details.
Multiple locations are supported, as well as 'My location' which is modified when you move, and just about any location on the planet can be added. By swiping left or right, the next location's info is displayed. When the current location is known (via GPS or network), it will be proposed when adding a location.
The application can be set to update automatically.
Please see my site to get the latest information on features (this post is not updated frequently).
Lanuages supported: English, Dutch, German, French, Norwegian, Hungarian
Currently, the application comes with 3 widgets:
Simple weather widget (2x1)
- shows the location,
- the current weather icon
- current temperature and real feel temperature
- next day forecast icon, min/max temperature
- optional background (choice of backgrounds)
- time last updated
- clicking on the widget will launch the app with the widget's location
Weather/Clock widget (4x1)
- the simple weather widget, combined with
- a clock, optionally showing the location's local time
- optionally, the next alarm
- optionally, the current date
- optional backgrounds (choice of backgrounds)
- choice of 5 clock digit styles
- optionally display the hour leading 0 (e.g. 01:00 instead of 1:00)
- optionally select an application to launch when the clock's digits are clicked
Advanced Weather/Clock widget (4x2)
- the Weather/Clock widget, combined with
- an additional row with forecasts for the main widget location and/or current weather info for other locations (including the location's time)
By using the location's time, the clock widget can be used to create a weather/world clock by adding multiple locations with their time to your Android home app (see the images below for an example).
Currently in development for the next version:
- downloadable digit styles and backgrounds
- reworked internals
- more languages: Spanish & Portuguese
Wish list:
- widgets functioning on all devices
- additional weather widget(s)
- screen to screen animation
- slide from day to day in the details screen
All resolutions should be supported, allthough for 320x200 devices, scrolling is required to see all information. And, depending on the screen's density and the launcher used, the widgets may not display correctly. Try out the lite version to verify everything is displayed correctly.
PS: the application is tested on small screen/low dpi resolutions via the emulator, for which the results are correct. However, on the HTC Wildfire the widgets are not rendered fully...
WMD-Weather contains more information, screenshots, version info and the barcode to install the application. The link and barcode for WMD-Weather Lite can be found there as well.
Any feedback - good or bad, bugs, ... - is appreciated!
Dirk
WMD-Soft
Thanks for this opportunity, XDA!
Reserved for later use...
simple and so good!
excepter said:
simple and so good!
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Thanks Excepter!
Please let me know if you notice any incorrect behavior (clock stops updating, service no longer running, ...).
I'm also looking for feedback on HTC Sense based devices. The widget size may be incorrect on HTC Sense, but I'm unable to test this (on ADWLauncher, my favorite, it looks good on all resolutions).
If you have other ideas to improve the application's functionalilty, I'll be happy to hear this as well...
Good work! I installed this on a htc hero running aosp 2.2 (no sense). I'll report back in a few days if I have any issues/ideas.
Edit: I just got an "error configuring widget" after I changed some of the preferences. Hmph I should have left it alone. Anyway I have to go to sleep, I'll play with it more tomorrow. I wish I had the skills to put together something like this; time is so hard to come by anymore...
Got it tested today on a HTC Desire with Sense (thanks Wim). No issues there.
However, the widgets on the HTC Wildfire (thanks Kurt) don't show all info and the background doesn't cover the entire widget. Something to work on...
Looking good, Ima try it later.
These look really clean!
i can only update weather in wifi mode, not in 3g. why ? any solutions ?
frontenaysien said:
i can only update weather in wifi mode, not in 3g. why ? any solutions ?
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Sorry for my somewhat late response.
I've had no issues with connectivity. However, in the lite version's comments there are 2 comments (out of 72) regarding update issues.
The app verifies if there's an internet connection available before launching an update. I've been able to test wifi, edge, hdspa, but not 3G myself.
Hopefully other users can share their experience here, to find out if it's 3G or device related. I'll do some research on this as well.
Nice work! Using this on my HTC Hero, no issues whatsoever.
edge, hdspa, don't work too
frontenaysien said:
edge, hdspa, don't work too
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Other weather (or other) applications function correctly?
cost too much power on my defy.
Great app,installed n testing now
Sent from my LG-P500 using XDA Premium App
i like it, thank you very much
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However, the widgets on the HTC Wildfire (thanks Kurt) don't show all info and the background doesn't cover the entire widget. Something to work on...
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Did you ever find a fix for this? I have the same issue with one of my widgets...
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Did you ever find a fix for this? I have the same issue with one of my widgets...
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Nope... not yet. Small screen devices will be one of the things I'll be focussing on next, cause it's really bugging me. I've already put in quite some time and tried some alternative layouts, but without success. If anyone else has a solution, please let me know.
It's hard to emulate. One thing I noticed lately is, that my widgets actually overlap in the small screen emulator. Which is a first (small) step ahead...
So I ended up buying a htc wildfire to do development work on for small screens.
The htc doesn't handle the small screen in the same way that others (such as the xperia x10 and the samsung galaxy 550) do. And what I found was that whilst the bounding box on my widget looked fone on the xperia and 550, it was stopping short on the wildfire.
Within my layout I had a android:layout_marginBottom="15dip" for the bounding box. Duplicating the layout and putting it in layout-small and removing the marginBottom fixed the problem for the widget on the wildfire, but also left a large space on the other small screens. As I have fewer wildfire users than x10 users this wasn't an option. Yesterday I tested a dirty fix; in the settings/preferences menu I have added in a widget layout option with default and small screen (wildfire) options.
When the user selects the wildfire option the widget will load with a layout that doesn't use marginBottom for the bounding box. And this seems to work. Would be good if I could detect what device the user was using so that this could be done automatically.
Thanks. It seems to be the same issue I'm having with the Wildfire. The emulator did not show the issue, but it does partly overlap 2 (of my) widgets when putting one above the other. I was planning on experimenting with relative layouts. Did you try something like that?
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After a lot of work and testing Lacuna 3.0 by myself and Trekfan is reborn as Lacuna 42.
You can view a video review of the theme by actionboy here
This theme is released as is, there will be no significant updates to it following this release.
I will however offer a service whereby if you are willing to make a donation I will help tailor the theme to suit you, changing layout, adding additional weather detail, adding additional pages etc.
I have given up a lot of time to produce this theme following its original concept by trekfan who has gone the way of the little green robot so if you like my work and cannot donate at least please say thankyou so I know my work is appreciated and I will continue to come up with new ideas for as long as there is a need.
This Throttle Launcher theme requires version 1.2.1 to be installed and supports full screen 480x800 wallpaper in jpg format.
The homepage from top to bottom features :
a hideable interactive taskbar.
to activate/hide press on the battery icon.
you can toggle the bluetooth wifi and sound profile from the taskbar by just pressing them.
two sizes of clock accessible from the throttle config window.
next appointment accessible by pressing on the clock itself.
the blue icon to the right of the clock is programable
you can assign any quick launch app to through throttle config
notifications for new texts missed calls and emails
current weather condition icon complete with temp and location
app launcher page activated by pressing the icon in the bottom right when on the homepage
The friends page starts with your favourite contacts followed by and add and remove option followed by a full list of all remaining contacts.
The text page shows the last 20 messages recieved with the newest at the top.
The messages page shows similar for a specified email account.
CHANGELOG :
03 June 2011 :
Due to Google screwing with their weather api I have had to modify the theme to use the current condition text instead of the originally numbered icons from the registry. There are several new conditions for which I do not have icons so I have for now recycled existing ones. When a fuller set is made available I will update again.
Please download and enjoy.
The below screenshots will show you in detail what can be changed in the theme via throttle config.
Screen 08 & 09 show the default programs catagorised under Objects.
The majority of settings don't really need any explanation
the clock size is either normal or large
If you change the default sms app from tmail please untick sms default
do not change sms param as this is required by ther program
only one mail account is used in the theme so ensure only one is selected
Screen 10 Weather
Here you can specify the location
units in centigrade or fahrenheit
autoupdate if required should be ticked
if autoupdate is required please provide a period in minutes for the update to be performed
Screen 11 Background / Text
The select path option is used to specify wallpaper.
There is an initial choice of two dark and one light background in the default folder where the theme is installed.
The Background colour is used to specify either lgiht or dark by selecting
0 for dark or
255 for light
The font colour should then be set to the opposite.
under no circunstances should you change anything in the section Here Be Monsters as it will cause the theme to break.
This post is reserved for additional tips tricks patches and updates.
Did u watch on my wallpaper i posted you? I think this is TL problem, but in other devices it is not problem, si idk. I just have to use the one color wallpaper.
Anyway, i love Lacuna
I thought I had replied to you on the development thread, it is the same for me and I cannot understand why when other more complex wallpapers I have used since all work fine. It is something odd with the blending between the black and blue?
And thankyou for your kind comments
I tried blend between the red -black, but there are stripes too, anyway, i found nice wallpaper and it made lacuna more awesome for me So stripes aren't problems for me anymore . (I finally see the top bar transparent )
But, if I wanna let this theme on mobile, it should be more "settings friendly". What I mean? I mean, if I want connect to net via wifi, and in my location isn't only one wifi signal, i have to go to menu, scroll down to windows/samsung setings and there i can connect wifi where I want. So, what about do it like this: If u touch wifi on/off in top bar, it will be on/off wifi, but if u hold that icon for a while, it will launch wifi settings . Do I want a much? I know, it have to be usable on every phone, but owners can redirect it to their own locations (i mean the scripts)
I know I am annoying
Your not, your request is valid but there is no long press in TL see here.
I could change things so it will either toggle or open an action but that would require a major rewrite
Hello,
Have anyway to put an youtube video about this theme?
Thanks.
I dont have a way of recording it myself no but if there is anyone that can please PM me and I will send you my email address so you can send me the video to upload.
nice theme
love the theme, so sick.. but when you go to send a text and have to deploy the keyboard, TL always has to reset! major flaw cause some of the TL themes are so cool, just NO stability
Sorry to hear that, I wouldnt be using TL if it did that myself.
Are you using the latest version 1.2.1 from within the TL forums?
Also are you using the theme as a today plugin?
If you are try disabling it and running as standalone.
Of course, it could just be an issue with the rom you have been using if all the above is correct.
yes 1.2.1... and if i use it as a today plugin, it has to restart, and if i use it as a standalone, the "unnexpected error please try running again" pops up
hmmm? hardware acceleration disabled?
no, it just doesnt want to go in landscape mode, i have a TP2...
This is a portrait only theme and if hardware acceleration is enabled, try disabling. It isnt needed for this theme anyway
no i know its a portrait only theme, just when i go to slide my phone keyboard out to text, it puts my text program into landscape cause it has to, then i send and close the keyboard then exit out of the text program to find its restarting.. i even tried messing with the regedit to make my phone never go into landscape mode, but its a pain and no fun and eventually fails
I used to have a wizard and a kaiser and this didnt happen on either device when the keyboard was deployed. This is either a rom or phone specific issue. Afraid I can't help with that sorry.
yeah no its all good... there needs to be a way where there really isnt a landscape mode it just projects on the landscape screen the same way it would on the portrait way, it would look CRAPPY but still be able for you to do it...
and like this theme and the wp7 v2 fireslave, its cool cause of the seperate messaging hubs, i like that ALOT! and CHT doesnt really have that, and im trying to get someone to make that.. i cant code anything or do all that jazz
That is actually a good idea, creating the default landscape pages using the same code as it would stop it from crapping up when people use autorotate.
looks like there may well be a v2 coming soon
alecoddlyiv said:
That is actually a good idea, creating the default landscape pages using the same code as it would stop it from crapping up when people use autorotate.
looks like there may well be a v2
coming soon
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hi, can you explain how to install this theme, becouse I have installed the program but i don't know where i have to put the files thanks
Hi everyone! Im the developer of Moogly, a simple but useful todo list widget that started as a project for Honeycomb. The pr is after the break.
There have been reports that it doesnt work properly on some devices! If someone could be so kind as to try the Lite version and if it doesnt stretch properly, send me some screenshots and log files!
You can also post issues at the main thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1202211
Thanks in advance!
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MOOGLY
A simple but powerful to do list widget designed to be customized. Now with auto-hiding buttons!
Features:
★ Multiple independent, scrollable widgets
★ Quick, dialog based entry
★ Tick to delete or mark complete
★ Widgets are optimized for Honeycomb
★ Predefined themes or total customization
★ RTL support
★ Custom image backgrounds
This widget was inspired by To Do List from HTC Sense - for some reason, they were the only ones to get it right.
Lite Market link - restricted to 8 entries and only one widget
https://market.android.com/details?id=fahrbot.apps.moogly.lite&feature=search_result
Screens:
I haven't had any problems with it. The only thing I can say is that it would be nice to be able to change the color, transparency or icon of the three icons at the bottom of the widget. I would like to make them transparent so you can't see them to clean up the screen a bit but still have them there, others may want to change the colors to match there paper or lines/text. I'll show this to ky wife, she'll love it.
Its on the todo list...
I wonder how easy it is to implement... i dont see it. Would be maybe better to have button themes instead.
ftgg99 said:
Hi everyone! Im the developer of Moogly, a simple but useful todo-list widget that started as a project for Honeycomb.
Its supposed to look like this:
But there have been reports that it doesnt work properly on some devices! If someone could be so kind as to try the Lite version and if it doesnt stretch properly, send me some screenshots and log files!
You can also post issues at the main thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1202211
Thanks, i really appreciate this kind of feedback it helps improve the app a lot!
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I'm using Gingeritis 3d beta VI and i cant get it to open so i can enter any text. All i get is just a sheet of notepad looking widget that i am unable to add to. :O(
Is that some kind of 3d laucher? Please post a screen!
ftgg99 said:
Is that some kind of 3d laucher? Please post a screen!
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It's a sense 3.0 Gingerbread ROM by the developer Chingy51o. from the mikmik.com. He used to be here but has since left
after i posted that i updated to the newest update on that ROM VII, and now moogly doesnt even open.
Im going to have to assume that youre doing something wrong. Have you tried a roboot?
And any issues with it not appearing in the widget picker until reboot?
Worked fine for me.
Hi,
The widget(s) worked fine. I only took screen shots of the largest (4 x 4) widget; however, they all fit the screen accordingly. Everything worked flawlessly -- I had no problems with the settings, the widget not fitting the screen, no problems whatsoever.
Good luck with your Widget!
(I can also test on a HTC Incredible later, if needed.)
Phone: HTC Thunderbolt 4G
ROM: HTC Gingeritis
Great, and please do - the more testing the better!
Love the app, simple and attractive ui with great functionality. Fits perfefectly using ADWex and modified screen density.
Iny issues to report with the widget picker?
ftgg99 said:
Iny issues to report with the widget picker?
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no issues here bro, went ahead and bought the pro version to support your work
Thank you!
please update:
Tick graphic tweaked
Increased size of tick indent
Added option to expand to full screen when focusing on notes
Added Right-to-left (beta)
Thanks, this is awesome!
Any issues with the newest builds?
Nothing to report here - except maybe that auto delete needs to be renamed to "show delete button" or something like that!
How is the newest build working?
Hi everyone! Im the developer of Moogly, a simple but useful todo list widget that started as a project for Honeycomb. The pr is after the break.
There have been reports that it doesnt work properly on some devices! If someone could be so kind as to try the Lite version and if it doesnt stretch properly, send me some screenshots and log files!
You can also post issues at the main thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1202211
Thanks in advance!
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MOOGLY
A simple but powerful to do list widget designed to be customized. Now with auto-hiding buttons!
Features:
★ Multiple independent, scrollable widgets
★ Quick, dialog based entry
★ Tick to delete or mark complete
★ Widgets are optimized for Honeycomb
★ Predefined themes or total customization
★ RTL support
★ Custom image backgrounds
This widget was inspired by To Do List from HTC Sense - for some reason, they were the only ones to get it right.
Lite Market link - restricted to 8 entries and only one widget
https://market.android.com/details?id=fahrbot.apps.moogly.lite&feature=search_result
Screens:
Great widget. Ive been looking for something like the htc widget for a long time!
Running stock 3.2 Wifi Xoom
Works very well, excellent app!
Only issues I had was it didn't appear under widgets until I rebooted the device.
Only request would be to allow a smaller resize say only 2 or 3 lines
Strange about not appearing till reboot - what rom are you on?
Also, do you mean a 1xN widget?
I love it! Using the clear background and it looks great.
Be sure to leave a review on the market to encourage others
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Strange about not appearing till reboot - what rom are you on?
Also, do you mean a 1xN widget?
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Yes 1xN would be great!
I'm just running standard 3.2 (not rooted, and no custom kernel)
Ive looked into the widget not appearing in the picker after install - its a problem with the picker itself. Its broken on the tiamat roms (which are pretty unstable despite all the huffing and puffing).
Re widget sizes. Im updating in a few hours with 1x1 (on HC things can only be stretched, not shrunk) and 2x4.
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Ive looked into the widget not appearing in the picker after install - its a problem with the picker itself. Its broken on the tiamat roms (which are pretty unstable despite all the huffing and puffing).
Re widget sizes. Im updating in a few hours with 1x1 (on HC things can only be stretched, not shrunk) and 2x4.
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Thanks!
(I'm not using tiamat, never have. I've had the same issue with another Widget, can't recall now what)
Are you saying you are on a stock rom and still having issues with the widget picker? Or that youre only having issues with our app?
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Are you saying you are on a stock rom and still having issues with the widget picker? Or that youre only having issues with our app?
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I'm on stock ROM and the widget only appeared after a reboot of the device. Other than that it works great. Thought you'd want to know.
No idea if it not showing is an Honeycomb issue or something in your app.
(Left you 5 stars on marketplace)
Seems to te a honeycomb issue. Im looking into it!
And any issues with it not appearing in the widget picker until reboot?
None at all, it rocks!
Good to know, thanks! Dont forget suggestions!
Will you include the themes i sent?
I havent had a chance. Next release will have them and gsync as well.
Working perfectly for me! Thanks, this is absolutely top class.
Are hidden tasks working ok?
Any issues to report?
Storage Ether Widget for Android Phone and Tablet
Update 1.5.1
New in Update 1.5.1
*** FINAL UPDATE ***
I have decided to give this dinosaur one final update to enable external storage reading on Android 4.4. Thank you everyone who has downloaded this little widget over the years, but I don't intend to develop further features for it anymore.
What's Changed
* READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, so that it can get the size of your SD Card on 4.4+
* Increased font size a little as average devices is pretty HD these days.
* Progress bars are now larger (as above).
Oh - Also. It's FREE.
*** SEWidget is now FREE ***
Thanks to everyone that has supported it over the years, unfortunately I have shown it no love and it never gained features, I did work on a Pie Chart view for a while (easter egg: find an activity launcher to check out .InfoView) but once Google started adding storage graphs to Android in Honeycomb, I didn't see the need for this feature. Now, the SD card is all but dead, this widget will soon have no use. While it still does, please enjoy the now free SEWidget.
Storage Ether Widget 1.5
Storage Ether Widget is a configurable storage capacity and usage indicator widget for Android phones and Tablets.
The widget gives the option to set any foreground and background colour using the integrated colour picker. Progress bar can be set to one of several colours.
You can choose to display all three, two or any one of the storage items on your widget or even use multiple widgets, with different settings.
If you have any problems, suggestions or feature requests feel free to contact me and I will be happy to help.
Widget now supports from Android 2.2 Froyo to Android 4.x
Please show your support by leaving a good rating on the market if you like the widget.
Changes
1.3 - Update
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Added support for Android 2.2 Froyo
Added support for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
Added ICS Blue colour progress bars.
Minor Tweaks.
1.2 - Update
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Added custom label options for storage devices on widget
Added Cyan progress bar colour.
Widget can now be resized horizontally on Honeycomb 3.1.
Minor bug fixes and improvements to Configuration page layout.
About info/version with website link added in configuration.
1.1 - Update
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Progress bar colour options added.
1.0 - Initial Release
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Initial market version.
Just purchased your app, love supporting our devs. As I said on your other thread the only thing lacking is to be able to change the color of the green lines, then it would be perfect.
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Just purchased your app, love supporting our devs. As I said on your other thread the only thing lacking is to be able to change the color of the green lines, then it would be perfect.
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I'm working on it, it's a little difficult with the stock status bars because to customise them you need drawable xml's but I want to allow full colour selection like the font and background, once I get it working consistently i'll definately add that as a feature.
It looks at the moment though I may just end up creating custom progress bars.
thanks for this. ive been using the widget for storage ether 1 and 2 for a bit now. im getting the market version today.
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thanks for this. ive been using the widget for storage ether 1 and 2 for a bit now. im getting the market version today.
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No problem, hit me up with any suggestions on features or changes you would find useful in every day use.
thanks its useful
Neo, just got the widget and noticed I had to reboot before the option to add to my homescreen appeared.
Was the feature where when you clicked on the widget a breakdown of the storage was shown was removed. Now nothing happened when I click the widget.
Also. My lines are orange and all the screenshots show green. Didn't know if there was something wrong with mine. I have a US 3g zoom, rooted with tiamat hammerhead and oc'ed tachi kernel.
Widget looks good though.
What's the difference between the storage and data lines? They show the same for me
Sardo Numspa said:
Neo, just got the widget and noticed I had to reboot before the option to add to my homescreen appeared.
Was the feature where when you clicked on the widget a breakdown of the storage was shown was removed. Now nothing happened when I click the widget.
Also. My lines are orange and all the screenshots show green. Didn't know if there was something wrong with mine. I have a US 3g zoom, rooted with tiamat hammerhead and oc'ed tachi kernel.
Widget looks good though.
What's the difference between the storage and data lines? They show the same for me
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This is a different application my friend, this is SE Widget, it's just the widget from StorageEther and is configurable. The reason the bars are different is because it supports all phones from 2.3.1+ and so doesn't specifically specify the "holo" theme for tablets. I can add it as an option though if it's wanted but I intend to work on a custom progress bar implementation with any colour possibilities. As for it not showing up until reboot i have just tested on my XOOM, my Desire and my SGSII, on the phones it shows up immediately, on my 3.1 xoom I had to reboot, I will look into it.
Just a heads up, your website is typed wrong in the OP
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Just a heads up, your website is typed wrong in the OP
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Ha, thanks! It was done in a rush while i was 5 minutes late for dinner!
OK, good deal thanks for the quick response.
Lol
I hope the cancelled orders are because people are deciding to rob it as opposed to having problems downloading it etc, but some feedback would be nice
widget is working fine for me. its a staple of my homescreen set up.
Please show your support guys by leaving good ratings on the market, feature requests are also welcome.
Version 1.1 has just been released with progress bar colour options.
With your latest update a week ago or so the external storage won't show. I'm using a Xoom on 3.2. Sdcard is at /mnt/external1/, I enter that and it shows not present - any ideas? Thanks again.
ggrant3876 said:
With your latest update a week ago or so the external storage won't show. I'm using a Xoom on 3.2. Sdcard is at /mnt/external1/, I enter that and it shows not present - any ideas? Thanks again.
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That's strange, there were no changes to the storage code, it was all UI.
Can you try mounting at an alternative location? I'll look into it once I finish work today.
EDIT: Did you re-add the widget after update? The update would likely break it if you didn't because each widget is assigned an ID when it's added, if that's lost on update, the widget no longer has the correct path.
I've uninstalled it and reinstalled and I've cleared data and cache. I'm just really stumped, someone else on our forum, Xoom Forums, put the same location as I did and his shows the sdcard.
ggrant3876 said:
I've uninstalled it and reinstalled and I've cleared data and cache. I'm just really stumped, someone else on our forum, Xoom Forums, put the same location as I did and his shows the sdcard.
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Yep, works on my xoom just fine too, that's very weird. Are you using the market version?
Can you use a file explorer to double check the SD card is there and maybe get a logcat?
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At A Glance widget for KWGT is a widget inspired by Google's new At A Glance feature introduced in Pixel Launcher with the release of Pixel 2 and 2 XL. I tried to make the widget look as similar to Google's At A Glance as possible, and added a few options for customization.
If you have any ideas on how to improve the widget or want to report any unexpected issues with it, feel free to comment on this thread.
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Normal event:
Normal event more than 30 minutes away from now & with location:
Now playing info:
Dark theme:
How to use it
In case you don't have it yet, install mod edit - link removed KWGT app from the Play Store.
Launch the KWGT app and go through initial setup (allow access to storage and location and so on). Then exit the app.
Install the At A Glance Widget for KWGT app from the Play Store.
Place a KWGT widget to your screen. I personally used the 4x2 one, and then resized it to 5x2.
Now tap the widget, it will open the KWGT app. Pick the At A Glance widget.
That should be it. Click the save icon in the toolbar, and go home. The widget should appear on your homescreen. For further customization, check the section below.
If the widget is displaying incorrectly in some way (weird size, empty event showing), check the FAQ & Troubleshooting section below.
Customizable features
I tried my best to make the widget look like Google's one at the Pixel Launcher. Some customization options and extra features are always a good thing, right? If the widget doesn't look like the Google's one or if you just want to change some aspects of it, be sure to check this section.
My goal was to make the customization as easy as possible. The widget look can be only changed by fiddling with "globals". KWGT has a limitation of 8 characters per variable, so although I tried to be as descriptive as possible when naming them, I don't think their meaning will be clear to you for all of them. Here's a list of available globals with description of what they do and why they're here.
Code:
Variable name Default value Description
---Dimensions category---
size 147.083 Size of the whole widget. Change this if you want
to make the widget smaller/bigger.
txtSize1 27 Size of text (and weather icon) in the top row of
the widget.
txtSize2 17 Size of text and icons in the middle and bottom
row of the widget.
---Colors category---
txtColor #FFFFFFFF Color of all texts and icons in the widget.
---Calendar category---
calendar On Whether the widget should display upcoming events.
eventMin 1440 How many minutes to the future can the widget see
upcoming events. Google's widget at Pixel Launcher
only displays events when they're 30 minutes or
less from now, which I honestly think is stupid.
maxEvNaL 23 Maximum length (maximum amount of characters) of
event name that will be displayed. If this amount
is exceeded, the event name will be cut off and
three dots will be added behind it.
evntTime On Whether the widget should display the upcoming
event start and end time.
---Weather category---
weather On Whether the widget should display weather.
weathIco On Whether the widget should display weather icon
(next to the temperature). The weather switch has
to be in On state for this option to have any
effect.
tempSpac Off Option to enable or disable a space between
temperature and temperature unit. Pixel Launcher's
widget has the space there, but it's
typographically incorrect. Example - with this
option Off: 5°C; with this option On: 5 °C.
---Location category---
location Off Whether the widget should display event location.
locCal Calendar for which you want to display event
location. If this is empty, location will be shown
for all enabled calendars (obviously only if the
location switch is turned on and if the event has
any location filled in). This option is useful if
you have multiple calendars and you want the
widget to display location for only one of them.
maxEvLoL 20 Maximum length (maximum amount of characters) of
event location that will be displayed. If this
amount is exceeded, the location text will be cut
and three dots will be added behind it.
---Shadow category---
shadow On Whether the text and icons should cast a shadow.
There is no way to make the weather icon cast a
shadow, so I added an option to turn shadows
completely off if it bugs anybody.
shaColor #FF000000 Color of shadow below text and icons.
shaBlur 25 Shadow blur value.
shaDir 0 Shadow direction.
shaDist 0 Distance of shadow from the text that casts it.
---Localization category---
txtIn in Localization option, you can translate this word
to your own language. See the 2nd screenshot for
reference (where the text will be shown and what
it represents).
txtNow now Localization option, you can translate this word
to your own language. The text will only be shown
for a minute at an event start.
txtHAbbr h Localization option, abbreviation of hour.
Translate the hour abbreviation to your own
language if you want.
txtMAbbr min Localization option, abbreviation of minute.
Translate the minute abbreviation to your own
language if you want.
---Font category---
font1 Product Sans Font used in the top row of the widget.
Regular
font2 Roboto Regular Font used in the middle and bottom rows.
---BETA: Music category---
music Off Whether the widget should display music info. This
feature requires you to grant KWGT access to read
notifications.
muInfLay Song artist Layout of music info (whether you want the widget
- Song title to display both song artist and title or just one
of those.
maxSoArL 16 Maximum length (amount of characters) of song
artist that will be displayed.
maxSoNaL 32 Maximum length (amount of characters) of song
title that will be displayed.
Oh, and make sure you go through all KWGT options and settings! Mainly set some calendars to show, choose your weather provider and change unit system to your liking.
Other features
Open Google App weather (see screenshot below if you don't know what it is) when tapping weather icon or temperature.
Yes, it's possible to set it so that tapping the weather icon/temperature opens the weather screen. You need Tasker, though. If you have it, follow the following steps:
Launch Tasker (enable it), go to Tasks tab and create a new task. Call it "Launch Google Weather".
Click on a button for adding an action. Use the filter search field and search for "intent". Tap the Send Intent option.
Fill in the following fields (name of the field on the left), the text that you're going to fill in on the right.
Code:
Action android.intent.action.VIEW
Cat Default
Data dynact://velour/weather/ProxyActivity
Package com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox
Class com.google.android.apps.gsa.velour.DynamicActivityTrampoline
Target Activity
Go back and check if the task works (launch the task with the "Play" button at the bottom left corner of the screen. It should open the Google weather screen.
Maybe, just maybe it could work right away. If you named the Tasker task as I advised (Launch Google Weather), it might already be linked to the widget's tap actions. Try tapping the weather icon or temperature. If it works, we're done.
If not, we have to manually assign the tasks. Go to KWGT and edit our At A Glance widget.
At Items tab, click the first item (Date & weather (no event)).
Now click the third item (Weather container). Go to Touch tab and tap on the Single option.
Click Action and select Launch Shortcut option.
Click Shortcut and select Task Shortcut (it should have Tasker icon). Now pick our task for launching Google weather.
Go back to the "root" "folder" of the widget, and do the same with the last item (Upcoming event time (& location) & weather). There is also a Weather container for which you can assign the same shortcut.
Tapping current date opens Google calendar.
Obviously, you can reassign this to whatever you want.
Tapping event name or event time opens the event in Google calendar.
Known issues and FAQ
The widget displays an empty event (like the screenshot below).
This can be simply fixed by force stopping KWGT app. It happens when you install the widget for the first time on some devices. After force stopping the KWGT app, open the widget in the app and save it. That's it, the bug is now forever fixed on your device. If you don't know how to force stop and app, check the video below.
The widget looks weird - text is too big/small and cut-off. The text size changes when tapping the widget.
This happens due to different screen resolutions, sizes and pixel densities - there are too many display configurations and it's not an easy task to make widget with KWGT to perfectly fit all displays out there. This is the reason why I introduced globals - specifically size (and for more precise controls you can fiddle with txtSize1 and txtSize2). If the widget text size is too big (small), decrease (increase) the mentioned variable values. I created and tested the widget on a 5.5'' screen with 1440x2560 resolution and DPI 523. If you have the same display configuration as me, the widget will most likely look fine on your device. If not, don't worry - changing values of the variables mentioned above will save the day.
Weather icons are different than the ones at Google's Pixel Launcher. - Fixed.
Google's icons are hard to come by. Give them to me and I'll change them to match Google's style. For now I'm using the icons available in KWGT which fit the overall theme the best. I'd like to use Google's icons, though. I like them more as well as you surely do.
The file sizes are fairly big from the 5th version.
That's due to me using high quality custom weather icons. From the 5th version on, the widget no longer relies on the weather icons built in to KWGT app itself. The new icons are perhaps way too big (each icon is 2000x2000), I will scale them down in a future release (expect it in v10) so that it doesn't eat that much space. The new weather icons resolution may be a bit of a overkill, but at least it won't ever be blurry. There is nothing worse than blurry low-res pictures on today's devices with crazy high resolutions.
Downloads
mod edit - link removed
For various reasons I decided to move the app to mod edit - link removed Play Store instead of uploading it here. It's easier to deliver updates that way, and I spent countless hours figuring out all the calculations and formulas necessary for the widget to work correctly, so I don't want the widget to be abused.
Changelog
Code:
v9 (15. 01. 2017) - Due to excessive changes in this version I kept the old widget
(v8) included in the app. If you don't like v9, you can simply
roll back to the 8th version
- NEW: Added a global variable "size" for easier size changes
- NEW: Option to disable calendar events on the widget (it will
only show the current date and weather)
- NEW: Option to disable weather
- NEW: Option to disable weather icon
- NEW: Option to add a space between the temperature and
temperature unit
- NEW: Option to translate hour and minute abbreviations
- NEW: Option to remove the event start and end time from the
widget
- FIX: The widget now works correctly when you have multiple
concurring events
- IMPROVEMENT: Added brief description to all global variables
- IMPROVEMENT: New calendar icon (extracted from Pixel Launcher)
- IMPROVEMENT: There are now two font global variables, one for
the bigger and one for the smaller text (and both by default
match the Pixel's style)
- IMPROVEMENT: Dividers (the vertical and horizontal lines) are
now thinner and match the Pixel Launcher's style
- IMPROVEMENT: Some dimensions changed so that the widget is now
exact 1:1 copy of Pixel Launcher's one
- IMPROVEMENT: Optimized almost all formulas and calculations
- NEW (beta): Option to display now playing info
- NEW (beta): Variables the control the now playing info's layout
v8 (29. 12. 2017) - fixed the time till next event (when the next event is exactly
2, 3, 4, ... hours from now, the widget was incorrectly showing
1 hour less)
v7 (29. 12. 2017) - changes to some formulas for calculating the time remaining till
next event
v6 (29. 12. 2017) - attempt to fix the time till next event (when the next event is
exactly 2, 3, 4, ... hours from now, the widget is incorrectly
showing 1 hour less)
v5 (29. 10. 2017) - changed weather icons to match Google weather icons style
- weather icon and temperature are now added to a container for
easier task selection
v4 (27. 10. 2017) - time till next event now doesn't show minutes when they're
zero (it now e. g. shows only "Event in 3 h" instead of
"Event in 3 h 0 min")
- fixed time till next event not showing hours when the event is
exactly one hour from now
- location container now won't be displayed when location is not
filled in
v3 (27. 10. 2017) - new "font" variable for easier global font changes
- Product Sans Regular font is now set as the default one instead
of Roboto
v2 (25. 10. 2017) - new app icon
- location is now optional
- location can only be displayed for certain specified calendar
- shadow under text and icons is now optional
- all text and icon sizes are now optional
v1 (17. 10. 2017) - initial version
bookmarking this to check out later
The apk is giving me problems. I have pro.
Same. Says it can't parse the package. Zip works great though, awesome work!
johnh123 said:
The apk is giving me problems. I have pro.
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stevefrench85 said:
Same. Says it can't parse the package. Zip works great though, awesome work!
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Sorry about that, it should be fixed now. Apparently I mixed up the packages.
felmaster said:
Sorry about that, it should be fixed now. Apparently I mixed up the packages.
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No worries at all, thanks sir!
One thing I did notice as I was tweaking some settings. In some of the other widgets I've been playing with, they've been setting the font to "Product Sans". Does the Pixel have it set to Roboto like yours? Looks identical according to the photos, so more just curious than anything. Great work, and thanks much!
stevefrench85 said:
No worries at all, thanks sir!
One thing I did notice as I was tweaking some settings. In some of the other widgets I've been playing with, they've been setting the font to "Product Sans". Does the Pixel have it set to Roboto like yours? Looks identical according to the photos, so more just curious than anything. Great work, and thanks much!
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I don't have a Pixel device, so I was only using the new Pixel Launcher on my non-pixel device as a reference when I was designing the widget. I just checked some photos of Pixel and it seems you're right, they're really using the Product Sans font. I must have missed that, thanks for bringing that to my attention. I uploaded a new version here with a "font" variable which is linked to all texts in the widget for easier font changes, and with the default font changed to Product Sans Regular.
Nice work quick question, I have the Date and Weather showing fine, how do I invoke the Calendar or does it switch automatically every ??? minutes
Thanks
dallasnights said:
Nice work quick question, I have the Date and Weather showing fine, how do I invoke the Calendar or does it switch automatically every ??? minutes
Thanks
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Check if you granted calendar permission to KWGT app, and if you selected at least one calendar to show in the KWGT's settings. The widget will then display the nearest event (from your selected calendars) which is at most 1440 minutes (24 hours) from now. The time at which the widget "looks" into the future for events (by default the mentioned 1440 minutes) can be adjusted by changing the eventMin global variable. If there are not any events in the upcoming 24 hours, the widget will only display date and weather.
Also try tapping the "save" button when you're in KWGT and editing the widget. It refreshes the preview in the app.
felmaster said:
I don't have a Pixel device, so I was only using the new Pixel Launcher on my non-pixel device as a reference when I was designing the widget. I just checked some photos of Pixel and it seems you're right, they're really using the Product Sans font. I must have missed that, thanks for bringing that to my attention. I uploaded a new version here with a "font" variable which is linked to all texts in the widget for easier font changes, and with the default font changed to Product Sans Regular.
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Awesome, looks great! Yeah, I tried it for the first day or so and I couldn't put my finger on what was slightly different, but that was the trick. I think that Product Sans font makes it really pop against the Roboto everywhere else.
Good work, sir! Very user friendly as well!
stevefrench85 said:
Awesome, looks great! Yeah, I tried it for the first day or so and I couldn't put my finger on what was slightly different, but that was the trick. I think that Product Sans font makes it really pop against the Roboto everywhere else.
Good work, sir! Very user friendly as well!
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Thanks for the positive feedback! I now uploaded a new version with Google weather icons, so now it might finally really be the same as Google's At A Glance widget. As a side effect of using custom icons, the file size got bumped up a bit, though. I'll update the screenshots in the first post soon, the widget now looks a bit differently with the new font and weather icons.
Good work, very user friendly, thank you very much!
I'd love to use this, looks great. But it shows the calendar with a non existent event one minute away even though I despise calendars and never use it. No events are set up at all. Even if I try and customise by removing the calendar portion of the widget nothing at all shows up. No weather or date. What's going on? Thanks. EDIT: no worries, I'm using the app another widget now.
For some reason the widget keeps doing this (look at the image) how to solve? https://photos.app.goo.gl/nH7q1VeP3JvFq3ej2
ratbags said:
I'd love to use this, looks great. But it shows the calendar with a non existent event one minute away even though I despise calendars and never use it. No events are set up at all. Even if I try and customise by removing the calendar portion of the widget nothing at all shows up. No weather or date. What's going on? Thanks. EDIT: no worries, I'm using the app another widget now.
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For some reason the widget keeps doing this (look at the image) how to solve? https://photos.app.goo.gl/nH7q1VeP3JvFq3ej2
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Yeah, I honestly have no idea what's causing it. I just updated to Android 8.1 and my own widget started doing the same to me :laugh:. I fixed it by clearing KWGT data and fiddling with the settings a bit. Also the size of font and icons is behaving differently on 8.1, so I changed the default values in globals.
I didn't know about Another Widget app at the time I was creating this. If this widget doesn't work for you, I recommend checking Another Widget out, it's really good and works without any problems. It's missing some customization options though, and the weather is not very accurate in my location, so it's not good enough for me. I'll keep this thread updated only if some problems which can be fixed occur.
It seems like there is support for "Date and weather (no event)" but I can't figure out how to enable that layer. The layer's Visible variable is set to "Remove" by default. How can I disable the other 2 layers and enable the first one?
Edit: figured it out by setting eventMin to -1 in globals.
I can't seem to find it on the Play Store?
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I can't seem to find it on the Play Store?
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Yes, sorry about that, it's not there yet, Google is slow at reviewing apps. They rejected it twice because I mentioned other brand (Pixel Launcher) in the app description... It should be there tomorrow, hopefully.
Edit: It's live.
Ok, so the app is now safely moved to Play Store. Due to various (mainly personal) reasons (I don't want to go into full detail here) I've decided to charge some money for the app. I picked the lowest price possible ($0.69 without VAT).
Those of you who already downloaded the app when it was free here, feel free to keep it (consider it as a gift for testing it). I would very much appreciate it you didn't share the downloaded files anywhere, though.
I also scheduled a sale on the Play Store, so tomorrow (January 11, since 0:00 GMT till 23:59 GMT) you can grab it for free from there. This would also guarantee you further updates (for free), if you're interested in that (I plan on adding some more optional info to the widget once my school exams are over; any suggestions are welcome).
I would also appreciate reviews on the Play Store listing, that would really help me out.
Thank you.