Widgets Not Showing in Add Widget Area - Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello all, over the last 2-3 days when installing apps with known widgets they aren't showing up so you can select and add. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the app and nothing. If I restart the device then the widget will show up to add. Another odd thing is when the app is uninstalled the widget is showing up to add. The app is uninstalled and this is happening. I try to add the widget to see what it does and it creates the little Android. If you long press to add the widget to the home screen it gives a meassgae that reads "Create Widget and Allow Access? After you create widget, Google app can access all data it disolays. Always allow Google Apps to create widgets and access their data with a check box. There are also cancel and delete options. They both don't do anything. If you check the box and select create it brings you back to the widget select area. Device is stock. No recent apps aside from one bad weather app. Any ideas? This is a new issue aside from the early shutdown before 0% battery. First it was 2% 15% and now 18% tonight. Disappointing for a $650 device. Thanks!

I didn't understand, actually what are you talking about?

Sorry, I realize it may be confusing. It seems to be unusual. I've attached a screenshot of what shows then you try add a widget that is from an app that is uninstalled. There should not be a widget listed in the listing to add when an app is uninstalled . Now the initial issue is when an app is installed that offers a widget I'm not seeing it in the widget listing area. I've uninstalled the app and reinstalled and widget still doesn't show in list. If I reboot the phone then I usually see the widget. Very odd! Any thoughts?

Having this problem too. Just added CurrentWidget and its not showing under "add widget". Restarted and the widgets there. Stock 5.1

I have the same problem , you have to reboot phone after adding widgets each time

damtom85 said:
I have the same problem , you have to reboot phone after adding widgets each time
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Yeah, there are others with the same issue. For sure seems like an operating system bug. 5.1 update did not fix it. It just started a few week ago. I wonder if it has something to do with the stock launcher.

I've always thought that was the norm, but others feel it is a bug.
Try restarting system UI after install instead of a reboot and I'm told that should accomplish the same thing for you to see the new widgets in the list.

Are you guys using the standard Google launcher? I have never seen this issue but run Apex or Nova
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sanman202 said:
Hello all, over the last 2-3 days when installing apps with known widgets they aren't showing up so you can select and add. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the app and nothing. If I restart the device then the widget will show up to add. Another odd thing is when the app is uninstalled the widget is showing up to add. The app is uninstalled and this is happening. I try to add the widget to see what it does and it creates the little Android. If you long press to add the widget to the home screen it gives a meassgae that reads "Create Widget and Allow Access? After you create widget, Google app can access all data it disolays. Always allow Google Apps to create widgets and access their data with a check box. There are also cancel and delete options. They both don't do anything. If you check the box and select create it brings you back to the widget select area. Device is stock. No recent apps aside from one bad weather app. Any ideas? This is a new issue aside from the early shutdown before 0% battery. First it was 2% 15% and now 18% tonight. Disappointing for a $650 device. Thanks!
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This is exactly what happened to mine too, currently upgraded to 5.1 lollipop. I have to reset phone to factory setting, widgets still not coming up. I also having problem installing a chinese micro-blogging app called 'Weibo' . This is what I got:
Unknown error code during application install: "-505"
No solution yet~~ :crying::crying:
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baconfrankie said:
This is exactly what happened to mine too, currently upgraded to 5.1 lollipop. I have to reset phone to factory setting, widgets still not coming up. I also having problem installing a chinese micro-blogging app called 'Weibo' . This is what I got:
Unknown error code during application install: "-505"
No solution yet~~ :crying::crying:
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I've restarted the device, it's working now, but still having issue installing the app~

baconfrankie said:
. I also having problem installing a chinese micro-blogging app called 'Weibo' the app~
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Yeah no red flags there. The Chinese are known for their love of bloggers.
http://appslova.com/android-fix-unknown-error-code-application-install-505-error-505/
also red flags get it?
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Unable to set default home

Just as the title says, I'm not able to set my default home permanently, e.g. launcher pro instead of tw.
I hit the "set default home" button and it does register as my default home, however after opening certain apps or holding the home button(to bring up list of last opened apps) the save is gone and the pop up will prompt me to select my default home again.
A weird thing is that when I hold the home button the default home prevoiusly selected comes up as a choice as one of my last open aplications.
Itsreally getting irritating as I have to keep selecting my default home. This bug happened only after using jm5 + oclf for aroumd 2-3 momths and still persisted after I flashed jp6
Have you tried 'Home Switcher' from the Market?
Yes, however after setting the default home to my favourite launcher it will revert back to no default home again.
Anyway, I found how to fix it.
I froze the launchers I weren't using with titanium which then allowed to go back to one home only.
I assume this could be a hardware problem? My memory chip or something may have been corrupted after using oclf for too long
anap said:
Have you tried 'Home Switcher' from the Market?
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You cannot solve this type of problem with setting default home with any app like 'Home Switcher'.
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Qazz~ said:
I assume this could be a hardware problem? My memory chip or something may have been corrupted after using oclf for too long
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No, it is just SW problem.
Qazz~ said:
Anyway, I found how to fix it.
I froze the launchers I weren't using with titanium which then allowed to go back to one home only.
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Yes, it is a possible "solution". But it cannot help you when you want to use more than one launcher for example. The reason for this problem is that you install in your phone some badly written application. The error is located in this bad app in AndroidManifest.xml file which is integral component of every application on Android. The developer of app defined there wrong <intent-filter> for activity which has something to do with the home app. See more about AndroidManifest.xml here: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/manifest-intro.html.
I have found this thread because I have the same problem as you. I remember that it started to bother me one week ago. I didn't find any solution, so I must go on my own way. When I get a time to solve this bug I decided to start with frozing every application which I have installed last week. And guess what happened? The problem disappeared. Then I defrosted just one frozen app after another and every time I test it with long press and then immediately with short press of home button to see if setting of the default launcher is still persistent. If it was ok I repeated this procedure and defrosted one more app and within a few iterations I quickly identify app which was source for this error. It was a graphic calculator which even doesn't use any permission, so who will guess that such an innocent application could behave so badly and could have deleted the default launcher setting? I definitely won't. Finally I froze only this badly behave app and the error has gone away. I informed the developer and now this calculator app is corrected in a new update so I can use it again without any collision with my launcher apps.

[q] Issue of Gingerbread 2.3.3 on N1

1) Genie (news/meteo) widget is broken. I remove the widget but, when I try to reinstall it, "genie" process suddenly ends.
RESOLVED: clear data from Application Settings Menu and then re-apply the widget.
PaulCayard said:
1) Genie (news/meteo) widget is broken. I remove the widget but, when I try to reinstall it, "genie" process suddenly ends.
RESOLVED: clear data from Application Settings Menu and then re-apply the widget.
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Same issue with Meridian Pro player, the widget would make it crash.
Deleting the widget, clearing application data, then re-adding the widget fix it.
Note that clearing the application data makes it forget your unlock code for the pro version. Make sure you have a copy of your code before clearing the data.
I miss the Froyo keyboard, i loved to just swipe my finger up and get another pair of lines with symbols, WHY WAS THIS REMOVED!!!
Or perhaps is not removed, anyone knows?
My n1 is sooo much faster with gingerbread! The issue? I can't stop playing with it
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App
Annoying amazon mp3 app is still there!
Can't access to Google Voice app (no more icon). The application appears as installed in the market. Can't open / uninstall from the list of applications (appears in grey in all apps list).
Anyone have the Trillian 1.0.145? (final beta before it went to market)
Seems to be the only app not working for me, never completes log in.
Not really an issue, but I.was so much hoping for copy/paste to work in gtalk but I still can't copy in gtalk.
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App
I always chuckle when people say they avoid CM7 and other ROMs because they want to "avoid bugs".
Irony at its finest?
Don't know if anyone will care, but if you spam tap "Android version 2.3.3" you will see this image:
androidblogz.com/uploadfiles/androidblogzcom-1284587238/awesome-android-gingerbread-skeleton-zombie-painting-found-in-the-official-gingerbread-sdk_1.jpg
has any 1 tried market after updating? I got old market after updating to gingerbread.
Paul22000 said:
I always chuckle when people say they avoid CM7 and other ROMs because they want to "avoid bugs".
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Do you really need to keep evangelizing CM? This is XDA, we know about CM7. If we wanted to be running it we would be already.
When you go to the USB storage connection screen the button seems to say "Turn off USB storage" no matter whether it's already on or not.
Sneeze1066 said:
When you go to the USB storage connection screen the button seems to say "Turn off USB storage" no matter whether it's already on or not.
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mine seems fine
launcher pro's 3d scrolling app drawer doesnt work tho
Hasilpuri said:
has any 1 tried market after updating? I got old market after updating to gingerbread.
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Yeah, me too.
Just close the Market and then re-open and you're back at the new one. You may need to kill Market in app management, or just wait a couple of minutes to go back in.
I'm having the umts hsdpa switch issue. It switches back and forth every few seconds, and I have strong signal. Anyone seeing this?

Missing Market Updates - don't show

I've been using DROIDs since DROID 1, then X, and now Bionic.
I have the issue on my Bionic: I'll get a notification that an App has an update. When I select the app from my notification pane, it opens Android Market and takes me to the My Apps view. However, no apps display as needing updates. (Yes, I'm sure it's a notification to update an app and not the notification that an app has been updated (auto updates)).
I can go through all my downloaded apps and none of them show as "updateable." Sometimes it displays, that there are more than one (like 3) apps that have an update, but again, when I go to My Apps, I can't find any app that has an update - there is no update button only Open and Uninstall.
Has anyone else seen or heard of this issue?
Have you changed the LCD density at all? That gives me various problems. I always have to grab an older version of the market place to update.
KTrentLR said:
I've been using DROIDs since DROID 1, then X, and now Bionic.
I have the issue on my Bionic: I'll get a notification that an App has an update. When I select the app from my notification pane, it opens Android Market and takes me to the My Apps view. However, no apps display as needing updates. (Yes, I'm sure it's a notification to update an app and not the notification that an app has been updated (auto updates)).
I can go through all my downloaded apps and none of them show as "updateable." Sometimes it displays, that there are more than one (like 3) apps that have an update, but again, when I go to My Apps, I can't find any app that has an update - there is no update button only Open and Uninstall.
Has anyone else seen or heard of this issue?
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I know what you're talking about. I've found when that happens, it's usually tied to a system app or a preinstalled app, such as Gmail, YouTube, or Zumocast.
Annoying.
mistawolfe said:
I know what you're talking about. I've found when that happens, it's usually tied to a system app or a preinstalled app, such as Gmail, YouTube, or Zumocast.
Annoying.
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I concur, I had the issue as well and updating the pre-installed crapware seemed to remedy the issue.
This has been happening to me as well, and it's not always system apps. Yesterday I had the notification in the morning, with no app showing up to be updated. However, I checked the market later last night, and Swiftkey X was showing up. (I had read that Swiftkey had an update earlier in the day, as I recalled when I saw that.)
It could be that the apps are sending notifications before they hit the market, or it could be that the market app has issues. I think it's the latter. I generally used to check the market for updates when I plug in the phone when going to bed at night, and I may start doing that again.
I hate the new market - since the last few updates (when it got its current new look, with books and movies) the market has been pretty crappy.
Same thing here. I get the notification, but there are no apps showing as having update available. If I go through the apps one by one I can usually find some with updates. I also have apps mysteriously disappear from time to time. I went to open Gentle Alarm last night and it wasnt there anymore, I re-downloaded it and it installed and all my settings were still there. Strange.
For some reason, it keeps changing from your default account to a secondary account. I have two Google accounts on my phone; one for personal and one for work. If you go into Market and then hit menu, accounts-you will notice it changed your default account. I haven't figured out why it does this-my OG never did.
Could it, in part, be due to applications that were set to auto-update?
aac230 said:
For some reason, it keeps changing from your default account to a secondary account. I have two Google accounts on my phone; one for personal and one for work. If you go into Market and then hit menu, accounts-you will notice it changed your default account. I haven't figured out why it does this-my OG never did.
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This happened to me this morning, but changing the account showed me the applications that needed updating. If anyone knows why the account changes, I'd like to know!

[Q] nexus 6 lollipop 5.1 .google now launcher ( problem)

After install apps on nexus 6 like go weather i dont see the widgets.i see the widget only if restart my phone.Has anyone the same problem?
Yes, I have the same problem.
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Same here; have to reboot to see a newly installed app's widget(s). Will a soft reboot achieve results?
beepsilver said:
Same here; have to reboot to see a newly installed app's widget(s). Will a soft reboot achieve results?
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Soft boot should achieve it as well as a power down and restart.
As I remember it's always been like that, not a bug per se. Installing an app that has widgets needs a reboot to see them in the widget menu.
I am screwing with widgets, especially Zooper, all the time I guess I've never seen this issue because I run Apex or Nova.
Sent from my Google N6 on VZ
RW-1 said:
Soft boot should achieve it as well as a power down and restart.
As I remember it's always been like that, not a bug per se. Installing an app that has widgets needs a reboot to see them in the widget menu.
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not true. i use the google now launcher, and my widgets are visable right after i install them. always has been like that.
simms22 said:
not true. i use the google now launcher, and my widgets are visable right after i install them. always has been like that.
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I use GNow exclusively as well. since right now I'm stock and unmodded, then it would be a 5.1 issue to me ... but let's clarify, one installs an app, and you then go to the widget listings, and you see it? I've seen some that do get included right away, and some I have to reboot to then get to to place on a homescreen.
RW-1 said:
I use GNow exclusively as well. since right now I'm stock and unmodded, then it would be a 5.1 issue to me ... but let's clarify, one installs an app, and you then go to the widget listings, and you see it? I've seen some that do get included right away, and some I have to reboot to then get to to place on a homescreen.
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next time it doesnt show up in the widget menu, go to the developer options in the main settings and press restart system ui.
simms22 said:
next time it doesnt show up in the widget menu, go to the developer options in the main settings and press restart system ui.
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will try that next time, good tip ...

[Q] Issue with recent apps screen

Hi,
I'm having a weird issue when I'm in the recent apps screen. I'm not sure why, but as you can see from the photos, there is an ugly message showing up saying: "couldn't load widget" that specifically only appears when the there are apps present in the recent apps menu. I've had the google search app disabled since I upgraded to 5.0.2, but the message keeps showing even if I re-enable it. Further more, a family member also has the z3 compact and I can see that the google search bar doesn't appear on his phone in the recent apps menu even if it is enabled, so in his case the rrecent app menu on his phone doesn't show any widget whatsoever, regardless of whether he has the google search app enabled or not.
I'm no phone expert so I thought the best place to go would be the XDA forums, so I'm hoping you guys can help me figure out how to make this ugly text go away. The only thing that I tried to do, without any results, was to wipe the cache partition.
Thanks
It's just a guess, but I see some mini-widget icons I do not recognize from my phone. Perhaps it has something to do with those?
Amplifiction said:
It's just a guess, but I see some mini-widget icons I do not recognize from my phone. Perhaps it has something to do with those?
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These are just some additional mini-apps that I have installed. I doubt they'd cause something like this though.
Anyone?

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