I recently discovered how to make an invisible widget that has been incredibly useful in customizing my screens. For instance, my weather app is Snowstorm because I like how the widget looks. But, I like Weatherbug for functionality, weather radar, etc. So, I've got the snowstorm widget on my screen with an invisible widget overlayed and set to front so when i click on it, it sends me to Weatherbug.
This is done my creating an icon using Simple Text. The text in the icon is just a couple of spacebar taps. It saves to your gallery. Then I used Desktop VisualizeR to create a widget that is assigned to the Weatherbug app. Assign the invisible icon you created to the widget and you are ready to go. Very useful to have a visual of one app and the functionality of another. You can even create it so you just tap on a blank portion of your screen to activate whatever app or function you want. It's fun!
Good luck. :good:
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Having flagrantly stolen (been inspired by?) this Hubs UI, I'm now extremely close to having my Nexus 7 look and work exactly the way I want it. I'm using a combination of ADW, Minimalistic Text, Simple Text, and MultiPicture Live Wallpaper.
However, I find myself confounded by one small piece:
The icons along the center bar are tied to custom App Groups. My problem is that clicking on them causes the app group to open directly over the center bar. I'd like it to open above the center bar.
Any ideas? Thanks!!!
There's a roundabout way to do what you want. With an app called Popup Widget, you can created a shortcut that, when clicked, makes a widget appear. You can control where it appears; one choice is above the shortcut, which is what you want. Now you need to make a widget with icons for each of the apps in your group. I do this with Elixir Widget, but I'm sure there are other programs that will work.
So: there's a shortcut on the black bar, when you click it a widget appears above the bar, and the widget shows the apps in your group. Of course, this all assumes you can put shortcuts in the black bar.
A few questions on the Sense 5 Widget Lockscreen:
a) What are the criteria for a widget being available to be used on the lockscreen, as I have plenty of widgets but only a handful are available to be used on the lockscreen itself.
b) Are there any widgets out there which as well as being available to be used on the lockscreen, allow me to click individual icons of some kind which direct me to a specific app. Pretty much a widget for app shortcuts. The reason I ask for this is because if I am allowed only 1 widget to use on the lockscreen, and I want more than 4 app shortcuts (apart from my dialer, messages, camera and internet), there must be a widget which allows me to have multiple app shortcuts on it.
Sorry for being so verbose but I'm a bit groggy at the moment.
I put a widget 7x1 of Zooper Pro on my main screen, and he can not define the actions of the widget by Themer. For example, when pressing the battery icon screen go to the battery options. I can only do that when I use the widget 1x1. When I use other widgets it only appears the 3 standard options of Zooper. How do I put the actions of Themer without using the widget 1x1?
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I put a widget 7x1 of Zooper Pro on my main screen, and he can not define the actions of the widget by Themer. For example, when pressing the battery icon screen go to the battery options. I can only do that when I use the widget 1x1. When I use other widgets it only appears the 3 standard options of Zooper. How do I put the actions of Themer without using the widget 1x1?
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Themer actions are only available to Themer's build-in Zooper variant (the one you describe as 1x1 probably). You can resize that one though if you want to make bigger widgets with it. Just add the 1x1 to your Themer screen, long-press it and select "resize". Then you can pull it to the desired dimensions.
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Themer actions are only available to Themer's build-in Zooper variant (the one you describe as 1x1 probably). You can resize that one though if you want to make bigger widgets with it. Just add the 1x1 to your Themer screen, long-press it and select "resize". Then you can pull it to the desired dimensions.
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The problem is I can not resize the widget right when I use it in 1x1 size. But when I use it in another dimension, in 7x1 for example, I can put in the size you want. Is there a secret random to fit it when I create a new widget 1x1? Or could this be a bug in the application? Why sometimes when I drag it to increase the size remains the same and does not change, so I'm having trouble
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The problem is I can not resize the widget right when I use it in 1x1 size. But when I use it in another dimension, in 7x1 for example, I can put in the size you want. Is there a secret random to fit it when I create a new widget 1x1? Or could this be a bug in the application? Why sometimes when I drag it to increase the size remains the same and does not change, so I'm having trouble
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Don't use Themer that much so you are probably better of asking that question in the Themer sub-forum.
Got the OTA update yesterday, on totally stock E980 phone. Everything seems to be working, including MMS and Exchange mail.
New KK lockscreen....can I change the style of the clock? I used to have the clock along with weather. Cannot find any way to change clocks.
If I swipe along the top of the lockscreen (only to the right), I get additional screens, which I've put a few widgets on. Can I make one of them the default lockscreen? I'd prefer to have the weather app on the lockscreen (which also has a clock showing). Can't figure out a way.
At the bottom of the "swiped" lockscreens there is a large arrow. If I click on this, my battery status and "owner info" pops up. Is this arrow usable for something else? What if I wanted the owner info, or appointments, battery status, etc...to always be in the popped-up position?
Also, can multiple lockscreen widgets be placed on the same page? For example, I'd like to place the calendar (agenda) widget on the same page as the weather widget.
Can any of this be done?
Oh and BTW, I did notice that when asking "OK Google" to play any of the music I have stored on Google Play, it finds and starts it now 100% of the time.
is it possible to show widgets in the widget drawer as app style icons instead of large "widget" icons? i'd like to tidy up my widget drawer (to match the rest of my phone) but it's impossible with the different sized widget icons that hog a full page for just 6. heck, i would be perfectly happy to just list the widgets in a list, as text only, if that were possible. i'm using nova launcher and haven't found any settings that would allow me to alter the widget icons appearance. any thoughts?