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Lockscreen Replacement App

If anyone is interested in replacing their default lockscreen, I recommend Widget Locker. It's on the market for 1.99 but well worth it. I tried them all, LockBot Pro, Lock 2.0, etc, however, Widget Locker is by far the best. Very smooth, no lag, does not drain battery or have any FC's. I've been using it for a couple of days now without any issues. It's up to you whether you want to put widgets on your screen or simply just change the background/lock style. Enjoy.

I also recommend Widget Locker..
Its afaik the fastest one..
Screenshot of it:
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I use Fency Widget on Top, then SMS Unread count for SMS and for missing calls...
Maybe a music player widget would be coul.
You can enable/disable interactions with widgets.
It would be very cool, if you would be able to hide widgets, if the are not used or sth (would need an interface for interactions).

Found it on market for 1.99 ??

OH MY!!! this app is so worth the money! so many lock screen options!
BEST!!

Sorry, I thought it was .99. I've updated the original post.

seriously this lock screen is perfect i would of paid more, thankyou OP i was looking for something like this
how often does the Dev update the app?

I wrote an E-Mail to the author, because during phonecalls the launcher was sometimes enabled..
After several days a new update where out with new additional features..

nice...now to replace the stock dailer with something quick and has full screen called ID and im set! anyone know of a good replacement dailer>?

does the drop/pull down music player control widget still function with widget locker?

Awesome! i'll try it out
thE_29 said:
I also recommend Widget Locker..
Its afaik the fastest one..
Screenshot of it:
I use Fency Widget on Top, then SMS Unread count for SMS and for missing calls...
Maybe a music player widget would be coul.
You can enable/disable interactions with widgets.
It would be very cool, if you would be able to hide widgets, if the are not used or sth (would need an interface for interactions).
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Ferdimage said:
how often does the Dev update the app?
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I released WidgetLocker 1.0 on June 16th and it's on 1.2.2 now (July 27th). The version integer is at 12 but I'm not sure I actually released that many to the public (I don't always bump it for betas but do sometimes).
As it matures more the updates will probably get slower (And less necessary). But it's still young and already the best lockscreen on the market. And I have plenty more ideas and things to implement (And alas some bugs still to fix).

You can enable the notification bar in the widget locker lockscreen..
So the music player should work too.. You can also interact with the widgets if you press an activate button (which you can configure).

thE_29 said:
You can enable the notification bar in the widget locker lockscreen..
So the music player should work too.. You can also interact with the widgets if you press an activate button (which you can configure).
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im sorry, but the music player in notification bar is diffrent from the music control widget in the default lock screen and enabling the notification bar would be defeating the purpose of the lock screen, i think.
i might try this though to check if the music player control in the default lockscreen will work with widgetlocker

As long as you do not press the "activation" key, the display stays black and you cannot interfact with widgets or the notfication bar..
I dont know the music player from the original widget locker..

Dear Dev, still loving the app, can you on your next release please have an option to play/assign unlocking sounds, that would be even better

Ferdimage said:
Dear Dev, still loving the app, can you on your next release please have an option to play/assign unlocking sounds, that would be even better
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For next release you'll get to play an unlocking sound. Release after that you'll get to assign your own. I'm trying to get the next release wrapped up quickly since it includes some Sense-Froyo fixes and that just hit the Desire and EVO.

I didn't find the Widget Locker on Market.
Where is it?

rafaelpinaf said:
I didn't find the Widget Locker on Market.
Where is it?
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You probably see only the free apps! There was fix somewhere here in the forum for this!

You're right. I see only the free apps!
I'll fix it!
Thanks my friend!

I really like this app too, but the name sucks. Have tried it because i thought i can lock WIDGETS for input. Never thought of it being a lockscreen
So quite misleading i guess...

[APP] Revamped Spotify

Any thoughts on it? I think it's awesome. Looks way better but I think they took out the function where you can skip ahead in the song
Link for those interested
http://download.spotify.com/android/PreviewSpotifyAndroid.apk

Is it free mate?
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jameslfc5 said:
Is it free mate?
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I wish it were. As far as worthwhile music apps this is the one you want though. I pay $10 a month and it's worth every penny there's also a $5 dollar one if I remember correctly.
It's free to use on pc though

Lockscreen
I love the new app but the lockscreen controls don't seem to work half the time. Anyone else notice this?

marinersontop1 said:
I love the new app but the lockscreen controls don't seem to work half the time. Anyone else notice this?
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How do you get lock screen controls? I'll let you know how mine work if you tell me how lol

Mrcojocaru said:
How do you get lock screen controls? I'll let you know how mine work if you tell me how lol
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Assuming you downloaded the new version of Spotify and have a G Nex, when you are playing a song just let the screen time out. It will appear on the lockscreen much like Google Music does.
If that doesn't work try clearing the data for Spotify.
The problem is when I pause a song in the lockscreen and leave for a minute it won't play again.

marinersontop1 said:
Assuming you downloaded the new version of Spotify and have a G Nex, when you are playing a song just let the screen time out. It will appear on the lockscreen much like Google Music does.
If that doesn't work try clearing the data for Spotify.
The problem is when I pause a song in the lockscreen and leave for a minute it won't play again.
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Oic... Sounds like Android is closing the program because it thinks it's being unused. I'll try

Yeah, the lockscreen control is iffy. No scrobble to last.fm. And pause stops all together. You have to re-enter the app to start it all over.
I'd never tried spotify before so I got the 48 hours free. And then I'll sign up for the 30 days free; however, the Rdio app has a lot more extras and functionality. And it's also recently been updated to holo theme, as well.

When I came across the review of the new Spotify revamp over on Engadget today, I couldn't help but...
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The old Spotify app used to FC, freeze, and fail to successfully sync music for offline use. The revamped app has solved all these issues for me. Not to mention the app is MUCH more responsive than the old version.
If you are a Spotify user this is a must have.

But in my case, all the starred items in that playlist do not appear. Anybody else experiencing this?
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

The Spotify Preview works so much better than the one listen in the Play Store. I do notice some pausing while streaming. Is this happening to anyone else? It may just be my cruddy data connection in the office. Dunno though.

Does the alfa tags work via blue tooth (does it show the name of the song in car stereo, when streaming through blue tooth)?

One problem I'm having that I'd like confirmed or not is that there seems to be no way now to listen through your entire music collection as one giant playlist. I used to do this quite a lot on the old spotify and set to shuffle to jump randomly between all playlists. Don't seem to be able to do that now. Am I missing something?
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absolutely LOVE it!!!!

Thanks so much for posting that!!! Love the service but hated the app. It was super buggy with a horrible UI and limited features. This is so much better.
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[Q] Air gesture to change music track?

I thought the air gesture feature would be really useful to skip music tracks while riding my motorcycle, but I can't get it to work! I'm using the stock music player, loaded a bunch of songs on the SD card and I turned on the air gesture settings. I can get it to skip tracks by saying "next" using the voice command feature, but this probably won't help much in a full face helmet at 70mph!
What I would like to be able to do is have the phone in the transparent pocket of my tank bag and be able to wave my gloved hand over the sensor to skip a track. In theory it should be possible as long as my hand is within 7cm of the screen, according to Samsung. I tried it out just sitting in front of my computer, and no matter how I wave my hand (and believe me, I've tried all sorts of combinations: fast, slow, closer & further from the screen), I can't get the music to skip a track. Any ideas?
My phone is stock, unrooted, if that helps. I do have a Spigen GLAS.t screen protector on there, but it doesn't cover any of the sensors.

Are you sure you click on air gesture and then air browse and selected music
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I believe it only works with the stock music player as well. That sucks. Tried it in poweamp and didn't work.

whytechapel_x said:
I believe it only works with the stock music player as well. That sucks. Tried it in poweamp and didn't work.
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Is there a specific apk in the /system/app directory for the air gesture feature? I can probably edit it to send a media next broadcast instead of being hard coded to the stock player.
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elesbb said:
Is there a specific apk in the /system/app directory for the air gesture feature? I can probably edit it to send a media next broadcast instead of being hard coded to the stock player.
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+100 to that

Thankyou elflip88... I didn't have it set to change on the lock screen. Now at least that is working! I don't think that solves my problem of changing tracks when the screen is completely off though. Is there a way to make the phone wake up enough to get to the lock screen with a hand gesture? I have it set to where it shows the time and notifications when you reach for it, but I can't change tracks from that screen.

elesbb said:
Is there a specific apk in the /system/app directory for the air gesture feature? I can probably edit it to send a media next broadcast instead of being hard coded to the stock player.
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Didn't find anything.

whytechapel_x said:
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Might be in the framework then. Not a big deal. Only problem is i have no device to test things on.
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Apparently, the built-in air gesture only works for the stock media player and only when the phone is awake. You should install "wave control". You can set the media player it works with and switch songs with the screen off. I have used it while driving a moving truck and it works very well. :good:

mahgnillig said:
I thought the air gesture feature would be really useful to skip music tracks while riding my motorcycle, but I can't get it to work! I'm using the stock music player, loaded a bunch of songs on the SD card and I turned on the air gesture settings. I can get it to skip tracks by saying "next" using the voice command feature, but this probably won't help much in a full face helmet at 70mph!
What I would like to be able to do is have the phone in the transparent pocket of my tank bag and be able to wave my gloved hand over the sensor to skip a track. In theory it should be possible as long as my hand is within 7cm of the screen, according to Samsung. I tried it out just sitting in front of my computer, and no matter how I wave my hand (and believe me, I've tried all sorts of combinations: fast, slow, closer & further from the screen), I can't get the music to skip a track. Any ideas?
My phone is stock, unrooted, if that helps. I do have a Spigen GLAS.t screen protector on there, but it doesn't cover any of the sensors.
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I believe it only works with the stock music player as well. That sucks. Tried it in poweamp and didn't work.
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mahgnillig said:
Thankyou elflip88... I didn't have it set to change on the lock screen. Now at least that is working! I don't think that solves my problem of changing tracks when the screen is completely off though. Is there a way to make the phone wake up enough to get to the lock screen with a hand gesture? I have it set to where it shows the time and notifications when you reach for it, but I can't change tracks from that screen.
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Dracarnion said:
Apparently, the built-in air gesture only works for the stock media player and only when the phone is awake. You should install "wave control". You can set the media player it works with and switch songs with the screen off. I have used it while driving a moving truck and it works very well. :good:
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you all can try Hovering Controls, it emulates Air gesture for all phones (Android 2.2 and up) and works mostly with all music/video players, even with screen off.
you can find it here:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.golgorz.hoveringcontrols (for support, Google Play)
and here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2351974 (XDA version totally free and full)

forgin said:
you all can try Hovering Controls, it emulates Air gesture for all phones (Android 2.2 and up) and works mostly with all music/video players, even with screen off.
you can find it here:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.golgorz.hoveringcontrols (for support, Google Play)
and here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2351974 (XDA version totally free and full)
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Try wave control app as well might help you out

richardlibeau said:
Try wave control app as well might help you out
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For me wave control did not work. I tried it with pandora (which it says it should work) but every time i tried the gestures it would launch the default music app. I know exactly whats wrong with it but im gonna dig up the Air Gestuers API and make my own instead of editing the smali.

How to stop displaying what's playing on my phone

Like the title says, how do I stop android wear from displaying what my phone is playing?
If I play music from Google music/youtube it shows up on my watches display, how do I stop this?

DarkManX4lf said:
Like the title says, how do I stop android wear from displaying what my phone is playing?
If I play music from Google music/youtube it shows up on my watches display, how do I stop this?
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Install Feel the Wear, you can block notifications from your watch for any app.
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=sk.martinflorek.wear.feelthewear&hl=en_US

would you also be able to use the Android Wear App to block the YOUTUBE or GOOGLE MUSIC app notifications?

I have the same issue with Spotify. When I start playing Spotify, I get a spotify full screen thing on the watch with the track played and <</>> controls. Annoying, I don't care about the controls cause I can control Spotify from my true wireless earphones. I can't find a way to disable that.
Did you find a way to do it @Jaws4God?

vivelafrance said:
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Did you find a way to do it @Jaws4God?
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I did not actually look.. I just know you can block apps via the WearOS app so didn't know if that would help.. I guess I could test it and see if it works..

Jaws4God said:
I did not actually look.. I just know you can block apps via the WearOS app so didn't know if that would help.. I guess I could test it and see if it works..
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i block chrome but when i watch instagram it still show on my watch, any solutions ?

Jaws4God said:
I did not actually look.. I just know you can block apps via the WearOS app so didn't know if that would help.. I guess I could test it and see if it works..
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I've tried this and it seems like it works for YouTube but it doesn't work for Google play music.

I found a way to stop my watch from showing what I'm playing. When you play a video or song from YouTube or Google play music and the media controls show up on the watch, long press the media controls face (in the center) and you get an option menu. One of the options is to turn off the media controls. Hopefully this helps someone.

DarkManX4lf said:
I found a way to stop my watch from showing what I'm playing. When you play a video or song from YouTube or Google play music and the media controls show up on the watch, long press the media controls face (in the center) and you get an option menu. One of the options is to turn off the media controls. Hopefully this helps someone.
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OH MY GOODNESS! THANK YOU!! I never knew we could do that. I just tried and it works amazingly! I now have added a shortcut to "Media Controls" on the watch face and the controls don't appear automatically anymore! Exactly what I wanted. Thanks

vivelafrance said:
OH MY GOODNESS! THANK YOU!! I never knew we could do that. I just tried and it works amazingly! I now have added a shortcut to "Media Controls" on the watch face and the controls don't appear automatically anymore! Exactly what I wanted. Thanks
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How did you add the shortcut for media controls?

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How did you add the shortcut for media controls?
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I can add 4 custom shortcuts with the watch face i'm using (Called "Quante"). In the list of apps and functions, there is one called "media controls". Which means that as soon as I listen to music on the phone, that shortcut let me have access to the media controls.
What I originally wanted is for the media controls to NOT automatically come up, only when I pressed the shortcut and your solution worked like a charm.
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DarkManX4lf said:
I found a way to stop my watch from showing what I'm playing. When you play a video or song from YouTube or Google play music and the media controls show up on the watch, long press the media controls face (in the center) and you get an option menu. One of the options is to turn off the media controls. Hopefully this helps someone.
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OMGOSH! Thank you, I had no idea how easy it was to stop it.:good:

Question How to display audio controls over lock screen or in quick pull down menu?

I have not been able to figure out how to quick access audio music player controls without having to go to the particular app. My previous Android allowed me to access the stop/pause/play control over the lock screen and in the pull down menu from the top. What am I missing? Thanks.

Are you allowing your lockscreen to show all sensitive content (notifications) on it? I can play with my music apps some more shortly to see what happens - I mostly use them in Android Auto so I don't often look at the phone screen while music's playing.

roirraW edor ehT said:
Are you allowing your lockscreen to show all sensitive content (notifications) on it? I can play with my music apps some more shortly to see what happens - I mostly use them in Android Auto so I don't often look at the phone screen while music's playing.
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I have my Settings to "show all notification content on lock screen." I should mention I'm running Nova launcher, which I've always been running on an Android phone. My issue is to be able to pause or play music from my lock screen or pull down menu, which I've always been able to do pre-P6P.

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I have my Settings to "show all notification content on lock screen." I should mention I'm running Nova launcher, which I've always been running on an Android phone. My issue is to be able to pause or play music from my lock screen or pull down menu, which I've always been able to do pre-P6P.
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Maybe it's the particular music app?
With Rocket Player, for example, I get:
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and additionally with dragging down my notifications:
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I'll test PowerAMP and GoneMad next.

I am using AIMP player and that has music controls on the lockscreen and drop down toggles too.

Both PowerAMP and GoneMad work for me on the lock screen (and pull-down notifications) too.
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Thanks, I will try those. On my P6P I've been using Music Player, Poweramp, Spotify and Qobuz. The first two are new to this phone, but Spotify and Qobuz I've been using for a while and my memory is I was always able to access the controls on lockscreen and drop down.

Poweramp is not showing up for me. Perhaps that's a consequence of Nova Launcher?

gmfeld said:
Poweramp is not showing up for me. Perhaps that's a consequence of Nova Launcher?
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I use Nova Launcher (I am signed up for their Beta program) exclusively and have for ~10 years, give or take. The only effect Nova could possibly have in relation to lock screens that I can think of is that you can set gestures that lock the screen, either through Accessibility services without root, which performs a "hard" lock such as rebooting the phone (where you have to enter your primary unlock method - not biometrics), or via root where you can have gestures lock it "properly", which is ironically just like a normal lock. There may actually be a third or hybrid option in Nova that performs a normal lock without root - I can't recall for sure.
I've never seen it affect the contents of my lock screen so it's probably something else. I'm currently using CleanSlate kernel's Sweep to Sleep to lock the screen, so I'm not using Nova's gestures to lock the screen, but I was a month or so ago without any effect on music players, or my lock screen contents that I noticed.

Yeah, I've also been using Nava Launcher for years and never had an issue.

gmfeld said:
Thanks, I will try those. On my P6P I've been using Music Player, Poweramp, Spotify and Qobuz. The first two are new to this phone, but Spotify and Qobuz I've been using for a while and my memory is I was always able to access the controls on lockscreen and drop down.
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In Poweramp settings need to turn on show on lockscreen.

Thebear j koss said:
In Poweramp settings need to turn on show on lockscreen.
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Thank you, I found it. I upgraded to the paid version yesterday, I think that's why I wasn't seeing that setting before.

gmfeld said:
Thank you, I found it. I upgraded to the paid version yesterday, I think that's why I wasn't seeing that setting before.
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Awesome. PowerAMP and Nova Launcher Prime are probably the two oldest apps I paid for and still use.