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What widgets look great on the Nexus 7? Please share your finds here. Cheers!
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Widgetsoid2 widgets - very configurable, use background from your gallery for contacts.
Gasks - nice scrollable one for agenda and tasks.
N7 Player
Any Go Launcher shortcut - replace with any png image.

Excellent, thanks!
Does anyone know if there is a Whatsapp widget for counting unread messages?
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I use HD Widgets for time and weather. I have the paid version. Not sure what the free one is like.
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I use GO Launcher and GO Notifications for unread count. You have to search for the Go Notifications apk since the Play store says not compatible. I can confirm it works with Gmail and K9.
StrangerWeather said:
Excellent, thanks!
Does anyone know if there is a Whatsapp widget for counting unread messages?
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I have downloaded and installed the apk but I can find no sign of it anywhere. Could you tell me where to look for it? Thanks!
Edit: What I mean is that I don't get the option to open the file after install. Where did you find your apk?
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I'm kind of partial to the widgets below:
Weathereye (having issues at the moment): http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.citc.weather&feature=nav_result#
Minimalistic Text: http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.devmil.minimaltext&feature=search_result#
Flipboard: http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=flipboard.app&feature=search_result#
Power toggles: http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.painless.pc&feature=search_result#
Simple Calendar: http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.anod.calendar&feature=search_result#
If you want to see what it looks like check the post your home screen thread here.

UCCW - most customizable clock/weather/whatever widget available, check XDA main Themes forum for UCCW thread with 100s of themes
Minimal Reader - for news
Jorte - for Calendar
I use AOKP so no need for power toggles since they are in the dropdown...

Beautiful widgets has a nice selection of weather widgets.

You talkin' to me? GO notify is part of the GO app. If you hit settings and scroll to the right, you'll see notifications (after you installed the apk), click it and lets you set notifications for various things. It's not an app or widget, but does show up in system apps list.
StrangerWeather said:
I have downloaded and installed the apk but I can find no sign of it anywhere. Could you tell me where to look for it? Thanks!
Edit: What I mean is that I don't get the option to open the file after install. Where did you find your apk?
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Manatee Burger said:
Beautiful widgets has a nice selection of weather widgets.
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If only they would fix the dynamic sizing option in their 4x1 weather. Using it at the moment until weathereye gets sorted. /rant

Another vote for power toggles here. Works well with the default theme (appearance wise)
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[Q] Zooper help

Hello you helpful lot here at XDA
I have just started using Zooper widget pro but i have no idea how to use apart from adding existing templates from the play store. My question is how can I create sections to split up the wallpaper i am using.
For example the attached picture has an ocean wallpaper with what looks like a black overlaying box created in Zooper at the bottom half of the screen.
I would really like it if someone could tell me how to create those said "boxes" to break up my custom homescreen
Thank you in advance and i apologise for being a Zooper Noob

davidayling said:
Hello you helpful lot here at XDA
I have just started using Zooper widget pro but i have no idea how to use apart from adding existing templates from the play store. My question is how can I create sections to split up the wallpaper i am using.
For example the attached picture has an ocean wallpaper with what looks like a black overlaying box created in Zooper at the bottom half of the screen.
I would really like it if someone could tell me how to create those said "boxes" to break up my custom homescreen
Thank you in advance and i apologise for being a Zooper Noob
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Hi there and welcome to the wonderful world of Zooper :victory:
You have two possibilities to achieve this: you can either set the widget background to a color of your choosing and then resize the widget to cover the whole screen or if you want to have only parts of your widgets with a background you should add a Rect module and resize/position/configure it to your needs.
I hope this answers you question and if not, please don't hesitate to keep asking

kwerdenker said:
Hi there and welcome to the wonderful world of Zooper :victory:
You have two possibilities to achieve this: you can either set the widget background to a color of your choosing and then resize the widget to cover the whole screen or if you want to have only parts of your widgets with a background you should add a Rect module and resize/position/configure it to your needs.
I hope this answers you question and if not, please don't hesitate to keep asking
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Hi and thank you for the awesome tip.
Your instructions were easy to follow so huge thanks. Only question I have now is can I place a uccw widget over the laid Zooper one ? And if so how can I do this ?
Thank you in advance. People like you keep me coming back to the most helpful forum on the internet :good:

davidayling said:
Hi and thank you for the awesome tip.
Your instructions were easy to follow so huge thanks. Only question I have now is can I place a uccw widget over the laid Zooper one ? And if so how can I do this ?
Thank you in advance. People like you keep me coming back to the most helpful forum on the internet :good:
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For that you would have to use a custom launcher that supports widget overlaying. Popular ones like Nova or Apex have that option in their settings. After you activated that option, you should be able to resize or place another widget over the Zooper widget.
Though since Zooper has at least the same functionality as UCCW, why not try to recreate the widget directly in Zooper?

Hey thanks again. Your a pool of helpful knowledge. 2nd nooby question how do I overlap on Nova. I can't find it in settings. I'm using prime btw
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Ha found the overlap option but my problem now is I can't place the icons I'm using in Nova over a black line made with Zooper widget. Any ideas?
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Have you ticked the 2 options to allow overlapping icons and widgets in Nova Settings > Desktop?
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ma11en said:
Have you ticked the 2 options to allow overlapping icons and widgets in Nova Settings > Desktop?
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Awesome thank you for your help. Now i can customise the hell out of everything. Next ill learn to make custom widgets.
Thank you ever so much!!!!

Want more than 3 screens?

I found this out by mistake. If your 3 screens are full and you drag a widget on to it you can create another screen for that widget and then delete the widget and the screen will stay. I don't Know if it will be there after reboot though.
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roughmouth said:
I found this out by mistake. If your 3 screens are full and you drag a widget on to it you can create another screen for that widget and then delete the widget and the screen will stay. I don't Know if it will be there after reboot though.
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Do a pinch on one of the pages of your homescreen and you'll get an overview of your homescreen pages and a plus, push the plus and you'll add one page.

Tectas said:
Do a pinch on one of the pages of your homescreen and you'll get an overview of your homescreen pages and a plus, push the plus and you'll add one page.
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- Hold and drag to "delete" if you want to get rid of one.
[EDIT] After pinch out, ofc

New update

Homescreen has been redone
Positive or negative feedback welcomed
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Tweaks
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More tweaking
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Looks pretty nice. You running it on themer? If so how you handling the reloading that it often does randomly when using HD pics and a lot of pages?

More tweaking
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Hey sandman
Nope not using themer...... Just ZOOPER WIDGET PRO. The top widget with the clock is from another developer that i had bought. I had manipulated it to what i wanted u can see the difference in google play store the developer name is under BEMO APPS (app name being WORLD WAR)
Everything else is all from just whatever pop up in my mind. Also pages load fine i have no lag or wait time when starting phone or apps.... Using Nova launcher with desktop grid set to 10x8, no dock, no margins. Under labs section of Nova launcher i have......
1. UI lock checked
2. Restart widgets on resume
3. Widget image async list
4. Widget image cache
With these checked it allows for widgets on the phone to be smoother use less mem......even with the grid size that im using.
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New page still in the works
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Moarr TWEAKKSSS *sigh*
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Final page
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Other 2 pages finished with icon tweaks
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All done.....
New formats soon..... Hopefully can try submitting work on google play in near future
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D. Haze said:
Under labs section of Nova launcher i have......
1. UI lock checked
2. Restart widgets on resume
3. Widget image async list
4. Widget image cache
With these checked it allows for widgets on the phone to be smoother use less mem......even with the grid size that im using.
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Would love to know where these settings are? Have looked everywhere in nova settings and the only one that exists is lock desktop. Please tell me where these are?
Ps. Nice ZW work bro
Everything I do or have is custom.... Period.

Kid cassidy i pm you....
But just in case u dont get....
Go to nova settings and long press the volume down key
Once you hold down the volume key it will say labs enabled
Then just scroll down while in the settings and you will see labs
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D. Haze said:
Kid cassidy i pm you....
But just in case u dont get....
Go to nova settings and long press the volume down key
Once you hold down the volume key it will say labs enabled
Then just scroll down while in the settings and you will see labs
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Thanks bro!
Everything I do or have is custom.... Period.

Post your homescreens here!!!

Show how you rock with your new device with different LAUNCHERS and ICONS
Post the screenshots of your new setup for your device...
Let's see how you Rock...

Not a screen shot but was able to make the wallpaper for it ending out icons ect here we go

Simple, minimal and N.

Matches the mint green robin nicely

Just got the phone yesterday, loving the size! Not done yet but here are 2 screenshots, one is the stock launcher and the other is nova. Nova is plain I know but I hate change and have been using this layout for years.
I really like the stock launcher I wish I could theme the other icons to match. I like the mint green.
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Nextbit_Khang said:
Simple, minimal and N.
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Is this a hint that you are working on android N?
Nextbit_Khang said:
Simple, minimal and N.
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oldpreowner said:
Is this a hint that you are working on android N?
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Ha, no.. I just looked the simplicity of the wallpaper.

Nextbit_Khang said:
Simple, minimal and N.
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which dock icons are those?

dustintinsley said:
which dock icons are those?
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I don't use dock icons. did you mean someone else's post?

Here's my current... Background from deviant...
[emoji4]
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my recent homescreen
greez and always :good:

Linux Mint 18 wallpaper

Using Nova Launcher.

Here is mine

mari.since2007 said:
Using Nova Launcher.
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Is there any way to get a clean desktop on the Robin without changing launchers? I like to use photos of my family and pets as wallpaper but am stumped by the lack of an app drawer on the stock launcher.
Nova Launcher screenshot attached.

ToHellWithGA said:
Is there any way to get a clean desktop on the Robin without changing launchers? I like to use photos of my family and pets as wallpaper but am stumped by the lack of an app drawer on the stock launcher.
Nova Launcher screenshot attached.
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Sorry, I don't know how to do that on the stock launcher.
It's difficult for me to use the stock launcher thoughtfully.

Nova Launcher
Praos Icon Pack
Chronus Forecast with Marshmallow Weather Icons
Nova Search Widget
Sleep as Android Alarm and Sleep Tracking Widget
Each icon on the desktop and dock is a folder matching a folder in the app drawer; each one corresponds to a category of app. A tap opens the first, or most used, app in each folder, and all other apps are available with a swipe.

psychoTR2 said:
Nova Launcher
Praos Icon Pack
Chronus Forecast with Marshmallow Weather Icons
Nova Search Widget
Sleep as Android Alarm and Sleep Tracking Widget
Each icon on the desktop and dock is a folder matching a folder in the app drawer; each one corresponds to a category of app. A tap opens the first, or most used, app in each folder, and all other apps are available with a swipe.
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How did you get those icons next to Google search/Weather? Sleep Tracking widget?

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How did you get those icons next to Google search/Weather? Sleep Tracking widget?
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They're from Sleep as Android. One displays the next alarm time, and the other activates the app's sleep tracking features. All I did to get them there was I enabled widget overlap in Nova Launcher, and then I placed them. You have to kind of finagle the widget sizes to get that spacing, but it's not hard.