The one thing I'm excited most about for Android is that we can add widgets to our desktop. unfortunately I read somewhere that Google has locked down widgets for the time being. I can't remember where I read it though.
Can anyone confirm if this info is true or not? I was hoping we would see some weather widgets for the desktop and some other things as well.
I am not sure but I would guess that since the source is out now it should be open.
I'd like to have a widget that shows my calendar on the desktop.
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The folks over at "Fuze Mobility" have put up a post about windows mobile 6.5's ability to use 'WIDGETS' which seem to be easy ways of showing info from different web services/sites.
They have made available 50!, yes 50 widgets for different mobile based sites along with a .cab to enable widgets. They have done this to introduce the idea of widgets to the masses, or more specifically the ones who could further develop widgets.
Here is the link for their selection of widgets: Clicky
The download link is at the bottom of the page, which is very long.
Others appear to be enjoying these widgets. Sadly I have not been successful in installing one yet, as it complains about not finding a component or a missing certificate
I hope to find a fix for this somehow.
So, please go and try out these widgets and report back with your experience.
PLUS: any developers out there who fancy looking more into widgets:
please make a xda-devs widget where you can browse the forums through a widget, or specify some sections (like a certain phone you like) so you can browse through the threads. This would be a temporary fix for the many people who dream of having a dedicated app for viewing this amazing site.
That message indicates that your ROM does not have the widgets engine installed- check your ROM package...you can install it separately if you look for it.
We are working on the widgets in the next few days and intend to re-release the package with added functionality (hopefully). there's no 'back' button to those widgets so we need to address that and I think it's something we can map but we're playing around with it now.
Thanks, Ive already put in a request on the ROMs thread for a cab for my device.
Plus, as I said, a widget for xda-developers would be a great thing
Is there a widget or something to customize my homescreen? Seeing how on android and BB phones they have a super notification panel that displays Facebook notifications and instant messages the user recieves, I'm just wondering if there a way to do this on my Maple's homescreen. Is there a program out yet that makes this possible? A homescreen plug-in, widget, anything! I know this isnt so much to expect so im wondering if something like this exists! Thanks in advance
it really depends on what you want to do exactly. to start off, you can customize the homescreen with CHome Configurator. If you want to go further, you can install a custom ROM such as those proposed on this forum.
Are they able to sync with your social networking sites? I never seen a custom rom that can do this. All im saying is that most android phones and blackberrys can do this and winmo still hasnt implemented it. Which is why I was wondering if there was a plugin or widget that could do this.
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Are they able to sync with your social networking sites? I never seen a custom rom that can do this. All im saying is that most android phones and blackberrys can do this and winmo still hasnt implemented it. Which is why I was wondering if there was a plugin or widget that could do this.
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there is a facebook app available on the windows marketplace, but i don't know how the notifications are implemented in there since i don't use it. you should just try it out, but as for notifications, don't expect it to be better than android, after all it's win mo...
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Are they able to sync with your social networking sites? I never seen a custom rom that can do this. All im saying is that most android phones and blackberrys can do this and winmo still hasnt implemented it. Which is why I was wondering if there was a plugin or widget that could do this.
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Yes and no. It can be done if you edit your xml files. Any static information can be displayed.. even Facebook and Twitter. I have my twitter displayed in one of my panels on my home screen (its done via rss feed) and it updates once every 15 minutes. CHome Config will do most of the work for you but you will have to tweek it. You could also create a widget (there are tutorials for widgets online.. google is your friend here) a widget is just a web page in effect, compressed into a small package that PIE an open and display. You could also use Mortscripts to pull the info you want and display it.
There are options, you just have to educate yourself on them. WinMo has always been a "do it yourself" OS, I like it because of that.
Okay, the Daily Briefing app is very very good, but it's really stupid that You can't add your own feeds to it. Would anyone be interested in either modding Daily Briefing or making a new app, or is there perhaps already a good RSS reader out there?
there are two RSS readers- RSS World which is free & allows adding your own feeds but you cannot search for feeds. you can manually add the feed address which is cumbersome. Also if you have feeds from a lot of sites, they will all be mixed up together.say for example you have selected feeds from Sites A, B & C. so the first three feeds maybe from A, then a few from B, then maybe again from A, then C, then B again..etc. it would have been helpful if there were scrollable pages to the left & right so that feeds from different sites would show up on different screens.
There is also a paid reader named Q-RSS but i cannot tell you about it as i have not bought it.
Lastly, if you only want a good news widget, the AP Mobile widget is very good.
btw, if daily briefing can be modded, then it should be modded. since it is a widget, it should not be very difficult.
Try the Pulse News Reader app. You can add feeds from a huge directory or search, comes with awesome default ones. widget only shows one per widget but when you click it, it full screens and has a very nice UI. Google reader incorporation too, so just add em there and import, wa-la.
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But I do like the idea of the OP, I don't use the Daily briefing app. because of this.
bdemartino said:
Try the Pulse News Reader app. You can add feeds from a huge directory or search, comes with awesome default ones. widget only shows one per widget but when you click it, it full screens and has a very nice UI. Google reader incorporation too, so just add em there and import, wa-la.
Appbrain link
But I do like the idea of the OP, I don't use the Daily briefing app. because of this.
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You're in the wrong section dude, this is Bada not Android
Hi,
I have an SGS I-9000, and it has some widgets that I would like to transfer onto my Asus TF101 Pad. The clock for instance, it is small, has multiple TZs, a timer/stopwatch alarm, and looks beautiful. I've tried a few from the market but they don't come close. So I tried this "Bluetooth File Transfer" app, it works fine and I can transfer an app from one device to the other, but it does not list widgets. I've done some googling but cannot find a way to do this. Any ideas?
Thanks in advance.
Ah if it was that easy eh....
Their widgets filter custom intents i think and have framework dependencies.
Hence only some that are completely independent can work on other launchers, and most wont.
Thanks for the reply.
But regardless of the possible links with proprietary libraries, is there a way to transfer widgets? All I can find are ways to move apps, but never widgets.
Hey guys,
In an effort to 'hack' the Sense homescreen to use a custom launch/shortcut bar, I am creating an app that needs to know if the homescreen is currently visible. With this, I need some help.
I've been looking at four possibilities to do this:
1. constantly poll the window manager for the current activity. This works, however my battery doesn't like this and it's generally bad practice.
2. Use a widget to tell the service wether it's active. Too bad, Android doesn't seem to provide some kind of event to a widget when the homescreen is opened. Strange though, as you'd say this would be very useful when updating widgets. Am I overlooking something?
3. Watch the logcat or message broadcast. This works nicely to intercept a user moving away from the homescreen at it will output this when switching activities:
08-22 12:25:28.891: VERBOSE/HtcAppUsageStats(255): (launch app, package): (People, com.android.htccontacts)
I think I could intercept that, but then there's another problem. Pressing home broadcasts this message for com.htc.launcher, however using the back key (or even software options) to move back to the homescreen do not invoke this.
4. Intercept hardware presses. This seems rather hard when you don't want to actually do something with the presses. This combined with the above method would give me a decent way to see if the homescreen is active.
But all of those methods just don't work the way I want them to. Anyone got a clue on how to accomplish this? I don't mind if I require root access or some dirty programming, by the way. After all, it's some sort of a hack.
A push in the right direction would be very welcome
Quick kick. No one knows a solution for this?
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If this is just for sense, have you checked the openSense sdk?
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I haven't really looked into this, I also have no experience with widgets, but using my general knowledge in how Android works, concerning 2), does the widget not receive a visibility change? I know for LiveWallpapers there is a void VisibilityChanged(boolean visible) method that allows it to update when visible. Do Widgets not have this?
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If this is just for sense, have you checked the openSense sdk?
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Couldn't find the documentation of it. But it must be somewhere, this is indeed another option to look into.
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I haven't really looked into this, I also have no experience with widgets, but using my general knowledge in how Android works, concerning 2), does the widget not receive a visibility change? I know for LiveWallpapers there is a void VisibilityChanged(boolean visible) method that allows it to update when visible. Do Widgets not have this?
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I've tried all the event listeners I could find in the reference. I don't remember the VisibilityChanged method thou, will look into that tonight. Otherwise I might be able to build a Live Wallpaper and hook it to a service.. Interesting
Thanks both!