While thousands of apps have been released since Android's release, there have been relatively few widgets created (for obvious reasons). However, some do exist, and when mixed in with all of the fart apps and soundboards, it can be quite difficult to catch new ones. That being said, a thread tracking all released widgets could probably be beneficial to many. I'll try to update this first post with others' comments as more widgets are released, so feel free to share any I may have missed, or that have just come out.
Also, the widgets should be mainly universal, able to work on multiple homes. If a widget is only intended for, say, aHome, please include that information. Listing dimensions would also be nice.
So far:
Analog clock: The one from 1.0 (2 x 2)
aniCalendar*: A monthly calendar, that can be changed to a clock, as well. Available for $.99 on the Market, but definitely worth the price (2 x 2).
BBC News Widget*: Self-explanatory; gives recent news. When clicked, gives more news stories (1 x 4).
Calendar: One of my favorite; shows upcoming appointment times and locations from your Google Calendar. Also displays the day of the week and the date (2 x 2).
Forecast*: A great little widget that shows the day's high, low, and type of weather (sunny, rainy, etc.). When clicked, provides a forecast for the next few days right on the home screen (1 x 1; larger 2 x 1 version available).
Music: Extremely useful; allows you to play/plause/skip/previous right from the home screen (1 x 4).
Picture frame: The one from 1.0; self-explanatory (2 x 2).
Quick calendar*: While the app is excellent, the widget definitely needs polishing. Currently, places a small block on your home screen showing your next couple appointments. Available after downloading the Quick Calendar app (2 x 2, I believe).
Retro clock*: A digital clock with a retro look (2 x 2).
Search: The one from 1.0; self-explanatory (1 x 4).
Sticky note*: Great widget; appears as an icon of a sticky note (why there is a push-pin alludes me). Once clicked, the widget expands showing you a larger note, which can be edited quite easily (1 x 1).
Weather: Provides some details regarding the day's weather (1 x 4).
Yahoo News*: Very similar to BBC news, but of course, from a different news source (1 x 4).
* Available for download in Market.
Some more, thanks to q426669:
q426669 said:
All links are to Cyrket.com.
Battery Widget (1x1)
Weather widget (2x1 - Shows CURRENT temp, downloads google weather images)
Engadget News
Dilbert Widget (1x3)
Neatorma News
Webcam
Earthquake!
Gizmodo News
Battery Widget #2
As far as I know that's all of em released at this time. No 3rd party (marketless) widgets included.
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It would be handy if you included links to the applications that are not on the market.
Besides that: Thanks
All links are to Cyrket.com.
Battery Widget (1x1)
Weather widget (2x1 - Shows CURRENT temp, downloads google weather images)
Engadget News
Dilbert Widget (1x3)
Neatorma News
Webcam
Earthquake!
Gizmodo News
Battery Widget #2
As far as I know that's all of em released at this time. No 3rd party (marketless) widgets included.
Engadget news: all news widgets by same author. size(1x4) click widget to get more artlicle info, also leads to website
BBC news: same
Gizmodo news: same
Yahoo news: same
earthquake: havnt tried the widget yet but app is cool, shows notifications of earthquakes around the world
you didn't mention the best thing about Bratag's excellent Sticky Note widget
When you press the camera button while either the title or note body field is selected (when editing or creating a sticky), it performs a voice-to-text conversion so you speak your sticky notes into the phone instead of typing. Very cool.
Ampitax said:
It would be handy if you included links to the applications that are not on the market.
Besides that: Thanks
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The ones not provided in the market are all, I believe, part of the 1.5 firmware. I run dxTop, and they are all available without downloading anything else. Thus, they should be available with the standard Home. I'm not sure about aHome or OpenHome.
ei8htohms said:
When you press the camera button while either the title or note body field is selected (when editing or creating a sticky), it performs a voice-to-text conversion so you speak your sticky notes into the phone instead of typing. Very cool.
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This doesn't seem to be working for me. Are you holding the camera button down while speaking?
Binary Clock
dxtop weather widget
http://www.cyrket.com/package/com.android.dxtop.widget.weather
SD Card Memory Widget
Terrorism Threat Level Widget
Giu Battery Widget
Internal Memory Widget
WikiArticle Widget
FML Widget
jay652 said:
This doesn't seem to be working for me. Are you holding the camera button down while speaking?
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just tap it, then it should pop right up
ei8htohms said:
When you press the camera button while either the title or note body field is selected (when editing or creating a sticky), it performs a voice-to-text conversion so you speak your sticky notes into the phone instead of typing. Very cool.
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This is awesome I like the app that much more now.
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This is awesome I like the app that much more now.
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no bull.. thats cool
WifiToggle is very nice. There is/was also another widget by this company, Rounded Labs, which toggles your ringer between silent, vibrate and on. I couldn't find it on cyrket though.
Brightness Toggle Widget
Thanks for the tip. With the improved security for widgets, I see new ones popping up every day now (Google's Android market).
The guys you mentioned added a Brightness Toggle Widget as well. If only I could add these 1x1 widgets to folders...
Here's the Ringer Toggle Widget by the way.
If you can't find Cyrket stuff, try again later, I suspect there might be performance issues. The traffic is probably getting impressive and increasing every day...
Thanks JJah. These widgets are great. The guys at rounded labs need to add a fourth one for gps or something so I have a complete row. I agree about putting them in a folder too. Another option that would be cool would be the ability to edit the colors. I like the blue, but I also like to switch wallpapers and it looked kind of weird with a bright red bg.
Simple Widget Pack
Ryanmo5 said:
Simple Widget Pack
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thanks for posting about my SimpleWidgetPack, I just thought i would mention the widget sizes and other information here for anyone interested
Simple Time - 2x1, display the current time, option for 12 or 24 hour clock
Simple Date - 2x1, display the current date in the form "XXX YY" where XXX is the first 3 letters of the month and YY is the numerical date
Simple Battery - 1x1, display the current battery charge as a percentage
Simple Temperature - 1x1, displays the current temperature as a degree, uses Google weather api to retrieve temperature based off of the location that you enter. Options for update interval time, and farenheit/celsius
All four widgets have options to change the text color and background color.
The application is available through the Android Market for $0.99
Ill promote my own widgets
* TimerWidget (1x1):
a timer that can be set in minutes... progress will be shown in a modern hourglass on the homescreen and it will vibrate/ring when the time is elapsed )
* VolumeWidget (1x1):
a widget thats shows the current ring mode ( vibrate / silent /ring ) and the volume. By clicking on the widget you can set the ring mode and the volume with a slider
Both can be downloaded in the market in Applications \ Productivity
Both widgets are totally free, but include a banner on their settings screen.
you what would great? if there was an XDA-Dream widget
I really like the 2 reminder 1*4 style of the google calendar widget but it doesn't update like it should.
Anyone game to make a similar style/function calendar widget that works?
Thanks
Me too, looking for the old style G build calendar widget.
Now using Quick Calendar, but the widget UI need to be polished a bit.
ok it is an old thread but i am hijacking it anyway
Is there a widget/app on the market that shows you at least the next 2 appointments from you calendar? like on wm or bb today views...
Quick Calendar was just updated recently, and it's widget works much better. Needs a bit more design polish, but it's functional, and displays more than one upcoming event.
Hey guys,
I'm using the Pure Calendar Widget right now but I'm not really a fan of the look. It just doesnt fit to the Sense UI.
The problem I'm having with the HTC Calendar Widget is this:
You can choose bewteen two looks. 1 is the whole month as a grid, the 2nd shows you your next appointment. I would love to use the 2nd, but being able to see all my appointments directly there listed without tapping on the widget and checking the overview. Is this easily doable?
Your right, there's not much out there for that with the HTC style theme...closest I could find was:
- Laik Agenda Widget
But that's not quite perfect either.
You coukd give pure Calendar more Skins.
I've Pure calender Widget installed and I'm using Dark grey with white outline.
Did you tried that?
Hi, I love the sense widgets, and the Launcher Pro bottom bar and app menu. Is there any way to get the best of both?
Like this: (but not with the background clash)
Thanks, Andy
You may want to check out SenseHERO 2.1 B5 as it has something very similar.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=698281
I have used this rom and like it very much.
Jim
unfortunately, sense widgets and launcherPro cannot co-exist...I think the best solution is to keep launcher pro and use some widget sense-like..
for example:
htc clock-> fancy widget
emails and sms-->pure messenger widget
calendar-->Pure Grid calender Widget
i don't remember other htc widgets...if u need more help just ask to me
The small clock widget and the small wheater?
LauncherPro Plus
Buy LauncherPro Plus ($2.99 via Paypal). It contains Sense-style widgets for people, bookmarks, calendar and messaging.
For clock % weather I advise Beautiful Widgets (EUR 1.49) or Fancy Widget (for free).
netjunkie51 said:
Buy LauncherPro Plus ($2.99 via Paypal). It contains Sense-style widgets for people, bookmarks, calendar and messaging.
For clock % weather I advise Beautiful Widgets (EUR 1.49) or Fancy Widget (for free).
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Where can you get fancywidget? It doesn't appear to be on the market anymore?
EDIT: Nevermind, donned an eyepatch, hopped on a ship and floated to a website that had it.
How to surivive on an Android device without Sense
First step: Download Launcher Pro from the Market and donate $2.99 to unlock the Plus features. When unlocked you can add People, Bookmarks, Messaging, Calender and a Twitter widget very similar to the Sense widgets.
The second step is downloading BeautifulWidgets. You can get it at Market or AppBrain. It's a skinable clock/weather widget, similar to the sense clock with over 180+ skins. You're bound to find something that tickles your fancy if you like the Sense look.
The third step is downloading some widgets that look really sweet on your homescreen. Some of my personal favorites are:
- Digital Clock Widget
- Tajm
- BattStatt
- Pure Messenger
- Pure Calender
- Pure Music
- Weatherbug Elite
- 3G Watchdog
- Desktop Visualizer (for making icons/shortcuts)
- SD Card Storage Widget
- Inernal Phone Storage
- System Info Widget
When I made the jump from Sense to a ROM without, I missed it a lot. But only because I didn't know about all the apps/widgets that are actually out there. Good luck.
Hello,
can anyone tell me hoe to get the calendar events displayed on the screen like in Symbian os you can get all the events and to-do list on screen.
thank you
Like a widget you mean? You can try Jorte, it's not the smoothest looking, but very functional once you dig all the possible settings.
waghoba said:
Hello,
can anyone tell me hoe to get the calendar events displayed on the screen like in Symbian os you can get all the events and to-do list on screen.
thank you
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I use "smooth calendar" it is a widget that I use just 3 lines - but i think you can make it bigger.
There are many calendar widgets in the market, as well as the built-in Samsung daily briefing widget - if you want to devote an entire home screen.
I use Agenda Widget. It's very nice and gives you enough widget options to make it as big or small as you like.