Are you already using the Google Reader android application? Want a better widget than the simple news ticker that comes with it?
Try APW Google Reader!
Unlike other news widgets this one should be considered as an extension to Google Inc's Google Reader application rather than a stand-alone widget.
■ You must install Google Reader before installing this widget.
■ The scroll button is only necessary on launchers that don't support scrollable widgets.
■ Refresh button only makes sure the widget is synced with the google reader application. Make sure 'Synchronize feeds' is enabled on your google reader's settings.
■ Themes only available with APW License Key (same key for all APW widgets).
■ For more widgets try Android Pro Widgets.
Download
* You can also search "apw" on the android market to find this application.
Thanks for this!
I see from the Market page that if you pay you get access to APE widgets. I have already purchased APW, if I want to have the full version of APW Google Reader, do I have to purchase it? Or is there an alternative?
Thanks.
EDIT: Ignore the above... I take it that APW Google Reader is covered within the APW License key.
EDIT 2: Any chance in a future update to support feed images? Liking it very much so far!
EDIT 2: Any chance in a future update to support feed images? Liking it very much so far!
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Yes, we are researching all possible enhancements that Google Reader allows.
So far we discovered that we can add an option to change the sort order to what google calls "magic". Also we can get the full html of every feed item so it would be possible to extract the image url from there, fetch it from web, cache it to SD, and finally display it in the widget. It will take time as we are full of work right now
Excellent, I love APW. Keep up the great work!!
I left APW Google's first Market comment
Updated to 1.1.0
Updated to 1.1.0
1. Option to change sort order
2. Support thumbnails
3. Adjustable font size
4. New themes engine
Updated to 1.1.1
1. Fixed compatibility with older themes
Updated to 1.1.2
Updated to 1.1.2
I've updated APW Google Reader to match the recent changes in Android Pro Widgets.
If anyone here is using it please let me know if you experience any issues and if setting the preferences to match those of the Google Reader app helps.
No images in certain feeds of mine, except from engadget where it works.
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Can you PM me some feed URLs for testing?
what is the different between ''newest'' and ''magic'' in the sort order?
Read about magic here:
http://www.google.com/support/reader/bin/answer.py?answer=164681
Updated to 1.1.3
Updated to 1.1.3
- Option to show text shadow
- Performance improvements for launchers with no scrollable widgets support
- Support extracting thumbnails from more feeds
- Time-stamp is now Google Reader received date (can be changed in settings).
Hi guys,
Are there plans in place for these awesome widgets when Google Reader goes down?
Feedly or Taptu maybe?
Bump. Desperate.
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1) System wigets (google+old facebook):
Combined all my transparent morphs into one package for easy application.
Apply with MetaMorph, place the zip in <sd>\AndroidThemes
Includes:
Calendar
Power Control[also: trans with blue lights]
YouTube
Google Search
Music
Facebook (follow link for other versions including transparent with WHITE text)
Genie (News and Weather) (works on Desire A21),[ 50% transparent version] [New 100% version]
2) Standalone Widgets: (not included in the .zip, follow links)
Latitude Widget
Buzz Widget
Scoreboard Widget
Pandora
Slacker
Audiomanager Pro/Free
Sportstap [Update 10/12/10 3.0.3]
Digital clock widget
Taskbar for TasKillerFull and TasKillerFree
Engadget
3G Watchdog
3 Cubed Music Player/rockonnggl
Touiteur - Twitter for Android
SetCPU (by MYxdaUSERNAME)
N1 Torch
Google Calendar, with white text
RSS Widgetboard
Agenda Widget
Seesmic
ChompSMS
Twitter
Mint.com
AutoRotate
IP Address Widget [Mod]
"My Location Widget" by Futon Redemption
DoubleTwist Player
Daily Text [Mod]. Two versions Black and White.
Moxier World 1.2.6 [Mod]
Genie (News and Weather) [Mod]
SpringPad 1.2 [Mod]
FriendCaster 3.9 [Mod]
Dictionary 3.1 [Mod]
3) Other good threads:
[MetaMorph] Thread for Morphs for the Nexus One.
[THEME l MOD] Transparent widget skins. (quite active)
Transparent/Black/Cyan/Blue... Market, facebook, gmail
Did I miss any? Request them!
Changelog:
3/26: Added Facebook. YouTube logo transparent, divider transparent. AddedGenie.
3/27: Updated with Links
4/4: Added Buzz link
4/13: Added Google scoreboard
4/16: Added Slacker, Pandora
4/18: Replaced zip with one containing an xml control file. The new MM is not backward compatible
4/20: Added link for AudioManager Pro/Free.
4/28: Added a whole bunch more.
4/30: Added Seesmic, ChompSMS, Twitter
5/10: Added Mint.com, AutoRotate
6/8: Added semi trans genie, "My Location Widget" by Futon Redemption
7/26: Doubletwist player
10/12: updated sportstap
12/08: Added Moxier World
1/27/11: Added Genie (News and Weather)
3/17/11:FriendCaster free 3.9 (mod)
Thanks dud. Looks nice
Awesome! Exactly what I was looking for! Great job!
After applying the entire widgets.zip and even the individual search, the search bar widget remains non-transparent. Any clues?
Maybe your not using Launcher2.apk?
where can i get the lower 4-icon tray for my CM 5.0.5.2 build?
Get the modded launcher2 from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=641216
!!
RevJesseJ said:
Awesome! Exactly what I was looking for! Great job!
After applying the entire widgets.zip and even the individual search, the search bar widget remains non-transparent. Any clues?
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Same here, I am using Launcher 2, but great job Britoso!
This is great work, but I'm still mainly trying to get the genie widget in a transparent via morph or recovery. Searching Nexus threads and coming up empty handed here.
Nice work, Thanks!
Daswolven said:
This is great work, but I'm still mainly trying to get the genie widget in a transparent via morph or recovery. Searching Nexus threads and coming up empty handed here.
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Updated to include Genie (4:03pm).
when i try and open facebook i get "no more room on this home screen"any ideas?
nevermind
superg81 said:
when i try and open facebook i get "no more room on this home screen"any ideas?
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Why are you using launcher 2? I think Launcher is better
It skips genie.apk for me. Also, search is still not transparent, but I'd prefer it that way.
On the money!
Have you managed to get the Buzz widget transparent? It doesn't work out for me even tho I've signed it.
the news and weather are not coming up transparent.suggestions?all others are ok.excellent work
superg81 said:
the news and weather are not coming up transparent.suggestions?all others are ok.excellent work
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Try pushing the attached to /system/app
JHPadu said:
Have you managed to get the Buzz widget transparent? It doesn't work out for me even tho I've signed it.
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same here.
I tried uninstalling, deleting, force reinstalling, signing....
Either get a "INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_UNEXPECTED_EXCEPTION" or "INSTALL_FAILED_UPDATE_INCOMPATIBLE".
note: The widget apk is named com.google.android.apps.updates.widget.apk
If I wanted to undo the calendar morph, how would I go about doing that? Is there a way to restore the original calendar look? Thanks
I made this thread, so that you could recommanded aps that works with your x10. Etc apps that you frequently use and so on.
I hAven't gotten mine yet, but I will probably get the same main apps as I had on the magic.
1. Gulesider( a Norwegian app, a really nice app. A easy way to find phone numbers etc. It does also show the name of the person that is calling you)
2.advanced task manager( allows you to shut down some of the apps running on your device)
3. AndFtp ( a FTP app)
4. Glance( file manager)
5. Pure calendar(a good looking calendar widget for your android phone, there is a theme for it that is transparent. Love this widget tbh)
6. Spotify
7. Yr.no (a weather widget)
8. NRK radio
9. OI File Manager/OI Notepad
10. TV Guide
11. Science facts
feel free to share some of the android Apps that you like.
Im using same apps as on the legend and hero.. Good habits are hard to change:
gulesider and yr ofcourse.
Estrong Taskmanager (my choise of taskmanager)
Estrong File Explorer
Dolphin Browser (really great browser for android)
Zedge Ringetones & wallpapers (Great selection, and ofcourse, since they're norwegian)
Weather Widgets (yr.no) - Copies the HTC flip clock (Which I love !)
Battery Graph - nothing like analyzing that battery drain!
SuperDial for faster contacts lookup.
i am using:
takephone (smartdial app)
gblocker (call filter app)
devzero42 said:
SuperDial for faster contacts lookup.
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thnx needed that one!
Sporify ???
Is There sporify app for androit with ofline mode ???
noblackthunder said:
Is There sporify app for androit with ofline mode ???
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first of all, it is called Spotify
and yes it does exist for the android platform
And I would say that it works better than the one for the iPhone. I can't really say anything about the symbian version, since I have never had a symbian phone. And probably will never have, since I do not like that OS....
So, here's my list:
Advanced Task Killer
Battery Time Lite
Spotify - Rocks
Reader widget - Excellent for my google reader-feeds
Scoreboard - Football scores
Calwidget - Nice widget for my calendar
Handcent SMS - Brilliant SMS app
aTAKEphone - Nice phone/dialer-ap
YR.no widget - Weather widget
mVideoPlayer - Handy video player
ASTRO - Excellent file browser
FlashLightApp - widget using camera light
Apps Organizer - Quite useful with widgets for labels
Barcode Scanner - Scann app-barcodes
FotMob - Excellent football-app
FxCamera - Fun camera app
GPS Logger - Logs your GPS-position to file - can be used to geotag your SLR-shots for example
Gule Sider - norwegian national phone book
Locale - Auto-change settings based on location
PdaNet - Tether
StopWatch - you got it
TV Guide - Norwegian tv guide
Zedge - wallpapers and ring tones
bloo - facebook application that actually gives you notifications on useful things like comments on posts. The official android facebook app cannot do this.
I've got a new one to add:
NewsRoom
A wonderful take on the typical RSS reader, this app allows access to RSS feeds as preview pages, which you can flip through and select for full articles. Much more complete and interactive than a typical text-list layout of most RSS readers.
Weather Widget ( now called Weather & Toggle)- HTC Clock/weather widget and system toggle widgets. Is also skinable.
Weather Widget Weather addon- Adds a weather forcast when you tap on the weathr icon on the clock.
Handcent- Best SMS app
Astro- Awesome File explorer AND taskkiller ( many don't know that it has a great task killer included)
FlashLightApp- A one button on/off widget to turn our camra light on or off.
GPRS Monitor- Monitors data usage
Pure Grid Calander- Mimics the HTC calander widget
Sportstap- Best sports updates, scores, news, even notifications.
OperaMini5- Web Browser
Aldiko- Ebook reader
WiFinder- WiFi finder
HelixLauncher- A home replacment option that offers customixable Home options. have up to 7 screens, adds 4 "buttons" to the app drawer slider on the home screen, double tap home screen to see min versions of all other screens. This is the best Home option out there.
HTC_IME-hi keryboard- My favorite Keyboard by far.
Swype- Yes, I'm jumping on the Swype bandwagon and trying it out. Takes a bit to get used to but is a very smart keyboard for predctions. Rarley gets my input wrong and is faser then tapping. I'm still on the fence about using it full time as my text input.
I'm now adding swype too.... its possibly the cleverest and definitely most innovative app ive seen on a phone in some time.
I started off with SlideIT and have been using Swype for a few days now..
It's definitely a much nicer looking UI... but I reckon that SlideIT is actually more acurate, quicker and easier to manage??....
SyncMyPix - a pretty good app to add the picture from your facebookcontacts to your phone contacts!
I found that weather and toggle seemed to be sucking juice out of my battery... what's your battery life like?
im_iceman said:
I found that weather and toggle seemed to be sucking juice out of my battery... what's your battery life like?
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You most likely have the app checking for weather updates too often, set it to something like 6 hours (how quick does weather really change).
skydirt said:
Weather Widget ( now called Weather & Toggle)- HTC Clock/weather widget and system toggle widgets. Is also skinable.
Weather Widget Weather addon- Adds a weather forcast when you tap on the weathr icon on the clock.
Handcent- Best SMS app
Astro- Awesome File explorer AND taskkiller ( many don't know that it has a great task killer included)
FlashLightApp- A one button on/off widget to turn our camra light on or off.
GPRS Monitor- Monitors data usage
Pure Grid Calander- Mimics the HTC calander widget
Sportstap- Best sports updates, scores, news, even notifications.
OperaMini5- Web Browser
Aldiko- Ebook reader
WiFinder- WiFi finder
HelixLauncher- A home replacment option that offers customixable Home options. have up to 7 screens, adds 4 "buttons" to the app drawer slider on the home screen, double tap home screen to see min versions of all other screens. This is the best Home option out there.
HTC_IME-hi keryboard- My favorite Keyboard by far.
Swype- Yes, I'm jumping on the Swype bandwagon and trying it out. Takes a bit to get used to but is a very smart keyboard for predctions. Rarley gets my input wrong and is faser then tapping. I'm still on the fence about using it full time as my text input.
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Hi, I just wonder how can you install Helix in, so far i search on google and it is app for 2.1.
Thank a lot
@zodiac.thr, from hxxp://helixproject.ruqqq.sg (apologies for the lack of proper URL - new member )
Scroll down to the version for 'Donut'.
follow this link... select helix launcher for DONUT..
http://helixproject.ruqqq.sg/
snap! ?????
Hi,
I hope I'm in the right section.
Before you start shouting at me for asking a question that's been asked a thousand times before, I'll quickly explain what I'm looking for:
- RSS reader with Google Reader integration
- must have a widget similar to Scrollable News Widget
I have been on NewsRob for ages but it annoys me that it doesn't have a proper widget. Today I've tried Feedr and gReader but I don't like the widgets. They're quite impractical and (sorry!) ugly. I've got Scrollable News Widget on my homescreen which I love but it lacks Google Reader integration.
Any help is appreciated!
Thanks,
koni
I believe there is a widget in the market called Atoma RSS. Scrollable widget with Reader integration.
atoma Rss is the best. I've try so many rss reader, first Buzzbox was so good, but now i can't update feed using it.AtomaRss is better, but still have some prob: can't remember google account, only support widget size: 4x2,4x3 and 4x4
Thank you both, atoma looks great. Do you know how I can get rid of the colour bar on the left and if it syncs with Google Reader?
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I've been looking for much the same myself. I tried Atoma but wasn't entirely happy with it either. I don't see a way to display just a group of feeds from my Google Reader account. This is important since I use Google Reader for my Listen podcasts as well as other feeds that I simply archive there. It also doesn't sync read articles back to the website.
My search for better scrollable widgets did prompt me to compile a list that I just posted to the Android Themes forum. If you find any other options, please let us know of it there as well.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=915579
For now, I'm still searching, confident that one of the more developed RSS readers will eventually add a scrollable widget.
By roee88 & danny88
A set of powerful and extremely useful home screen widgets!
✓ Designed for both smart phones and tablets
✓ All widgets contain advanced features hard to be found on other products. Try it!
✓ Scrolling is supported on all devices and all launchers
■ Available widgets:
☆ Agenda & Calendar
☆ People
☆ Bookmarks
☆ Messaging
☆ Facebook
☆ Twitter
☆ Timeline (Facebook+ Twitter) - Licensed version only
☆ Google Reader available here
■ More tools:
☆ Quick Event - Quick Calendar event insertion tool w/ native language processing and speech recognition capabilities.
☆ SayWhat - little 4x1 widget to update Facebook/Twitter quickly from the home screen
■ Notes:
▪ Automatic scrolling is enabled on Android 3.x and on most alternative launchers (e.g. ADW Launcher, Launcher Pro, Go Launcher Ex). When scrolling is not supported by your launcher (e.g. Zeam launcher, HTC Sense, Samsung Touchwiz) you must first click the widget's footer and the widget will become scrollable until it looses focus.
▪ For feature requests use http://apw.uservoice.com
▪ Get the license key to unlock all feature including themes support.
■ What reviews say:
“Do you want a set of customizable, skinnable and accessible widgets to your needs on the homescreen? Then look no further…” - Android UK News
“If you love periodically changing the look of your phone and the interface options, Android Pro Widgets is the number one program on the android market” - http://androidwidget.info
“APW is one of the most comprehensive and complete widget suites available” - Android Community
“The graphics are so polished that it feels as if Android Pro Widgets was included with the device” - HTC Source
“It’s my belief that the widgets included in Android Pro Widgets should have already been built into Android” - AndroidStatic
“Now This is What an Ice Cream Sandwich Widget Should Look Like” - AndroidSpin (refers to Modern ICS themes)
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Looks great... I would definitely buy if there was a Whatsapp widget though. Can this be added at some point?
The app is available for free on the android market please try
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.rdr.widgets.core&feature=more_from_developer
We just opened a UserVoice page for Features Requests.
For any feature request just go to http://apw.uservoice.com and add your suggestion.
You can also vote for other people's ideas.
Updated
v1.1.1 - fixed some reported bugs.
f_padia said:
Looks great... I would definitely buy if there was a Whatsapp widget though. Can this be added at some point?
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WhatsApp does not allow external applications to access messages. We have sent them an email about it.
Excellent work!
Just installed, gave it a whirl for 5 minutes and paid for licence.
Tip top.
Thanks
EDIT: Stock email and RSS news widgets would be great for a future release.
nice app. looks like LP Widgets IMO. or should I say better? 5*
Android Pro Widgets 1.1.2 released
Android Pro Widgets 1.1.2 released
Changelog:
- Enable widgets sizes should now work correctly.
- [Facebook] Option to open items using 'Facebook For Android' (FriendCaster/TweetCaster devs contacted and hopefully we will support it later).
- [Messaging] Added widget size of 3x3 (disabled by default).
- [Calendar] Added widget size of 3x3 (disabled by default).
- More bug fixes...
- And also some new themes Online and White Blobs
Enjoy,
roee88 & danny88
Just love the change log! waiting for more...
more themes will also be nice to have... =)
I found this app by chance and love it. I can't stop talking about how nice it is.
I'd LOVE an orange theme, similar to BigDX's Orange Serenity for LP. Or something close.
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Unbelievable. Goodbye launcherpro, FINALLY
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Very very good.
I would just ask for losing the text shadows. Or adding an option.
And if cause, a news rss widget.
Have already uninstalled Colorize
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Great app you guys got here. I was previously using bestapp sms. Quickly uninstalled that one and opted for your app.
Thank you...
from the Speedy EVO Engine...
Hope dev will update the app with my suggestion.
nice app,
but hv those widgets in lp alreay
but hv those widgets in lp alreay
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People judge by the default theme instead of the actual functionality.
Just check the 'Use Thin Frame' and suddenly it won't look like LP.
Lets take the people widget as an example
APW shows Facebook pictures of contacts.
APW allows you to change click action to direct dial or direct message (even for each contact separately).
APW can sort contacts by frequently called first (In the paid version it even allows custom order and creation of custom groups).
APW can show contacts also in a list view.
It is true that LP widgets have their advantages like month flipping in the calendar and generally they behave much better on Launcher Pro
(Note: Launcher pro only support an old scrollable widgets API so any scrollable widget except for LP's own is not as slick as it could be).
We have absolutely nothing against Launcher Pro, it is a great launcher !
You are all free to try both
'use thin frame' should be enabled by default.
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Do you plan to implement notifications with read, unread, mark all as read etc. options like colorize widgets have?
Edit: colorize widgets doesn't have this option. I remeber seing it somewhere but I can't remeber where.
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Updated to 1.1.3
Android Pro Widgets 1.1.3 released
Changelog:
[Bookmarks] Support for MIUI/Miren browsers
[Facebook] Option to show wall posts also on the news feed tab
[Facebook] Optional FriendCaster integration
[Calendar] Timelines colors more readable
[Calendar] Fixes for devices w/ low resolution
[Calendar] Option to show birthdays and anniversaries
[Agenda] Fixed date format for some devices
[Agenda] Fixed past events visible bug. Also added an option for adjustable 'keep past event' time (license required).
[People] Option to clone a custom group
Thin Frame is now the default on launchers w/ scroll support
Some more widget sizes for smart phones
More options for update intervals
Added Italian translation
Also, we will soon release a stand-alone scrollable widget for the Official Google Reader application.
Is a google plus widget planned?
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Since I got some experience from my Simple RSS Widget app, I made a similiar app for calendar events: Simple Calendar Widget.
The widgets font size, color & background color is adjustable and the widget is resize- & scrollable.
The app is free & without ads or scary permissions. As it makes use of the new widget features from Honeycomb & ICS, you need at least Android 3.0 to use this widget!
If anyone is interested in making a nice app icon for the market, please contact me!
Download:
Android Market
XDA:DevDB Information
Simple Calendar Widget, App for the Apps & Games
Contributors
j4velin
Version Information
Status: Stable
Created 2014-11-06
Last Updated 2014-11-06
There is already a great app called Simple Calendar Widget on the market - by Alexander G. Did you search app names before creating yours?
mh well, i might change that name then. it's just very similiar to my "simple rss widget" and therefore i named it like that. also it is just a calendar widget and it is very, very simple ^^
This is a nice widget to show some upcoming events. Can you add the ability to customize the date format shown when using the option "Show current date"? I like to use Today and Tomorrow for the events themselves and it's nice to have the current date on my screen, and even better if I can customize it! Thanks!
4thought said:
Can you add the ability to customize the date format shown when using the option "Show current date"?
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when checking that checkbox, you should get a popup asking for the date format
Yes I see now. Don't know how I missed it. Thanks!
Hello j4velin,
the question is very similar as it was in 2013
In Appereance at every date section I see date format, and the default is custom. But, how can I customize? I'd like "mmm.dd., dddd" format
Thats really well made and accurate widget. Simple. Customizable. Top and bottom shading ensure widget very organic among other stuff on desktop.