I was wondering if anybody knows how to port the motorola quick contacts widget to work on non motorola launchers. Right now I'm using zeam launcher on blaze ROM and I like it but I miss the quick contacts widget from the stock launcher.
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Meh... IMO it would be easier to just make your own widget rather than port Quick Contacts. But either way it would be hard and it still wouldn't work on some launchers that don't support scrollable widgets.
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the contacts widget on the Incredible is very good. Is there any way to get them on the X? This is my 1st android phone, so I'm a bit of a noob.
No, the widget of which you speak is a HTC Sense widget and will ONLY work on a device running a custom HTC Sense version of android.
HOWEVER!
There are plenty of widgets already on the Android Market that are pretty much exactly the same.
"People / Contacts Widget" Seems to look exactly the the same to me, the only thing it doesnt do is scroll like the HTC version. If you are looking for that try..........
"Scrollable ContactsWidget BETA" which offers a scrolling option when used with Launcher Pro or ADW Launcher!
Good luck, and enjoy your new Android phone!
Anyone know of a good calendar widget that works in agenda view and has transparecy settings ? The stock one is garbage.
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Anyone know of a good calendar widget that works in agenda view and has transparecy settings ? The stock one is garbage.
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I think Pure Calendar Widget is what you're looking for.
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No, the widget of which you speak is a HTC Sense widget and will ONLY work on a device running a custom HTC Sense version of android.
HOWEVER!
There are plenty of widgets already on the Android Market that are pretty much exactly the same.
"People / Contacts Widget" Seems to look exactly the the same to me, the only thing it doesnt do is scroll like the HTC version. If you are looking for that try..........
"Scrollable ContactsWidget BETA" which offers a scrolling option when used with Launcher Pro or ADW Launcher!
Good luck, and enjoy your new Android phone!
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thanks for the info, i'll check them out
Sounds like launcherpro plus will have some good widgets. Pure calendar is really good
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That did it. Pure cal is an awesome widget. Thanks for the assist.
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I think Pure Calendar Widget is what you're looking for.
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The new Launcher Pro Plus ($2.99) is attempting to replicate all of the sense widgets, with the contacts one being done already. Check out if that's what you're looking for. I'm new and can't post links but google launcher pro plus and it'll pop right up.
As more of us jump off of Sense based roms and over to ones like Ruby and Cyanogen (now that both are getting close to being ready for prime time), I have been looking for a list of all of the scrollable widgets out there... Koxx's "Pure" widgets are all updated to it, but I really haven't found many others. Searching google hasn't really turned out a good resource for them either...
Anyways, if you use ADW or LauncherPro and use scrollable widgets, please feel free to post up any links to lists or just list the ones you're using...
so far I've installed
Pure Messenging
Pure Calendar Grid
Pure Calendar
and I am using the LauncherPro scrollable widgets as well.
I am looking for a good news reader type one like the HTC news one if there is one...
Android Agenda Widget is a calendar app that I use. I really like the customization that it offers.
Handcent has a scrollable widget for sms but I'd rather just open the app...
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Just posted a good collection of these to the Android Theme forum...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=915579
Hey guys, do you know a scrollable contact widget that works with 1.6? i'm thinking of something like pure messenger, only for contacts.
I know that we'll get eclair soon, but i still wanna knows if there exists something like that. I'm using adw launcher, which is capable of scrolling widgets.
Talking of 2.1, can you tell me a good scrollable contact widget for that? If i'm not wrong, launcher pro (plus?) brings one built in, right?
Cheers
qwer23
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Hey guys, do you know a scrollable contact widget that works with 1.6?
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Nope, 2.1 upwards only.
Not that kind you search, but with Launcher-X Pro you can create widgets, at least with contacts (, apps & shortcuts).
For example you can create a widget where you can see up to 7 contacts.
By pressing a button in the widget you can turn to next side of the widget, where are the next 7 contacts.
In every widget you create you can add up to 72 contacts (apps or shortcuts).
Launcher-X Pro is availible in Market in 2 Versions (free & paid)
At the second screen from my phone you can see one of the widgets with my most used contacts. (pictures are pixelized)
http://www.pocketpc.ch/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10/100936-homescreens-xperia-x10i-10.html#post759807
Just have a look and try the free version of that app.
I like it.
Thanks for your answers!
I'm already using launcher-x pro, and i really like it for having my most used apps etc at hand.
But scrolling/swiping like in the pure messenger widget is just more intuitive since i don't have to precisely push a button. sounds stupid, i know, but it really makes things easier
I wonder why no one is creating a widget like this, pure messenger already shows that it's possible when you have a capable launcher. and ADW is easily one of the most used launchers out there Or is there another limitation when we're speaking about contacts instead of messages? Probably we're just obsolete fossils with our donut
Thanks anyway for your advices!
Cheers
qwer23
Ive tried to look for a widget like that too, but had no luck. The best thing you can do is wait for 2.1 to come and then install LauncherPro Plus.. You'll get a scrollable people widget, much like the htc's contact widget.
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Ive tried to look for a widget like that too, but had no luck. The best thing you can do is wait for 2.1 to come and then install LauncherPro Plus.. You'll get a scrollable people widget, much like the htc's contact widget.
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Alright thx. I'm still not sure if i'll switch to Launcher Pro since i love ADW so far, but we'll see ^^
qwer23 said:
Hey guys, do you know a scrollable contact widget that works with 1.6? i'm thinking of something like pure messenger, only for contacts.
I know that we'll get eclair soon, but i still wanna knows if there exists something like that. I'm using adw launcher, which is capable of scrolling widgets.
Talking of 2.1, can you tell me a good scrollable contact widget for that? If i'm not wrong, launcher pro (plus?) brings one built in, right?
Cheers
qwer23
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You can use GDE home and it has built in task bar and additional 4x1 dock that can add any place. you can add any shortcut or contact and change icon and rename each the way you want in both dock and task bars. whats more is that you can add any number of icons and scroll both ways. Check it out.
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You can use GDE home and it has built in task bar and additional 4x1 dock that can add any place. you can add any shortcut or contact and change icon and rename each the way you want in both dock and task bars. whats more is that you can add any number of icons and scroll both ways. Check it out.
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looks sweet, thx for the tip! i'll check it out later
is there a way i can take the apk and look into it and take the widgets that are in there and turn them into apks that i could install and use? i really like the calendar and texting widgets but id like to try out some other home launcher while using the same widgets. is this possible?
Try downloading apps like pure messenger widget or pure calendar widget or pure news widget. They can be themed to look like the ones in sense ui, which is what the launcher pro ones are based off of.
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I take it from you answer that there's no other way to use launcher pro plus's widgets in other launchers, right?
I am on CM7 which came with ADW and it was fast. But I need good calendar and power toggle widgets( wife, gps, sync, mobile, brightness..all in one), so I switched to GO Launchers. HOwever, GO seems to be really slow, noticeably so. ANyone else seen this? I did freeze ADW and my quadrant score is actually the same, so it must be a Go Launcher thing?
Are there good power and calendar widgets that you can recommend for ADW?
Thanks
Yes its the Go launcher,s problem its slow and freezes all the time..why dont you try ADW launcher EX..
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I use widgetsoid and pure news widget scrollable...im not sure if they are still on the market though.
APW (Android pro widgets) is very good for calendars and different feeds. Elixir is one of the best power toggles I've used. So much stuff you can do with it. And its free!
Android Agenda Widget - Calendar, Lots of features
Power control can be done via status bar but if you wanting a widget...
Power Control.
i would love to find a nice contacts widget and a messages widget for my htc inspire
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i would love to find a nice contacts widget and a messages widget for my htc inspire
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Apw has the best contact and message widgets, if you get the pro version make sure you install the ics theme for it, it looks superb