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Widgets in Notification Area

Hey guys, as the title says, does anyone know if there is a solution, or know anyone who can make a solution, to enable widgets in the slide down notification area? I mean to place proper widgets you'd have on your homescreen onto the notification area.

That's a big challenge there man.
I don't think the current GB framework can support that kinda thing. But a lot of the newer custom ROMS I see have app shortcuts on the second row of the notification bar. That's pretty cool.

Yeah, but you know the way certain music apps have their notifications there, and some of those allow controlling the music. I think that if we can somehow exploit that feature, we'd get widgets in the notifications bar.

Yea that's true. Would be cool.

closest to what you're talking about, that I can think of is elixir. It can display a customizable widget-like panel in the notification pane. it can be set to show system info etc. the only thing is its not directly interactable eg. when you click on it, a popup comes up which you then can interact with.
Hope this helps.
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There are a lot of ROMs with widgets in the notification pull down. Any CyanogenMod based ROM generally has them. The default MIUI ROM has a full page of them. Maybe I misunderstood the question.

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scottjb said:
There are a lot of ROMs with widgets in the notification pull down. Any CyanogenMod based ROM generally has them. The default MIUI ROM has a full page of them. Maybe I misunderstood the question.
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Yes you have misunderstood. As I described in the OP, I'm talking about fully functional widgets you have on your homescreen. The things your describing are toggles, they toggle functions, my Official OS version from Samsung has those toggles.

If it helps, check out 'widgetpad', which is an add-on to swipepad. What it does is to create collapsable widgets as shortcuts anywhere. When used with swipepad, it can be invoked from any screen, any app.
(Now, this doesn't answer the query, but there is this way to access widgets from anywhere)

zaersx said:
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Yes you have misunderstood. As I described in the OP, I'm talking about fully functional widgets you have on your homescreen. The things your describing are toggles, they toggle functions, my Official OS version from Samsung has those toggles.
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Got it now, thanks.

[Q] Most widgets not available for lock screen (KitKat 4.4)?

I hope I'm just doing something stupid ...
I can't add most widgets I've downloaded to my lock screen on my Nexus 5 ... though they all work fine adding to my home screen. Only a few (like Android Weather) are available when hit the "plus" on a blank lockscreen.
All I want is a brightness widget that can make the display bright so I can properly put in my password in bright sunlight (I never set my brightness to auto, it's too annoying for me).
ie. Power Widget lite would be perfect for my needs!
Any one having the same problem? Any ideas?

I have the same problem. Wanted to add some beautiful clock widget to homescreen (don't remember exactly which one), downloaded, installed, went to add to homescreen - no luck.

Why can't you get something like power toggles. Then you could pull down notification bar on lockscreen and toggle brightness to what you wanted. An extra step I know

kapiroski said:
I have the same problem. Wanted to add some beautiful clock widget to homescreen (don't remember exactly which one), downloaded, installed, went to add to homescreen - no luck.
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I can add everything I've downloaded add to homescreen. But almost none can be added to my lockscreens. That's my problem.

jbdan said:
Why can't you get something like power toggles. Then you could pull down notification bar on lockscreen and toggle brightness to what you wanted. An extra step I know
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Very cool app, thanks for pointing it out. But ... I can't pull down the notification bar when the phone is locked ... how are you able to?

you add widgets on your lockscreen by enabling them in security. there's a checkbox that says "enable widgets"

Zepius said:
you add widgets on your lockscreen by enabling them in security. there's a checkbox that says "enable widgets"
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Yep, did that. The thing is only SOME can be added. Very few that I've downloaded (even though they all seem to work on home screens).

jbdan said:
Why can't you get something like power toggles. Then you could pull down notification bar on lockscreen and toggle brightness to what you wanted. An extra step I know
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Wow AWESOME app! That's exactly what I need! I was looking for a bunch of widgets on one row, which the lockscreen doesn't even seem to allow, but this widget already let me configure everything I needed in one row of buttons.
It turns out that THIS widget CAN be placed on the lockscreen (I'm not talking about the one visible in the notification bar, I can only access that when the phone's already unlocked).
BUT ... I still want to know why most widgets can't get placed on the lockscreen to begin with. Are they not Android 4.4-lockscreen-compatible yet?

psommerfeld said:
Wow AWESOME app! That's exactly what I need! I was looking for a bunch of widgets on one row, which the lockscreen doesn't even seem to allow, but this widget already let me configure everything I needed in one row of buttons.
It turns out that THIS widget CAN be placed on the lockscreen (I'm not talking about the one visible in the notification bar, I can only access that when the phone's already unlocked).
BUT ... I still want to know why most widgets can't get placed on the lockscreen to begin with. Are they not Android 4.4-lockscreen-compatible yet?
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The widgets have to be enabled to work on the lock screen by the developer.

Force Close said:
The widgets have to be enabled to work on the lock screen by the developer.
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Aha! Didn't expect that widgets needed special lock screen support.
So there's home screen widgets, lock screen widgets, notification bar widgets, ... I wonder what other classes of apps I'm missing - widget widgets? It would be nice if Google Play Store could search based on widget class.

Possible to disable lockscreen widgets, but replace clock with a custom one?

Title says it all... Basically, I want to remove/disable lockscreen widgets, (which is an option in many ROMS), however use a custom widget (instead of the standard clock)... get it?
I tried replacing the standard widget, then disable all widgets... however, unfortunately that brings backs the main clock lockscreen widget.
Anyway

kuttor said:
Title says it all... Basically, I want to remove/disable lockscreen widgets, (which is an option in many ROMS), however use a custom widget (instead of the standard clock)... get it?
I tried replacing the standard widget, then disable all widgets... however, unfortunately that brings backs the main clock lockscreen widget.
Anyway
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Dont disable lockscreen widgets. Just add your custom widget and delete the page with stock widget , thats it

Ajaykumar21066 said:
Dont disable lockscreen widgets. Just add your custom widget and delete the page with stock widget , thats it
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Ah, the reason I asked, is because I HATE to see the white highlight sqaures when I unlock the device.... (Love lockscreen widgets tho)... just wish I could make the white highlighting transparent... ;(

How about something like widget locker?
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With cataclysm ROM, you can make it so that there's only 1 widget on the luck screen
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Edit: nvm gravitybox removed this feature a short time ago

I was wondering the same thing

(Q) - Lockscreen widgets. How?

Hey guys, iam no novice to Android, did a ton of modding/theming/flashing on my MDK s4, and my s3 before that. But for some reason I can't put my own widgets on the lockscreen.
Yes, in security settings I have multiple widgets enabled. But for some reason I can't remove the stock widget and add my own. It's super frustrating. Normally I use Apex launcher but iam sticking with blinkfeed for the moment. So so I need to use a different launcher to get my own widgets? Or is there some other trick? All I want is to use dash clock as my lock screen widget, then poweramp and my news apps to the right. Thanks.

Lockscreen & Homescreen

Hey guys. I want to set a different lockscreen but I don't see any option for doing such. The lockscreen always remains the same as the homescreen. I would like to set adifferent picture as my lockscreen. Can you suggest any ways to this? I have root access on my Moto G3

Are you running a CM based rom? Also in the latest version of Google Now Launcher you can change it

teensheet said:
Hey guys. I want to set a different lockscreen but I don't see any option for doing such. The lockscreen always remains the same as the homescreen. I would like to set adifferent picture as my lockscreen. Can you suggest any ways to this? I have root access on my Moto G3
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i suppose what you are saying is about..
Keeping Two different wallpapers for LOCKSCREEN and HOMESCREEN ( like lumia, Mi devices) isnt it??
IF yes, do one thing.. install a LOCKSCREEN from playstore.. give it notification access and device permissions so that it can work as your Default Lock screen, and Disable real lockscreen present on your phone..
if the lockscreen allows you to keep wallpaper, then keep it ..