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[Android Apps and Games] TyroneLT:
Timeline slowdowns

Firstly, I'd like to say I love this collection of widgets. My fav is the timeline allowing me to view FB and Twitter feeds together. The only thing I find is it sometimes slows down the phone when coming back to the homescreen from an app. As it causes widgets to not appear for a few seconds on the homescreen.

Anything I can do to curtail this?

I'm currently running AOKP 4.03 Milestone 4 with the Franco Kernel and Nova Launcher.

Thanks and keep up the good work!
[Android Apps and Games] shadrach47:
Great work!

Finally found a decent ICS themed calendar widget.

Keep up making awesome widgets.
[Android Apps and Games] uansari1:
Which theme are you using?
[Android Apps and Games] roee88:
I didn't even know Milestone 4 is out ;)

Testing it on Milestone 1 with CM9 and Apex launcher and it only happens rarely so I'm sure there is a way to improve it on your device which is much faster. Ask in the ROM thread if it is possible to keep a launcher in memory (there should be a shell command for changing this setting).
[Android Apps and Games] Jezz_X:
Would still be nice to get proper support for this since chrome and the default browser are different.

I just re-falshed a new rom and all the stock browser shortcuts were back instead of mine so I had to go manually save them all from chrome to the stock browser again so I could use the widget again
[Android Apps and Games] roee88:
Don't both browsers support syncing to your Google account? Why would you need to manually add anything?

As for proper Chrome support, I tried but its a real mess.

The native code of chromium didn't help either and I'm not sure it's even possible yet. I will keep trying as they update their application and chromium documentation.
[Android Apps and Games] roee88:
Thanks for the support. I just emailed them once again.
[Android Apps and Games] carlos67:
These widgets are fantastic - thank you, I have the paid version.

However, there is an extemely annoying problem with the facebook widget. I cannot get it to NOT show certain apps even though I am not subscribed to them in facebook (from the PC). This means having to trawl through loads of useless Horoscope and Farmville updates even though I am Unsubscribed from these in my actual facebook account and do not see these useless updates when I access my facebook account on the PC.

Please can you make it so that my friends status updates in your widget match those that I would see when I access my facebook news feed on my PC.

Or at least tell me how I can disable these app updates from being visible in the widget. I can't understand why the widget shows a different news feed to my PC.

Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] mahercs:
carlos67,

This was asked and answered somewhere in here already. It isn't the app, it's how the Facebook API works. Agreed by all that it's annoying, but the developer can't "fix" it since it isn't on his end. In addition to this, I don't see certain friends's posts in the app, while I do see them on the pc. Go figure - the stuff you want won't show, and the stuff you hate is front and center. Maybe because those hated apps pay to be there and your friends don't! ;)
[Android Apps and Games] carlos67:
Hey man, thanks for your reply. I understand the bit about the API so I guess I will just have to grin and bear it :rolleyes:. I guess it would be the same no matter what android widget you used to access facebook updates.

Thanks again for not flaming me and explaining the situation :)
[Android Apps and Games] roee88:
I actually found a workaround for it a couple of days ago (thanks to Facebook's partial fix). I will include it on the next update ;)

Edit: I referred to the Facebook Graph API bug that shows blocked/hidden updates. There is still no workaround to missing posts although they said they will fix it ~6 months ago.

--

Browsers update:

Boat Browser can't be supported yet because they are still working on their bookmarks provider and security layer. Same goes for Maxthon browser. In the future we hope to support both of these browsers.

We are still in contact with Dolphin HD.
[Android Apps and Games] malnav:
love it ;)
[Android Apps and Games] carlos67:
Oh man, I can't wait for the update. I am absolutely sick to death of wading through loads of bloody horoscope crappy posts on my facebook feed on the phone. It really spoils the whole widget but I know it's not your fault and that facebook sucks big time.

Hope I have understood your post correctly in that hidden updates will be fixed (i.e. prevented from showing in news feed) but that missing updates won't be (yet).
[Android Apps and Games] mahercs:
Speaking of next updates, where are you at with the #1 suggestion on your site? (Oh! Would you look at that? I suggested it! :D)

http://apw.uservoice.com/forums/126487-general/suggestions/2209125-save-configurations-option
[Android Apps and Games] roee88:
I'm waiting for it to get 756 votes ;)

It's in progress. I assume it will be a feature in one of the next updates but I still don't know which one.
[Android Apps and Games] mahercs:
756, huh? Well, I better get to voting!! :p
[Android Apps and Games] idelgado782:
Just voted!!!!! 754 to go. Lol.
[Android Apps and Games] Jezz_X:
unfortunately no, at least not for me on initial setup chrome reads all the bookmarks from the stock browser but it does not go both ways. so if you start using chrome stock is out of sync with it :( or maybe it has to do with their built in desktop sync
[Android Apps and Games] roee88:
APW updated to v1.2.8

Facebook API currently have an issue with authentication. They are working on it http://developers.facebook.com/live_status

I'm still playing with the Facebook settings but it seems like it doesn't show hidden posts now (It won't remove posts that it already fetched though). I also improved the update performance so it should update faster now.

Many translations were added and updated thanks to all the people that helped translate. German and Japanese removed but we will add them back on next update.

Sony users now have an option in preferences to fix the missing post issue in the Sony launcher.

All widgets sizes are available on ICS as they were in 2.x (You can disable from preferences what you don't want) - This was needed because of the lack of widget re-sizing in Samsung's ICS Touchwiz.

Allow hiding pictures in messaging widget.

Allow hiding the name bar for contacts with an image in People widget.

mahercs

Sorry

for this feature not implemented in 1.2.8 already! I didn't have much time to work on APW lately but the foundations for this are already there. I'm just thinking of the easiest way to make it available in the UI. There could be more than just widget of the same type and managing multiples files one for each widget seems clumsy.

Jezz_X

Once I get a new device that can run ICS normally I'll check it out.
[Android Apps and Games] mahercs:
It's ok. I'll live until the update with a clean UI. Other apps I use save only the last backup, which is ok, but not preferred. Others allow several backups and I can choose the one I want to restore. I wouldn't mind testing it, if you needed that.

One thing I noticed immediately was with the thin frame setting, the "refresh" and "configure" buttons now match the theme! WOO! HOO! (trivial, but nice):D

Would it be safe to assume the APW Google Reader will be updated soon to match?
[Android Apps and Games] roee88:
Not this time. I just barely had time to update APW today so the reader widget will only be updated later. I first want to try implementing an Auto Sync option to make it work even without Synchronize Feeds enabled.
[Android Apps and Games] idelgado782:
Hey Roe,

Do you think an instagram widget would be possible? I'd be willing to donate/buy it. I'm sure other people would love an instagram widget as well. What do you think?

Sent from a Nexus S powered by Brainmasters Black CM9!
[Android Apps and Games] gibou13:
Hi all

Since I migrate to ICS on my Gnote, I can't enable 5x5 and 5x4 widget even if I use preference menu...

Anyway to activate manually these feature?
[Android Apps and Games] roee88:
gibou13

Until I find the time to release an official update you can use this fixed version for Galaxy Note: https://www.box.com/s/7f30a89b9aebb69b57d5
[Android Apps and Games] gibou13:
Hi roee

Works great! Many thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] didiersept:
hello,

i have a little problem with the calendar of android widgets pro, the hours are not on the good time zone but i put on the right in pamameter of the widget. It's synchronized with gmail. maybe Gmail time zone ?
[Android Apps and Games] carlos67:
Not sure why but sometimes scrolling within the widgets is very laggy/jerky and yet at other times it's quite smooth. Even though the circumstances of the phone at these times is almost identical in terms of CPU load etc etc.

It would be nice if the speed of scrolling was reduced within the widget in favour of more stable scrolling.

I think that would give a much improved user experience in what is otherwise a very good set of widgets.
[Android Apps and Games] TyroneLT:
If by chance you are rooted and using AOKP B38, they just added a feature to add Widgets to the nav bar. Putting APW Widgets in the nav bar DRAMATICALLY improved scrolling performance for me. It may help to give it a try.
[Android Apps and Games] carlos67:
Thanks, but I'm on a Sammy based Rom.
[Android Apps and Games] roee88:
Except for the legacy scrolling option (i.e. Scroll button) I can't control the scrolling at all. The entire code resides in the framework on ICS/Honeycomb and in the launcher on gingerbread custom launchers.

Clearing the cache once in a while may improve performance (I still havn't added auto clear).

It uses the timezone as set on your device settings. Please email me for better support as it may need some debugging if it still doesn't work well.
[Android Apps and Games] carlos67:
Bug report?

Thanks for reply. :)

Bug report -

When scrolling down a widget eg. twitter or facebook, If I want to go straight back to the top (without having to scroll all the way back up:rolleyes:) the button to achieve this does not work/respond. It is the middle button on the top of the widget frame inbetween the "@" and envelope button.

When I press this button nothing happens. Isn't it designed to jump back to the top of the scrolling list?

Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] roee88:
Clicking already selected icon doesn't do anything. I can change it to just to top if you think it would be useful ;)
[Android Apps and Games] ba_hamilton:
none of the widgets will load for me. I get a "loading" message on the screen and nothing happens. I'm on an unrooted Incredible 2. This has never happened to me before :confused:
[Android Apps and Games] carlos67:
This would be extremely useful for me because after scrolling down facebook & twitter widget, I then have to scroll all the way back up before returning to homescreen. This is a bit annoying and inconvenient and if the middle top button returned back to the top this would be a big improvement for me.

I would really appreciate it if you could do this as I love your widgets and use them quite heavily and this feature would make things perfect.

Thanks, and looking forward to the update :)

btw.... I understand your reply to my previous post regarding scrolling jerkiness in the widgets. I accept it is the launcher which controls this (unless using the button to begin scrolling - in this case the scrolling is very smooth but inconvenient to have to press the button everytime to start scrolling. It's a case of you can't have your cake and eat it I suppose)
[Android Apps and Games] Ellingsoc:
I like this idea as well but I also think that the face book widget for example need to make it easier to click on the Facebook name at the top. There are time where I can't for the life of me hit it to open the Facebook app if you could make it more button like that would be great
[Android Apps and Games] carlos67:
Hi,

any indication of when this very usefull change will be implemented?

Thanks in advance :)

p.s. don't normally ask for eta's but I'm really gagging for this one.
[Android Apps and Games] mahercs:
Roee88,

I just got ICS and all the widget buttons, including the Reader, are matching. They are black boxes with text that matches the chosen theme and are ICS blue when tapped. I guess it all worked itself out.
[Android Apps and Games] solarus2011:
Hi first, I love this app. Great work.

I am having a problem with Agenda Widget on Jelly Bean. I'm sure its because of changes to the Calendar app and maybe the API, but the color coded strip for calendars on the left side of the agenda widget does not appear. They also don't appear in the configuration area where you select "Active Calendars".

Is anyone else seeing this?
[Android Apps and Games] DJ_SpaRky:
Use on my phone and tablet, any chance for a "bookmark" widget?
[Android Apps and Games] rgawenda:
Empty events

It'd be perfect for me with an option/fix. It doesn't display empty (no title) events in the agenda widget.
[Android Apps and Games] roee88:
Thanks for the report. I'll fix it.

Only one bookmark? Not the spirit of APW ;)

Bug in Jelly Bean http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=34944

Will be fixed in next update (I will work on an update during next month).
[Android Apps and Games] ldrn:
I got sick of the default Facebook widget again and went a-searching, and wow -- these widgets are great! :) (A good way to spend some of the free Nexus 7 credits, too, especially seeing the dev is here on xda.)

I saw Google+ integration mentioned as a planned feature for whenever they release an API, and that's even more awesome -- but finally getting a facebook widget that looks that good is worth it in of itself. Thanks again. :)
[Android Apps and Games] DJ_SpaRky:
Bookmarks! Plural. Something similar to the People one, but with web links.
[Android Apps and Games] roee88:
It's already there. Shows the bookmarks of the stock browser in a grid or list (next update will also support chrome browser).
[Android Apps and Games] DJ_SpaRky:
Doh, didn't have it checked for some reason. Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] Frakatchoo:
Thank you for this wonderful widget that I bought without hesitation ;)

But I found one problem with widgets "timeline / facebook / twitter". The problem is related to the cache. As you know, android does not support folders containing too many files. In my case the cache of facebook quickly reached thousands of files causing a blockage of android, or the total consumption of the battery in 2 hours (process SDCARD). I do not have the reflex to clear the cache regularly, so an option to limit the cache size or empty it automatically after a while will be a very good addition!

Congrats for your work !
[Android Apps and Games] roee88:
APW 1.2.9 released

Chrome bookmarks support

Preferences backup and restore (Initial support)

Facebook and Twitter Photo upload

Improvements to Facebook and Twitter internal viewers

Additional languages supported

Clear unused Facebook images from cache automatically

Many small improvements and bug fixes (QE start with voice, changed some images, higher calendar text quality, Jelly bean fixes...)
[Android Apps and Games] mahercs:
roee88,

The best just got better. Absolutely love the backup feature and pic upload capabilities. You are on fire! :D
[Android Apps and Games] roee88:
Thanks mahercs ;)

1.3.0 is just a fix for Play Store filtering (1.2.9 was not available on Nexus 7 and some other tablets).
[Android Apps and Games] carlos67:
Briiliant! Loving the update. You implemented the request I made to jump back to top of screen on button tap when scrolling through twitter/facebook widget. Now a 5 star app.

Thanks man. :good:
[Android Apps and Games] roee88:
If anyone can help test the beta version it would be great.

Especially if you get any FC in the current release.
[Android Apps and Games] mahercs:
Will test and report. ;)
[Android Apps and Games] roee88:
Version 1.3.1 released change log

Thanks you all beta testers ;)

K9 users:

If K9 accepts my patch you will probably get a K9 Email widget.
[Android Apps and Games] mahercs:
Roee88,

I didn't have any issues with the previous release or the last beta. I'll update to the new version now. Thanks for the continued support of my favorite app!
[Android Apps and Games] asdot:
Recently test it.

awesome :thumbup::D

Sent from MARVEL
[Android Apps and Games] yinyang37:
wrong date on agenda

Hi all, I love APW but just recently my agenda is displaying random dates from last week. I've seen this issue for stock calendars And HTC devices but I'm on a Samsung EPIC Touch with the APW. Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

Diana
[Android Apps and Games] langras:
I would love to use more then 1 facebook/twitter account in de timeline

And i'm not the developer but why do i have to log in to my facebook / twitter account separately when these account are already registered to my phone isnt it possible to use those?
[Android Apps and Games] mahercs:
roee88,

In the last week or so, my APW widgets keep crashing. I see the widget completely blank and a message "The widget has crashed. Please tap to refresh" or something to that effect. Is that the app or is that a result of the launcher I am using? I have a Razr Maxx on 4.0.4, stock rooted using Nova Prime launcher. It happens with all the widgets I am using, Facebook, Twitter, Reader, and Calendar.

Any ideas on how to prevent this?
[Android Apps and Games] roee88:
send me the logs (using SendLog) after a crash to dr.appche at gmail.
[Android Apps and Games] mahercs:
Just sent it. Let me know if it's not a good log. THX
[Android Apps and Games] mylee:
Does it support Jelly Bean(4.1.1)? I found the People widget cannot show my favorite contacts properly on my Samsung S3(JellyBean, 4.1.1). The problem did not happen on my S3(ICS, 4.0.4)

Thanks for the reply.
[Android Apps and Games] Carlos72:
Same problem here. This is not a APW issue, the problem happens because Nova (I know because was a Nova user too).

To solve the issue, install another launcher , like Apex or Go Launcher.
[Android Apps and Games] rgawenda:
No problem here with Nova and CM10
[Android Apps and Games] mylee:
I failed to install Android Pro Widgets 1.3.1 on my S3(Jelly Bean, 4.1.1). It continues saying "insufficient storage space" but I do have 5GB memory available for installation. Anyone know the reason why?
[Android Apps and Games] mahercs:
I won't go back to Go. Too bloated. And I'm heavily invested in Nova. I could try Apex, but I'm a believer in Nova's developer and I'm betting he fixes it once he's aware.

Roee88, you may want to reach out to him with the one error log I sent. It's not the end of the world, but it would be nice if it worked correctly.
[Android Apps and Games] roee88:
Already in contact with him.

Thanks for the logs Maher.
[Android Apps and Games] Carlos72:
I hope that you can fix the widget's problem, I want to go back to Nova.

Thanks

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[Android Apps and Games] mahercs:
Nova's latest beta from yesterday has fixed this. I haven't seen a crash since I updated. Thanks for working with Nova's dev to resolve this!!! :good:
[Android Apps and Games] roee88:
Nova Launcher beta users:

Nova 1.3.2beta5 includes Labs option that can improve widget scrolling performance and possibly eliminate other lags that may be caused because of widgets.

Next APW release will include a few changes to reduce launcher memory usage and image loading times on the People and Messaging widgets.
[Android Apps and Games] rJWhofAvtx:
I've switched my ROM to Paranoid Android for the HTC Desire with Nova Launcher. If I try and use the timeline widget with a thin frame, pressing the menu/overflow button to get to settings immediately crashes the phone. Not had this before, using the standard frame there is no issue (it doesn't show that little pop-up on standard so I guess the issue is there) but I find standard takes up too much space so I don't like to use it.

Any ideas? I can provide a log if needed.

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] mahercs:
Roee88,

I am using the Timeline widget and I miss being able to click the header and go to Facebook or Twitter directly, as the respective widgets do now. But I have two questions for you. I know I can assign my own action to the header, so I wanted to know if, one, the available actions include selecting a bookmark? I couldn't find it in the massive list of options when I attempted to customize the header action and stopped looking after I scrolled several times. This brings me to my second question. Is it possible to alphabetize the list when it comes up so it is easier to find the desired action?

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] stevep94:
I can't seem to get the thumbnails working in the bookmarks widget while using Chrome as the browser!?!?!

Has anyone got any idea what I'm doing wrong? :(
[Android Apps and Games] solarus2011:
Seem to be having an issue in 4.2. On the Calendar widget when I go into settings to change the calendars to be shown APW force closes.
[Android Apps and Games] DarrenCarnall:
I've been frustrated with jerky scrolling of the People widget (although agenda & bookmarks are perfect) and I had no idea about this labs menu in Nova. This has fixed my problem!! It scrolls as smooth as butter now. FABULOUS... thank y ou! :D
[Android Apps and Games] interr0bangr:
Someone on another forum suggested APW for what I was looking for, which is a super minimal, grid style calendar widget.

Is there a skin out there that can achieve this very basic, minimal look? Ideally it would have pretty much no text/numbers, just the squares for the days. It also needs to have transparency options for the background.

Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] bsbabcock:
Try simple black and white theme which is included in APW. Been using APW for years now. Awesome app.
[Android Apps and Games] rmrajm1:
fine great set of widgets....only problem i have is its not integrating with my facebook app FAST PRO BETA......any help please.....:):):)
[Android Apps and Games] Mik0r:
In the Agenda Widget is there a way to remove the large date header above each event? The event already shows the date in it so I'd rather only see the events so I can fit more events into a smaller widget size without the huge date header taking up half the widget space.

Here is what I want to remove:
[Android Apps and Games] BobbaLouie:
I don't get why yours has that extra line with the date on each entry and mine doesn't? Perhaps your calendar entries are all-day? (versus a specific time).

---------- Post added at 09:01 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:35 PM ----------

Hah

"Hide date if all day" in Agenda settings would help, anyhow. Not what you're looking for but it makes it bearable.
[Android Apps and Games] Mik0r:
Well yes they are all day events and there is an option to remove the date/time from showing, but I like it shown there because it's nice and compact. I just want to get rid of the Date header line above the day's event because they take up too much space. You can see on my size widget there's enough room to show 3 events but it's only showing 1 because the date headers are taking up the other 2 slots. Even yours has the large date header although your widget uses the full screen so it doesn't look as bad.
[Android Apps and Games] BobbaLouie:
Yes, Smooth Calendar widget would suit your purpose better, except it appears you run a high resolution and it doesn't scale well I've found.
[Android Apps and Games] roee88:
APW License Key now 50% OFF for a limited time ;)

Note: if you still see the old price wait a little for Google Play to update the pricing.