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[Android Apps and Games] ftgg99:
Hi. Thanks. If you like it, please leave a comment on the play store - at this early junction good reviews will help us spend more time making things better :)

Regarding the preview - its in the works, though it is pretty complex to do. We will use our Prepaid Widget as a template, so you can have a look at that if you want a a preview of how thew preview will look...

Re many elements. ATM its only possible to select one at a time. We are working on an internal launcher which will allow you to move all the elements around. Its slated for release this month.
[Android Apps and Games] AlkaDragos:
Review added on market. This would be huge, if you can implement multiple elements. Select one, two ore w/e elements and move them around, awesome!

Just something that i forgot to ask, sometimes it takes up to 150MB RAM, usually 50~60MB isn't a bit much?
[Android Apps and Games] swiftinmotion:
Pretty awesome app. I can't for the kufe of me figure out how to set the widget on my desktop. I assume I need the paid app. Most likely user error I'm just dumb lol.
[Android Apps and Games] AlkaDragos:
It's a widget. Long press on homescreen, search for MetaWidget and start configure it:

- Enter a website, select an element(click on it then use the arrows from bottom to select between multiple elements)

!!! make sure you have the checkbox from bottom-left ticked !!!

- Click on the plus sign near the ticked box to select that element and go to widget preference screen.

- Configure the text alignment, size, background color, w/e...

- Click OK , select widget size then select OK again, and you'r done. :)
[Android Apps and Games] swiftinmotion:
Yeah I've done that.. Once I find a Site and stuff can't figure out how to get back to my desktop
[Android Apps and Games] ftgg99:
We will implement multiple elements soon when our widget constructor comes out. Within two weeks the beta will be up.

Re ram - this is because of images. And of course the cache of the webkit browser, which once closed is shunted out of ram.

On modern devices this isnt a problem though...
[Android Apps and Games] AlkaDragos:
Nice. About the RAM you are right, when the next version will be out, that won't be a problem :D

@swiftinmotion - Check out my previous post, i've rewrite it and added some pics.
[Android Apps and Games] ftgg99:
Lol, out of spite that guy i just added to my list has posted this fine review on the market:

I think most would agree that you are in fact a moron. Probably you will continue to use meta despite your childish remarks...

Hilarious.
[Android Apps and Games] nobnut:
What a plank.
[Android Apps and Games] ftgg99:
Heres a preview of the widget constructor:
[Android Apps and Games] nobnut:
Good stuff. I'm looking forward to trying it out.
[Android Apps and Games] AlkaDragos:
2 chars. xD
[Android Apps and Games] ftgg99:
Its pretty much ready, just final touches and some graphics left to do.
[Android Apps and Games] AlkaDragos:
Uh, just waiting to try it out. :P Also i will remake the video, trying to cover most features and make a little more "shiny" widget.
[Android Apps and Games] jabbermacy:
I try to capture map from this site:

http://local.msn.com/worldweathermap.aspx?q=Wuhan-CHN&eid=36875

It loads, I hit the button, then it just reloads again and goes to New York map!

How to make this work?

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] AlkaDragos:
This is a known limitation with .aspx pages. I don't know if ftg took a look at that, but for now you must find another site.
[Android Apps and Games] ftgg99:
Not really a bug, more of a limitation of the system. It just depends on the java script renderer - some aspx pages will work, others wont. We would need to make our own renderer...
[Android Apps and Games] webzavod:
ping

thanks for creating such a tool, this app is probably potentially the most powerful of all them apps. i bought one.

got some questions though -

1. what do the red "!" signs mean? (do i need to repair the widget with the sign?)

2. once i try to repair some widgets, i see that the site at the location still exists,

but i no can pick no images or text nothing (since there's no checkbox underneath the page). (me using "galaxy note")

3. i want to place an image as a widget (the image is not implimented in html, just an image

like somesite.com/someimage.gif) -

- i try and see that widget tries to parse an image code, can you please fix it somehow maybe?

4. i made some page with several images in it'n i wanted to use this page as a widget itself (with whatever images and text i would place there/remove from there) -

sokolplus.ru/countertest.html

- is there any way this could be done? is there any way this could be done in later versions you guys make? note that completing that, your widget would be perfect in every way.

5. is there any way to see the last reply to this forum in a widget on my desktop?

thanx again. i love you guys.
[Android Apps and Games] GunnarKarlsson:
Could this explain the errors I have been starting to get when trying to make a widget from:

http://www5.trafikverket.se/taginfo...aspx?JF=-1&station=74,Sub&arrivals=0&nostat=1

It renders OK but when I press the button to select text I get an exception in the page that the input string was not in a correct format

Thanks, and good work otherwise.

I have laughed allot when reading your answers to "bad" customers. I hope I will not be on the ignore list too. :-)

//Gunnar
[Android Apps and Games] ftgg99:
I will have a look later, but most likely my previous post applies. Even people familiar with css wont be able to make it work... ill get back to you.

Arrr widget creator is ready just waiting for some gfx from our designer and it will be out.

Ill keep you all updated.
[Android Apps and Games] AlkaDragos:
Any news ftg? :) sorry for bumping this, but i'm like a kid waiting for goodies ^^
[Android Apps and Games] ftgg99:
In the next two hours, the Key has already gone live.
[Android Apps and Games] nobnut:
Rock'n'Roll.

Thank you.
[Android Apps and Games] ftgg99:
For some reason its taking forever to show up in the store. This happens sometimes.
[Android Apps and Games] ftgg99:
Widget Maker is out, you can find it here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=26895741
[Android Apps and Games] nobnut:
Excellent. Happily gone pro with it.
[Android Apps and Games] ftgg99:
Thanks again!
[Android Apps and Games] nobnut:
I'll leave a 5* review on Play tomorrow. I've got to dash now.
[Android Apps and Games] AlkaDragos:
Oh, nice ftg! I'll try it tomorrow and make a video tutorial too. Thanks for this, awesome! :P
[Android Apps and Games] rr3636:
Meta widget: trying to make a widget that displays a HTML table. Does not work. Seems to just display the text. I've tried to use the option to not strip HTML, but doesn't change anything.

Widget maker: I bought key and installed, but got an error saying "application allready exisists"
[Android Apps and Games] ftgg99:
:)

:)

A - search the thread this has already been covered.

B - dont know what that is.
[Android Apps and Games] rr3636:
I have read it all. I think my situation is different. I have an table enclosed in tags, and in Meta widget I can select the whole table this way. Not just one cell as other posters. But with or without the option to strip HTML, it seems like it strips the HTML table tags anyway. So maybe option to strip HTML is not working properly? I.e not selected it should not strip the HTML. Hers the URL I use: http://users5.nofeehost.com/rr3636/rr72.asp

About the error on widget maker: I first installed key, then main app. All ok. The started create a widget, and it was during that I got the error message.
[Android Apps and Games] nobnut:
Done.
[Android Apps and Games] GunnarKarlsson:
Hi again

It worked quite well in the first versions of meta widget. Then it stopped working. Have you changed anything about how you store urls. Looks like not the while url is used when asking for the page content.

//Gunnar
[Android Apps and Games] ftgg99:
Eh? Stored where? You mean the urls in the autocomplete? they are cashed out of the system and we have not changed anything.
[Android Apps and Games] GunnarKarlsson:
Sorry about that, Must learn how to quote so that you know what you are following up on.

I mean the url that gets used when pressing the button to start selecting elements in a webpage to create the widget out of.

Since the exception I then get from the aspx page seems to point to that the input it is expecting is not there.

The few times when the page in question renders and I create a widget I get a red exclamation mark in the widget.

url in question

http://www5.trafikverket.se/taginfo...aspx?JF=-1&station=74,Sub&arrivals=0&nostat=1

//Gunnar
[Android Apps and Games] ftgg99:
I will check it later, in the meantimes, just reminding everyone that WIDGET MAKER IS OUT:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1688088
[Android Apps and Games] rr3636:
Yes, feedback on my post above where I posted a URL please.
[Android Apps and Games] nobnut:
That's not anything else... that's more of the same.

That webpage isn't compatible unfortunately.
[Android Apps and Games] ftgg99:
Thanks guys. I always wait for a critical mass and if i continue asking for more to report despite having some reports already that doesnt mean im ignoring others.
[Android Apps and Games] rr3636:
Widget maker:

Bug: Naming a panel is ignored. Is listed as only ”panel #” after creation.

Wish: auto size of image (using meta widget). I have an cartoon image that changes daily, and on sundays its bigger. I'd like a size to be 100%, so that on sundays the widget (inside widget maker) grows in size.

Wish: snap to grid/other widget. In combination with the auto size above, the other widgets would automatically change position to snap to border of other widgets in widget maker

Meta widget:

Bug/wish: make table work. Not just one cell as now

Bug: option strip html doesn't doesn't seem to work. I.e. if I don't want to strip html. Again, might be of the unsupported table function. In my post above I captured the whole table (not just a cell like everyone else) by using DIV tags, but html for table is removed with and without this option used. And yes, I'm repeating this as it seems its ignored based on table and overlooked on the strip html option. Have dev tried my link above? (and actually seen that the whole table is captured??)
[Android Apps and Games] ftgg99:
You cant select a whole table. It only looks like you are selecting it, in fact you cant select more than a row or column.
[Android Apps and Games] ftgg99:
Regarding tables. This will never work. Its just not possible. Anyone who tells you otherwise is talking out of his arse.

Anyway... thanks for the heards up re the panel names, this will be fixed.

Regarding the snap to edges and always full size images - good ideas, evenmtually we might do something like that. For now i suggest you simp[ly use the "stretch image" option and make the strip larger.
[Android Apps and Games] rr3636:
On the URL above I can indeed select the whole table since its enclosed in an DIV tag. The whole table content also is displayed in the output. But not in an structure like an table.

What about the option for stripping HTML. Does it work? Can't see that anything changes with or without it.
[Android Apps and Games] ftgg99:
As i said, the actual selection is not of the whole table. At its root you are not able to take this info from html.

As far as i can tell stripping is working fine. Ive tried on a number of sites. Where is this table you need?
[Android Apps and Games] rr3636:
http://users5.nofeehost.com/rr3636/rr72.asp

I've enclosed the table in DIV tags so its possible to select the whole table.
[Android Apps and Games] GunnarKarlsson:
http://m.banverket.se/TRAFIK/(S(rla....aspx?JF=-1&station=74,Ep&arrivals=0&nostat=1

http://m.banverket.se/TRAFIK/(S(rla...spx?JF=-1&station=74%2cEp&arrivals=0&nostat=1

Hi again

I made some time to test the widget again and I think I have found what causes my specific error.

If you compare the two links above. The first is from before pressing button to start selecting elements and the other from after.

The difference is in &station=74%2cEp and &station=74%252cEp so it looks like the URL is reformatted after all.

Hope it helps. It worked in the first versions. And I know how annoying it is when users says that... Sorry.

Kind regards

//Gunnar
[Android Apps and Games] GunnarKarlsson:
One more small thing

When editing text size (title and content) and writing the size in the text box (not using the slider) it appears like only the first character is used (if I write 10 the result is 1 when I press ok)

and please set more reasonable default for content text size (like 10) while you are at it.

//Gunnar
[Android Apps and Games] AlkaDragos:
After you insert your number, press Done first then Ok. That way input box know when you finished your number. ;)
[Android Apps and Games] GunnarKarlsson:
Well, that's one way to do it I suppose. :o

I feel a bit stupid now.

//Gunnar
[Android Apps and Games] ftgg99:
Regarding the tags - they will not work as intended in most cases.
[Android Apps and Games] rr3636:
Had an annoying problem now. I'm using click to update, and no title. Clicked it to update, and widget turned into ”problem loading widget”. I've seen that can happen with other widgets too, so this might be Android or whatever... Anyway, if something like this happens it's just to add the widget again.

But in meta widget it's not. Had there been a configure/load/save it could have been, but now I have to recreate it (and unfortunately I didn't have the URL anymore).

Wish: in configure, save widget so it can be readded tithe screen easily.

I've mentioned this earlier, but seen today how useful that function would have been
[Android Apps and Games] rr3636:
If I click multiple widgets to update, they seem to finish update at the same time. even if I delay one. Even if two widgets point to same URL. Is the code not multitasking?
[Android Apps and Games] Rasa11:
This app. is awesome!

Such a great idea, and works great! Many thanks! Great work. :) <3
[Android Apps and Games] webzavod:
suggestion

may i suggest u guys, to add a system of standard presets for this program,

like templates for the most commonly displayed information (in widgets).

may i also suggest to make it possible for us users to see which widget-presets are the most popular.

that will make you your own market kinda.
[Android Apps and Games] ftgg99:
We would love to, in fact we already have a framework, but we currently have no manpower for a project like this.

Weve been trying to hire an android developer in Moscow for two months without success. If we had more people we would commit to a social system for this app. But right now...
[Android Apps and Games] GunnarKarlsson:
I'm sad to report that this particular error is still there.

Otherwise good work. Really like widget maker.

//Gunnar
[Android Apps and Games] ftgg99:
Re the text sizes, the next release will have a "save as default" option similar to the one in our Prepaid Widget app.
[Android Apps and Games] Rasa11:
Hey mate,

After installing and using meta widget, I had to look at the rest of your apps and I discovered 'widget maker".. and it to, is freakin awesome!

Just what Ive been looking for man! Good call, and thanks again!
[Android Apps and Games] ftgg99:
Thanks. If you like them, please rate them - good ratings help us spend more time on new features :-)
[Android Apps and Games] rr3636:
Happened again on two Widgets at the same time. Both was clicked to update, and it took a long time. And both turned into this unusable at same time.

Maybe it's something like: if it takes to long time (a normal app would get message from android "wait or force close because not responding"), and since thus is a widget instead of an app android responds with turning it into an "problem loading widget".

I'm just guessing on reason of why this happens. Maybe set the update routine into multitasking (if possible?) So android doesn't wait on the widget.
[Android Apps and Games] ftgg99:
Its nothing like that I think. I suggest that for Widgets with no title you use prompt so that you can also use the fix broken widget command... most likely this is something to do with running out of memory.

I'm sorry guys I've been really busy this week and haven't had time to compile my usual list of issues to church - also, its a long bank holiday here and I'm taking a few days off. I will come back to it on Wednesday.
[Android Apps and Games] :
I cant use all the table of this url

http://www.tsig.gr/lang-el/prothesmiakes

It doesn't show the first column. Any help? Thanks,
[Android Apps and Games] ftgg99:
As has been said, the app cant parse tables im afraid... nor will it ever be able to. Sorry, its a limitation of the technology.
[Android Apps and Games] :
Thanks. Yes I read it before but I do see all the data of the table (as a list) except the first column .. This is a bit wird..
[Android Apps and Games] ftgg99:
Well its probably not pure HTML. If you can see all but one vale, you could always use widget maker to combine two met as together.
[Android Apps and Games] ftgg99:
Guys is anyone having trouble with text and background colors?
[Android Apps and Games] jazzboyrules:
Nope, everything is working fine.
[Android Apps and Games] :
Perhaps you could add option to have a background photo (transparent possible) to the widget. Because now we have just data on screen. It's not very beautiful. :)

Just an idea although I am sure you have already thought it..
[Android Apps and Games] ftgg99:
Not a bad idea, i will look into it!
[Android Apps and Games] ftgg99:
Were anyones problems with compatibility of certain elements solved in the last patch? I hope silence means yes :)
[Android Apps and Games] antonio1475:
I was going to use this to do a widget of the mobile web Gmail, but it won't load the mails list (keeps loading that part), so... :o

EDIT: Actuallym in Gmail, as soon as you select the ¿cut/select/section? mode, Gmail says "page not found". I could use it to make a list of the 3 facebook notifications though... I thought it was like "visual cut", like selecting the area and it will be shown as I've seen in some cool widgets for Mac. Anyway, I'll keep it.

Looks/looked/whatever great. Keep it up! Thanks

:)
[Android Apps and Games] ftgg99:
Its a lot simpler than that. If android allowed id make it just like vc, but alas...
[Android Apps and Games] GunnarKarlsson:
Hi

The problem with added characters to the URL when selecting elements still exist.

For me or looks like the substitution of special characters such as ',' with %2c or something like it in the URL gets messed up.

Kind regards

Gunnar
[Android Apps and Games] ftgg99:
Ill have a look.
[Android Apps and Games] xbkingx:
I'm trying to make a widget from a weather radar jpg, but Meta Widget interprets it as text when I hit the button to select elements. Appears correct when browsing to the image, but messes up when hitting the checkbox button.

Here's the image:

image.weather.com/images/maps/forecast/ne_precfcst_600x405.jpg

and here's the site it's from:

weather.com/maps/geography/northeastus/northeastusprecipforecast_large.html?clip=undefined&region=undefined&collection=localwxforecast&presname=undefined

Any idea why this isn't working?
[Android Apps and Games] GunnarKarlsson:
Hi

When checking my data usage I see that metawidget continues to use data even though I do not have any active widgets. Just a heads up. I will wipe data and see if it continues. It have taken about 100Mb in three weeks.

Kind regards

Gunnar

Edit

After data wipe no more data is used.

Might be some remnant of old widget that still got updates.
[Android Apps and Games] Paparasee:
With the various updates, I was wondering if this now works with aspx sites as noted having a problem earlier.

I am specifically referring to the site: http://www.muzaini.com/content/rate.aspx and from there clicking on "Asian & African Currencies". Want to get value of one of the currencies there.

I think part of the problem is that the "Asian & African Currencies" us the url:

javascript:__doPostBack('ctl00$ContentPlaceHolder1$DL_rateList$ctl01$LB_Link','')

Thanks :)
[Android Apps and Games] ftgg99:
Hmm...
[Android Apps and Games] GunnarKarlsson:
Have you had the time to look into this issue?
[Android Apps and Games] GunnarKarlsson:
Do you think it is possible to get one of the first versions of metawidget where the site I use for my commute information worked?

Kind regards

//Gunnar
[Android Apps and Games] ftgg99:
Nope, sorry.
[Android Apps and Games] GunnarKarlsson:
Any possibility that you can solve the issue with added characters to the URL?
[Android Apps and Games] GunnarKarlsson:
No need to solve "my" issue with the added characters in the URL. I made the same info available in a widget using tasker and zoom. Not as easy as meta widget but for the simple info I needed it worked.
[Android Apps and Games] mattnificent_:
Gif gif gif

Hello,

this is a brilliant app that means i don't have to download crummy weather apps, i can make my own!

5 stars, Horah!

however - animated gif support would be greatly appreciated. I'm not even sure my waether radar is gif format, but i've tried animated Gif and it doesn't work.

See bom.gov.au/products/national_radar_sat.loop.shtml

looks really cool, but you have to use single image mode! blast.

Please look into animated GIFs and i will give you 6 stars.:silly:
[Android Apps and Games] ftgg99:
Its something we areexploring
[Android Apps and Games] djxtabay:
I haven't look through all the pages but once a widget is created, can we "save" it so we can install it from my phone to my tablet for example or from a phone to another one?

Thanks! Great app!
[Android Apps and Games] ftgg99:
At the moment, no, you have to make new ones on each device. However, in September we will add a whole social dimention that will allow it!
[Android Apps and Games] btotaku:
Hey guyz,

really fine app....it's functional and got a great concept... I was planning to use it (as mentioned in play store) to be updated with local newspapers news... but here is the problem:

a lot of newspapers / news sites use multiple headline for a single article, which is something like main/general headline and then topic headline... I was wondering if there is a possibility to have groups of elements in an upcoming version? I think this is a common approach that a lot of informational websites use and would be really great to integrate this into your cool app.... anway: cool work!:good:
[Android Apps and Games] ftgg99:
In order to get everything, use the second (not header) article and select "use all as list" - this will in most cases give you both header and regular articles.

BTW, if you like the app, please rate it on the store!
[Android Apps and Games] btotaku:
Thx, but this does not work, it takes either the first headline or the second one (depens on which one I choose) and I would say this is behavior I would expect. ;)

So currently no way to have headline 1 and headline 2 displayed as ONE item and showing multiple items in respective list?
[Android Apps and Games] Thunder07:
Great App :)

but i have one problem with it,

i want to use it to list my TV Shows When they're gonna be broadcasted

but http://tvcountdown.com loads the tv shows then uses JS to calculate the time, something MetaWidget doesnt take into account,

my guess is that you read the page as an html and you phrase it, it would be great if you had an option to load the page and its content(JS) then phrase the HTML
[Android Apps and Games] ftgg99:
Whats the website?

Sorry, that is beyond the current scope of the app.
[Android Apps and Games] btotaku:
For example heise.de (which has one headline and one short description text and I would like to display both as one list item) or sueddeutsche.de (which got two headlines) ;)

Is this supposed to be possible?
[Android Apps and Games] napes22:
Will Meta Widget ever be able to use tables? Not all web sites function using lists or images.
[Android Apps and Games] ftgg99:
I doubt it - we made Widget Maker just for that reason.