[Android Themes] SeriouslyCrazy:
Quick Zooper Widgets guide to the use of templates.

Author: Vincent Abrahams

Zooper Widget templates (UPDATE)

Since I have been making Zooper Widget templates lately, and uploading them for others to use on Droid Creations, I thought I'd write a guide on how to use pre-made templates in Zooper Widget.

UPDATE: since Zooper Widget have been updated recently, and has also been given a slight UI update, I thought I'd update this guide as well.

First of all, what is Zooper Widget?

Zooper Widget is an Android app which can be downloaded from the Google Play Store. It is a widget maker or widget builder similar to UCCW. It allows you to create custom widgets using many different variables and options like clocks, date, weather, colors, shadows, shapes, and even your own pictures and icons. The free version of the app allows you to create custom widgets for your self while the paid version also allows you to create shortcuts and export and import templates.

What are Zooper Widget templates?

Zooper Widget templates are similar to UCCW skins, they are a combination of variables like clock, date, weather, shapes, etc, which create a skin. That combination of variables can be saved as a single file on your device's storage. When you save a template, it is saved as a .zw file in Templates folder which is located in ZooperWidget folder on your device's storage. That template file can then be shared with others so they don’t have to rebuild that widget from scratch. Pre-made templates are much faster to apply than building the widget from scratch. Even if you have all of the exact variables and sizes, it's still easier to apply a pre-made template and resize it.

How do I use custom pre-made Zooper Widget templates?

As I mentioned before, you do need the paid version of Zooper Widgets in order to use templates. Once you have a paid version of Zooper Widgets installed, you should have a Templates folder on your device’s storage. When you save a template that you have created, its .zw file will appear in this folder. And when you download pre-made templates (.zw files), you will have to copy them to Templates folder in order to use them.

Once you copied the template to your ZooperWidget/Templates folder, create a Zooper Widget on your device’s home screen.

Resize the widget to whatever the template might require (you might need a third-party launcher to resize widgets). Click on the widget after resizing it (it should say “resize or tap to start”).

You will get a menu with four options.

Empty - exactly what it says, an empty widget.

Builtin - default templates which come with Zooper Widgets.

SD Card - these are the templates which are stored on your SD card; either it's the ones you have saved, or the ones you've downloaded and put in your Templates folder.

Autosave - these are templates which are saved automatically when you create a widget.

To use custom made templates, click SD Card, assuming you do actually have a desired template in ZooperWidget/Templates folder on your device. If you get an “Oversize” error, ignore it, as you can resize the widget itself and the contents within it. If you accidentally clicked on the wrong template, don’t worry, you can change it afterwards by clicking the “LOAD” or a folder icon on top.

Once the widget loads, it might well be oversized on your device. You can now resize all of the variables inside the widget at once by scrolling down to “Scaling” and resizing the widget to fit your screen.

If a Zooper widget template uses custom fonts or icons, you might have to link to those fonts or icons after loading the widget. To change some of the variables inside that widget, scroll up to “Layout” (the first option under WIDGET SETTINGS), find whichever variable you wish to change, click it and change that variable’s options for whatever you need.

For custom fonts, find a “Text” variable, and change the font within it (NOTE: if you want to use your own font, you might have to resize that text variable as well).

For custom icons, find a “Bitmap” variable and change the Bitmap within it (again, if using your own icons, you might have to resize them as well).

Hotspots You can also have hotspots in your widgets which allow you to open certain apps or other shortcuts on a certain spot of the widget. To change hotspots, find the variable you wish to use as a hotspot inside your Zooper Widget setup, under Layout, and change the hotspot app/shortcut in "Module OnTap" option.

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