MC-Photo Widget
Free App
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About MC-Photo Widget
Use photos downloaded from popular photography sites: 500px, Flickr, DeviantART, WikiArt, Instagram and Panoramio or your Local Albums.
NEW:
■ Google Earth imagery
■ WikiArt - Encyclopedia of fine arts
■ DeviantART - largest online social network for artists and art enthusiasts
*** Warning: this is a Widget, not a regular application and cannot be started as such - please read explanation at the end if in doubt.
Theme designers: make your screen designs dynamic! Add and arrange MC-Photo widgets, assign actions to them, set captions, set photo filters to blend photos into your theme look and feel, configure photo source for each widget to reflect it's purpose and select change interval. You can have fully functional theme that never looks the same but is always beautiful and understandable!
Photos can be displayed as:
■ Classic - one photo in a frame
■ Collage - several photos arranged in a collage
Photos can be selected by:
■ 500px categories
■ 500px user, user following, user favorites
■ 500px author name
■ Tags (500px)
■ Current weather at your location (500px)
■ Color (500px)
■ Flickr (latest interesting photos)
■ DeviantART
■ WikiArt
■ Panoramio (around you)
■ Instagram (popular or around you)
■ Local albums
Photos can be changed at a user selected interval.
Use Actions to start chosen application when you tap the widget. (Tap in the vertical middle to show Widget Options)
Use Caption to describe widget contents or selected action.
Use colored frames and photo filters to blend photos into you current home screen look and feel.
You can also save and load complete widget settings (bear in mind those are just internal settings, widget size and position is managed by launcher application).
***
Widget is not a regular android application and cannot be found in Application Drawer with other applications. Depending on your Launcher and Android version there are usually two options to add widget to a home screen:
1) App drawer -> Widgets Tab -> MC-Photo Widget AxB -> Drag it to home screen -> Configure options
Or
2) Long click on home screen -> Widgets -> MC-Photo Widget AxB -> Configure options
If your launcher doesn't support widget re-sizing select one of the sizes (AxB cells in home screen grid) for best fit to your design.
***Warning:
Some new versions can invalidate your current widgets. We will keep such changes at minimum but when it happens you may need to remove and add widgets again.
NEW:
■ Google Earth imagery
■ WikiArt - Encyclopedia of fine arts
■ DeviantART - largest online social network for artists and art enthusiasts
*** Warning: this is a Widget, not a regular application and cannot be started as such - please read explanation at the end if in doubt.
Theme designers: make your screen designs dynamic! Add and arrange MC-Photo widgets, assign actions to them, set captions, set photo filters to blend photos into your theme look and feel, configure photo source for each widget to reflect it's purpose and select change interval. You can have fully functional theme that never looks the same but is always beautiful and understandable!
Photos can be displayed as:
■ Classic - one photo in a frame
■ Collage - several photos arranged in a collage
Photos can be selected by:
■ 500px categories
■ 500px user, user following, user favorites
■ 500px author name
■ Tags (500px)
■ Current weather at your location (500px)
■ Color (500px)
■ Flickr (latest interesting photos)
■ DeviantART
■ WikiArt
■ Panoramio (around you)
■ Instagram (popular or around you)
■ Local albums
Photos can be changed at a user selected interval.
Use Actions to start chosen application when you tap the widget. (Tap in the vertical middle to show Widget Options)
Use Caption to describe widget contents or selected action.
Use colored frames and photo filters to blend photos into you current home screen look and feel.
You can also save and load complete widget settings (bear in mind those are just internal settings, widget size and position is managed by launcher application).
***
Widget is not a regular android application and cannot be found in Application Drawer with other applications. Depending on your Launcher and Android version there are usually two options to add widget to a home screen:
1) App drawer -> Widgets Tab -> MC-Photo Widget AxB -> Drag it to home screen -> Configure options
Or
2) Long click on home screen -> Widgets -> MC-Photo Widget AxB -> Configure options
If your launcher doesn't support widget re-sizing select one of the sizes (AxB cells in home screen grid) for best fit to your design.
***Warning:
Some new versions can invalidate your current widgets. We will keep such changes at minimum but when it happens you may need to remove and add widgets again.
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Android
2.3.3+
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Android app
App History & Updates
What's Changed
1.1.3)
Added option to randomize photos
1.1.2)
Resolve incorrect widget sizes
1.1.1)
Google Earth imagery
Option to select one local photo
1.1.0)
WikiArt - Encyclopedia of fine arts
DeviantART
1.0.7)
Fixed issue with cache becoming too large.
1.0.6)
Preview image when tuning photo filters.
Filters: Vignette, Focus blur, Glow, Negative
1.0.4)
Save and load widget settings.
1.0.3)
Zero margins. (If your launcher allows it.)
1.0.0)
Actions for tapping a widget (Tap in the vertical middle).
1.1.3)
Added option to randomize photos
1.1.2)
Resolve incorrect widget sizes
1.1.1)
Google Earth imagery
Option to select one local photo
1.1.0)
WikiArt - Encyclopedia of fine arts
DeviantART
1.0.7)
Fixed issue with cache becoming too large.
1.0.6)
Preview image when tuning photo filters.
Filters: Vignette, Focus blur, Glow, Negative
1.0.4)
Save and load widget settings.
1.0.3)
Zero margins. (If your launcher allows it.)
1.0.0)
Actions for tapping a widget (Tap in the vertical middle).
Version update MC-Photo Widget was updated to version 1.1.3
Name changed Name changed! 500px MC-Photo Widget now is known as MC-Photo Widget.
More downloads MC-Photo Widget reached 10 000 - 50 000 downloads
Name changed Name changed! MC-Photo Widget 500px now is known as 500px MC-Photo Widget.
What are users saying about MC-Photo Widget
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Unfortunately, I spoke too soon. Stops after half a day and you have to restart the phone. This isn't nice with an otherwise excellent app.
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How about opening current image in a viewer app on click? Profile backup and restore does not works for local pictures. It's strange that those features and a smaller interval are actually present in default provided app and without power consuption reported by monitoring apps (Clean Master). Take that in mind and keep up the good job.
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Works very well, I love how I get a new nice photo on my home screen every couple of hours. Thank you for a wonderful widget!
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Won't load on bootup
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Same prob as others
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Will post how it went very soon!
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Has other good features
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Nice!
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I love the app and it works great. Made my phone more fun to use. I have unlimited Data with sprint and this app based on your settings will eat crazy amounts of data. In 11 days I went though 3 gb of data (I use zd box to track it). I wish I could lower the quality down so it wouldn't drain such high Amounts of data. I also wish that I could select tags for instagram or flickr. I hope someday they have an Facebook gallery options so I can see Facebook pictures from let's say a person, page, or group feed
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I add the widget to my homescreen and select a photo but it never shows up on my homescreen. Also if I am picking collage and I dont want my photos to change why can I only pick 1 image.
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Although I've set to single local photo and changing time set to infinity. Wtf?
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It's a shame because this widget is exactly what I need. However, every time my screen orientation changes, the widgets go blank and I have to restart them to see the image. So unless i manually refresh each image every time my phone moves, the app is just a bit of an eye sore. Im using local photos by the way.
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Needs a feature to tap on a created widget to edit it. Currently, one has to delete the widget and create a new one to change something basic like font size. Implement for more stars.
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Everything I am looking for. Well thought out. Easy to use.
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in local album,i can't select folder hidden
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Stops working very often
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Won't load on bootup
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I've got a 5x4 screen size. Can't find anyone of the widget sizes to fill up my screen. Other than that, this widget is just what a photo widget should work and look like.
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Has other good features
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Will post how it went very soon!
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It's awesome I like it a lot but what if I want just one picture to stick, I don't see the option. Want to be able to chose my picture and leave it on
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Thanks for new update. I give you back 5 stars. :-)
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Nice!
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Would not update kept getting error message. By force closing the app. Update worked.
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Unlike other picture widgets, it shows an amazing quality picture without looking pixelated. It shows the picture, but says "unable to find photo" directly on top it. It doesn't matter what I do, it still stays there.
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by I####:
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Would you please add option to choose a specific image as background? It took me a whole day to move to the image I want with your "randomized" algorithm. Also after leaving setting screen, please don't change to next image automatically.
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I've almost lost my s*** trying to use this widget. I have a Moto E and every time I go to set it up there's no "OK" or "confirm" button. How do you set it up? Every time I put in all my settings and back out, it just deletes the widget.
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I had a Windows phone and I liked seeing random pics on my home screen. I wanted the same functionality on my Android phone. This free app gave me exactly what I wanted!
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Loved it
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Awesome and fun
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I love the app and it works great. Made my phone more fun to use. I have unlimited Data with sprint and this app based on your settings will eat crazy amounts of data. In 11 days I went though 3 gb of data (I use zd box to track it). I wish I could lower the quality down so it wouldn't drain such high Amounts of data. I also wish that I could select tags for instagram or flickr. I hope someday they have an Facebook gallery options so I can see Facebook pictures from let's say a person, page, or group feed
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This was not the droid app I was looking for... Doesn't work on my LG G Vista
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Darun
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Beautiful photos from all kinds of sources, many cool features at your disposal. Not a good ui however. The preview for filters is buggy and the vignette filter needs improvement. But this widget is essential to anybody who enjoys decorating his phone!
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Love this app on my phone but on my tab s doesn't work
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GS4 user here. One of the best pic framing apps here. Brilliant multiple randomized frame options. Gives almost a parallax feel to some odd my pics. Keep it up, phase don't stop...you guys are on to something special!
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Best photo widget application. But there is one effect that less is transparent photo. Let the photos as blend with the background.
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very nice and usefull app
by X####:
Every time I have to power off phone I lose every photo and get some green graphic where each photo should be. (1 year old phone, local photos). Frustrating.