Widget Pager (NEW)

Tried it on Android 6 lg g3. The configure widget does not add the selected widget (e.g. Pandora).

Keep trying to add a widget but it doesn't enable it and acts as if I never even added it.

This app is really really bad. I got what to do and how to set a widget. When I get to the lock screen the Widget Pager icon shows up. But when I press it the the sets come up and I try to to press it and it doesn't do anything. Nothing at all. In fact, the screen stays on the set menu and I can't touch anything but the bottom of the page. It doesn't go away unless I turn my device off.

I didn't like it

Used 20% of my battery in an hour, confirmed via resource monitor, on note 3 lollipop. Emailed dev, no reply.

Cluttered, cumbersome, big ad at the bottom

I appreciate the time and effort required to develop something like this, and I can see how it might be useful. The things I want to use it for don't work well with it. I also took a star away because the Dev is pretty rude to people who don't give it 5 stars.

Exactly what I needed to make widgets accessible without unlocking my phone. I have Android 5.1.1. Update: after using it for a few days I have to report that it only works as advertised the first time I configure a widget. After I've done that, and the screen locks, and I press the button, and use the widget -- the next time I try to do the same the widget is deformed and I can't interact with it. To fix this behavior I have to go into the settings, re-configure the widget, and then it works only one more time. Lather, rinse, repeat. I tried to contact the developer but no response so far. So, until this is fixed the app is almost useless. I spend more time re-configuring the widget than I would just unlocking the phone every time I need to use it. I am dropping the star rating from 5 to only 2. If and when I receive a response from the developer I will update again.

Trying to add a widget but the list remains empty. You get a message at the first run saying to contact the developer for missunderstandings so you can avoid bad reviews for missuse. I personally believe if this requires me to contact the developer instead of figuring from the UI myself what i need to do then it is a poorly designed and/or limited application.

Don't like Devs telling me not to comment publicly so going to anyway - completely messed up on Runkeeper widget on lockscreen, stop button is there but doesn't work when pressed - if there is a way to remove a widget you no longer want from lockscreen I couldn't find it -- UNINSTALLING!!!!

Excellent app. Gets the job done.

Thanks, working as intended

Not good

This app is really really bad. I got what to do and how to set a widget. When I get to the lock screen the Widget Pager icon shows up. But when I press it the the sets come up and I try to to press it and it doesn't do anything. Nothing at all. In fact, the screen stays on the set menu and I can't touch anything but the bottom of the page. It doesn't go away unless I turn my device off.

This is not the one you want. What you want is the Pro version of this app, yes even though it isn't free, and I'll explain why. Although the free version of the app appears to work as advertised, it is too limited. You can only have four widgets on one page and you can't resize them. Each widget will occupy a quarter of the screen, and will be sized to that quarter regardless of how the widget normally displays itself. It also has ads and, even though I don't mind unobtrusive ads in a free app, it's too limited to be worth having them. The Pro version, on the other hand, doesn't have these limitations and I recommend it. Having said that, there is one situation where you might want to try this free version and that is to see if the method of showing widgets on your lock screen "works" for you. Install it, add a couple widgets, and try it out to see if you like the actual method it uses. If you do, then go get the Pro version.

Used 20% of my battery in an hour, confirmed via resource monitor, on note 3 lollipop. Emailed dev, no reply.

Well made Seth. A lot of us missed this functionality and this is a really well made and bulletproof way to get it back!

I downloaded this so I could control the music screen from the lock screen like you used to be able to, but the quadrants the widgets get assigned to are too small to display all the buttons on the widget.

This app allows me to make the ICE (in case of emergency) app accessible on my lollipop OS phone and tablet even when they are locked, which makes it possible for the emergency services to get essential medical history and contact my next of kin if I'm involved in a serious accident or have some other medical emergency.

Generally works well, but the ads are extremely annoying: the ad ribbon actually blocks the bottom of the two lower widgets. Yes, I have the free version, but the description of the paid version says nothing about ad removal, so I assume the ads are there too. I'll buy the paid version when the ads are removed (and I'd pay more than the current $1.99 price for an ad-free version). Some other problems, at least with the free version: once you add a widget, you cannot delete it. You can only replace it with another widget. Cannot add a calculator widget on my Galaxy S5. But overall, this is a worthwhile app. For me, the ability to access music from the lockscreen outweighs the problems.

Got it to control music without lollipop notification bs, this doesn't give a music widget option even though i have them. If it did I'm sure it would be too small to control in the tiny square it gives you to work in. Again if it did work with music, itd still just be a bandaid to the problem which is a start but not a solution.

Thanks to let me have back a flashlight (dashlight widget) without unlocking the phone. Would be 5 stars if you make the app more user friendly and easier to delete/change which widgets to show

Before the "upgrade" I could access any widget I wanted from my lock screen. I added the flashlight and the TV remote. This app doesn't give you access to widgets on the lock screen. You still have to unlock the phone so what's the point. I miss my iPhone

The voice recorder widget freezes after the first use with a login. When the screen is locked again, I cannot use the recorder. I can use it multiple times before the first login. Also, is there a way to post the toggles (WiFi, Bluetooth, Data, ect..) on Widget Pager. Using a S5. Bought the pro and it works fine.

It's great that the developer reads these to improve his product, and this one has potential! I must be one of the few MILLION that miss lock screen widgets, especially the audio-based ones. One thing I noticed right off the bat: the icon on the lock screen doesn't always show up; multiple screen off and on needs to happen. Also: I added the Audible app widget, but it didn't "stick", and won't with a re-add. I'm on an LG G3, running Lollipop 5.0.1 (Canada seems to be lagging on the upgrade curve).

Though should improve the widget selection screen's usability, it's still a wonderful app helping me a lot!

I didn't like it

Doesn't look the best but it works good enough for me

This app is really really bad. I got what to do and how to set a widget. When I get to the lock screen the Widget Pager icon shows up. But when I press it the the sets come up and I try to to press it and it doesn't do anything. Nothing at all. In fact, the screen stays on the set menu and I can't touch anything but the bottom of the page. It doesn't go away unless I turn my device off.

Not sure why this app is getting some bad reviews. It's works just fine for me. Galaxy Note 3.

I loved the use of lockscreen widgets and this allows some of that functionality back. Need to be able to change size of widget so certain ones aren't squished into the predetermined small square and need to be able to delete and see what widgets are selected through the app. Thanks!

I can now control my walkman from.the lock screen again thanks so much very happy

It can access the google music widget from the lock screen ... Its like blessing ... Only suggestion is the icon appearance ... If u could just make it a Lil smarter and minus the ads its a splendid app ...

I want to put just one widget... And the wp button is quite ugly

I'm running a CM12 nightly and wanted the ability to toggle a voice recording widget from the lock screen without entering the pattern unlock. This app did exactly what it was supposed to, however there was no way to close the widget pager screen once it was open. The red X was not there and the pattern unlock dots were underneath but I could not interact with them. I had to click on the ad at the bottom (which did not open anything), but which then gave me the "back" button back on the phone to get back.

Well made Seth. A lot of us missed this functionality and this is a really well made and bulletproof way to get it back!

I want Dashclock over the entire screen, as this is, it's too small...

Cluttered, cumbersome, big ad at the bottom

Had ads on lock screen. Didn't disappear when unlocked. Terrible!

It's awful...