Floating Widget

Floating Widget$1.09

Rated 4.14/5 (145) —  Free Android application by Stephen Milone

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About Floating Widget

Widgets are no longer only for your homescreen!

Floating Widget lets you interact with any homescreen widget while you’re using any app on your device.
Ever wish you could:
- Control your local or streaming music without leaving your current app?
- Have a sports scoreboard up while using your e-book reader?
- View a data usage widget in real time while using the app you’re testing?
- Have a clock on the screen while playing a full screen game?
- View CPU usage while you’re interacting with an app?
- Have the a traffic indicator widget always up while commuting?

With Floating Widget, you can do all of these and more! Check the screenshots and embedded video for setup and examples.

Features include:
-Choose from any widget you have installed designed for Android’s home screen
-Position the widget anywhere on your screen
-Resize the widget to as big or small as you’d like
-Save up to 5 different floating widget profiles
-Have multiple widgets floating at once
-Create custom shortcuts to quickly launch any of the 5 profiles
-Control widget transparency
-Notification quick actions
-Tasker plugin support

This app is under active development and widgets were not designed for this, so instead of leaving a negative review because of bugs and glitches, please email me at android@stephenmilone.com with any issues, concerns or questions. I am willing to give refunds past the initial 15 minute window the Play Store offers, so please give Floating Widget a try.

** Attention developers: If I’ve used your widget/application in the description/tutorial and you don’t want the free publicity, please contact me and I’ll remove it immediately. Floating Widget only exists because of your awesome widgets **

How to Download / Install

Download and install Floating Widget version 6.3 on your Android device!
Downloaded 10,000+ times, content rating: Everyone
Android package: com.milone.floatwidget, download Floating Widget.apk

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App History & Updates

What's Changed
Added a new feature to turn off widget interactions. In case you wanted to have a clock widget up, but didn't want to accidentally launch the clock.
Also fixed up a few crashes.
Version update Floating Widget was updated to version 6.3
More downloads  Floating Widget reached 10 000 - 50 000 downloads
Price update  Price changed from $0.99 to $1.09.
Price update  Price changed from $1.49 to $0.99.

What are users saying about Floating Widget

Q70%
by Q####:

Lack of click thru function for individual widget function which are now blocking screens abnormally and there's no more normal user interface. During resize or relocate, it flickered and moved itself unintentionally before users' relocating widgets correctly which makes it harder to be done easily.

A70%
by A####:

Just what I needed for my round full android smartwatch.

K70%
by K####:

Good idea, but I didn't find how move widget to other location on the screen.

Q70%
by Q####:

Thank God for this app, it extends the options for effortless productivity into the stratosphere!

Q70%
by Q####:

I have always been annoyed by not being able to keep my browser up and dial a number at the same time. With this app and a dialer widget I can now totally do that. This app is priceless to me!

M70%
by M####:

Joining on Bernard Talums suggestion about adding configuration to define on which screens the widget floats. Otherwise exactly what I was looking for :)

M70%
by M####:

Works as expected, great little app.

L70%
by L####:

Not bad.

Y70%
by Y####:

WILL JUST SET 6 WIDGETS? THE UI IS SOMEWHAT CUMBERSOME, WHEN I TRIED TO ACCESS HELP IT CRASHED THE APP EA AND EVERY TIME

U70%
by U####:

I have one suggestion though. Can you add an option to limit where the widget will automatically appear or disappear? I have a zooper widget clock and i want it to float all across the main pages but would disappear when i go to the app is drawer or open an app. If that is possible. 5 stars if done.

U70%
by U####:

Just downloaded and am using for my Social & Mobile ColorNote task list widget. Perfect in-my-face reminder. Will update this review after longer use. SGN2 4.1.

T70%
by T####:

I float my music widget and quick call widget on top of my navigation app.

F70%
by F####:

And keeps getting better!

P70%
by P####:

Pretty Awesome

R70%
by R####:

Please figure out how to implement multiple widgets onscreen at the same time. Using to float a screen off and lock widget.

R70%
by R####:

Really useful, definately worth buying. Awesome update, great work looks brilliant too now...

R70%
by R####:

Works perfectly, love the innovative concept, easy to use, configure and access! Look forward to the planned features. Very cool. Fantastic idea and implementation:)

R70%
by R####:

Fantastic. This is the next best thing to having full-fledged windowed apps on Android.

R70%
by R####:

I've been looking for an application like this for months. I'm using this application to "float" my music widget over my navigation app. Works perfectly. Thanks!

R70%
by R####:

Awesome, perfect for playing music while doing other things!

F70%
by F####:

Just what I needed to control slacker at all times! Thank you

Y70%
by Y####:

okay bit gaming, gaming. buy I can reply to the gf with out having to exit a game I'm in the middle of.

R70%
by R####:

I read the review of this app on androidpolice and decided to take the chance and buy it. I had been looking for an app that would allow me to keep my pandora controls visible no matter what else I am doing and this app does just that. I'm sure I will find other uses for it as well as I continue to use it as well. For the price you can't go wrong!

R70%
by R####:

Fantastic!!

W70%
by W####:

Combined overlays cannot be invoked via single shortcut (to be used in connection with lama, macrodroid or simple gesture). Five overlays is limiting too. Elixir widget is crashing (disappearing) usually within several seconds. After selecting of non-default display method no app itself but overlays only are lauched! The app is promising though, as by me, it deserves major revision. So I'm looking forward for new versions.

R70%
by R####:

Good in concept, but moving the widgets is pretty awkward.

R70%
by R####:

A very useful app

R70%
by R####:

Just what i need to diail in my cpu

R70%
by R####:

Great idea but only a miniscule amount of apps are supported... I can't even use it for my native music player app... And while I don't use poweramp or Google play music I am at a lose when I would like to use it for my native music player...

U70%
by U####:

I wanted a on/off widget in the status bar for an app that didnt have one.

U70%
by U####:

Widget keeps randomly disappearing

D70%
by D####:

Not bad.

N70%
by N####:

I was looking for something a little different but this app does what it says. Actually does it quite well. Just tread the info to see if it's right for you.

N70%
by N####:

Pretty much does what it says on the tin which coupled with zooper & tasker makes it very handy, just needs more control over it with external apps ie tasker can show /hide the widget, tried loading and killing via tasker but doesn't kill it completely and it just reloads...

D70%
by D####:

Pretty good! The only thing you're missing is to add the combined widget page to the available shortcuts to place on the home page.

D70%
by D####:

Just downloaded and am using for my Social & Mobile ColorNote task list widget. Perfect in-my-face reminder. Will update this review after longer use. SGN2 4.1.

A70%
by A####:

The first Torque Widget works, but if I add more torque widgets they always show the same (RPM) widget no matter which PID I select! Oh well. It was only a dollar.

P70%
by P####:

It doesn't work right.

D70%
by D####:

I'm currently using this with Elixir, Tasker, and AOKP to provide a "quick launch" widget triggered by an additional navigation button. I find that the "Hide" action in the Tasker plug-in doesn't work and I have to use "Stop" instead; this needs fixing asap. Would also like to see the option (per-profile maybe) to auto-hide widgets when the app changes or when a tap is detected outside the widget area. An option to dim the background would also be welcome. Finally it would be nice to be able to hide the notification (AOKP can do this, so it's not a major issue for me, but others would probably like it). Still, great app with lots of potential uses!

D70%
by D####:

I have always been annoyed by not being able to keep my browser up and dial a number at the same time. With this app and a dialer widget I can now totally do that. This app is priceless to me!


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