Meta Widget

Meta Widget Free App

Rated 3.41/5 (539) —  Free Android application by Fahrbot PRI

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About Meta Widget

Meta is a unique app that can clip web content into dynamic, interactive widgets. Simply browse to a website, pick a column of text, blurb, image or element and enjoy this information right on your home screen!

Almost any simple element can be parsed out of a website - images, lists of similar articles, feeds or features. Use it for local papers, web comics, site statistics, analytics, account information, forums, threads, inbox status, weather maps, stocks, pics of the day and even Facebook pages!

Any widget created through Meta can be customized and automatically updated, or updated on user interaction.

★ Create widgets from almost any website element
★ Parse graphs and images
★ Extract statistics and information from authorized sites
★ Configure widgets (background, alignment, etc.)
★ Automatic updates
★ User defined click actions
★ Lots of other cool stuff

This app is now completely free. Enjoy.

INSTRUCTIONS:

To get started, add a Meta Widget to your home screen and navigate to the site you want to widgetize. Then, when you get to the page you want, check the box in the lower left corner and tap somewhere on the page. It'll surround that element in an orange box, after which you can move the selection tool around with the arrows at the bottom of the screen. When you find the element you want to put on your home screen, tap the plus sign and go to town configuring text colors, widget alignment, and more to make it look just right.

NOTE:

This method of creating widgets will not always work for every site and element. But it should work for many with the proper CSS corrections.

NOTE 2:

We only provide technical support for this app (if for example it stops working on a new Android version, we will fix this), but do not provide any direct help in creating widgets or formatting them.

How to Download / Install

Download and install Meta Widget version 1.2.2.23 on your Android device!
Downloaded 50,000+ times, content rating: Everyone
Android package: fahrbot.apps.metawidget, download Meta Widget.apk

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App History & Updates

What's Changed
• Android 7 compatibility
Version update Meta Widget was updated to version 1.2.2.23
More downloads  Meta Widget reached 50 000 - 100 000 downloads
More downloads  Meta Widget reached 10 000 - 50 000 downloads
Version update Meta Widget was updated to version 1.2.2.18

What are users saying about Meta Widget

C70%
by C####:

Doesn't seem to work. After selecting an object on the page (google spreadsheet chart) I cannot find way to continue and place the widget.

C70%
by C####:

Adds a slash to the url which breaks the Home Assistant webapp. It works fine till i click the bounding button at which point it adds the slash to the end and breaks the websocket connection.

A70%
by A####:

This app is disappointing. Although it claims to let the user make widgets from "web content", that generalization is much too broad. It seems to only work with HTML pages. To reference​ the specific part of a page to be shown in a widget, it uses CSS selectors. If the app is given the URL of an image or other data as content, it tries to treat it as HTML, which fails. Many times I've seen the app freeze after I gave it the URL of non-HTML content. That said, it doesn't do a bad job when it gets the type of content it expects. It would be helpful if it would explicitly state that type in the UI and give an error message when it's unable to work with some content. It doesn't meet my immediate needs, which is to make a widget displaying a self-animating SVG image.

N70%
by N####:

No graphics can be displayed. Is it by design? But your description doesn't say so... Awaiting to rate higher once it works better

C70%
by C####:

Doesn't work on Android 7 Nexus 5x. There is no way to continue after selecting the webpage you want.

A70%
by A####:

Very useful for putting live spreadsheet info into a widget format. There aren't many widgets that enable this, and Meta is the best I've used so far.

C70%
by C####:

Served me well for many years, but no longer works since I got the Nougat update. It won't let me setup a new widget in edit mode.

C70%
by C####:

Tried to create a widget of the smart tiles web dashboard, but just get errors

C70%
by C####:

Satisfied! I like this app. I think it is very smart and useful. Just started to look at it... But sure five stars coming soon... ????

C70%
by C####:

Can't select a simple HTML table.

C70%
by C####:

Doesn't work Pixel XL

F70%
by F####:

Doesn't work with Google spreadsheet.

C70%
by C####:

There's no way to continue once you've selected content.

C70%
by C####:

Kept crashing Nova launcher

Q70%
by Q####:

Can't find shortcut 2 app

Z70%
by Z####:

Can't figure out how to save when done

Q70%
by Q####:

1x1 resolution

X70%
by X####:

Doesn't show up as a widget

X70%
by X####:

Will definitely purchase the full version. Everyone who has rated down this app is retarded and clearly cannot read the description. THERE WILL NOT BE AN ICON TO LAUNCH THE APP, IT'S A WIDGET, LONG PRESS YOUR WALLPAPER. NOT that my all caps review will be read by any one except smart people who have no problem with MAKING A NEW WIDGET. I hope the developer can get some relief living vicariously through this review.

S70%
by S####:

This is one of the most important apps on the smartphone. I absolutely love it!

S70%
by S####:

One of a kind App to get just the needed info from the website of your choice on your home screen with wonderful customization options. I use it to monitor my broadband usage and also get quote of the day in a neat and clean fashion on my home screen. it was not working at first is what i thought.. but as some pages were embedding iframes it was not able to select elements on page. this is not app bug but they way things work on the internet. This might be one of the reasons for many people complaining about the app not working issue. Using the iframe embedded url.. things work like a charm and i have what i exactly wanted. Thank You Developers for this wonderful widget......!!!!

S70%
by S####:

Haven't found anything similar, works well, a bit hard to use at first but it's more than alright. I was happy with it already and now they make it free? Thanks guys!

Z70%
by Z####:

Good but could be great. Sometimes the app correctly pulls the data from my google spreadsheet. Sometimes it pulls the data partially. Also I would like to be able to arrange my data in a way that isn't a list, like a grid format to display the data would be helpful.

A70%
by A####:

It does exactly what I wanted. I would like the ability to combine 2 different css object of possible however. Also, a "Last Refreshed " header or footer would be great. Anyways, thanks for this excellent app.

S70%
by S####:

Wouldn't let me select the relevant areas/items

O70%
by O####:

Can't select when there is only 1 char in the webpage

S70%
by S####:

... like a newspaper homepage.

J70%
by J####:

Won't let me select the items.

N70%
by N####:

Amazingly beautiful

S70%
by S####:

Love the concept. Given that I am only beginning to understand developing I get a bit lost. Is there a way to make a facebook feed that actually says what people changed their status TO? I can get the feed saying they shared or changed their status but not what the content is. I know fb changed their api so it might be a pain but could someone help me out? Gmail me plz

J70%
by J####:

I read the instructions only to realize that it doesnt display a formatted webpage just text, so the website I was trying to use didnt work at all

S70%
by S####:

The app let's you select elements to display in a widget on your device. There are several configuration options available. Works great! I was looking for an app that would display school closing status and it does the job.

H70%
by H####:

Excellent, does what it says albeit a little complicated to setup. I strongly recommend reading the instructions. Would really appreciate a toggle to allow for updates only via WIFI.

S70%
by S####:

Auto refresh fails enen after on licenced version. I have to manually refresh. What is the point of having such paid feature?

S70%
by S####:

Does not allow to select (or do anything else, not sure what's supposed to be the next step) anything on a single png image URL. Can't judge the rest of probably awesome functionality.

M70%
by M####:

I would like to give 5 stars but too bad this application seems to be not working with javascript website. I wanted to see if there's any change in certain part of the web periodically through my android home screen but all i can see is just mix numbers/funtion/random numbers (?). I'm willing to donate if you can fix this one. Thanks.

M70%
by M####:

Does what it says. Simple and not very configurable, but works. Developer should write better tutorial to avoid bad reviews. It's widget, not app. Add widget (1x1 by default), configure (go to desired web element(s) via widget's own browser and mark it), resize created widget and enjoy.

I70%
by I####:

Just install, add it to your desktop as a widget, and follow the setup. Couldn't ask for more, but apparently there is, even regex support. This is fantastic!

M70%
by M####:

Works perfectly. I use this to parse text from a webpage and display it on my phone's home screen. I also paid for the key which allows the widget to refresh every minute (or by a chosen duration)

A70%
by A####:

With this app i can monitor my CPAGrip earnings from time to time. But hope auto update included in free.