Simple Battery Widget

Yet another battery level widget, but this one does exactly what it says on the tin. No More. No less.


I created this widget for my own peace of mind as many of the available widgets asked for permissions that did not make sense to me for a widget with such a simple purpose.

I also wanted a widget that "just worked" without my having to make decisions about how big to make it, what colours to use, what graphics to represent the battery etc etc and which I could be sure was being very careful and considerate of battery use itself.


* Displays battery level as simple percentage in a 1x1 widget

* Simple, colour coded percentage display:

- White: Device is fully charged
- Light blue: Device is charging
- When not charging, battery level gradually changes colour from green to red.

* Peace of mind: No long list of inexplicable permissions.

* Minimal battery use:

- Disables updates as soon as the screen goes off.
- Does NOT wake device to update

* Provides current battery level at a glance:

- Instantly updates when screen comes back on
- Updates every 5 minutes (while screen is on)

* No configuration to deal with.