Custom Search Bar Widget CSBW

Nate Wren Design

Contains adsIn-app purchases

About this app

Gizmodo Review: http://fieldguide.gizmodo.com/how-to-save-a-ton-of-time-with-custom-searches-on-andro-1788952238

"It’s one of the best options we’ve seen for bringing alternative searches to the Android home screen."

The Next Web Review: https://thenextweb.com/apps/2016/10/14/this-swiss-knife-of-search-widgets-is-a-must-have-for-android-users/

"This Swiss knife of search widgets is a must-have for Android users"


NOTE: This app will change the appearance of the 'CSBW' search bar widget; NOT the appearance of your stock launcher's search bar. Add the CSBW widget to your home screen to apply changes.

GUIDE HERE: http://natewren.com/csbw-getting-started/

Custom Search Bar Widget (CSBW) is a fully editable search bar widget with a custom icon drawer. The widget can be changed in multiple ways to match your device's current theme. The drawer includes editable icons that can switch search engines, provide quick links to apps, or apply functions such as copy and paste.

FEATURES
• Fully customize all aspects of the search bar widget and icon drawer.
• Save search bar themes and load them later.
• Keyword search suggestions.
• Set-up search for installed apps instead of Google.
• Switch between search engines or apps such as Play Music, Spotify, Wikipedia, Amazon, etc.
• Add new search engines, or add new apps to search to the included icon drawer.
• Pre-made themes included for quickly applying theme to search bar.

PRO VERSION
• Customizeable Pixel Launcher Search Bar.
• Date option for Pixel Search bar.
• More customization options.
• Option to add icon drawer to home screen widget.
Note: If you see a gap on the side of the pixel widget, press and hold on the widget and select "Remove Padding" (Some launchers don't have this option. Nova Launcher is recommended.)

GOOGLE NOW vs GOOGLE WEB SEARCH
- Text searches default to Google web search
- Microphone Searches default to Google Now (Android 4.1+)
- These settings can be changed in Appearance>Edit Widget


CUSTOM SEARCH ITEMS
You can add a custom website's search by copying and pasting the results page URL into the custom field in CSBW.
In Add>Search Item>Custom:

1. Copy the URL of the search results page from the site you want to add.
For Example: http://www.imdb.com/find?q=cassablanca

2. Replace "cassablanca" with "%s" in the input field.The "%s" is a placeholder for the text you will enter into the CSBW search bar.

3. The URL you will add to CSBW Custom search item: http://www.imdb.com/find?q=%s

Ratings and reviews

All good, worth the upgrade. Tiny issue is when show add button and show settings button are both turned off, it crashes, you gotta leave one of them on. I like it clean, but not a huge deal, still worth it. Edit: I'm an idiot, just making those 2 buttons transparent and leaving them turned on fixes everything. 5 stars!

Just what I was looking for. I wanted a Google search bar widget with a white outline, where I could control the outline width, and access the Google Assistant by tapping on the microphone. There are many other ways to control the appearance and the way it searches. It is much more customizable than the standard Google search bar.

This used to be a decent looking widget. However, on newer versions of Android where the OS rounds the corners, this widget leaves a lot to be desired, because the outline corners are now missing. I contacted the developer via email and he has no intention of fixing it. His reply was for me to upgrade to the paid version in order to fix the issue. Clearly this developer doesn't take pride in the appearance of his widget and only cares about making profit! Paid ver fixes issue, why not free ver?

What's new

Updated SDK version