Widget Screensaver

Jolan Rensen

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About this app

Android has a native screen saver option (yes, I also forgot about that) that was called Daydream and is now just called "Screen Saver".
I was surprised not a single screen saver app allowed you to put a widget inside the screen saver, so I quickly whipped up this app to do exactly that.
Now you can reuse that old tablet or phone (with Android 5.0+) as a nightstand with your favorite widget for instance!
You can also show your calendar, the latest news, the location of your friends (see my Magical Location Clock app!), or use one of those apps where you can completely design a widget yourself.
The ecosystem is the limit!
The app has burn-in protection, support for multiple widgets, profiles, and Tasker support for switching profiles (Widget Screensaver is a Tasker plugin, I'm not affiliated with Tasker), along with several other settings.
If you have any suggestions, please let me know!

Frequently asked questions:

Widget Screensaver doesn't work?
Please explain what's not working so I can fix it. If any crashes occur, submit them so I can see them, and if not, please tell me what does work and what steps you've taken until the problem occurs.

Widget Screensaver doesn't work for this widget?
Please tell me which widget suffers from the problem (with screenshots and link) so I can try and fix it.

Widget Screensaver doesn't work on my device? I only see default screensavers!
Unfortunately, this is due to some manufacturers blocking third-party screensavers. Check this post from XDA for a workaround: https://www.xda-developers.com/how-to-set-a-custom-screen-saver-on-huawei-and-honor-devices-running-emui/
The command to use is "adb shell settings put secure screensaver_components nl.jolanrensen.widgetscreensaver/.WidgetScreensaverService"

Can Widget Screensaver be used as always on display or when not charging?
While things like detecting when the screen is covered don't work, it is possible to start the screensaver anytime the screen turns off using Tasker (not affiliated)(https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm). Check out this profile I made: https://taskernet.com/shares/?user=AS35m8lSMUM1kmI1XBT43fz8jPnrlYjhice8CTl5hPp7dfqM4hBX6WmixBEmdjRJJm5dUxIy&id=Profile%3AStart+Screensaver+When+Screen+Off


For more help, you can visit the XDA thread over at https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-widget-screensaver-t3880117 or email me at [e-mail]
I'll try to respond as quickly as possible, but it's just me, a software engineer with a hobby, so forgive me if I cannot always respond immediately.

Ratings and reviews

I love this app, can't argue with extra customization! The only reason why I didn't give 5 stars is that I believe there can be more customization features, such as choosing the background for the screensaver, the ability to move and layer widgets, etc. Otherwise, awesome app! Looking forward to future updates.

I like the Idea of this app but there are to many down-sides. First, if I take the gallery widget, my gallery (Samsung Gallery 14.5.00.33) always stops working and I dont know why. Second, it would be better if I could choose in which edge of the screen the widgets start moving around. And third, there are too many bugs. Please fix all this. It is a really cool idea to put widgets on the screen saver!

In general great product and would be happy to support! However once adding more than 20 widgets - screensaver never loads up (doesn't load) it keeps loading for ever and nothing happenes. I'm trying to use Google Action Blocks for home automation. Would be great to have this function fixed or to know the limitations of the app

What's new

v8.0:
Android 14 ready!
Fixed donations getting refunded
Fixed unsupported widgets ("security" issue, like Google Weather)
"Fixed" preview button on Android 14
Fixed border around widgets inside screensaver
I had to bump to Android 5.0 as lowest-supported version