1.2.8
2020-12-01
New:
- When creating a new widget you can now optionally select from a list of templates. These can be used as a starting point or used as is.
If you would like to see your widget featured in the templates, please export the widget and send it to bastian@bastian.codes and I will try to include it.
Improved:
- Added some more configuration options to the calendar component and improved its UI
Fixes:
- Multiple code improvements and performance enhancements
1.2.6
2020-11-26
This update introduces a few new components for the WidgetBuilder and has a lot of fixes and performance and stability improvements. But not only that, WidgetWorker is now also available on the Mac App Store! And since all your widgets are automatically synced across your devices you can now use and edit your widget on the iPhone, iPad and Mac. What a time to be alive!
New WidgetBuilder components:
- Dates
- Calendars
- Maps
Improvements:
- Widgets should now show faster and more reliably
- Improved some UI elements throughout the app for a better UX
Fixed:
- Sometimes the weather map would not render correctly
Don’t forget that you can share your widget creations by sending them to others. Shared widgets are fully usable and editable so you can make any adjustments or improvements you need to shared widgets.
1.2.5
2020-11-09
With this update any widgets made with the Widget Builder can now be shared freely. Open the settings in the Widget Builder and select the „Share This Widget“ option to send it to whomever you like. This will generate a file that can be opened by anyone with the app installed. To add a shared widget to your own library, simply open it with WidgetWorker and you will be prompted to add it.
Besides that there a quite a few minor bug fixed and reliability of widgets should now be increased.
1.2
2020-11-03
This update is all about weather. You can now create weather widget exactly to you liking. Combine weather maps, symbols and text of the current weather and/or prediction of the next few days. Of course can can show the weather of multiple places at once or make a widget for each.
Features:
- Weather maps: Add weather maps for temperature, precipitation, clouds, pressure and wind.
- Weather text: Show description, temperature, humidity, UV index, sunrise time, sunset time, pressure, rain, snow, etc.
- Weather symbols: Show weather icons.
Other improvements:
- iPhone devices will now show a Tab Bar instead of a Sidebar for navigation. This should be a nice quality of life improvement for all users.
- Text components in the Widget Builder can now be aligned left, center or right.
- And of course multiple minor fixes and improvements under the hood.
Note:
For consuming weather data you need to subscribe to WidgetWorker Pro within the app. You can do this in the Settings view or on the prompt when adding weather components in the Widget Builder. This is necessary because getting weather data actually costs money. Besides it helps me continue developing this app. Thank you in advance!
1.1.1
2020-10-26
New Widget Builder components:
- RSS feeds: When providing a link it will display the feed in the widget. Of course you can customize it by selecting fonts and colors. In the settings of the widget you can set a reload interval so it refreshes periodically. That way you can for example create a widget of your favorite news outlet and stay up to date with current developments. Selecting a link in the feed opens your web browser redirects you to the related article.
- Website: Show any website inside your widget, position it size it as you like and select a refresh interval just like for the RSS feed component.
Of course all theses components can be combined in one widget. For example you can have an rss fedd on the left half of the widget and a website on the right half.
Other new features:
- When selecting a component in the Widget Builder you now get an additional control panel that helps you quickly copy or delete the component
- Optimized the Widget Builder for landscape mode
Improvements:
- The website widget should now be more reliable and render more content
- Grid position inside the widget is now centered
Fixes:
- Fixed a minor spelling mistake
- Fixed a crash when selecting to show the grid for medium sized widgets
1.1
2020-10-17
This version introduces a new feature called "Widget Builder", a Photoshop like editor for creating totally custom widgets directly on your device. You can add text, photos, colors, gradients and drawings to your widget and position and size them as you like. There are a bunch of fonts to choose from and a great color picker to find the exact color you like.
Fixes:
- Fixed an issue where the widget would not update correctly after making changes to the configuration
- Fixed an issue where a widget sometimes would not show any content
Thank you all for using WidgetWorker! I really hope you like the new Widget Builder. Please contact me for any suggestions or issues you are facing.
1.0.1
2020-10-10
New:
- Photo widget: You can now select one or more of your photos and show them in a widget. You can also optionally set an interval to automatically cycle through them.
- Added address search to the map configurator. This makes it a lot easier to select a place.
- Added a stepper control for increasing/decreasing the zoom level in the map configurator.
Fixes:
- Fixed a bug that would sometimes prevent a widget from updating correctly
- Multiple minor UI improvements inside the app