UCCW - Customize Your Android Widgets
App stats
- receive data from Internet
- view network connections
- full network access
- run at startup
- prevent device from sleeping
- modify system settings
- set an alarm
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App summary
UCCW is no longer maintained. Please consider switching to Widgets by You, a new and improved widget maker.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.vasudev.makecustomwidgets
Make your own widgets, just the way you like.
Install countless skins from Google play or use 'uzips' (fully editable UCCW skin files) made by your friends.
UCCW is a WYSIWYG (What-you-see-is-what-you-get) editor for widgets. You can tweak the layout of objects, fonts, images, shapes, Analog clocks, battery meters, weather and more.
Features
Widget objects - text, shapes, images, weather, graphic (progress), analog clock etc.
Text objects - calendar, weather, battery info, Gmail, location, next calendar event, tasker variables
Graphical objects - barcode, bar, pie
Special objects - Week bar, Series clock
Text mapping to override text values
Hotspots
Set actions that fire when a user clicks on the widgets. Customize their location and size.
Sharing skins
Want to share your awesome skins with the world? Share uzip files or create apks right from within app to upload on Google play.
Note
UCCW needs to run in the background to update home screen widgets. Android Oreo and above need a persistent notification for background processing.
Join the UCCW beta program here: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/in.vineetsirohi.customwidget
for latest updates
Help the developer with localization: https://crowdin.com/project/uccw-ultimate-custom-widget/invite?d=d5l6j4i68507k523l4p4b323r4
App Permissions
Storage - for saving skins
Your location - to show the user location and fetching weather data
Network communication - for weather and ads
Your social information - for direct dial hotspot
Your personal information - to show the next calendar event
Your accounts - for Gmail unread mails count
User reviews
- Excellent customization options and features
- User-friendly once learned, suitable for creating unique home screens
- Allows for creative control over widget design
- Strong support from developers with frequent updates
- Weather features frequently fail to update or provide accurate information
- Bugs introduced with updates affect functionality, especially time and weather widgets
- Complexity and learning curve can be challenging for new users
- Some users encounter intrusive ads despite paying for premium features
- Weather widget issues (updates and accuracy)
- Bugs post-update affecting various functionalities
- Overall appeal and customization potential of the app
User reviews
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