[UPDATED][WIDGETS]WebSnap- Stick a website on your home screen in a SCROLLABLE widget

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WebSnap essentially lets you take a snapshot of any web page or part of a page and display it on your Android home screen with a refresh interval of your choice. This can come really handy for any news or sports story you are following, an online cam feed enjoy glancing at every now and then, or just about any piece of info from the interwebz that you want to keep an eye on. (Haroon Q. Raja)

After receiving several suggestions, the precious upgrade of WebSnap has just been introduced. From version 1.5, your desired functions are now available.

What is recent changes?

- Add scrollable widgets for your long web page. You can fling or scroll the widget to view the hidden part of the webpage (require launcher supporting scrollable widget or Android 3.x/4.x)

- Add option to show a notification on widget changes.

- Improve the widget snapshot quality. Much sharper and clearer widget snapshot than previous version

- Full-fill the snapshot to available widget space

- Add an option to set Screen column to fix snapshot stretch and shrink problems (especially with tablets)

- Support more update intervals: 12 hours, 24 hours

Main functions:
  1. Widget functions:

    - Select a web region and clip it to put on the HomeScreen as a web widget. The clipped snapshot is auto updated so the information is kept updating for you without opening Browser.

    - Support multi-options for adjusting the widget (interval, alignment, scale type, wifi only,....) as what you want

    - Easy switching PC View/Mobile Layout

    - Support scrollable widget
  2. App functions:

    - Capture whole webpage as a high quality picture

    - Capture a selected region on a webpage, eliminate unnecessary regions.

    - Support capture webpage with zoom for very high resolution snapshot.

    - Manage your snapshots.

Screenshots:

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Tutorial video:



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canhnv said:
If you are searching for a Web Widget which not only show you a portion of website but also update its snapshot frequently, a new released application called WebSnap is beyond what you need.

Main functions:
  1. Widget functions:

    - Select a web region and clip it to put on the HomeScreen as a web widget. The clipped snapshot is auto updated so the information is kept updating for you without opening Browser.

    - Support multi-options for adjusting the widget (interval, alignment, scale type, wifi only,....) as what you want

    - Easy switching PC View/Mobile Layout

  2. App functions:

    - Capture whole webpage as a high quality picture

    - Capture a selected region on a webpage, eliminate unnecessary regions.

    - Support capture webpage with zoom for very high resolution snapshot.

    - Manage your snapshots.

Screenshots:

2_copy.png
3_copy.png


1_copy.png
4_copy.png


5_copy.png


Tutorial video:



Download Now
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Thanks for this, its a great idea.

A bit of feedback though:

Why cant I use one of the snapshots I've captured in the homescreen widget? Or have I missed something?

Would it be possible to implement an easier way to expand a selection? I would like for instance to be able to select the first 10 topics in the Sensation Development Forum on XDA but the program only seems to allow me to capture one topic and if I expand further it captures the whole page which is then unreadable in the widget due to the tiny text.

I do appreciate its in beta still so you may already be looking at it.

If this becomes a paid for app I'll definitely pick it up.

All the best
 
antonio1475

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I'm trying to set a Gmail snap, but it says "Cookies are disabled in your browser".

Does this have a fix?

EDIT: And Facebook won't load neither...

Thanks, looks great :)
 
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looks very nice

this looks awesome hope its easier to manage than the other one i tried(cant remember the name)
anyway i will test it and give you some feedback ...
asta la vista
 
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This app should be great for those of us who obsessively refresh the webpage when tracking packages to see how quickly they will arrive ;)
 
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kurtfhouse said:
Thanks for this, its a great idea.

A bit of feedback though:

Why cant I use one of the snapshots I've captured in the homescreen widget? Or have I missed something?

Would it be possible to implement an easier way to expand a selection? I would like for instance to be able to select the first 10 topics in the Sensation Development Forum on XDA but the program only seems to allow me to capture one topic and if I expand further it captures the whole page which is then unreadable in the widget due to the tiny text.

I do appreciate its in beta still so you may already be looking at it.

If this becomes a paid for app I'll definitely pick it up.

All the best
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Thanks for your feedback. We will develop a better method to select whatever in the webpage as you suggested
 
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antonio1475 said:
I'm trying to set a Gmail snap, but it says "Cookies are disabled in your browser".

Does this have a fix?

EDIT: And Facebook won't load neither...

Thanks, looks great :)
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We will test with this page and fix it soon :)


am11 said:
Excellent concept.

When I try snapping http://www.eastlondonmosque.org.uk/ or http://www.eastlondonmosque.org.uk/prayer I get Web page not available. I tried it with PC mode on and off and java script enabled.
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Thanks for your feedback. We are checking these URL and fix the bugs.
 
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Currently, websnap widget doesn't support log-in or retrieve cookie for log-in. However, this function is implementing soon :)
 
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    canhnv
    WebSnap essentially lets you take a snapshot of any web page or part of a page and display it on your Android home screen with a refresh interval of your choice. This can come really handy for any news or sports story you are following, an online cam feed enjoy glancing at every now and then, or just about any piece of info from the interwebz that you want to keep an eye on. (Haroon Q. Raja)

    After receiving several suggestions, the precious upgrade of WebSnap has just been introduced. From version 1.5, your desired functions are now available.

    What is recent changes?

    - Add scrollable widgets for your long web page. You can fling or scroll the widget to view the hidden part of the webpage (require launcher supporting scrollable widget or Android 3.x/4.x)

    - Add option to show a notification on widget changes.

    - Improve the widget snapshot quality. Much sharper and clearer widget snapshot than previous version

    - Full-fill the snapshot to available widget space

    - Add an option to set Screen column to fix snapshot stretch and shrink problems (especially with tablets)

    - Support more update intervals: 12 hours, 24 hours

    Main functions:
    1. Widget functions:

      - Select a web region and clip it to put on the HomeScreen as a web widget. The clipped snapshot is auto updated so the information is kept updating for you without opening Browser.

      - Support multi-options for adjusting the widget (interval, alignment, scale type, wifi only,....) as what you want

      - Easy switching PC View/Mobile Layout

      - Support scrollable widget
    2. App functions:

      - Capture whole webpage as a high quality picture

      - Capture a selected region on a webpage, eliminate unnecessary regions.

      - Support capture webpage with zoom for very high resolution snapshot.

      - Manage your snapshots.

    Screenshots:

    2_copy.png
    3_copy.png


    1_copy.png
    4_copy.png


    5_copy.png


    Tutorial video:



    Download Now
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    canhnv
    Thanks for your suggestions.

    marangoni said:
    - as somebody told before more accurate partial page selection mode would be desirable. At least avoid links working when taping the screen area. Something like drag an area or so would be nice.
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    We are going to check if this scenario is possible or not :)

    marangoni said:
    - there is "forward" button when navigating thru web but I dont see "back" button.
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    You can use "Back" menu to navigate back


    marangoni said:
    - as most of webpages have withe background would be great have the possibility to invert colors of the widget to make them match well with dark wallpapers.
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    Very nice idea and we also think that should be an option for user to change the background :)
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    marangoni
    Great app, very useful for me!

    I would like to suggest some ideas:

    - as somebody told before more accurate partial page selection mode would be desirable. At least avoid links working when taping the screen area. Something like drag an area or so would be nice.

    - there is "forward" button when navigating thru web but I dont see "back" button.

    - as most of webpages have withe background would be great have the possibility to invert colors of the widget to make them match well with dark wallpapers.

    Keep so good work!

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    am11
    marangoni said:
    Great app, very useful for me!

    I would like to suggest some ideas:

    - as somebody told before more accurate partial page selection mode would be desirable. At least avoid links working when taping the screen area. Something like drag an area or so would be nice.

    - there is "forward" button when navigating thru web but I dont see "back" button.

    - as most of webpages have withe background would be great have the possibility to invert colors of the widget to make them match well with dark wallpapers.

    Keep so good work!

    Sent from my LT15i using xda app-developers app
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    +1 on inverted colour option. Would love to see it in the next update. Currently the wdiget looks really out of place on my desktop where everything is white on black background.
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    antonio1475 said:
    I'm trying to set a Gmail snap, but it says "Cookies are disabled in your browser".

    Does this have a fix?

    EDIT: And Facebook won't load neither...

    Thanks, looks great :)
    Click to expand...
    Click to collapse

    We will test with this page and fix it soon :)


    am11 said:
    Excellent concept.

    When I try snapping http://www.eastlondonmosque.org.uk/ or http://www.eastlondonmosque.org.uk/prayer I get Web page not available. I tried it with PC mode on and off and java script enabled.
    Click to expand...
    Click to collapse

    Thanks for your feedback. We are checking these URL and fix the bugs.
    View

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