Status Bar Widgets/toggles for stock ICS rom using Widgetsoid

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Hi,

Seeing as the notification status bar widgets/toggles were popular features in cm7 roms and much sought-after in ICS roms, and wanting to experience ICS in its stock form before trying any custom roms, I went about trying to find a way to get status bar toggles back because they're really convenient for switching things on/off (eg rotation) without having to leave an app. Widgetsoid, an app obtainable from the android market, suits my needs, placing no-frills one-touch toggles in my notification bar, and handily having an option to hide the ongoing notification icon so my status bar remains 'pure'. This way I can get cm-like settings whilst keeping to the more stable (imo) and stock rom. Free version is here and donate version is here.


I'm not affliated with this app or its maker in any way, just thought I'd share something that made my life a little easier/my phone a little better.

Cheers and a late Merry Christmas to all!

I agree it is great. I was looking for a transparent control panel widget and couldn't find something decent.

This is really great, it works like a charm.

Wow, it doesn't work on GB (I have to tap the notification to open the popup, then do the actual toggle) If it works on ICS then that's a really good news!

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EDITED:

Just flashed an ICS ROM and tried it out -- it really works!



Now the only issue is I cannot really "hide" the notification icon. It is transparent but it is there. If there are other notification icons, it will look like there is a "space" in the notification area

Oh that's cool, I didn't realize that Widgetsoid would do that. I wished I could make the custom color stick though...

Very nice, I was using Widgetsoid for months and didnt know that. The colors are a little ugly but it works well in the notification bar.

Originally Posted by suksit

Wow, it doesn't work on GB (I have to tap the notification to open the popup, then do the actual toggle) If it works on ICS then that's a really good news!

Sent from my Google Nexus S using xda premium

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EDITED:

Just flashed an ICS ROM and tried it out -- it really works!



Now the only issue is I cannot really "hide" the notification icon. It is transparent but it is there. If there are other notification icons, it will look like there is a "space" in the notification area

AFAIK in order for the toggles to stay there it has to be an 'ongoing' notification, which means the icon has to stay there, so the next best alternative would be an invisible, transparent icon

Originally Posted by AtomicPC

Oh that's cool, I didn't realize that Widgetsoid would do that. I wished I could make the custom color stick though...

Originally Posted by juliano_q

Very nice, I was using Widgetsoid for months and didnt know that. The colors are a little ugly but it works well in the notification bar.

The colours were annoying me too, so I emailed the dev, hopefully he's able to get a fix or update of sorts! Setting the toggle indicator to 'dot' makes it less 'in your face' imo.

Originally Posted by t3ej4y

AFAIK in order for the toggles to stay there it has to be an 'ongoing' notification, which means the icon has to stay there, so the next best alternative would be an invisible, transparent icon

Yeah I kinda understand that part.

Just wonder if it's possible to make the icon "always in the rightmost position" so it doesn't appear between or in front of other notification icons?

Colors are not that bad with setup like this... Only thing I can't change is backgroud (I would put it to transparent, but there's no such option) everything else is configurable....

Sent from my Nexus S

Thanks for the tip. I tried this before on my HTC Hero, but as mentioned in a post above I had to open up a popup first in ordere to enable anything. This is so cool now.