1.7: The Widget Update
Version v1.7 includes a number of updates to improve widgets in Smartspacer:
The Smartspacer Widget
- Added new vertical list option. This is a long requested feature, but may reduce performance and increase battery life with some setups
- New Widget Configuration UI with a live preview of what your settings will look like
- Added option to add extra horizontal padding to the widget independent of your launcher
- Added option to make the widget page controls invisible, but still available (for minimal setups)
- Added option to disable the text shadow
- Text width estimation has been improved to maximise the amount of content which can be shown in the widget
Expanded Smartspace
- Widgets can now be displayed alongside each other, where space allows
- If you do not want this functionality, you can enable an option per-widget to fill the width of the column without increasing the actual size of the widget
- Fixed an issue where widgets were not being resized correctly, resulting in some being displayed incorrectly
- Added a workaround for widget previews, meaning almost all of them now work correctly
- Added an option to disable forced rounded corners on a per-widget basis
- Added an option to disable the multi-column view on larger devices
- Added an option to hide the add widget button for minimal setups
- Added an option to display Complications above the Targets
- When adding a Widget to Expanded Smartspace, the Google-provided Battery, Weather, Notes and Conversation widgets will be displayed in their own categories, matching the Pixel Launcher
Other Features
- Added option to remove new lines from the Notification Target, which will try to display as much of the Notification content as possible within the Target
- Added a new Date Complication, with the same options as the Date Target
- Preparations for Android 15's new "Glanceable Hub", which uses Smartspace, to pass through system-provided content. Smartspacer does not currently support modifying this, but may do in the future.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed Google Tasks & Gmail-provided At a Glance Target clicks not working.
- Note: on non-rooted devices, clicking a Gmail-provided Target will open the email in your browser rather than the Gmail app due to security-related limitations. On a rooted device, the Gmail app will open as normal, and Tasks are not impacted.
- Improved "orphaned" widget detection (where a removed widget config is left in Smartspacer's database), which means the accessibility notification will not show if not required.
- Improved behaviour around battery optimisation, which was causing some Smartspacer Targets (eg. Calendar) to become stuck. For best results, open Smartspacer and close it again after disabling battery optimisation.
- Widgets from the Huawei/Honor Weather & Calendar apps will no longer be available to add to Expanded Smartspace, as they were not compatible and were causing crashes when trying to add.
- Fixed the Alarm Complication showing the wrong time after time changes
- Various crash fixes
Also check out the Device Controls Plugin, released today on the Plugin Repository, which allows you to control your smart home devices from the Smartspace (requires root)