Samsung S4 - widget is resizing to small after lock

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The NILS widget on the lock screen of my Samsung S4 is indeed expandable so 
that it covers a big part of the screen.

However when the screen locks, and when pressing the main button, the NILS 
widget reappears, but it shrinks to about 1/4 of the upper screen.

This is clumsy as I need to scroll in a very small widget for seeing all the 
notification, or I need to each time expand the widget to its full size.

Support answered me "No I can't. Android controls the size of the widget and it 
shrinks it when the device is locked."

But take for example the application LOCK SCREEN NOTIFICATIONS from DEVIOUS, 
their widget has a fixed and large widget size that takes 3/4 of the screen and 
cannot be resized. So it seems that they succeeded in bypassing the Android 
limitation you mention...

Original issue reported on code.google.com by f...@bel.net on 9 May 2013 at 1:43

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Also many other widgets (Gmail, Yahoo News) can be set at a big size, and there 
is no resizing when locking the phone...

For some strange reasons, only your widget seems to resize after a lock and 
unlock screen...

Original comment by f...@bel.net on 9 May 2013 at 1:52

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Just tried this widget on my Galaxy Nexus with stock Android 4.2 - And it 
collapsed too.
Perhaps Samsung S4 is capable to show expanded widget, but unfortunately I 
don't have S4 to test it.
I can look into it, but it required your help with testing it. 

Original comment by ad...@roymam.com on 9 May 2013 at 2:16

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Are you sure that the other widgets aren't placed on the secondary widget slots 
(swipe right)
If you put NiLS as a secondary lock screen widget - it will always be full 
size. 

Original comment by ad...@roymam.com on 9 May 2013 at 2:19

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You are abolutely right, it was on the "home" slot, and now, i have moved it to 
the left, and the widget is full size.

The problem now arising is that when pressing the main button for unlocking the 
phone will bring me to that "home slot" and i will then have to swipe right 
each time.

Is there a way to force the phone to unlock on a secondary widget slot ?

Original comment by f...@bel.net on 9 May 2013 at 2:25

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Not that I'm aware of.
I'm using lock screen widget for long time since Android 4.2 was introduced and 
I don't think it's possible.
I think that the reason it always collapsed its to prevent clicking by mistake 
when the device is not used. (when the widget is expanded every click on it 
immediately unlock the device without requiring to slide the lock icon) 
WidgetLocker can help you solve this issue, but it's a paid app - not 
affiliated with me.

Original comment by ad...@roymam.com on 9 May 2013 at 2:31

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many thanks, i have kept a shrinkable version of the widget on home, and a full 
size one on a secondary widget slot, that works fine for me.

Original comment by f...@bel.net on 9 May 2013 at 3:20

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Original comment by ad...@roymam.com on 4 Jun 2013 at 6:47

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