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rparkins999 / AndroidSecondsClock

Android clock with seconds, both widget and fullscreen
GNU General Public License v3.0
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Lock screen clock #13

Closed lucas-mior closed 3 months ago

lucas-mior commented 3 months ago

Hello, this app is awesome. I just wish it had also an option to add a lock screen clock. The default ones I can configure in my android miss the seconds. Can it be done?

rparkins999 commented 3 months ago

I'm glad you like it. A lockscreen widget could probably be done, but I think updating it every second would use too much battery power. Currently the full screen version doesn't keep the screen on unless it's connected to a charger, in order to avoid draining the battery. Making a lockscreen widget which turns itself off after a while if it isn't connected to a charger is a bit more complicated.

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Hello, this app is awesome. I just wish it had also an option to add a lock screen clock. The default ones I can configure in my android miss the seconds. Can it be done?

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lucas-mior commented 3 months ago

Shouldn't the clock (as well as any other widget) on the lock screen stop running when the screen is off? I would like it either way. Also, there could be a quick setting to enable it only when you will use it.

rparkins999 commented 3 months ago

From the Android Documentation at https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/views/appwidgets "Declares whether your widget can be displayed on the home screen (home_screen), the lock screen (keyguard), or both. For Android 5.0 and higher, only home_screen is valid." It seems that lock screen widgets are no longer supported. I don't know how the built-in lock screen clock does it, but it's a system application and allowed to do things which a user-written app can't do. It might be possible to display a lock screen notification and update it every second, but that would be a whole new ball game, not a simple modification.

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Shouldn't the clock (as well as any other widget) on the lock screen stop running when the screen is off? I would like it either way. Also, there could be a quick setting to enable it only when you will use it.

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lucas-mior commented 3 months ago

Thank you for looking into it.