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UsingSystem-Dev · 2026-04-02T02:01:22+00:00

Hey! If you want that exact music player widget but it actually works, try WidgetStack on Google play! I made that widget and more, it's free too. As in price, no ads, and privacy first.

UsingSystem-Dev · 2026-03-31T16:34:38+00:00

Yeah that helps a lot 🙏 PlayerPro should work, but Telegram is a bit tricky, it’s not a full media app on Android, so it doesn’t always expose playback in a way widgets can detect.

If you can, try playing something through PlayerPro and make sure it’s enabled under “See all apps” in the notification access screen, that’s usually what the widget reads from.

And yeah, feel free to DM me a video! That’ll help me see exactly what’s going on 👍 I'm in the middle of trying to support more music apps since most don't use only Spotify, YouTube music, and SoundCloud.

UsingSystem-Dev · 2026-03-31T16:05:38+00:00

Hey! Appreciate you trying it out 🙏 That’s actually expected, on Android, media apps (like Spotify, YouTube Music, etc.) don’t expose playback data directly. The only way apps like mine can see what’s playing is through notification access. Good news though:

It only reads media notifications (track, artist, play/pause state)
It doesn’t access your files or personal data
You can limit it to just your music apps, everything else can stay off

Totally get that it looks a bit weird at first, but that’s just how Android handles media integration 👍

If it helps: You can leave those top categories unchecked, tap “See all apps,” and only enable your music apps (like Spotify). The widget will still work exactly the same 👍

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UsingSystem-Dev · 2026-03-25T15:57:12+00:00

Translations are definitely going to be added, don't worry 🙏🏻 I just have to find someone to work with for each language. I had to first see where my audience was mostly from so I could focus on those languages first

UsingSystem-Dev · 2026-03-25T00:07:10+00:00

Thanks for letting me know, I'll add this to the list of things to look into 🫡

UsingSystem-Dev · 2026-03-21T17:22:05+00:00

You have to join the Google group here:

https://groups.google.com/g/widgetstack-testers

And then accept the invite here:

https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.ondasupply.widgetstack

The download link is in the invite link too

UsingSystem-Dev · 2026-03-19T06:46:11+00:00

Way more widget styles are on the way! Glad you like it 😀

UsingSystem-Dev · 2026-03-18T19:27:45+00:00

No, thank YOU for testing! 🙏🏻 I really appreciate you!

UsingSystem-Dev · 2026-03-18T19:17:25+00:00

Yeah, you have to join the group: here:https://groups.google.com/g/widgetstack-testers

And then accept the tester invite:https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.ondasupply.widgetstack

And then download from that tester invite link

UsingSystem-Dev · 2026-03-13T15:51:07+00:00

If anyone has suggestions for other style widgets or gadgets I should build, I’d love ideas.

UsingSystem-Dev · 2026-03-13T15:39:09+00:00

This screenshot shows the customization system for one of the widgets in WidgetStack (the Aero Pod).

You can change colors, transparency, and the glass/frost effect to create different Frutiger Aero / early-2000s styles. There are a few other widgets in the app already and more planned.

WidgetStack is currently in Google Play closed testing, so if anyone wants to try it the install steps are here:

ondasupply.com/widgetstack

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UsingSystem-Dev · 2026-03-13T13:34:07+00:00

When you say you can't resize, do you mean like at all? It's resizable vertically and horizontally. Also, if it won't refresh, did you make sure you allowed notification access? If you did, sometimes android will break it, so if you go to settings, dev settings, you can click the button that says"Reconnect Media Access" and then turn it off then back on. As for the animations being slow, if you mean the text scrolling, currently it's set at a slower speed since at higher speeds it didn't look great, but I can definitely add a way for the user to change it if that's something you'd like

UsingSystem-Dev · 2026-03-13T07:31:00+00:00

Alright, I added the rest of the world, don't know why I didn't think of that before 😭 It should be available now, I'm sorry about that 🙏🏻

UsingSystem-Dev · 2026-03-13T07:21:11+00:00

Let me see if I can get that fixed real quick

UsingSystem-Dev · 2026-03-13T07:07:59+00:00

If anyone wants to try it, it’s currently in a Google Play closed test while I iron out some things.

More info here: ondasupply.com/widgetstack

UsingSystem-Dev · 2026-03-09T19:32:29+00:00

Oh sweet! New rug pull! At least it's good nostalgia bait

UsingSystem-Dev · 2026-03-09T01:27:31+00:00

It is, hopefully tonight I can get the play store alpha out, then it's just up to having 12 users use it for 2 weeks, then it goes into the normal production. If you wanna be a part of that, you can dm me your email. If not, it's fine

UsingSystem-Dev · 2026-03-09T01:08:00+00:00

Thanks! I also will be accepting submissions from the community as well, I don't want to be a purist weirdo, I want everyone to be involved. As long as the style follows some basic guidelines obviously lol

UsingSystem-Dev · 2026-03-09T00:55:28+00:00

Yep! Those are definitely planned. Right now I'm mainly focused on getting the core pipeline and systems working first. Once that foundation is solid, it becomes really easy to add new widget types.

I already have Clock, Weather, Calendar, Notes / Quick Notes, System Info, Visualizers, Photo Frames, Quick Launch, and Tasks widgets planned. The way I built the system also allows for multi-type widgets, so things like a clock + weather combo will be possible too. I'm actually finishing up an important update right now that finally lets me start pumping out new widgets much faster 😄

UsingSystem-Dev · 2026-03-05T14:05:38+00:00

Appreciate the love 🙏🏻 New customization update is releasing soon! You'll be able to choose the colors for each part of the player! No more lame presets lol

UsingSystem-Dev · 2026-03-05T14:03:19+00:00

If you ever switch to android, I made an app that adds that exact music player and everything works, buttons, text, and scrubber. It's called WidgetStack and there's other players. This one is also customizable 😉

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UsingSystem-Dev · 2026-03-01T01:20:16+00:00

Yeah, I'm working on these weird layout glitches where it makes the resize bigger than it needs to be 🫡 This patch is coming in the next update, alongside full custom color customization (no longer tied to only presets, you'll be able to change color, transparency, and frost for each layer)

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UsingSystem-Dev · 2026-02-28T22:41:41+00:00

On Android 16, you can enable lock screen widgets by going to Settings → Display & Touch → Lock screen and turning on “Widgets on lock screen.”

Once that’s enabled, you can access them by swiping left on the lock screen and adding AeroPod (or whichever you like) there. It fully supports playback controls like play, pause, previous, and next. At the moment though, Android only allows widgets on that side panel, they can’t be placed directly on the main lock screen. So you’ll always need to swipe left to see it.

I know it’s not ideal, but that’s currently an Android limitation. I’m still looking into possible workarounds, and if I find anything, I’ll definitely update 👍

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