Widgets Anywhere

about

description

A (very) long time ago, Android introduced a feature to allow you to show certain widgets on the lock screen. For some reason, this useful feature was removed with the release of Android 5.0 Lollipop, confining widgets to the home screen only. While some manufacturers, such as Samsung, have brought back limited versions of lock screen widgets, you're usually limited to the widgets the manufacturer has already created for you. Well, no more! Widgets Anywhere brings back the functionality of yore, with some extra features. Note that Widgets Anywhere is is not designed to function on the Always-On Display. - Widgets Anywhere appears as a paged "frame" on top of your lock screen. - Add a widget by tapping the plus button in the frame. This plus button will always be the last page. - Each widget you add gets its own page, or you can have multiple widgets per page. - You can press, hold, and drag widgets to reorder them. - You can press and hold widgets to remove them or edit their size. - Tap the frame with two fingers to enter the editing mode where you can resize and move the frame. - Tap the frame with three fingers to temporarily hide it. It will show up again once the display turns off and back on. - Any home screen widget can be added as a lock screen widget. Widgets Anywhere also includes a widget drawer, widget stacks for your home screen, and widgets in quick settings tiles on Samsung devices. Widget Drawer has a handle you can swipe to bring it up from anywhere, or you can use the Tasker integration or shortcut to open it however you want. The drawer is a vertically scrolling list of widgets that can be resized and moved the same way as in the lock screen widgets frame. And this is all without ADB or root! All the basic privileges can be granted without even thinking about using a computer. Unfortunately, with Android 13 and later, you will need to use a companion app for Masked Mode. On the topic of privileges, these are the more sensitive permissions that Widgets Anywhere needs to function: - **Accessibility**. In order to display on the lock screen, Widgets Anywhere's Accessibility Service must be enabled. You will be prompted to enable it if needed in the initial setup, and any time you open the app. - **Notification Listener**. This permission is only required if you want the widget frame to hide when notifications are displayed. You will be prompted if it's needed. - **Dismiss Keyguard**. In order to improve the user experience, Widgets Anywhere will dismiss the lock screen (or show the security input view) when it detects an Activity being launched from a widget, or when you press the "Add Widget" button. This will **not** compromise your device's security in any way. And that's it. Don't believe me? Widgets Anywhere is open source! The link is at the bottom. Widgets Anywhere only works on Android Nougat 7.0 and later. If you have a question, send me an email, or open a GitHub issue. Widgets Anywhere source: https://github.com/zacharee/LockscreenWidgets Help Translate: https://crowdin.com/project/lockscreen-widgets

publisher

78ce6faa72264387284e647ba6938995735ec8c7d5c5a65737e55130f026307d

first seen

2026-09-18T04:28:43.705901+00:00

last event

2026-10-13 17:50 UTC

install

zapstore.dev or any Zapstore-compatible client

source & build

repository

not published

arch flags

android-arm64-v8a android-armeabi-v7a android-x86 android-x86_64

manifest

missing

releases (kind 30063)

3 releases indexed; latest 4.7.3.

version	channel	released	event
4.7.3	main	2026-10-13 17:50 UTC	8ff3a251…
4.7.1	main	2026-09-27 17:54 UTC	c3ba5bec…
4.7.0	main	2026-09-14 04:27 UTC	295a90b5…

assets & verification

Every app, release and asset event is schnorr-verified (NIP-01 id + signature) before it enters the catalog, and assets are content-addressed by sha256. We subscribe read-only to the catalog relay — never write to it.

4.7.3 — tk.zwander.lockscreenwidgets_220.apk

sha256

f31652df60cf7edfd3d2fd8e9dd880bb2785b855c5e3d3eb16710dd5bf870935

size

24.6 MB

archs

android-arm64-v8a, android-armeabi-v7a, android-x86, android-x86_64

version code

220

apk cert sha256

2ed2e38cd7f5f93c2a40594360cf3fb08cecfacf1f7994e59e1ce835272ccd85

download

tk.zwander.lockscreenwidgets_220.apk

4.7.1 — tk.zwander.lockscreenwidgets_218.apk

sha256

a4c070dd3c1eb80ac370d5d490f7efb5ea62293995cf7f89f28bfceb510cbc39

size

22.0 MB

archs

android-arm64-v8a, android-armeabi-v7a, android-x86, android-x86_64

version code

218

apk cert sha256

2ed2e38cd7f5f93c2a40594360cf3fb08cecfacf1f7994e59e1ce835272ccd85

download

tk.zwander.lockscreenwidgets_218.apk

4.7.0 — WidgetsAnywhere_4.7.0-release.apk

sha256

efc9938e13818ecab59065c7d52e166cd7bc1c63da38501d7dd3826f1551590d

size

22.1 MB

archs

android-x86_64, android-arm64-v8a, android-armeabi-v7a, android-x86

version code

217

apk cert sha256

2ed2e38cd7f5f93c2a40594360cf3fb08cecfacf1f7994e59e1ce835272ccd85

download

WidgetsAnywhere_4.7.0-release.apk

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