Any way to enable TouchWiz Exclusive Widgets in other Launchers? - Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
I really love the look of the TouchWiz Widgets-
I found several touchwiz exclusives...
- Weather
- Calendar
- Location
- Magnifier
And I really love my Action Launcher 3. But I cannot have those widgets on Action Launcher...
Of course, I can install the 3rd party apps. But Weather widget will not be coherent with the weather in my lock screen and edge screen.
I am not going to get the Magnifier widget.
I googled a lot but I couldn't find the solution. Anyone knows how I can bring the widgets to the 3rd part launchers?

eecho said:
Hi,
I really love the look of the TouchWiz Widgets-
I found several touchwiz exclusives...
- Weather
- Calendar
- Location
- Magnifier
And I really love my Action Launcher 3. But I cannot have those widgets on Action Launcher...
Of course, I can install the 3rd party apps. But Weather widget will not be coherent with the weather in my lock screen and edge screen.
I am not going to get the Magnifier widget.
I googled a lot but I couldn't find the solution. Anyone knows how I can bring the widgets to the 3rd part launchers?
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Unfortunately this is generally not possible, as the widget hooks into the launcher itself and probably does not present itself as available to other launchers the way a normal widget does. I wish it were possible but I'm afraid it's not.

ThugEsquire said:
Unfortunately this is generally not possible, as the widget hooks into the launcher itself and probably does not present itself as available to other launchers the way a normal widget does. I wish it were possible but I'm afraid it's not.
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I see. I decided to use Action launcher with 3rd party apps...
By the way, I am from GS3 and I really love the TouchWiz Calendar. It has weather icons inside.

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3rd Party Launchers with HTC Widgets?

Anyone know how to get HTC widgets available & working with either the Helix Launcher or LaucherPro? I'm specifically looking to get the Calendar, Weather & Flip Clock with Weather widgets working
cheers
squire
Interested in this as well.
Seems it's impossible to use HTC Widgets with any launcher app - shame
http://www.launcherpro.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=173
squire23 said:
Anyone know how to get HTC widgets available & working with either the Helix Launcher or LaucherPro? I'm specifically looking to get the Calendar, Weather & Flip Clock with Weather widgets working
cheers
squire
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Well. There is a few widgets that looks like sence ones.
Wether Forecast has a flipklock that looks just like the sence one. Works perfect. (not in market anymore beacuse some argument with htc..)
Pure Grid Calendar works just fine and looks somewhat near the sence one. I use the android calendar widget/Astrid and prefer these two.
All the once you cant fint in market- register at ppcwarez.org and serch there forum. Almoast anything worth it you can find there
squire23 said:
Anyone know how to get HTC widgets available & working with either the Helix Launcher or LaucherPro? I'm specifically looking to get the Calendar, Weather & Flip Clock with Weather widgets working
cheers
squire
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there's some alternatives to the HTC widgets in the market. I use Smooth Calendar it's a 4x1 widget. for the filp clock checkout Weather Forecast&Clock widget. If you have paid app you could also get Beautiful Widgets it's one dollar.
In my experience you want to use Sense as little as possible to keep you phone running as fast as possible.

Default weather widget and Nova Launcher

I just love the default weather widget for Samsung Galaxy S3. Problem is that when I change to Nova Launcher, the weather widget is not available from the widget list! What can I do to get the default weather widget in Nova Launcher? Must I switch to Apex or another launcher? :S
The default weather widget is part of Samsung's TouchWiz so when you change launchers you lose it. Going to another launcher other than Touchwiz will still not give you access to that widget.
You might try some of the widget programs like Beautiful Widgets in the market. They might have similar weather widgets. I know on my Rezound I use Beautiful Widgets for my HTC Sense style weather/clock when I run Nova.
Is there any way???? i need the weather widget in my apex launcher...
dxbsuresh said:
Is there any way???? i need the weather widget in my apex launcher...
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Doesn't look like it, I want the s planner widget but that too isn't available without touchwiz.
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skibadee said:
Doesn't look like it, I want the s planner widget but that too isn't available without touchwiz.
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Yep, you only get the 'Calendar' widget.
The touchwiz widget apks are system apps. If some brilliant mind could pull them from system/app and (somehow) convert them to installable user apps, we would be able to use them with any launcher.
I'm not sure if this is even feasible...any takers;-)
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jowabi said:
The touchwiz widget apks are system apps. If some brilliant mind could pull them from system/app and (somehow) convert them to installable user apps, we would be able to use them with any launcher.
I'm not sure if this is even feasible...any takers;-)
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+1
go get Nova launcher and HD widgets
h t t p : //w w w .youtube.com/watch?v=oXtwzBbitQI&feature=youtu.be
jowabi said:
The touchwiz widget apks are system apps. If some brilliant mind could pull them from system/app and (somehow) convert them to installable user apps, we would be able to use them with any launcher.
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Partially true…
On my Galaxy Tab P5100 with stock 4.1.2 and Nova launcher, the Accuweather widget was working flawleslly. It is a case, that it is partly a part of the system, because when pressed, it opens a full screen application...
Now, on 4.2.2 Nova can't pick it up anymore
canistotaweb said:
The default weather widget is part of Samsung's TouchWiz so when you change launchers you lose it. Going to another launcher other than Touchwiz will still not give you access to that widget.
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jowabi said:
The touchwiz widget apks are system apps. If some brilliant mind could pull them from system/app and (somehow) convert them to installable user apps, we would be able to use them with any launcher. I'm not sure if this is even feasible...any takers
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That is inaccurate.
On my Galaxy Tab S2 the built-in Weather app used to provide both of its widgets to Nova Launcher without any problems: both the wide "clock & weather" widget and the small "weather only" widget were available in Nova. I had that classic Samsung's widget it on my screen in Nova for several years now. However, in my case just recently (around the beginning of November, I think) the wide "clock & weather" widget suddenly became unavailable in Nova Launcher.
The small "weather only" widget is still available in Nova Launcher though. When I switch to TouchWiz, I see two widgets under the built-in Weather app. But in Nova I see only one - the small one. This is a recent change.
I have no idea why "clock & weather" disappeared in Nova, but "widget is part of Samsung's TouchWiz" and "touchwiz widget apks are system apps" theories obvioulsy don't hold any water. Anyone?

Disapointed in stock programs

Hi,
I just have my S3 and I am a bit disapointed the lack of customizability of some of the stock programs.
S Planner looks good but I miss the sync of my tasks from gmail. Also very limited in gadgets.
Weather widget is terrible. how can I personalize it? 1 look, no more
only 1 lock screen?
I like the weather widget on the lockscreen, if I remove the weather widget can I stil use it?
Hinerakatauri1979 said:
Hi,
I just have my S3 and I am a bit disapointed the lack of customizability of some of the stock programs.
S Planner looks good but I miss the sync of my tasks from gmail. Also very limited in gadgets.
Weather widget is terrible. how can I personalize it? 1 look, no more
only 1 lock screen?
I like the weather widget on the lockscreen, if I remove the weather widget can I stil use it?
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remove ?? uninstall ??
then how r you suppose to use that ??
and if u means just clearing from the desktop then yes
No other weather app/widget that integrates in the lockscreen?
If I install another then 2 apps will get weather data (1 lockscreen default, 1 widget download)

[Q] S Planner replacements?

Ok so the s planner widget is great, but it doesnt work on Nova launcher, what apps could make a good replacement for it for non tw launchers?
LordRalh3 said:
Ok so the s planner widget is great, but it doesnt work on Nova launcher, what apps could make a good replacement for it for non tw launchers?
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Even with the stock launcher I prefer the Pure Grid Calendar widget. Very customizable, themable, but mostly I like when you touch a day, it shows the appointments as a list rather than the timetable. So everything is visible immediately rather than scrolling down to later in the day.

Weather Widget in Non-Samsung Launcher

I really like the default clock & weather widget in the Samsung Experience launcher. But, even though Samsung has come a long way with their launcher, I prefer Nova. I had heard, somewhere, there's a way to get a Samsung Experience clock/weather copycat widget to use in a 3rd party launcher, but I can't seem to find it in the Play Store.
So, what do you "other launcher" users use as your favorite weather & clock widget? Do any of you know the "copycat" widget I'm referring to?
Zooper widget, pixup theme

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