Android Apps and Widget
Gmail Inbox Widget
I build a widget that shows the contents of the Gmail Inbox on android cellphones.
It is available on the market, and listed on cyrket.
The widget supports multiple accounts (one per widget). When clicking it you can choose to refresh it, start Gmail, or re-configure it.
Currently it is available only in one size o (4x2) but I aim to add more sizes soon.
Additionally, there is an app which shows some debug information (so, if you encounter crashes and want to contact me regarding your problems, I will likely ask you about the output of the debug app.)
The widget was tested on an Nexus S (Gingerbread, android 2.3) and on an HTC Desire (Froyo, android 2.2).
Currently, the widget
- shows the the conversations (subject, persons involved (if available), a snippet, and the date) in the Gmail inbox
- the widget is updated when new messages are received in Gmail automatically (configurable)
- the text format and color of every item can be configured
- when clicked it shows buttons to refresh, start gmail, re-configure it.
- has buttons for scrolling through the inbox
Things I would like to add
- click an email to open it in gmail
- support for different labels
- automatic update when mails are archived/deleted/read in Gmail (any hints?)
- an option to show only unread messages
- more reliable parsing of the names of persons involved in conversations
Any feedback is greatly appreciated!
Screenshots
Copying settings
Since it can be quite tedious to configure the formatting options, you can email them (e.g. to yourself ;-) and then copy and paste them from your email client into your widget.
To email (i.e. export) the settings, go to settings, click on “Send config” and enter the email address where you want to send it.
To import the settings, mark them in your email client andcopy them to the clipboard. Then go to the settings of the widget, click on “Parse config”, and then paste the text into the input field in the dialog.
Older versions
Here is an archive of previous release of the widget:
- V1.6.1 bugfix release of 1.6. Now working on Eclair (Android 2.1). Only limitiation: background color cannot be changed.
- V1.6 bugfix release of 1.5. repaired cancel button in the settings, fix crash on phone start.
- V1.5 added many customization options. Seems to have problems with android 2.1
- V1.2 improved layout over 1.1.
- V1.1 first version that was publicly available
Acknowledgements
I would like to thank Jonas Larsson for some extremely useful hints.