All notable user-facing changes to this app will be documented in this file.
The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.
- New shape: daisy
- New tap action: URL shortcut
- Colored borders
- New setting to control the compression behavior when importing photos
- New option to import from an existing widget when setting up another
- New setting to grant exact alarms permission
- It's now possible to exclude photos from widgets synced to folders
- Updated target SDK to 35 (Android 15)
- The loading icon would be visible behind transparent widgets
- New tap action to pause/resume automatic photo cycling
- New app theme option for using a true black background
- Skip the unsaved changes warning when there are no changes
- Added device details to bug reports
- Widgets now support multiple tap actions. Tap the sides to view the previous or next photo, with a customizable middle action
- French translation
- Increased widget starting size to 2x2
- Add loading indicator when loading the widget on the home screen for the first time
- Add missing progress indicator when cropping
- Fix duplicate feature not working as it should for photo widgets
- Apply signing conditionally to avoid interfering with Reproducible Builds
- Automated the release build for increased reliability in regards to Reproducible Builds
- Russian translation
- Better support for egge-to-edge UI
- Better support for landscape and tablets
- No longer applying a corner radius when using "fill widget area"
- Persisting the original trigger date for widget alarms, to avoid restarting after a device boot
- Fix drag to reorder crash
- Fix buttons not working in the full screen viewer
- Reduce the initial scale of the full screen viewer
- Update the shortcut used to grant exact alarm permission
- It's now possible to set a cycle interval in days
- Added more help articles for troubleshooting
- You can now reorder photos by dragging them when configuring a widget. Long press a photo and start dragging
- It's now possible to schedule times to cycle through photos
- It's now possible to restore recently deleted photos (photo widget only, for photos deleted after this update)
- It's now possible to view the original photo when using the view in full screen tap action
- Updated and reduced in-app motion animations
- Improved pre-crop image quality when importing photos
- Fix shaped widgets crashing
- Improve the loading performance of the "My Widgets" screen
- Improved image quality of widgets
- App shortcut tap action sometimes not working as expected
- The photo count of each directory and subdirectory is now check independently
- Fixed a scenario where all photos of an existing widget could be deleted
- Fixed a scenario where a broken widget was displayed on the widget list
- Removed widgets can be restored if they've been deleted for less than a week
- Update the photo/folder picker to show a hint
- Made the required adjustments to support Reproducible Builds
- Fix error handling when a photo is not found
- New aspect ratio to fill the widget area
- The full screen viewer control hints are only shown once
- Avoid crashing when the file cannot be found
- Turkish translation
- Make it possible to bypass the folder limit
- Make it possible to view the previous photo on tap
- Add "View in gallery" as a tap action
- Make it possible to adjust the widget padding
- Make it possible to duplicate existing widgets
- Declare INSTALL_SHORTCUT attempting to solve Xiaomi issues
- Intervals in seconds not working correctly
- Add support for intervals in seconds
- Add support for widget opacity
- Add support for widget offset
- Updated bottom nav bar icons to better represent the selected state
- Updated the button structure of the source picker dialog
- Widgets will now include subdirectories of all synced directories
- Adjust binary contents to make the app compatible with IzzyOnDroid
- Updated bottom nav bar icons to better represent the selected state
- Updated the button structure of the source picker dialog
- Feedback and Privacy Policy shortcuts on the settings screen
- Sometimes widgets would not work correctly after a device restart
- Added explanation for the widget defaults
- Crash that could happen when loading widgets
- Brightness setting now being applied correctly
- Revamped home screen, including a new "My Widgets" screen to make it easier to view and edit existing widgets
- Default widget settings
- New tap action: set the widget as an app shortcut
- Made the brightness increase optional when using the full screen viewer
- Share photos to an existing widget
- Sync widgets with multiple folders. The limit per folder was also increased to 1000 photos
- The full screen viewer now shows the original photo (in increased brightness for those using widgets to display their club cards)
- You can now view the next and previous photos from within the full screen viewer
- Heart shape for square widgets
- Folder based widgets — choose a folder to have all its photos automatically added to a widget
- Shuffle — flip through the widget photos in a random order
- Disable auto-flipping — you can now disable the automatic flipping of widgets
- This update also includes a bunch of small adjustments to the interface to better accommodate all controls
- Folder based widgets — choose a folder to have all its photos automatically added to a widget
- Shuffle — flip through the widget photos in a random order
- Disable auto-flipping — you can now disable the automatic flipping of widgets
- This update also includes a bunch of small adjustments to the interface to better accommodate all controls
- Flexible intervals — you can finally configure widgets to change photos every 1 minute!
- Original aspect ratio — configure a widget to respect the original aspect ratio of the photo
- No tap action — for those who just want static widgets, with no actions
- Choose the tap action of each widget — View in full screen or switch to the next photo
- You can now zoom and pan photos when tapping to view a widget in full screen
- More flipping intervals — every 2 and 8 hours added to the options
- You can now customize the rounded corners of tall and wide widgets
- A fully square shape for those who don't like rounded corners
- The app is now localized to spanish
- You can now modify the aspect ratio of existing widgets
- Pick multiple photos at once when configuring a widget
- Share photos directly from your gallery to create a new widget
- Editing tools when configuring a widget to move, remove and crop photos
- Click a widget on the home screen to enlarge the current photo
- Adding widgets via the app not working correctly on some Samsung devices
- Handling crashes that would sometimes happen when trying to import photos
- Pick multiple photos at once when configuring a widget
- Share photos directly from your gallery to create a new widget
- Editing tools when configuring a widget to move, remove and crop photos
- Click a widget on the home screen to enlarge the current photo
- Adding widgets via the app not working correctly on some Samsung devices
- The first release of Material Photo Widget brings 3 different aspect ratios and 8 different shapes for you to customize your home screen with your favorite photos.