Car Widget

[Widget] Car Widget

” Car Widget ” make easier and quicker access to phone feature during driving.

With the widget you can assign one or more screens on your home launcher to be dedicated for usage inside the car.
Unlike Car Home applications, you still will have access to all other screens of your launcher.

HOW TO USE/OPEN/ADD
On any home screen press “menu”, then “add”, select “widgets” and choose ” Car Widget ” from the list of available widgets.
You might need to restart the device in order to widget to appear in the list.

Main features:
* 4×4 widget
* You can assign 6 shortcuts per widget
* 5 Skins: Holo, Glossy, Car Home, Metro (Windows Phone 7), BlackBearBlac
* Customization options: background color
and opacity, font size and color, icons tint
* Replacement for “Car Dock” / “Car Home” applications.
* Apply custom icon and edit title of shortcut
* Apply ADW Icon pack

Available shortcuts (can be expanded by installed applications):
* Applications
* Bookmark
* Contact
* Direct dial (require CALL_PHONE permission)
* Direct message
* Directions & Navigation (Using Google Maps)
* Gmail label
* Music playlist
* Settings
* Built-In Shortcuts – (InCar switch, Play/Pause, Next, Previous – Experimental)

Free version includes Trial of features available in the Car Widget Pro.

Car Widget Pro features:
Detects when you inside the car and adjusts settings of your phone.

Detection: (possible to combine all of the options):
* When power cable connected
* When headphones connected
* When Bluetooth device connected

Actions:
* Turn on Bluetooth
* Disable screen timeout
* Adjust screen brightness
* Adjust volume level of media
* Switch off Wi-Fi
* Route call to speaker
* Auto answer (Experimental)
* Autorun App
* Shortcuts in notification bar (Android 4.0)

Limitations:
– It’s not possible to unlock screen from widget
– It’s not possible to switch to specific screen from widget

Permissions:
CALL_PHONE (Directly call phone numbers)- used for direct call shortcut
WAKE_LOCK (Prevent phone from sleeping) – used to disable screen timeout
WRITE_SETTINGS (Modify system settings)- used to adjust brightness settings
ACCESS_WIFI_STATE and CHANGE_WIFI_STATE – connect and disconnect from WiFi
BLUETOOTH and BLUETOOTH_ADMIN – required in order to switch bluetooth state
(Modify or delete the contents of your USB storage) – Backup/Restore functionality

Tips:
* On some devices you have option “Stay awake” (Under Settings -> Applications -> Development), you can enable it if your want to prevent phone from sleeping.

* Landscape mode: Not all launchers allow to use phone in landscape mode, just replace yours with alternative one that supports it (like LauncherPro or ADW).

You can find Car Widget Pro also in androidpit.com market.
(This marketplace have an option for PayPal)

IMPORTANT
Please exercise caution when using this application and do not manipulate your device while driving. Always pay attention to the road.

Car Widget user reviews :

All my reviews start with this complaint: I should not be forced to join a social network just to review free apps! Google+ sucks! Compact and doesn’t kill battery or memory. Customizable and easy to use. What’s not to like?

Exactly what I needed. No fumbling while driving! Perfect in its simplicity!

Great app and love having the ability to use these shortcuts right from the homescreen, would give 5* if I could find an option to change the amount of shortcuts to only 4. Looks untidy with the extra “Set Shortcut” on the widget.

Download Car Widget :

[app]com.anod.car.home.free[/app]

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