How To

Introduction

This document will walk you through how to use this contacts widget.

Please note this tutorial is using the Stock Android OS for demonstrating how to use this widget. Vendor customized UI like Samsung TouchWiz or HTC SenseUI might be a little different.

Installation

Grab either the Free Version or the Paid Version from the Google Play Store.

Star Your Favourite Contacts (Optional)

Before start using this widget, you should first putting your contacts into different groups. It is highly recommended to star your favourite contacts.

Please make sure your contacts are added to your Google Account, otherwise the widget might not be able to load your contacts properly.

To do so, open the contact detail page of your contact in the People app. Then tab the Star button at the top right corner, which would star your contact.

Alternatively you can create customized contact group, and put your contacts into different groups. For instance, creating a group for close Friends and Coworkers respectively. You can do this by choosing Edit from the menu and choose a Group in the Group Name field.

In order to get best result of the Direct Dial feature, please set the most frequently used phone number as the default.

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Adding Widget to the Home Screen

After finishing the previous step, now it is time to enjoy the widget by adding it to your home screen.

1. Open the App Drawer
2. Change to the WIDGETS tab on the top of the app drawer
3. Swipe left until you find the widgets with names start with "Contacts Widget" as illustrated below.
4. Choose a place on your homescreen for where your widget will be placed.
5. The Configuration dialog will be launched:
6. Make configurations for the following fields:

• In the Group dropdown list, choose a valid group you intend to put on your homescreen. The default is the "Starred in Android".
• Show Contact Name: Only valid for Stack view, and you can choose whether to show contact's name. Please be aware that you would have to make sure all your contacts of the group have a valid pictures.
  • Over Contact Icon: Show the contact name on top of the icons instead of below the icons.
• Loop Through Contacts: Only valid for Stack view, and this is disabled by default.
• Show High Resolution Pictures: The widget will try to use the high resolution pictures for your contacts if available. For this option, please double check your contacts have high resolution pictures via the People app.
• People App Shortcut: Whether to show the shortcut to the People application.
• Direct Dial: Whether to show the dialer button for directly calling contacts.
  • Show Phone Number: Whether to show the phone number
• Sorting: You can choose how your contacts will be sorted in the widget: a. Times Contacted, the most frequently contacted appear at the top; b. Last Time Contacted, the most recently contacted appear at the top; c. Display Name
• Maximum Number of Contacts: How many contacts will be shown from the selected group. Clicking this field will pop up a dialog for you to choose a preferred value. Default value is 20, and you can choose from 1 to 100.

7. Finally click the OK button

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Adding the Widget to the Lockscreen

1. Go to the lockscreen mode of your phone
2. Swipe left and find an empty space for the widget
3. Click on the big + icon at the centre of the screen, and find the widget names start with "Contacts Widget" like below.
4. Choose one widget and do the same as you did for your homescreen widgets.

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Using the Widget

After putting the widget on your homescreen or lockscreen. You can long press the widget to change the size to best suit your needs. Clicking on any contact will open the Quick Contacts Dialog as illustrated below. Then you can start making phone call or send text messages right from the homescreen or lockscreen of your Android devices.