How to add a widget on your home screen:
- Go to the home screen of the Android device (Press the 'Home' key)
- Make sure that there is enough free space on your home screen for the new widget (required size is 4 icons wide by 2 icons high)
- Choose an empty space for your widget, tap and hold your finger there (long press) until the menu appears
- A window titled 'Add to Home screen' will pop up. Tap the menu item labeled 'Widgets'
- Browse through the list of installed widgets, locate and select the 3D Flip Clock & Weather widget
- The 3D Flip Clock & Weather widget will appear on your home screen
When installed, the widget will try to display the current location and weather information if you have your WiFi and/or GPRS turned on. If not, it will do that when Internet is available.
The widget will display the current time, location and weather information, if you have Internet connection. To setup the clock, weather and location settings tap the minutes on the widget to go to the preferences screen. Make the necessary changes and tap the home or back button to return to the home screen. Any changes you have made will appear on the widget.
To move the widget to another position, do the following:
- Tap the widgert and hold your finger down.
- Drag the widget to the new position, then release.
Widget hotspots
The widget contains several hotspots, ie, points that respond when the user taps them. The following image shows the widget hotspots:

- Hotspot 1: Minutes
- Hotspot 2: Hour
- Hotspot 3: Weather icon
- Hotspot 4: Current temperature
- Hotspot 5: Current location
- Hotspot 6: Weekday
- Hotspot 7: Month/day
- Hotspot 8: Location change hotspot
- Minutes hotspot: Display the widget main preferences screen
- Hour hotspot: Launch the default alarm application - This should work for most of the phones including HTC, Samsung, Nexus and Motorolla
- Weather icon hotspot: Display the weather forecast screen
- Current temperature: Update weather information (request new forecast from the Internet)
- Refresh the location
- Launch weekday application (select application in Advanced settings)
- Launch month application (select application in Advanced settings)
- Display the weather for the next location (if you have entered more than 1 locations)
Note about the alarm application!
If the hour hotspot (hotspot #2) does not work on your phone, (i.e., tapping it does not launch your the alarm application) you can select the alarm application (or any other application you want to launch when the hour is clicked) by doing the following:
- Tap the minutes (hotspot #1) to go to the Preferences screen
- Tap 'Advanced settings'
- Uncheck the 'Default hour action' checkbox
- Tap the 'Select hour click action' and wait for the applications to load (this can take some time, depending on how many applications you have installed on your phone)
- When the applications list appears, locate the application you want to launch and tap it
- Press the Home button to return to your home screen
Note about task killers
If you have a task killer application installed on your device, exlude the widget from its auto-kill list,
otherwise the widget will stop working. Rating the widget If you like the widget you can leave a rating and comment by doing the following:
- Open Google Play
- Tap on My Apps and locate the 3D Flip Clock & Weather widget
- Tap the stars located under the 'My review' heading
- Select your rating
- Once you have rated the application you will have the option to leave a comment
More applications by MACHAPP Software Ltd
View all of our applications on Google Play by tapping the following link:MACHAPP Software Ltd applications
Contact information
If you have any requests, suggestions or problems using the widget please e-mail us by tapping the following link:E-mail us
Problems In case of problems using the widget, please send us an e-mail to the above e-mail address and try to provide the following information:
- A clear description of the problem
- The hardware (type of phone) and software (Android version) you are using
- Any other information that might be useful to us in solving the problem (whether the error is random or not, if it is happening often, etc, when no connection is available, etc)