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Looking for a widget

  • 13-10-2014 7:53am
    #1
    Danger781
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,692 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    I'm looking for a widget that I can place on my home screen that will count down a set time every time I click it.

    Every morning I brew my coffee for 4 minutes. It would be quite useful to have a 'coffee timer' widget on my home screen that I just press and the count down begins. I can't find anything that suits what I'm looking for. If I can't find anything that I like I may just end up making one myself..

    Opening the clock application, swiping to the countdown timer, setting the timer, etc. becomes tedious.

    Any help / recommendations appreciated!


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  • #2
    Riesen_Meal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,580 ✭✭✭✭Riesen_Meal


    Danger781 wrote: »
    Hi all,

    I'm looking for a widget that I can place on my home screen that will count down a set time every time I click it.

    Every morning I brew my coffee for 4 minutes. It would be quite useful to have a 'coffee timer' widget on my home screen that I just press and the count down begins. I can't find anything that suits what I'm looking for. If I can't find anything that I like I may just end up making one myself..

    Opening the clock application, swiping to the countdown timer, setting the timer, etc. becomes tedious.

    Any help / recommendations appreciated!

    Okay Google

    Set an alarm for 4 mins from now?


  • #3
    Danger781
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,692 ✭✭✭Danger781


    Fieldog wrote: »
    Okay Google

    Set an alarm for 4 mins from now?

    Not really what I'm looking for. Thanks though, had forgotten about that.


  • #4
    philthrill69
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 665 ✭✭✭philthrill69


    Danger781 wrote: »
    Not really what I'm looking for. Thanks though, had forgotten about that.

    So would you prefer having to unlock your phone, swipe to the home screen, click on the widget, set it up for four minutes then hit start? As opposed to saying 7 words?
    It's what i always use when I'm boiling an egg or timing anything else in the kitchen.
    So handy.


  • #5
    Danger781
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,692 ✭✭✭Danger781


    philthrill69 wrote: »
    So would you prefer having to unlock your phone, swipe to the home screen, click on the widget, set it up for four minutes then hit start? As opposed to saying 7 words?
    It's what i always use when I'm boiling an egg or timing anything else in the kitchen.
    So handy.

    I still don't think you understand what I'm looking for. The whole point of this app is so I only need to set up a 'Coffee timer' one time, which gets saved as a widget on my home screen. So I simply unlock the phone, tap it, and the timer begins. Similarly you could have a pizza timer, boiled egg timer, etc. all as individual widgets. I feel like no such app exists so I may end up attempting to make it myself.

    I don't want to be standing in the coffee dock at work talking to my phone in front of my co-workers :rolleyes:


  • #6
    philthrill69
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 665 ✭✭✭philthrill69


    Danger781 wrote: »
    I still don't think you understand what I'm looking for. The whole point of this app is so I only need to set up a 'Coffee timer' one time, which gets saved as a widget on my home screen. So I simply unlock the phone, tap it, and the timer begins. Similarly you could have a pizza timer, boiled egg timer, etc. all as individual widgets. I feel like no such app exists so I may end up attempting to make it myself.

    I don't want to be standing in the coffee dock at work talking to my phone in front of my co-workers :rolleyes:
    Did you even open your play store app and search for words like "timer widget" or was it easier to come on here and get someone to do it for you?
    Here I took 30 seconds out of my day for you https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.dimond.countdowntimer :rolleyes:


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