How does Apple's mobile phone add widgets to the screen?

Apple's mobile phone can solve this problem by installing a free plug-in called iWidgets, which can achieve a widget effect similar to Android. The setting method of iWidgets is as follows

IWidgets has no settings or icons, so it can be installed.

1. To use iWidgets, long press any blank place on the desktop will pop up a setting box, which will list the currently installed iWidgets widgets. As shown in the figure below, items 1 and 2 come with iWidgets, and 3 items are optional:

2. Click the widget that needs to be placed on the desktop to enter the widget setting interface. Usually it is to set whether interaction is allowed. Some special widgets have more complicated settings. After setting, click the Add button in the upper right corner to add gadgets to the desktop.

Add widgets to the home screen

On the home screen, touch and hold the widget or blank area until the application starts to shake.

Click the Add button in the upper left corner.

Select a widget, choose from three widget sizes, and then tap Add Widget.

Click "Finish".

You can also add widgets from the Today view. In Today view, touch and hold the widget until the Quick Action menu opens, and then tap Edit Home Screen. Drag the widget to the right edge of the screen until it appears on the home screen, and then tap Done.

Add widgets to today's view

Touch and hold the widget or blank area in the Today view until the application starts to shake.

Click the Add button in the upper left corner.

Scroll down to select the required part, and then select from three parts sizes.

Tap Add Widget, then tap Done.

Edit widget

In iOS 14, you can customize widgets. For example, you can edit the weather widget to see the weather forecast for your current location or other locations. The specific method is as follows:

Touch and hold the widget to open the quick action menu.

Click edit Widget.

Make changes, and then tap the area outside the widget to exit.

You can also move widgets around to make it easier to find your favorite widgets. Just touch and hold the widget until it starts to shake, and then move it on the screen.

Use widget stacking

In iOS 14, you can use widget stack to save space in the home screen and "Today" view. You can use smart stacks or create your own widget stacks.

Create smart overlay

A smart stack is a pre-built collection of widgets that will display the right widgets according to your location, activity or time. Smart Stack will automatically rotate the display of the widget to display the most relevant information of the day. You can create a smart overlay as follows:

Touch and hold an area in the home screen or Today view until the application starts to shake.

Click the Add button in the upper left corner.

Scroll down, then tap Smart Stack.

Click add Widget.

Create your own widget stack.

Touch and hold an empty area in the application or home screen or Today view until the application starts to shake.

Drag a widget onto another widget. You can stack up to 10 widgets.

Click "Finish".

Edit widget overlay

Touch and hold widgets to stack.

Click Edit Override. Here, you can drag the grid icon to rearrange the widgets in the stack. In addition, if you want iOS to show you related widgets during the day, you can turn on smart rotation. You can also swipe left on the widget to delete it.

Be gentle when you're done.

You need to install iOS 14 to use the smart stack or create your own widget stack.

Remove widgets

Touch and hold the widget you want to remove.

Click remove Widget.

Click Delete again to confirm.