ProWidgets: A must have tweak for all multitaskers

ProWidgets is a brand new tweak that just hit Cydia that allows you to quickly activate, minimize, and dismiss commonly use apps in the form of widgets, while you actively use your device in the background. Multitasking on a device can sometimes be a pain if you’re having to go to the app switcher or back to the springboard to open another application every time you need to switch. ProWidgets makes that a much easier task. ProWidgets is compatible with the iPhone and iPad, though in my experience, I’ve enjoyed the iPad version much more just because of the amount of real estate it has which allows you to use ProWidgets more effectively. This tweak automatically installs CCLoader, if you don’t already have it installed, which allows you to quick toggle on your widgets straight from the control center. If you’re on an iPad, it doesn’t work quite the same way, so you’re better off setting activator actions in order to enable the widgets. There’s quite a few default widgets that come with ProWidgets, including Alarm, Browser, Calendar, Dictionary, Quick Compose Mail, Quick Compose Messages, Notes, Reminders, and Timer. You can also activate these widgets by using the built in buttons in the notification center and on the lock screen. After you’ve activated a widget you can minimize it by double tapping on the title bar of the widget. Once it’s minimized you can double tap it again to close. Or you can simply close it when it’s maximized with the “close” button. Some widgets, including the Alarm will respond to a single tap of the title bar, giving you another screen with more options, as you can see below. If you’re on an iPhone the widgets will automatically snap to either side of your screen, while on the iPad you can move them to any portion of your screen with no restrictions. Also, if you open more than 4 widgets at a time on an iPhone 5s, there is a considerable amount of lag. This will probably be less on lower devices. But, these widgets are not made to be on your home screen at all times, they’re just for a quick reference and then to dismiss away. If you need it again, simply activate it once more. You also have some different themes to choose from, 4 to be exact. You can either match your current theme on your device or maybe change it depending on what time of the day you’re using ProWidgets. The theme below is the “Dark Blur” theme. You’ll notice in the picture above that you can install a theme via URL, well you can also do that for 3rd party widgets. So this is just a framework for a lot of cool widgets that developers can create. A few that I’d like to see would be Tweetbot, Pandora, and Spotify. If you’d like to check out the video walkthrough of ProWidgets, see below: As always, let us know what you think about ProWidgets as well as what type of widgets you’d like to see added in the future. Continue reading →

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