How do I add iWidgets or any type of widget to the top of the screen ? Right now when I try to add a widget it only goes to the free space at the bottom, as the main apps won't move out of the way on the upper top party of the screen.
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iPhone How to add widgets to top of screen ?
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iBlanks worked perfectly, thanks./
But man what a strange thing to need and have to do. Why can't you just have a Widget push the existing apps out of the way and resize as you please like Nova Launcher on Android. Oh well.
Well, iWidgets are essentially HTML code. They exist on a different layer on the Springboard and aren't seen as "icons" themselves so they won't push anything down.
That's why iBlanks works, because they are seen as "icons" on that layer on the Springboard.
That depends on your setup.
I have Netatalk on my iPhone 5 which allows me to connect to my iPhone as if it was a network share. So, I simply connected to the phone from Finder (I use a PowerPC Mac) and navigated to the iWidgets folder. I duplicated the M2_Weather widget folder and renamed it and then open it and edited the background file (it's a PNG) by opening it in Photoshop, selecting all and then deleting the gray background. Then I saved the file.
Because it's a transparent PNG my Springboard background shows through.
That's how I did it. However your setup is, if you want the background to be clear you'll need to modify the background PNG to be transparent.
