Phone RealMe X8, Android 15. New.
In previous RealMe and Android, I could easily create "widgets" (i.e. shortcuts) to the home screen showing selected contacts. One widget for calling, another for text messaging. Now, I cannot figure out to create the same.
So far, the only option afaik is to press an empty space on home screen and the option to create a widget pops up. I select that, then on all available widgets, I scroll down to contacts. There, there's two options. Either to create a widget containing four of my favourite contacts (which means I have to open contacts and tap on the star to the right of the contact I deem as a favorite...gah!!!). If I do so, these four contacts appear in a narrow "frame", so small that the huge "icons" (why so damn big?) for each of the contacts don't fit. All I can see at first is a tenth of one of them. No way to expand the "frame".
The other option in the widget section is to select a single contact and have that as a widget on home screen. Fine. But the widget then displays a huge "icon" (i.e. a photo of the contact or the first initial of the contact's name) as mentioned above.
In previous phone with Android 12 or 13, I simply open contacts, held down finger on the contact I wanted on home screen, and slid it left or right (I'm lying. Actually I had to first select the phone symbol, slide that, and then select the message symbol and slide that too.
But then, I had shortcuts on my home screen for calling or messaging the few contacts I normally need to contact.
Sorry for elaborate text. But I really miss this feature and would very much appreciate if anyone could steer me in the right direction to achieve it.
Cheers,
Dan
In previous RealMe and Android, I could easily create "widgets" (i.e. shortcuts) to the home screen showing selected contacts. One widget for calling, another for text messaging. Now, I cannot figure out to create the same.
So far, the only option afaik is to press an empty space on home screen and the option to create a widget pops up. I select that, then on all available widgets, I scroll down to contacts. There, there's two options. Either to create a widget containing four of my favourite contacts (which means I have to open contacts and tap on the star to the right of the contact I deem as a favorite...gah!!!). If I do so, these four contacts appear in a narrow "frame", so small that the huge "icons" (why so damn big?) for each of the contacts don't fit. All I can see at first is a tenth of one of them. No way to expand the "frame".
The other option in the widget section is to select a single contact and have that as a widget on home screen. Fine. But the widget then displays a huge "icon" (i.e. a photo of the contact or the first initial of the contact's name) as mentioned above.
In previous phone with Android 12 or 13, I simply open contacts, held down finger on the contact I wanted on home screen, and slid it left or right (I'm lying. Actually I had to first select the phone symbol, slide that, and then select the message symbol and slide that too.
But then, I had shortcuts on my home screen for calling or messaging the few contacts I normally need to contact.
Sorry for elaborate text. But I really miss this feature and would very much appreciate if anyone could steer me in the right direction to achieve it.
Cheers,
Dan
