With Contacts Journal on iOS and macOS, you can setup custom widgets on your home screen! You can install 3 different types of widgets:
- “Nearby Contacts”: to view contacts around your current location
- “Upcoming ToDos”: to quickly glance at your upcoming tasks.
- "Favorite Contacts": access your Favorite Contacts quickly
Add Widgets
To add a widget to your home-screen:
- press-and-hold on your home-screen for a second
- with the home-screen in Edit mode, press the + button on top
- select or search for CJournal in the list
- select the size and type of widget you want to install, and press "Add Widget"
Working with Widgets
Widgets from Contacts Journal are designed to provide useful, glanceable information right on your home screen. Here are a couple of useful tips when using widgets:
- in "Favorite Contacts" widget, you can tap on the contact name to open the app and be directed to the contact's profile page quickly
- for "Nearby Contacts" widget, you can tap on the map picture to open the app into the Maps section, OR you can tap on the name of the contact to open the app into the contact's profile page
- the "Upcoming ToDos" widget tracks your location and shows you nearby contacts. You can tap on the summary section to jump into the "Upcoming" section of the CJournal app, or you can tap on the ToDo's details, which will open the app with the ToDo you selected
Widgets Location Tracking
For "Nearby Contacts", the widget will refresh every few minutes, depending on whether your location changed. It will show you contacts is they are within 10 miles (or kilometers) from your current location.
For more up-to-date location tracking, you can enable Contacts Journal to receive "Always" permission for location tracking. To do this:
- open the Settings app -> Privacy -> Location Services -> CJournal
- change the "Allow Location Access" setting to "Always"
This way, the CJournal app will be able to monitor location changes in the background, and update the widget more frequently to show very up-to-date information on your widget.