About Lockscreen Widgets and Drawer
A (very) long time ago, Android introduced a feature to allow you to show certain widgets on the lock screen. For some reason, this useful feature was removed with the release of Android 5.0 Lollipop, confining widgets to...
A (very) long time ago, Android introduced a feature to allow you to show certain widgets on the lock screen. For some reason, this useful feature was removed with the release of Android 5.0 Lollipop, confining widgets to the home screen only.
While some manufacturers, such as Samsung, have brought back limited versions of lock screen widgets, you're usually limited to the widgets the manufacturer has already created for you.
Well, no more! Lockscreen Widgets brings back the functionality of yore, with some extra features. Note that Lockscreen Widgets is not designed to function on the Always-On Display.
- Lockscreen Widgets appears as a paged "frame" on top of your lock screen.
- Add a widget by tapping the plus button in the frame. This plus button will always be the last page.
- Each widget you add gets its own page, or you can have multiple widgets per page.
- You can press, hold, and drag widgets to reorder them.
- You can press and hold widgets to remove them or edit their size.
- Tap the frame with two fingers to enter the editing mode where you can resize and move the frame.
- Tap the frame with three fingers to temporarily hide it. It will show up again once the display turns off and back on.
- Any home screen widget can be added as a lock screen widget.
Lockscreen Widgets also includes an optional Widget Drawer!
Widget Drawer has a handle you can swipe to bring it up from anywhere, or you can use the Tasker integration or shortcut to open it however you want. The drawer is a vertically scrolling list of widgets that can be resized and moved the same way as in the Lockscreen Widgets frame.
And this is all without ADB or root! All the basic privileges can be granted without even thinking about using a computer. Unfortunately, with Android 13 and later, you may need to use ADB or Shizuku to enable Masked Mode.
On the topic of privileges, these are the more sensitive permissions that Lockscreen Widgets needs to function:
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Accessibility . In order to display on the lock screen, Lockscreen Widgets' Accessibility Service must be enabled. You will be prompted to enable it if needed in the initial setup, and any time you open the app.
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Notification Listener . This permission is only required if you want the widget frame to hide when notifications are displayed. You will be prompted if it's needed.
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Dismiss Keyguard . In order to improve the user experience, Lockscreen Widgets will dismiss the lock screen (or show the security input view) when it detects an Activity being launched from a widget, or when you press the "Add Widget" button. This will
not compromise your device's security in any way.
And that's it. Don't believe me? Lockscreen Widgets is open source! The link is at the bottom.
Lockscreen Widgets only works on Android Lollipop 5.1 and later because the necessary system features for displaying on the lock screen didn't exist in Lollipop 5.0. Sorry, 5.0 users.
If you have a question, send me an email, or join the TG group: https://bit.ly/ZachareeTG. Please be as specific as possible with your problem or request.
Lockscreen Widgets source: https://github.com/zacharee/LockscreenWidgets
Help Translate: https://crowdin.com/project/lockscreen-widgets
Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of Lockscreen Widgets and Drawer since it was posted on our website on 2020-07-18 17:53:53.
The latest version is and it was updated on 2026-06-10 19:07:19. See below the changes in each version.
Lockscreen Widgets and Drawer version
Updated At: 2026-05-25
Changes: * Add detection and handling for Xiaomi's autostart permission.
* Add exclusions for drawer and drawer handle to prevent system back gesture interference.
* Work on improving scrolling behavior in frame and drawer.
* Make previous pages render sooner when swiping in frame.
* Fix hiding on security input on Android 17.
* Work on improving multi-finger gesture detection.
* Make sure crashes are written to local log even with Bugsnag disabled.
Lockscreen Widgets and Drawer version
Updated At: 2026-04-26
Changes: * Work on optimizing some logic to improve battery usage.
* Fix some crashes
* Update translations.
Lockscreen Widgets and Drawer version
Updated At: 2026-01-26
Changes: * Add an option to double-tap empty space in frames to turn off display.
* Add an option to double-tap empty space in drawer to turn off display.
* Fix touch protection toggle.
* Improve paging behavior in frames.
* Update keyboard detection to be per-display.
* Update translations.
Lockscreen Widgets and Drawer version
Updated At: 2026-01-16
Changes: * Fix an issue where frame items could scramble on resize or add/removal.
* Work on avoiding crashes in list-based widgets and widgets with text clocks.
* Work on performance for individual widgets in frames.
* Update accessibility processing to support events from multiple displays.
* Update accessibility processing to distribute events only to frames on matching displays.
* Improve notification shade detection on Android 16 and Android 9.
* Remove Telegram link.
Lockscreen Widgets and Drawer version
Updated At: 2026-01-08
Changes: * Rework logic for lock screen, notification panel, and security input detection to hopefully be more reliable across various brands.
* Fix "Ignore Widget Touches" option.
* Improve lock screen dismissal reliability on OPPO/Realme.
* Improve compatibility with widgets that don't properly specify layout sizes.
* Update translations.
Lockscreen Widgets and Drawer version
Updated At: 2025-09-02
Changes: * Rework logic for better performance.
* Cache widgets for better performance.
* Add instructions for when ADB isn't allowed to grant permissions.
* Fix notification listener below Android 7.
* Update translations.
* UI fixes.
* Crash fixes.
Lockscreen Widgets and Drawer version
Updated At: 2025-06-13
Changes: - Fix some crashes.
Lockscreen Widgets and Drawer version
Updated At: 2025-04-07
Changes: * Fix an issue where grid settings wouldn't properly apply to the primary frame.
* Work on handling resolution changes more reliably.
* Work on fixing native surface crashes on certain devices.
* Fix some minor UI issues.
* Update translations.
Lockscreen Widgets and Drawer version
Updated At: 2025-02-16
Changes: - More work on fixes for widget removal.
- Update translations.
Lockscreen Widgets and Drawer version
Updated At: 2025-02-09
Changes: - Fix frames scrolling even if they only have one page of widgets.
- Fix hiding frames on FaceWidgets/Now Bar screen on One UI.
- Work on fixing issues where removed items still render behind existing items.
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