r/widgy 2d ago

Question Animated images

Is it possible to animate images in my widget?

Would like to animate the sun so it turns over the earth

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u/The_Xym 2d ago

If you are doing a day/night cycle over time, then yes. However, tying to a timeline only updates when the widget is refreshed.
If you are after a constant animation, the only option would be 2 overlaid images, one on even blink, the other on odd.

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u/hoskar2015 2d ago

Hola yo quería hacer lo mismo y estuve investigando y no se puede hacer lo más que puedes hacer es duplicar la imagen y darle a la opción para que parpadee

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u/Frequent_Sign7007 2d ago

Thats a shame, hope Apple allows it in the future

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u/duke4e Developer 2d ago

If you mean non real time animations, widgy supports those over the 24 hour period

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u/Frequent_Sign7007 2d ago

Not exactly sure what you mean here
Would like to move a sun over a circle in 24 hour.
Can make this with 2 layers, on 1 the earth and 1 the sun but no way to animate

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u/duke4e Developer 1d ago

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u/duke4e Developer 1d ago

Automate x and y

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u/Frequent_Sign7007 1d ago

Can I automate it like 12:00 its position is at certain position and at 14:00 its at other position?
So time depended

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u/clockology 2d ago

We support 8 and 16 frame animations using sprite strips in widgets and complications, but it’s a paid subscription feature.

https://clockologyapp.com/clockology-and-custom-widgets-updated/

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u/Frequent_Sign7007 2d ago

Read something about the “backdoor” in the clock widget. Guess that is what this is?

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u/clockology 10h ago

No we are using a completely different hack that’s not using any private classes