Thanks for your input.
Jeroentb The first widget initially shows photos added on that day. If there are no photos, then perhaps random photos where the date adjusts to the date of the photo. This does not show a time in addition to the date of the photo that is displayed
I am not sure if showing unrelated photos make sense. If I put a "On this day" widget on my home screen, I expect it to only show content that was "on that day".
Jeroentb The second widget initially shows the text entered on the current day in recent years. If no dates are known, you could think of 6 months ago, otherwise 1 month ago, otherwise 1 week ago, otherwise yesterday... etc.?
Do you know how other apps are handling this case? E.g. what is Day One showing when there isn't any entry for the same day? Does Day One then show entries of other dates?
Jeroentb When protecting the app with password/PIN/faceID, I would personally display what the widget would display. The reason is simple: it is apparently a conscious choice to display the widget.
Please see this feature request to understand why I think this wouldn't be a good solution. Some people share their devices with other users and they want to make sure that contents of their journal can show up without they explicitly unlocking the app.
Pedro Sad to say that the android widget s really "outdated" if you compare it with the ideas proposed here
Why exactly do you think the Android widget is outdated? What are you considering "old" and "new and practical" widget style? What would be an "improved look"?
I see that on that mockup (compared to your first one) you used test shadow to ensure text readability on bright pictures (like snow). It's a common problem and there is no truly satisfactory solution when attempting to display text on images (there's many articles online discussion this and potential solutions, like here or here). In the current version of Diarium I also use a text shadow for the day text on the calendar tiles. However, I am not the biggest fan of that approach. I will experiment with different ideas to see what fits best for the widget. In the Android widget, I have simply separated text from image, but maybe that is what @Pedro is referring to as "old style"
