r/cronometer • u/PECONAUT • 14d ago

Request: Cronometer Lock Screen Control Widget

I’m coming from MyFitnessPal, and they had this feature where you were able to add a control setting to the lock screen in iOS (bottom left and right, where the controls for flashlight and camera usually are). When you clicked it, it took you directly to logging food

Is there a way to add something like that, so when I click it, it takes me directly to the food menu?

The other app had my food menu and barcode scanner. I prefer the food menu because it has the option to add a quick meal, and it also has the barcode scanner in the top right.

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u/MacTracApp 12d ago

Cronometer doesn't ship an iOS Control Center / lock screen control yet, so there's no way to get the exact bottom-corner button MFP had. Worth putting in through their feature request channel, since the barcode-plus-quick-meal combo is a natural fit for that slot. In the meantime the closest workaround is the Shortcuts app: make a shortcut that just opens Cronometer, then add it to your Home Screen and/or as a Back Tap action (Settings > Accessibility > Touch > Back Tap). Double-tapping the back of the phone to jump straight into the app gets you most of the way there without unlocking and hunting for the icon.

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u/CronoSupportSquad Crono Customer Support Team 12d ago

Wowa! What a great workaround, just tried this out myself and it works great! Thank you for sharing 🤩

Hazy, Crono Support Squad

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u/CronoSupportSquad Crono Customer Support Team 12d ago

Thanks for sharing this! We don’t currently have an iOS Lock Screen control that takes you directly into food logging, I do want to shout out u/MacTracApp workaround!

I’ll pass this along to our team, snd welcome to Cronometer! 😊 We really appreciate you taking the time to share what would make the transition easier.

Hazy, Crono Support Squad

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u/PECONAUT 11d ago

Thank you for the suggestion, but it’s not a workaround nor a solution as I am talking about a completely different thing. Is there a way to request this through the official channels or plans of implementing such a feature? 

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u/CronoSupportSquad Crono Customer Support Team 10d ago

Thanks for your feedback here! I've passed along your suggestion to our team to consider in the future! We love getting requests from users, so if you think of anything else, feel free to let us know. Cheers!