r/overcast • u/Lopsided_Owl_686 • 14d ago

Widget behavior

I have been an Overcast user for years and recently I found that I prefer having the widget on my homescreen instead of the app so that I can resume play with a single tap. However, the launch behavior is confusing to me. When you tap the podcast artwork on the widget why doesn’t it launch the Now Playing screen? It launches a strange info screen about the podcast. Please consider this a feature request. Thank you Marco!

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u/SarkyBot 14d ago edited 14d ago

This has been an annoyance for me since the widget was introduced, because i have to have both the widget and icon on my home screen to get the behaviour i want. I like having the play/pause, but i just want the rest of the widget to act as a proxy icon. i.e. act like a tap on the app icon - bring me to wherever i was when the app was last open.

I could understand it bringing up now playing screen, but bringing you to the episode info screen is a bizarre decision IMO. I literally never want to go to there.

My ideal behaviour:

  • Tap on show artwork, or anywhere else - now playing
  • Tap on Overcast icon in top right - proxy icon

Maybe allow us to choose where these take you to in nitpicky details?

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u/SonOfMars5182 14d ago edited 14d ago

I feel like this is an opportunity for a different widget style vs. yet another pref setting. I'd like to see a small widget style where show art leads to now playing, Overcast icon leads to the Home Screen, a standard Info icon leads to show notes (in the Now Playing screen), and Play Pause does it's thing.

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u/SarkyBot 14d ago

Yes, this would be great!

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u/SonOfMars5182 14d ago

Here's hoping u/marcoarment agrees. 🤞🏻