Calendar widget on iPhone

What it's about

The “This week” widget shows your next events right on your iPhone Home Screen, without opening patchio. You need the iPhone app, version 1.17 or later. A widget for Android is planned.

How to do it

1. Touch and hold an empty spot on your Home Screen until the icons jiggle.
2. Tap Edit at the top, then Add Widget.
3. Search for patchio and pick one of the three sizes.
4. Tap Add Widget and move it where you want it.

If the widget stays empty and shows “Open patchio to load your events.”, open the app once and sign in.

The three sizes

• Small: today's events.
• Medium: today's date on the left, your next events with their day on the right.
• Large: the days ahead, one below the other, with more events per day.

A multi-day event appears on each of its days, for example with “Day 1/2”. If a day has more events than fit, the widget shows “+2 more”.

Tap a day

In the medium and large widget, tap a day and patchio opens the agenda on exactly that day. The small widget opens today.

Good to know

• The widget shows the title, time and colour of your events for the next 14 days. Places, notes and people are not included.
• It shows the events you also see in the calendar. Other people's private events stay hidden, just like in the calendar.
• The widget doesn't load anything from the internet itself. patchio hands it your events when you open the app. If you've just changed something, open patchio briefly and the widget catches up.
• When you sign out, patchio clears the widget right away. When you switch households, it shows the new household's events.
• The widget is for the Home Screen, not the Lock Screen.