You can create Widgets for your device home screen on iOS. The Concepts widgets work as a way to showcase your work on the home screen and also serve as a shortcut to quickly open and create drawings.
Here's how to create a widget:
- Tap and hold on the home screen on your iOS device. This enables editing the home screen.
- Tap on the + button in the top left corner
- Select Concepts from the list of apps on the left side
- Swipe left/right to choose between different widget sizes and tap "Add Widget"
By default the widget will show drawings from the most recently active folder in your gallery. You can choose the contents of the widget following these steps:
- Open Concepts and tap+hold on the folder containing the drawings you want to show in the widget
- Select "Add to Widgets" in the menu
- Go to home screen
- Tap and hold on the Concepts wiget
- Select "Edit Widget"
- Tap on Folder
- This opens a list of folders available for the widgets. All folders you have added to Widgets in Concepts gallery will appear on the list. Choose your preferred folder.
- Stop editing the Widget. It will update with the drawings from the assigned folder.
There are also other options in the Widget settings.
Sort Order: Show either the most recently updated drawings from the folder or show a random selection.
Duration: How often the thumbnails in the widget will change. Only applies if you have set sorting order to "Random".
Style: Show a grid of images or a single image. Grid option is not available for the smallest widget size.
Show: What text to show on the widget. You can choose to show no text at all, drawing names or the folder name.
What can you do with Widgets:
Tap on a drawing thumbnail to immediately open the drawing in Concepts. A convenient shortcut to acces your latest notes or your artwork in progress. Tap on the folder name to open the folder location in Concepts gallery. Or tap the plus button to quickly create and open a new drawing in Concepts for instant access to canvas. With the ability to add as many widgets as you like, you can create shortcuts for anything. It's a great way to have important information at your fingertips.