Adding Zero Widget on iOS Devices

Contents

• About the Home/Today Widget
  • Adding Home/Today Widget
  • Home/Today widget not working?
• About the Lock Screen Widget  
  • Adding a Lock Screen Widget
  • How the Lock Screen Widget Works

About the Home/Today Widget

With widgets in iOS 14 and later, you can now see your fasting progress at a glance on your Home/Today Screen. There are currently 2 sizes to choose from.  

• The widget for basic Zero displays the time remaining or elapsed in an active fast.

Zero Basic                                           Zero+

       

Adding Home/Today Widgets

• From the device's Home/Today Screen, long-press on an empty area until the apps jiggle.
• Tap the + button in the upper-right corner. 
• Search for 'Zero' 
• Select a widget size, and tap 'Add Widget' 

       

Home/Today widget not working? 

If you're having trouble with the Zero widget, we recommend the following troubleshooting steps:

1. Tap and hold on the Zero widget until it shakes

2. Tap 'Remove Widget'

3. Restart your device

4. Re-add the widget

   • Press and hold Zero app

   • Tap 'Edit home screen'

   • Tap the '+' on upper left

   • Tap on the Zero widget

   • Tap 'Add Widget'

   • Position widget to your preference

About the Lock Screen Widget

With iOS 16 and later, you can now see your fasting progress at a glance on your device's lock screen without having to unlock your device. A lock screen widget can be added beneath the device's home screen clock.  

Adding a Lock Screen Widget

1. When the screen is unlocked touch the screen and pull down as if to view notifications. This will display the lock screen.
2. Firm press and hold the lock screen until the Customize button appears, then tap Customize.
3. Tap 'Lock Screen'
4. Tap the box below the device's time to view the widgets that you can add to your lock screen. From there just tap the large or small lock screen widget
5. Tap the widget(s) that you want to add to your lock screen then tap an empty space on the screen. 
   (If there’s not enough room for a new widget, you can tap the Remove button to remove a widget and make room for the one you want to add.)
6. Tap Done and tap the screen the screen containing the widgets (for demonstration purposes, we've added both the small and large widget)

    

How the Lock Screen Widget Works

• The large lock screen widget displays fast progress as elapsed or remaining time and fasting zone
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• Fast Goal Reached!

  • When a fast goal is reached but a fast is still in progress in the app the ring will stop progressing
  • When a goal is reached & the fast is ended in the app the widget changes to Goal Reached and will display a checkmark for 10 minutes in the small lock screen app. The large lock screen app will display the che
  • After a fast is ended in the app the small lock screen widget will display a check mark for 10 minutes and the large lock screen widget will display the completed duration and a small time since last fast counter. 

     

• After 10 minutes the small widget change the timer ring with no counter and the large lockscren widget's content will change to a larger counter that continues to display the time since last fast