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A Scriptable script that creates "invisible" widget backgrounds based on your iOS wallpaper, and then either uses them as a Scriptable widget background or exports to your camera roll.
/*
MIT License
Copyright (c) 2024 Maxwell Zeryck
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
*/
const files = FileManager.local()
const path = files.joinPath(files.documentsDirectory(), Script.name() + ".jpg")
// If set as a widget, attempt to use the matching generated background.
if (config.runsInWidget) {
const widget = new ListWidget()
if (files.fileExists(path)) widget.backgroundImage = files.readImage(path)
Script.setWidget(widget)
Script.complete()
// If run in the app, generate an in "invisible" background.
} else {
// Determine if user has taken the screenshot.
let message = "Before you start, edit your home screen (wiggle mode). Scroll to the empty page on the far right and take a screenshot."
const shouldExit = await generateAlert(message,["Continue","Exit to Take Screenshot"])
if (shouldExit.index) return
// Get screenshot and determine phone size.
let img = await Photos.fromLibrary()
const height = img.size.height
let phone = phoneSizes(height)
if (!phone) {
message = "It looks like you selected an image that isn't an iPhone screenshot, or your iPhone is not supported. Try again with a different image."
return await generateAlert(message,["OK"])
}
// Extra setup needed for 2436-sized phones.
if (height == 2436) {
const cachePath = files.joinPath(files.libraryDirectory(), "mz-phone-type")
// If we already cached the phone size, load it.
if (files.fileExists(cachePath)) {
const type = files.readString(cachePath)
phone = phone[type]
// Otherwise, prompt the user.
} else {
message = "What type of iPhone do you have?"
const typeOptions = [{key: "mini", value: "iPhone 13 mini or 12 mini"}, {key: "x", value: "iPhone 11 Pro, XS, or X"}]
const typeResponse = await generateAlert(message, typeOptions)
phone = phone[typeResponse.key]
files.writeString(cachePath, typeResponse.key)
}
}
// If supported, check whether home screen has text labels or not.
if (phone.text) {
message = "What size are your home screen icons?"
const textOptions = [{key: "text", value: "Small (has labels)"},{key: "notext", value: "Large (no labels)"}]
const textResponse = await generateAlert(message, textOptions)
phone = phone[textResponse.key]
}
// Prompt for widget size.
message = "What size of widget are you creating?"
const sizes = {small: "Small", medium: "Medium", large: "Large"}
const sizeOptions = [sizes.small, sizes.medium, sizes.large]
const size = (await generateAlert(message,sizeOptions)).value
// Prompt for position.
message = "What position will it be in?"
message += (height == 1136 ? " (Note that your device only supports two rows of widgets, so the middle and bottom options are the same.)" : "")
let positions
if (size == sizes.small) {
positions = ["Top left","Top right","Middle left","Middle right","Bottom left","Bottom right"]
} else if (size == sizes.medium) {
positions = ["Top","Middle","Bottom"]
} else if (size == sizes.large) {
positions = [{key: "top", value: "Top"},{key: "middle", value: "Bottom"}]
}
const position = (await generateAlert(message,positions)).key
// Determine image crop based on the size and position.
const crop = {
w: (size == sizes.small ? phone.small : phone.medium),
h: (size == sizes.large ? phone.large : phone.small),
x: (size == sizes.small ? phone[position.split(" ")[1]] : phone.left),
y: phone[position.toLowerCase().split(" ")[0]]
}
// Crop the image.
const draw = new DrawContext()
draw.size = new Size(crop.w, crop.h)
draw.drawImageAtPoint(img,new Point(-crop.x, -crop.y))
img = draw.getImage()
// Finalize the widget.
message = "Your widget background is ready. Would you like to use it as this script's background, or export the image?"
const exports = {script: "Use for this script", photos: "Export to Photos", files: "Export to Files"}
const exportOptions = [exports.script, exports.photos, exports.files]
const exportValue = (await generateAlert(message,exportOptions)).value
if (exportValue == exports.script) {
files.writeImage(path,img)
} else if (exportValue == exports.photos) {
Photos.save(img)
} else if (exportValue == exports.files) {
await DocumentPicker.exportImage(img)
}
Script.complete()
}
// Generate an alert with the provided array of options.
async function generateAlert(message,options) {
const alert = new Alert()
alert.message = message
const isObject = options[0].value
for (const option of options) {
alert.addAction(isObject ? option.value : option)
}
const index = await alert.presentAlert()
return {
index: index,
value: isObject ? options[index].value : options[index],
key: isObject ? options[index].key : options[index]
}
}
/*
How phoneSizes() works
======================
This function takes the pixel height value of an iPhone screenshot and provides information about the sizes and locations of widgets on that iPhone. The "text" and "notext" properties refer to whether the home screen is set to Small (with text labels) or Large (no text labels).
The remaining properties can be determined using a single screenshot of a home screen with 6 small widgets on it. You can see a visual representation of these properties by viewing this image: https://github.com/mzeryck/Widget-Blur/blob/main/measurements.png
* The following properties define widget sizes:
- small: The height of a small widget.
- medium: From the left of the leftmost widget to the right of the rightmost widget.
- large: From the top of a widget in the top row to the bottom of a widget in the middle row.
* The following properties measure the distance from the left edge of the screen:
- left: The distance to the left edge of widgets in the left column.
- right: The distance to the left edge of widgets in the right column.
* The following properties measure the distance from the top edge of the screen:
- top: The distance to the top edge of widgets in the top row.
- middle: The distance to the top edge of widgets in the middle row.
- bottom: The distance to the top edge of widgets in the bottom row.
*/
function phoneSizes(inputHeight) {
return {
/*
Supported devices
=================
The following device measurements have been confirmed in iOS 18.
*/
// 16 Pro Max
"2868": {
text: {
small: 510,
medium: 1092,
large: 1146,
left: 114,
right: 696,
top: 276,
middle: 912,
bottom: 1548
},
notext: {
small: 530,
medium: 1138,
large: 1136,
left: 91,
right: 699,
top: 276,
middle: 882,
bottom: 1488
}
},
// 16 Plus, 15 Plus, 15 Pro Max, 14 Pro Max
"2796": {
text: {
small: 510,
medium: 1092,
large: 1146,
left: 98,
right: 681,
top: 252,
middle: 888,
bottom: 1524
},
notext: {
small: 530,
medium: 1139,
large: 1136,
left: 75,
right: 684,
top: 252,
middle: 858,
bottom: 1464
}
},
// 16 Pro
"2622": {
text: {
small: 486,
medium: 1032,
large: 1098,
left: 87,
right: 633,
top: 261,
middle: 872,
bottom: 1485
},
notext: {
small: 495,
medium: 1037,
large: 1035,
left: 84,
right: 626,
top: 270,
middle: 810,
bottom: 1350
}
},
// 16, 15, 15 Pro, 14 Pro
"2556": {
text: {
small: 474,
medium: 1017,
large: 1062,
left: 81,
right: 624,
top: 240,
middle: 828,
bottom: 1416
},
notext: {
small: 495,
medium: 1047,
large: 1047,
left: 66,
right: 618,
top: 243,
middle: 795,
bottom: 1347
}
},
// SE3, SE2
"1334": {
text: {
small: 296,
medium: 642,
large: 648,
left: 54,
right: 400,
top: 60,
middle: 412,
bottom: 764
},
notext: {
small: 309,
medium: 667,
large: 667,
left: 41,
right: 399,
top: 67,
middle: 425,
bottom: 783
}
},
/*
In-limbo devices
=================
The following device measurements were confirmed in older versions of iOS.
Please comment if you can confirm these for iOS 18.
*/
// 14 Plus, 13 Pro Max, 12 Pro Max
"2778": {
small: 510,
medium: 1092,
large: 1146,
left: 96,
right: 678,
top: 246,
middle: 882,
bottom: 1518
},
// 11 Pro Max, XS Max
"2688": {
small: 507,
medium: 1080,
large: 1137,
left: 81,
right: 654,
top: 228,
middle: 858,
bottom: 1488
},
// 14, 13, 13 Pro, 12, 12 Pro
"2532": {
small: 474,
medium: 1014,
large: 1062,
left: 78,
right: 618,
top: 231,
middle: 819,
bottom: 1407
},
// 13 mini, 12 mini / 11 Pro, XS, X
"2436": {
x: {
small: 465,
medium: 987,
large: 1035,
left: 69,
right: 591,
top: 213,
middle: 783,
bottom: 1353
},
mini: {
small: 465,
medium: 987,
large: 1035,
left: 69,
right: 591,
top: 231,
middle: 801,
bottom: 1371
}
},
// 11, XR
"1792": {
small: 338,
medium: 720,
large: 758,
left: 55,
right: 437,
top: 159,
middle: 579,
bottom: 999
},
// 11 and XR in Display Zoom mode
"1624": {
small: 310,
medium: 658,
large: 690,
left: 46,
right: 394,
top: 142,
middle: 522,
bottom: 902
},
/*
Older devices
=================
The following devices cannot be updated to iOS 18 or later.
*/
// Home button Plus phones
"2208": {
small: 471,
medium: 1044,
large: 1071,
left: 99,
right: 672,
top: 114,
middle: 696,
bottom: 1278
},
// Home button Plus in Display Zoom mode
"2001" : {
small: 444,
medium: 963,
large: 972,
left: 81,
right: 600,
top: 90,
middle: 618,
bottom: 1146
},
// SE1
"1136": {
small: 282,
medium: 584,
large: 622,
left: 30,
right: 332,
top: 59,
middle: 399,
bottom: 399
}
}[inputHeight]
}
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Kyxrem commented Sep 25, 2021

I created a new page with lots of small widgets. Preferably black widgets like the clock and a white background. Afterwards you take a screenshot of that page, load it up to you computer and open the image with some image manipultaion tool. I choose GIMP. In GIMP you can draw rectangles and it will tell you the position of the top-left corner of the rectangle and the size.
In my case, 2532 is the height of the phone.
"small" is the width of a small widget.
"medium" is the with of a medium widget.
"large" is the height of a large widget.
"left" is the distance from the left side of the screenshot to the left side of a widget on the left side.
"right" is the distance from the left side of the screenshot to the left side of a widget on the right side.
"top" is the distance from the top of the screenshot to the first row of widgets.
"middle" is the distance from the top of the screenshot to the second row of widgets.
"bottom" is the distance from the top of the screenshot to the third row of widgets.

Hope that helps. If you still have any questions just ask.

@Nathaniell1
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Nathaniell1 commented Sep 26, 2021

Thank you. I figured it out in the meantime - hence the deleted post + realized your positions are same as for iphone 12. When I tried it I also got the same positions as for 13 mini. But still, my widgets are never exact... its always pixel or more wrong. Don't know where is a problem.

Edit: It seems like that the widget picture is ever so slightly zoomed in. From my testing it seems like picture is being stretched by 5px in every direction.

Edit2: Ok everything is working now. Previously I was just saving the image generated by the script and used it with other widget apps.. This produced the wrongly - zoomed image. When you instead save the image to be used by the script, then on Home screen Add widget -> Scriptable. Then edit widget and pick up this script -> pick this script -> The picture is perfect. Only drawback of this is that you will have "|Scriptable" under your widget which is a bummer (I also tried using Yidget, which has only "-" as its name and that looked much better)

@YoungGun821
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Here are the values for the iPhone 13
"2532": {
"small": 474,
"medium": 1014,
"large": 1062,
"left": 78,
"right": 618,
"top": 231,
"middle": 819,
"bottom": 1407
},

13 Pro Max here. I am no coder. I placed it in, tried to run it and it's still not recognizing the screenshots. What am I doing wrong?

@ImLvna
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ImLvna commented Oct 19, 2021

13 Pro Max here. I am no coder. I placed it in, tried to run it and it's still not recognizing the screenshots. What am I doing wrong?

13 Pro Max is bigger than the base 13 model. The values would be different between the two

@Unchanged-Is-Changed
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Margin is changed in iOS 15,Does anyone have new data

@Hucksleyy91
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iPhone 13 pro max user here
Can someone help me with adding support for the 13 pro max :-)

@SgtPooki
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how do you set the background image for a widget…?

@mzeryck
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mzeryck commented Mar 15, 2022

@CaractacusPott I'm only a year late - but I did finally add the MIT license to this gist and my more full-fledged transparency project.

@YoungGun821 @Unchanged-Is-Changed @Hucksleyy91 Does anyone know how the margins/sizing changed with the 13 Pro Max? It seems to work fine as-is with my 13 Pro, but I don't have access to a Max to test with. A screenshot like this full of small widgets would be very helpful.

For anyone else looking at this thread - this Gist is an older version of what is now Widget Blur, which does transparency but also a blurring effect similar to Apple's Batteries widget.

@Enzino57
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No work with iOS 16 and iPhone 14 Pro Max

@mzeryck
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mzeryck commented Sep 28, 2022

@Enzino57 Just updated the code - let me know if it's working as expected now!

@Enzino57
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Perfect. Thank you 👍🏻

@mcnahum
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mcnahum commented Sep 28, 2022

Working perfectly on iPhone 14 pro

@tokyno
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tokyno commented Oct 25, 2022

Hi, I just downloaded new version of blurred widgets script for iPhone 14 Pro, but I am missing option to choose blurred background (dark or light). Im just getting transparent background. Can someone help me with that please?

@kasimok
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kasimok commented Dec 13, 2022

If anyone wants a Swift Version of above code, check https://github.com/kasimok/Translucent

@sp2601
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sp2601 commented Sep 14, 2023

Any possibility of support for iPad Air 4th generation? Thanks!

@akamatkar08
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Initially was working just fine on the 15 Pro with iOS 17.2, but now the image is no longer show up. Script still runs, but the background isn’t there.

14 Pro and 15 Pro displays are the same so idk what changed.

@NIKO798
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NIKO798 commented Jul 1, 2024

iOS18 changed the size and location of the widget on all devices, and the homepage has an additional mode with "no app name" that also changes the location and size, all of which are now offset on iOS18

@2578893153
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Hello author, could you update the parameters of the iPhone 15 series? The MAX series is quite unique

@ddmunhoz
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Values for iPhone15 pro using IOS 18 "no app name" mode:

"2556": {
"small": { "w": 510, "h": 510 },
"medium": { "w": 1092, "h": 510 },
"large": { "w": 1040, "h": 1146 },
"left": 70,
"right": 678,
"top": 197,
"middle": 882,
"bottom": 1518
}

*** Only for large small/medium have not been updated.

@AdrienEdoukou
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AdrienEdoukou commented Sep 13, 2024

Which apps have a customizable wallpaper, could we have a shortlist pretty pleaaase?

@jiznon
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jiznon commented Sep 16, 2024

Any chance this will be updated for iOS 18? iPhone 15 Pro here and the widget wallpapers are now offset

@TheralSadurns
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For 15 Pro Max (standard view WITH app names visible) I changed it to this... for it to work:

"2796": {
  small: 510,
  medium: 1092,
  large: 1146,
  left: 99,
  right: 681,
  top: 252,//282,
  middle: 888,//918,
  bottom: 1554
},

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hbfreak commented Sep 18, 2024

For iPhone 14 Pro (standard view WITH app names visible) I changed it to this... for it to work:
// 14 Pro
"2556": {
small: 474,
medium: 1014,
large: 1062,
left: 82,
right: 622,
top: 240,//270,
middle: 828,//858,
bottom: 1446
},

It seems like -30 for top and middle is the clue.

@sbourkedev
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iPhone 16 Pro?

@Ruby512-Daily
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I think Pro version.

@oahhariri
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oahhariri commented Sep 26, 2024

iPhone 16 Pro max (standard view WITH app names visible)

"2868": {
small:  510,
medium: 1092,
large:  1146,
left:  114,
right: 696,
top:    276,
middle: 912,
bottom: 1548
  }

@oahhariri
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iPhone 16 Pro (standard view WITH app names visible)

 "2622": {   
small:  486,
medium: 1032,
large:  1098,
left:  87,
right: 633,
top:    261,
middle: 873,
bottom: 1485
}

@captain82
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Hey @mzeryck , seems like the sizes for iOS 18 for older iphones has also changed...how can we adjust for that?

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ronnienv commented Oct 1, 2024

Also curious about the adjustments for iOS 18! ^

@mzeryck
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mzeryck commented Oct 2, 2024

Hi folks, I finally had a chance to update this gist for iOS 18. You'll now get prompted for whether your home screen is in Small mode (text labels showing) or Large mode (no text labels), and the output will be adjusted accordingly. I've updated all phones that were available at my local Apple store (yes, I went around making widget screens and taking screenshots... apologies to the employees there who had to reset those). There are some phones that support iOS 18 that I wasn't able to update. There's now a big comment in the code about how phoneSizes() works, so if you have a phone that's not yet supported, feel free to post a screenshot of your home screen with 6 small widgets on it. You can see how the measurements work here: https://github.com/mzeryck/Widget-Blur/blob/main/measurements.png

Thanks to those who provided measurements for the phones, and for still using this gist! Please comment with any questions or issues. Cheers!

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