AAG CloudWatcher Android widget on home screen
The AAG widget showing live CloudWatcher status directly on the Android home screen.

What the widget shows

The widget reads data from your CloudWatcher or SOLO CloudWatcher's local web server and displays the current safety status on your Android home screen in real time. At a glance you can see:

  • Safe / Unsafe sky condition
  • Cloud cover level
  • Rain sensor status
  • Wind speed (if anemometer fitted)
  • Sky darkness (if light sensor fitted)

The widget refreshes automatically at the interval you set — no need to open any app or browser to check conditions.

Requirements

  • An Android device (phone or tablet)
  • A CloudWatcher with the CW software running and its web server enabled, or a SOLO CloudWatcher (which has a built-in web server)
  • Both the Android device and the CloudWatcher on the same local network

The widget connects to the CloudWatcher's local web server, so it works within your home or observatory network. It does not require internet access or any cloud service — your data stays local.

Using it on an emulator

AAG widget running in Android emulator on PC
The widget also works inside an Android emulator on a Windows PC — useful for testing or if you do not have a spare Android device.

If you want to display CloudWatcher status on a PC screen without a physical Android device, the widget runs correctly inside a standard Android emulator. This is useful for a dedicated display at the observatory, or for testing the widget configuration before deploying it on a phone.

Widget sizes

AAG CloudWatcher widget in different sizes
The widget is available in different sizes to fit your home screen layout.

The widget is available in multiple sizes. The compact version shows the essential safe/unsafe status and current conditions; the wider version adds more data fields and timestamps. Choose the size that fits your home screen layout.

Download: The AAG widget is available free from the CloudWatcher downloads page.