OwnerInfo Widget for your Android application

Description

With OwnerInfo widget you offer let the person, who finds the lost phone, an easy way to return it to you.

Another important use is to inform people how they can help you if you appear in unconscious state due to disease or accident. You can include basic medical and treatment information to the scope of information that you provide to other people.

OwnerInfo widget resembles Owner Information item of Today screen in Windows Mobile, and provides additional functionality, such as possibility to take certain actions.

You specify owner information by tapping on the widget after you add it for the first time. After that configuration dialog can be opened via application list (Set Owner Information).

Tap on widget text opens Details window with detailed information and action buttons (Call phone, Send SMS, Send e-mail). Tap on widget button executes default action (you choose the action in Settings).

The widget does not work on stock lock screen and never will (unless Android platform offers a lock screen with widgets). If you use a pin-protected lock screen, use WidgetLocker application to have widgets on the lock screen.
Note: when the widget is used from under WidgetLocker on PIN-protected device, dialing a number and sending SMS work immediately, while sending e-mail requires entering a PIN. This is a limitation of Android which has no workaround at the moment for security reasons.

Download

The widget requires Android OS 1.6 or later and works fine on 2.1 (Eclair), 2.2 (FroYo) and 2.3.x devices. It requires SMS permission, which is used for Send SMS action (due to lack of default SMS application in Android we can't just launch this application). Also Call permissionis required to perform dialing of the number.

Download via Market


Download APK installation package for manual installation.

Source code

OwnerInfo is a free open-source widget. The source code is available on the project homepage.

Support

Free individual support is available via HelpDesk or via issue tracker on project homepage on Google code.