Widgets and Live Activity
Adding Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, what each size shows, and the counter that appears on the Lock Screen during a session.
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There are widgets for checking your streak without opening the app, or starting a session with one tap.
The Home Screen widget
Touch and hold an empty spot on your phone's (or tablet's) Home Screen, tap the plus at the top left, find Soluklan in the list and pick a size.
Small: your streak and a one-tap start.
Medium: your streak, how many days you have completed this week, and your next milestone.
Large: all of that plus the progress of your running program and how far it is to the next stop.
Tapping the widget opens the app and takes you straight to choosing a technique.
The widget's background is the same as the app's: it changes with the time of day and the season.
The Lock Screen widget
On the Lock Screen, touch and hold the clock, tap Customize, choose the Lock Screen and add Soluklan to the area under the clock.
Your streak shows here. Tapping it opens the app.
Live Activity
If you leave the app during a session, the session pauses. The Lock Screen shows that it is paused and which cycle you stopped on. On devices with a Dynamic Island a small indicator sits in the island, and tapping it returns you to the session.
The Control Center and Lock Screen button
On iOS 18 and later you can add Soluklan's Quick start button to Control Center or to the button spots at the bottom of the Lock Screen. On phones with an Action button you can assign it there too. Tapping it opens the app and quick start runs without the picker.
If you haven't added a widget
Among the short tips on the home screen, a line reminding you of the widget appears now and then.
The Add widget row in Settings (Your widgets once you have added one) shows which widgets you have added. Tap it and it walks you through adding one, step by step.
If a widget isn't updating
Widgets refresh at intervals iOS decides on, not instantly. After a session it can take a little while for the number to change. Opening and closing the app usually speeds it up.