Material You sticky note widget

What a Material You sticky note widget shows

A sticky note widget holds a few words you need to see: a shopping list, a reminder, a phone number. It works best short, with a bold title and three or four lines.

Type the note straight into a Text layer, or keep notes in WidgetCraft's Tasks, notes & habits section and show them with the Saved notes list. Both are free, stay on the phone and need no permission.

How the Material You style shapes it

Material You is the design language Google introduced with Android 12. Widgets use soft tonal colors drawn from the wallpaper, very round corners and big readable numbers. This recipe recreates the look with fixed colors you choose.

• Text: Use a friendly sans at medium weight in a dark tone of the same hue as the background.

Material You sticky note widget recipe

Material You color palette

• Tonal lavender #E8DEF8Background
• Primary container #D0BCFFSurface and tracks
• On-surface #1D192BText
• Outline grey #625B71Labels
• Primary purple #6750A4Accent

How to make a Material You sticky note widget in WidgetCraft

1. Create a widget and open Canvas. Set the size to 200 × 200, the background to #E8DEF8 and the corner radius to 28.
2. Add a Shape 52 × 16 at the top center in #6750A4 at 75% opacity, like a strip of tape, and rotate it 2°.
3. Add a Text layer for the title at size 20 in #1D192B using Google Sans or Roboto.
4. Add a second Text layer for the note, one item per line, at size 15 with line spacing 1.7. To show notes you keep in the app instead, add Saved notes.
5. Add thin Shape rules under each line in #625B71 at 30% opacity for a ruled-paper look.
6. Add the Material You ornament with Shape layers and move them below the other layers in Layers: a large circle in the darker container tone, tucked into the bottom right corner.
7. Tap Save, then Add to home screen and resize the widget on your launcher if needed.

Everything in this recipe works in the free version.

Tips for Material You sticky note widgets

• Take background, container and text from one hue at different lightness.
• Use 28 points of corner radius.
• Four short lines is the most a 2 × 2 note can hold at a readable size.
• Use line breaks rather than long sentences so the note scans at a glance.
• For a list you tick off, use a to-do widget instead.
• Do not mix unrelated hues.
• Do not use hairline borders.

Questions about the Material You sticky note widget

What size is a Material You sticky note widget?

It is designed for 2 × 2 home screen cells on a 200 × 200 canvas. You can resize it on the launcher and the design scales in proportion.

Which colors does it use?

Tonal lavender (#E8DEF8) for the background, On-surface (#1D192B) for the main text, Outline grey (#625B71) for labels and Primary purple (#6750A4) as the accent.

Is it free to make?

Yes. Sticky note widgets use free features in WidgetCraft, and the Material You styling is free too.

What else is this style called?

People also search for material 3 sticky note widget, android 12 style sticky note widget, pixel style sticky note widget, google style sticky note widget. They describe the same look as this Material You sticky note widget.

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