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Are there any changes made to lock screen widgets in lollipop. Though official documents explicitly shows no changes but ,http://www.extremetech.com/computing/192112-android-5-0-lollipop-all-details-and-features-of-googles-sweetest-treat-yet says lock screen widgets are gone.
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If your device is running Android 4.2 or later (until 5.0), you can add a widget to your lock screen using the following steps: From your lock screen, swipe to reach the leftmost lock screen page. Tap on the + icon to add a new widget.
Go to Settings > Security & screen lock and check Enable widgets. To add lock screen widgets: Swipe right from the left edge of the lock screen until you see a large plus icon. Touch the plus icon.
First, toggle on the “Enabled” switch and tap “Add Widget.” Scroll through the list of widgets and tap the one you'd like to add. Repeat this to add multiple widgets to the lock screen. Tap “Preview” to see how the widget will look on the lock screen.
Lock screen widgets do not exist in either of the Android Developer Preview builds of Android 5.0 so they are effectively gone. However, WIDGET_CATEGORY_KEYGUARD has not yet been deprecated. Whether this is an oversight or not is anyone's guess. There does not appear to be any gesture, area, or anything else (such as anything in the Settings app) in the Android 5.0 builds so far that would indicate support for lock screen widgets.
It appears the main case for lock screen widgets is suggested to be handled by notifications, similar to how music controls have changed - the old RemoteControlClient based controls used to take up the same place as lock screen widgets but have been completely deprecated.
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http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=80428&can=1&q=widget%20lockscreen&colspec=ID%20Type%20Status%20Owner%20Summary%20Stars
Yes, widgets are not there is lollipop lock screen . Issue has been raised with android bug tracker in the above link. If possible star this bug for speedy process.Lets hope we get it back.
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