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Re: Android Mail Widget (again)

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Jeff Gaines wrote:

> I asked a few days ago:
> 
> "I have just taken delivery of an Asus TF103CE running Android 5.0. The 
> Gmail widget only shows mail from one account at a time whereas in earlier 
> versions you could show a combined view of all inboxes."
> 
> I have just set up another device which has Android 5.1 and the mail 
> widget behaves as it always did, i.e. it shows ALL accounts.
> 
> I'm getting a bit confused, does this depend on the version of Android or 
> on what the supplier puts on the device? It would be useful if the widget 
> would behave the same way on the Android 5.0 device. Any way to put the 
> widget from the 5.1 device on the 5.0 device?

I'm back on Android 4.4.4 Kitkat.

When I open the Gmail app, tap on the menu/hamburger icon, go to
Settings, there is an "Add account" selection.  That's missing for you?

Or are you asking only about a combined view for Inbox?  I use MS
Outlook app for multiple accounts.  There I can pick just one account to
see only its Inbox or I can pick the All Accounts "account" to see a
combined Inbox for all accounts.  Maybe Gmail is the same way in that
you see the Inbox for the account currently selected, so you have to
pick the All Accounts "account" to have a combined Inbox.

https://techcrunch.com/2015/03/30/gmail-for-android-gets-a-unified-inbox/

That says to use a unified Inbox requires switching to the "All
Inboxes".

You say "widget" so maybe you are using some [screen] widget (e.g.,
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.katzoft.gmailwidget)
instead of the Gmail app.  Or maybe the Gmail app got added a homescreen
widget that's not available in my old Android.  Google came out with
their "Inbox for Gmail app" as a replacement app for their Gmail app
(https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.inbox).
I have not used it yet so I don't know if it supports unified views but
then then I don't use Gmail (the account or the app) to poll multiple
accounts.  If this new "Inbox by Gmail" only focuses on the Inbox
folder(s) then I wouldn't find it of much use, anyway, since I have
several user-defined folders for managing or archiving old or important
messages.

In fact, since I use the MS Outlook app for multiple account and it does
have a unified view (on several standard folders), I might disable (turn
off) the Gmail app and just go with the MS Outlook app to poll my Gmail
and other accounts.

Another email app with unified views is MailWise.  See:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIQ8-p4KngY
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.syntomo.email

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Android Mail Widget (again) "Jeff Gaines" <jgaines_newsid@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-08-07 10:01 +0000
  Re: Android Mail Widget (again) VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2016-08-07 23:15 -0500
    Re: Android Mail Widget (again) VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2016-08-08 00:08 -0500
      Re: Android Mail Widget (again) "Jeff Gaines" <jgaines_newsid@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-08-08 13:54 +0000
        Re: Android Mail Widget (again) Nigel Wade <nmw@local.domain> - 2016-08-08 15:52 +0100
          Re: Android Mail Widget (again) "Jeff Gaines" <jgaines_newsid@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-08-08 15:16 +0000
            Re: Android Mail Widget (again) Nigel Wade <nmw@local.domain> - 2016-08-09 09:30 +0100
  Re: Android Mail Widget (again) Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2016-08-09 13:43 +0100
    Re: Android Mail Widget (again) "Jeff Gaines" <jgaines_newsid@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-08-11 12:32 +0000

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