ISSUE WITH STACKING LARGE WIDGETS (iOS 14)

Holy crap, I finally figured out a way to stack them with ease but it's hard to explain. I'll try my best

1) Open 2 large widgets in adjacent pages.

2) Pull Widget#1 into the iPhone dock (bottom bar).

3) Move Widget#1 (where your finger is pressed) slightly above the bar, then back down again so it stops on the page with Widget#2 on it.

4) Using a different finger, move Widget#2 slightly to the side, (enough to displace it but not enough for it to go onto the next page) while holding Widget#1 in the bar.

5) Move Widget#1 up right on top of Widget#2 while holding Widget#2 slightly to the side (because you're holding Widget #2 as well, you can overlap them without them jumping away).

6) Release Widget#2 then Widget#1 immediately after.

7) They should stack.

Hope this helped!!

You didn’t read his post completely. The only way to add something to a stack it to drag a similarly sized widget over the stack. This does not work on the largest stack. It keeps jumping pages and creating new pages. Any ideas on how to stop this from happening?

You are so awesome!!!! I just dragged one down with one finger and swiped with another to the next page. Then while keeping finger on the first widget I used my other hand to hold the second d one in place while I brought the first one up to it!!! It worked! Thank you so so so much!!!!

One more piece of super useful info:

When you are trying to do this you may first want to use the new option iOS 14 gives you where you can hide the other pages, that way if things go crazy your other apps and folders will not go astray. Here’s a pic that shows my pages that I checked off til I could perfect the giant widgets. This option was great because i was able to let the two giant widgets fight til the end without ruining my other pages

I have the same issue with LARGE widgets. Small and medium sized widgets work fine, but large widgets don't. I have the exact same issue as described above, PLUS all of the app folders I created manually have been broken during this process, so I now have five additional pages with apps. I have to reorganise them now into folders the way I like them (App Library's sorting is not always helpful).

I found a workaround via Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/iOSsetups/comments/hfcchb/ios_14_how_to_stack_large_widgets_on_top_of/

Specifically, this:

• Create the large widget in the widget slideover page (not an actual app page), create another widget and stack them on top of each other in the widget slideover page.
• Once that's done, move the stack onto an app page.

In this way, I was able to create multiple copies of the same widget (Things) and then stack them and move them over to the home screen page alongside other apps/widgets, and then edit the stacking of Things so that it shows different sections (Today, Upcoming, Project 1, Area 3, etc.).

In case it's not clear, by "slideover page," we mean the page that's to the left of your leftmost app page that has your pre-iOS14 widgets. I find all this confusing; Apple could have done a better job with marketing and terminology because even on the slideover page, you can create pre-iOS14 and iOS14 widgets that are all compatible on the slideover page, but the pre-iOS14 widgets cannot be moved over to the apps pages because -- I presume-- developers have not yet created that compatibility or updated their apps to serve as widgets.

As for my newly created 14 pages of apps, I'm taking this opportunity to do a massive weeding. What makes it easier in iOS14 is that when you delete/remove an app, you do have the option of moving it to the App Library so even if you're hesitating about deleting that app you never use but find interesting and the little hoarder in you wants to hold on to it, well, pffft-- zap it to the App Library then. It's off your pages, but still on your device. Less clutter, but same functionality.

did you see this information already? ***edit** I just created my own Stack and it did not add extra pages.

Use widget stacks

With iOS 14, you can use widget stacks to save space on your Home Screen and in Today View. You can use Smart Stacks or create your own widget stacks.

Create a Smart Stack

A Smart Stack is a pre-built collection of widgets that displays the right widget based on factors like your location, an activity, or time. A Smart Stack automatically rotates widgets to show the most relevant information throughout the day. Here's how to create a Smart Stack:

1. Touch and hold an area on your Home Screen or in Today View until the apps jiggle. 
2. Tap the Add button  in the upper-left corner.
3. Scroll down and tap Smart Stack.
4. Tap Add Widget.

Create your own widget stacks

1. Touch and hold an app or empty area on the Home Screen or Today View until the apps jiggle.
2. Drag a widget on top of another widget. You can stack up to 10 widgets.
3. Tap Done.

Edit a widget stack

1. Touch and hold the widget stack.
2. Tap Edit Stack. From here, you can reorder the widgets in the stack by dragging the grid icon . You can also turn on Smart Rotate if you want iOS to show you relevant widgets throughout the day. Or swipe left over a widget to delete it.
3. Tap  when you're done.

You need iOS 14 to use Smart Stacks or create your own widget stacks.

I had this problem too, and I just figured out how to make it work! You just have to use two fingers. Once you have the two large widgets, move the first large widget over to the other page the second widget is on and press a finger to the second widget before it can Speedy Gonzalez away! Then you should be able to stack them.

So it seems like Apple was listening to us after all. They just released iOS 14.1 and here are the change notes:

iOS 14.1 includes improvements and bug fixes for your iPhone.

• Adds support for 10-bit HDR video playback and edit in Photos for iPhone 8 and later
• Addresses an issue where some widgets, folders, and icons were showing up in reduced size on the Home Screen
• Addresses an issue where dragging widgets on the Home Screen could remove apps from folders
• Fixes an issue where some emails in Mail were sent from an incorrect alias
• Fixes an issue that could prevent incoming calls from displaying region information
• Fixes an issue on some devices where selecting zoomed display mode and an alphanumeric passcode could result in the Lock Screen emergency call button overlapping with the text input box
• Addresses an issue where some users were occasionally unable to download or add songs to their library while viewing an album or playlist
• Fixes an issue that could prevent zeroes from appearing in Calculator
• Resolves an issue where streaming video resolution could temporarily be reduced at the start of playback
• Fixes an issue that prevented setting up a family member’s Apple Watch for some users
• Resolves an issue where the Apple Watch case material was displayed incorrectly in the Apple Watch app
• Addresses an issue in the Files app that could cause some MDM-managed cloud service providers to incorrectly display content as unavailable
• Improves compatibility with Ubiquiti wireless access points

Some features may not be available for all regions or on all Apple devices. For information on the security content of Apple software updates, please visit this website: 

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT201222

This was a 500 MB download for my iPhone 11 Pro Max which was running iOS 14.0.2.

I found a way to make it work a little more often. If you come from the upper left with your new large widget, the original stack doesn’t act as Speedy Gonzales as often! Made it possible for me to create multiple stacks of 10 large widgets. Still you expect a better UX for Apple... and still it doesn’t solve for the fact that all my old folders are just lost now ☹️

This is the only way I’ve found to work in creating large widget stacks. Thank you to the OP for posting this method. I wanted to create an extremely detailed guide about how I use this method (just so you have a step-by-step list) for clarity. 

Without further ado, here is what I do to achieve the elusive, the nearly unattainable, the much sought-after Large Stacks and Large Smart Stacks. 

1. Create two new blank pages that are back to back on your Home Screen. (Note: All of the page/widget adding is done by long-pressing on a blank area of the screen or widget which enables jiggle mode and has the plus sign (top-left for widget adding mode.)
2. Because these are two new pages, ensure when the widgets are placed, it’s at the top of the screen.
3. On the first blank page, don’t add anything.
4. Swipe to the second page.
5. On the second blank page, add a large Smart Stack widget or a large widget for one app.
6. Edit the stack (by tapping on the stack and choosing “Edit stack” so there is only one or two of the ten items you want there.
7. Swipe back to the first page.
8. Enter jiggle mode.
9. Tap the plus and add a large widget that will eventually be part of the Smart Stack.
10. Now you’re ready to try to later the widgets.
11. I tap and hold on the large widget from the first page.
12. Jiggle mode turns on after long-pressing the widget we’re moving.
13. Slide the large widget while holding it from the top-left side to page two. 
14. Quickly drop it to the large multi widget or Smart Stack and hopefully that helps. 
15. If it doesn’t work just keep repeating the process. So far I’ve had an 8 out of ten successful attempts.

Same 2 problems happening to me. Almost impossible to stack

up large widgets together and that process broke down all my folders into endless pages of apps.... so so ****** about the whole thing! Years of organising gone in a few seconds 😳

We understand how to stack widgets of the same size. But the process does not work properly.

Adding files widget or 3rd party’s sometimes give blank widgets. Moving stacks to a page sometimes kills an app group and make the apps spread all over the page.

There are faults in the design, a typical post-Jobs phenomena.

Exactly the same thing has happened to me. Several times. I reorganised my folders only for it to happen again and again.

I’ve submitted feedback. Also received some advice from some about resetting me phone. Didn’t help. Hope this gets fixed soon

Just tried the two finger method. Worked the first time. Second time I missed it and then all my apps got kicked out of the folders again.

actually not entirely true. I think all the pages to the right got messed up. Any pages to the left are still ok. Which for me is 2 pages ok and all the rest messed up. :(

Here's what I do to avoid large widgets blowing out your folders/apps:

Creating large widgets:

If you have not yet created your large widget, do so in the leftmost widget page-- you know, that page that had the original widgets before we could create and move them onto the home screen. Then move your large widget to your desired homescreen page. The "widget" page seems to prevent the blowout.

If/when you need to put all your blown-out apps back into folders:

Move your large widget(s) to the leftmost widget page-- you know, that page that had the original widgets before we could create and move them onto the home screen. Then fix all folders and apps. Then move the large widget to the desired homescreen page. (It looks like moving apps and folders around your large widget if it's on a homescreen page just blows everything out again, but moving the large widget afterwards doesn't.)

If you need to tinker around with an already-created large widget:

If you should decide to tinker around with your large widget, first move it to the leftmost "original widget page" and tinker around with it. Then when you're done, move it back to your desired homepage. It looks like if you tinker with your large app while it's in one of your homescreen pages, you're likely to blow out your folders and its contents.

At least this is what my experience tells me.