Okay, I have not found a solution.
However, I decided to use MissedIt and did the following:
- Removed background of MissedIt
- Included text only for the notification
- The text to display the notification ALWAYS displays 'whatsapp notification' - so I made this text white on a white background and made the unread counter black for example
- I then position the MissedIt widget where I needed to on the screen
- Sent UCCW widget to back
- Just in case the unread counter did not align properly, I went into the setting of MissedIt and added spaces to move it left to right, luckily for me using Apex Launcher, I was able to position the MissedIt widget at the correct height so that it was in line and synthetic with the UCCW widget
Hope this helps others
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2087052