Overview
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Learn to develop widgets—miniature application views that can be embedded in larger applications—for your Android app.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Build your own app widget
- What you should know
- Introduction to widgets development
- Design guidelines: General
- Design guidelines: Details
- Android test app
- First widget layout
- Create elements in design or classes
- Set the widget styles
- Introduction to the widget provider
- Exploration of AppWidgetProvider classes
- Overview of broadcast intents
- Work with provider functions
- Finalize the provider functions
- Set up the preview image
- Introduction to pinning app widgets
- Other options: Widget host and collections
- Next steps
