We're bringing you a new Spotlight Week! This week, we're stepping in the world of widgets 😎 → https://goo.gle/3XlocQZ Check out the blog to learn what we're covering this week, and make sure to check back in for updates! Some topics we're covering: 📱Widget benefits, design, & implementation 📱Widget quality 📱Great widget examples 📱And of course, an #AskAndroid live Q&A!
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Interested in Jetpack Glance and want to learn the basics? This codelab is your perfect starting point. → https://goo.gle/3ENYaPJ Dive into creating interactive and dynamic widgets for the Android surface, home screen, and other platforms. In this codelab you will: discover how to implement a stateful widget, set up user interactions, display dynamic data to build effective Glance widgets, and learn the fundamentals to start building amazing Android widgets.
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Build great widgets with Jetpack Glance with us during this code-along. → https://goo.gle/3F3fbFH Glance provides a starting point that addresses the challenges of Android widget development, and best functionality and design practices provided as open source samples. You'll learn: - How to use Canonical Layouts to kickstart your widget's design - How to examine the source code of the List and Grid layouts - How to copy them into your codebase and modify them to suit your needs - How to use Glance components and objects to create high-quality widgets
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What does it take to create a great Android widget? It should be helpful, adaptive, and visually cohesive with the overall aesthetic of the device home screen. Just like Large Screen quality tiers help optimize app experiences, Widget tiers guide you in creating great widgets across all Android devices. → https://goo.gle/3F8eXxh The three tiers are built with required system defaults and suggested guidance to create an enhanced widget experience: Tier 3: Low Quality Tier 2: Quality Standard Tier 1: Differentiated
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✨🎵The SoundCloud team was able to build and ship their Liked Tracks widget in just TWO weeks using Jetpack Glance. Find out how they leveraged the platform’s code samples, intuitive design, and more → https://goo.gle/4kEKN5d Built using Jetpack Glance, this widget offers an even more convenient way for listeners to enjoy their favorite music. The declarative nature of Glance’s UI allowed for cleaner, more readable code, reducing boilerplate and improving overall code quality. SoundCloud engineers found Glance intuitive and easy to use, leveraging extensive code samples to quickly grasp its capabilities, and users with the widget are now using it to access the app multiple times a day on average.
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🎨 Widgets have the power to make your app easily accessible from users’ home screens. If you’re looking to get started building widgets, it’s important to keep these key guidelines in mind to ensure that your widget is top-tier, intuitive, and high quality. → https://goo.gle/3CZtRW0 Make sure your widgets are up to par to meet these standards. This article provides a quick summary of the core criteria that Android widgets should meet to provide a delightful user experience.
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Live on YouTube on March 13 at 10 AM PT - we’ll unpack the latest in Android including foldables, wearables, XR, Gemini in Android Studio, plus some exciting news for Games developers too! Read the blog to learn more about what's to come → https://goo.gle/4ilfHxm
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We're hosting an #AskAndroid for our Widgets Spotlight Week! Send us your questions using the tag #AskAndroid for a chance to have it answered live. 📆 And make sure to tune on Thursday, March 6 at 9 AM PT for the show.