widget-research

quick_widget_research.md

Aug 30

https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/compose/setup
https://developer.android.com/courses/pathways/android-basics-compose-unit-5-pathway-1

Jul 6

get quick env setup
https://reactnative.dev/docs/set-up-your-environment?platform=android

https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/views/appwidgets

do widgets require a widget host? A: no that is for home screens https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/views/appwidgets/host

https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/views/appwidgets/overview

code examples from android

entry point - https://www.reddit.com/r/androiddev/comments/64sp8f/the_code_templates_in_android_studio_are_a_great/
(old) - https://github.com/android/views-widgets-samples/tree/main/CardView
(new) - https://github.com/android/platform-samples/tree/main/samples/user-interface/appwidgets

TODO list

1. ✅ get hello world android app working
2. get hello world react native android app working https://reactnative.dev/docs/set-up-your-environment
3. look for example projects...
4. try to get one of them working....

ftw: https://github.com/android/compose-samples?tab=readme-ov-file
owl sample works ...
news sample which has widgets works!

step 1 -> close all projects to get to welcome screen
step 2 -> click "..." to see more options (top right corner)
step 3 -> search "compose news"
search works with space delimited for "or logic".