Android widgets can be a mixed bag. Some are glorified shortcuts to the app, but some are actually useful. These are five that can boost your productivity.

Doing so lets you add non-Compose widgets, such as MapView or WebView, into a Compose-based design. To get started with Jetpack Compose, check out the Compose Tutorial, setup, and the Compose pathway.

Second, apps that include widgets will now display a widget badge on their Google Play detail pages, making it immediately clear that they offer this functionality.

Once enabled, a handful of individual pages in the Android 14 Settings app are automatically swapped over to their Compose counterparts. Most of the time, though, you likely won’t notice that ...

Google announced Monday a series of changes to its widgets system on Android that will make it easier for app developers to reach their users. Widgets, which offer at-a-glance views of an app's ...

The Android team has acknowledged user requests for stackable widgets and confirmed they are "looking into" the feature for potential inclusion in the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). While ...