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 ...

In its announcement article, Google emphasizes the important role of widgets for user engagement and the visibility of apps. The new widget quality levels provide developers with guidelines for ...

Widgets of force-stopped apps will be grayed out and unusable until the app is relaunched in Android 15. Google advises developers to use the new method to confirm app-stop state in Android 15.

As spotted by Android Police, Google has updated the behavior changes section of its Android 15 developer website to indicate that when an app is force-stopped, all its widgets are temporarily ...

As spotted by Android Police, Google put an update on its developer website outlining how forcing-stopping apps is changing for Android 15. Now, when an app is force-stopped, any connected widgets ...

For example, Google removed a feature called the app drawer, which placed all apps on the home screen, on some Android 7.0 devices only to bring it back in Android 8.0 as a swipe-up gesture.

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