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 ...

Like any good app developer, Google’s always thinking about how to improve the experience for its users, and keeps us on our toes by constantly tweaking its Android apps in the pursuit of ...

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.

If your Android phone doesn't natively support lock screen widgets, you can still get this feature using a third-party app called "Lockscreen Widgets and Drawer," available for $1.49.