Widget - Install automatically through the app

Question

I would like to create a feature in the App to automatically add the Widget of the application.

When the user clicks on a button, it automatically inserts the Widget on the home screen.

It is possible?

Answer 1

Unable to insert the widget automatically, you can open the widget selection for the user to choose from the click on the button:

Intent pickIntent = new Intent(AppWidgetManager.ACTION_APPWIDGET_PICK);
pickIntent.putExtra(AppWidgetManager.EXTRA_APPWIDGET_ID, AppWidgetID);
startActivityForResult(pickIntent, KEY_CODE);

It seems to go against some policies of Android, as this opens several security loopholes without the user’s consent.

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More information on the links below:

How to add a widget to the Android home screen from my app?

Binding Appwidgets to Appwidgethost - Android