Re: What does a Widget do that a one-tap shortcut to an Android Activity not do?

From	Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de>
Newsgroups	comp.mobile.android
Subject	Re: What does a Widget do that a one-tap shortcut to an Android Activity not do?
Date	2024-07-06 22:22 +0200
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Andrew, 2024-07-06 20:17:

> What does a Widget do that a one-tap shortcut to an Android Activity not
> do?

Display changing content. A widget is not just there to handle taps.

[...]
> In that prior thread, I mused about the possible difference between widgets
> versus one-tap homescreen shortcuts to internal activities within an app.
> 
> Is there a difference?
> 
> What does a widget do that a one-tap shortcut to the Activity doesn't do?

It can display content and can take up much more space than a single icon.

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Arno Welzel
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What does a Widget do that a one-tap shortcut to an Android Activity not do? Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-07-06 18:17 +0000
  Re: What does a Widget do that a one-tap shortcut to an Android Activity not do? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2024-07-06 22:22 +0200
    Re: What does a Widget do that a one-tap shortcut to an Android Activity not do? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-07-06 22:25 +0200
    Re: What does a Widget do that a one-tap shortcut to an Android Activity not do? Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-07-06 22:51 +0000

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