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

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On 2024-07-06 22:22, Arno Welzel wrote:
> 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.

Right.

And it can react differently to taps on different areas of the widget.

For example, a widget can display weather and time. tapping left or 
right takes you to the weather app or to the clock app.

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Cheers,
        Carlos E.R.

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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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