Re: New API, App Permission or Play Store Suggestion: INSTALL HOME SCREEN WIDGET AUTOMATICALLY

[Jean-Baptiste Queru]

Mostly, I wonder how that'd work when users run a Launcher that doesn't include that functionality (e.g. any current 3rd-party Launcher), or (worse) a Launcher that doesn't support widgets.

JBQ

On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 2:38 PM, Anthony Tanas <firr...@gmail.com> wrote:

I understand not allowing apps to automatically install home screen widgets as it could be annoying but for n00bish users it can be a challenge to instruct them on how to do so and so it DRASTICALLY weakens the business case for building a widget (and thereby diminishes a defining feature of Android).

To remedy this I wanted to suggest either an API that allows for installing a home screen widget after a confirmation with the user and/or an app permission that allows an app to install home screen widgets and/or a feature on Google Play that could take care of the confirming and installing.

Thoughts?  Comments?  Feeeeeeelings?

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[Voteforpedro]

Does aosp have any intention of merging the.launcher to market as they've done with keyboard and calendar? I think it's the best launcher of them all :)

[Jean-Baptiste Queru]

That has very little to do with the original question :) And it's not the domain of AOSP either :)

JBQ