December 2022
Beginner
288 pages
8h 21m
English
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Chapter 9
Finding Widgets for Your Gadget
IN THIS CHAPTER
Understanding what widgets are and what they do
Adding widgets to your home screen and resizing them
Deleting widgets
One little item that sets Android smartphones apart from others is the innovation of home screen widgets. This concept became so popular that other smartphone manufacturers eventually followed Android’s lead and began offering widget-like components to their home screens as well.
Widgets can be placed on, moved around, and resized on your home screen(s). With widgets, you can customize your Android smartphone in a way that is not only distinctly you, but also enables you to work with your apps in exactly the way you want to work. In this chapter, you discover how to find, place, and size widgets as well as how to remove the widgets you don’t need anymore to turn your Android smartphone into a productivity powerhouse.
What Is a Widget?
A widget is an extension of an app that can be added to an Android smartphone home screen. This is technospeak for, it’s a really amazing way to get more from your smartphone. Widgets are like windows into applications. You can get information and functionality from an app ...
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