Glance Appwidget Updates And Memory
Manages Android AppWidget state updates, background syncs, and RemoteViews bitmap...
Install
npx skills add android/skills --skill glance-appwidget-updates-and-memory -g -a claude-code -y- Repository
- android/skills10.2k
- Category
- Design
- Updated
- 6d ago
- License
- Complete terms in LICENSE.txt
- Context cost
- Mediumabout 3,000 tokens
- Runs scripts
- No, instructions only
What it does
Manages Android AppWidget state updates, background syncs, and RemoteViews bitmap memory limits with Jetpack Glance (androidx.glance:glance-appwidget) and AppWidgetProvider receivers on Android 17 (API 37). Use this skill when configuring Android 17 (API level 37) compileSdk/targetSdk and AndroidManifest.xml widget receivers, refreshing frozen or stale Glance widget UI after CoroutineWorker DataStore preference updates (updateAppWidgetState), downsampling images within the WindowMetrics memory limit for SizeMode.Responsive, SizeMode.Exact, or LazyColumn, sharing content:// URIs with FileProvider, or fixing ActionCallback NoSuchMethodException and AppWidgetProvider ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException crashes with WorkManager. Don't use for Glance layout templates (suggest the glance-canonical-layouts skill) or in-app Compose screens.
This skill provides guidance for managing state updates and keeping Android
AppWidgets that use Jetpack Glance (androidx.glance:glance-appwidget) or
RemoteViews within the Android 17 widget bitmap memory limits. For widget UI
layout templates, suggest the glance-canonical-layouts skill.
- When configuring a Glance widget, see Create an app widget with Glance.
- When targeting Android 17 (
targetSdk = 37), see Android 17 widget memory limits. - When maintaining a classic
AppWidgetProvider, see Create an app widget.
Prerequisites
- Kotlin Android project (
minSdk >= 26) withcompileSdk = 37(targetSdk = 37when targeting Android 17) inbuild.gradle.kts. - Jetpack Glance (
1.2.0, minimum1.1.1+) and the Compose compiler Gradle plugin enabled on the module.
