Android App Collection Widgets

Adding a “launcher” widget to your application can be a little convoluted even in recent 4.x AOSP releases. If you’re heading down this path, check out Google’s App Widget tutorial first. Take note that one of the more powerful concepts covered in the tutorial is “collections” or RemoteViews. I created the following UML static structure to help aid in designing your new collection widget.

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