Place app widget on homescreen out of an activity

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I know that it's not possible to place an app widget programatically on the homescreen - the user has to do it by himself. But is there a way, to let the user create an app widget without having to go to the "widgets-tab" and choosing it from the list of all available widgets?

My idea is to have a Button in my Activity, which provides some kind of shortcut to that list . This way the user still would create it by himself, but he wouldn't have to leave the app. Is there an Intent I could use in combination with startActivityForResult()?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:11

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Have a look at CommonsWare answer here:

Add widget to homescreen from Android application

You can bring the list up put you are unable to select a widget and install it for that your app must be an appWidgetHost

edited May 23 '17 at 12:11

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answered Aug 05 '13 at 11:43

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 06 '17 at 11:31

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In Android O, its possible to pin app widget programmatically. Just watch at example here

Also check out Google official documentation

answered Dec 06 '17 at 11:31

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