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Add Home Screen Widgets #12

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thehale opened this issue Nov 10, 2022 · 3 comments
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Add Home Screen Widgets #12

thehale opened this issue Nov 10, 2022 · 3 comments
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thehale commented Nov 10, 2022

It would be amazing to have a Home Screen widget for the clock so that I could see the time in Binary without having to open the app.

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@thehale thehale added enhancement New feature or request wontfix This will not be worked on labels Nov 10, 2022
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thehale commented Nov 10, 2022

Since the widgets can only be made with native code, I would have to re-implement the clock on both Android and iOS, completely defeating the purpose of having used React Native in the first place. Until core React Native is more useable for widgets OR someone discovers a way to work with each platform's strict RAM limitations, I will not be working on this feature request.

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thehale commented Nov 10, 2022

Note to future developers:

While widgets are definitely the dominant preference, it may be possible to draw the app on top of others, like how Google Maps can sit around as a floating app card on top of other apps.

@thehale thehale closed this as not planned Won't fix, can't repro, duplicate, stale Mar 16, 2023
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thehale commented Oct 19, 2023

This has been requested multiple times in app store reviews, so I'm re-opening for further consideration.

On a personal development note, building these native widgets will be a good opportunity to learn more about the native APIs and methods for communicating effectively between react native and platform native.

@thehale thehale reopened this Oct 19, 2023
@thehale thehale removed the wontfix This will not be worked on label Oct 19, 2023
thehale added a commit that referenced this issue Apr 25, 2024
First step towards support for #12 on Android
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First step towards support for #12 on Android
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