Types
Widgets display your app’s new and interesting content in a consolidated form on a mobile home screen. They link to richer detail within the app.
Users can move and, if supported, resize widgets across their home screen panels.
Information widgets
Information widgets display a few elements of importance to a user and track how that information changes over time, such as weather or sports scores. Tapping the widget launches the associated app into a detail screen.
Collection widgets
Collection widgets display multiple elements of the same type, such as a collection of articles from a news app. They focus on two interactions:
- Browsing a collection
- Opening an element’s detail screen
Collection widgets can scroll vertically.
Control widgets
Control widgets display frequently used functions. These functions may be triggered from the home screen without opening the app. For example, music app widgets allow the user to play, pause, or skip music tracks from outside the music app.
Control widgets may or may not progress to a detail screen.
Hybrid widgets
Many widgets are hybrids that combine elements of the different types above. Center your widget around one of these types and add elements of others as needed.