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Subject: Re: Weather icon?
Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2024 22:58:00 -0700
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On 7/4/24 07:45, Andrew wrote:
> T wrote on Thu, 4 Jul 2024 02:27:16 -0700 :
>>> How do I get this icon on my home screen?
>> Found it. It is a widget
> 
> Glad you found it. I don't like widgets (too big on my homescreen); but a
> lot of apps make themselves into widgets for people to find them easily.
> 
> As a result of not using them, I've never really understood widgets.
> 
> However, for all to benefit so that people teach each other here on the
> Android ng, another way to get an icon to any public "screen" inside any
> app is to simply make a one-tap shortcut to the unique name of that screen.
> 
> In Android terms, any displayed screen inside any app is called an
> Activity. If the Activity is public, then you can make a shortcut to it.
> 
> The easiest way to make a shortcut is to use the Muntashirakon App Manager,
> which will show you every Activity inside any given app - and if that
> Activity is public, then you can just tap on a button inside of
> Muntashirakon App Manager to turn that one Activity deep inside any app,
> into a one-tap shortcut on your Android homescreen.
> 
> Here's an example of me creating a map shortcut to the nearest hospital.
>   <https://i.postimg.cc/GpGxqFhC/alert03.jpg>
> 
> There's a reason I said Muntashirakon App Manager is the best out there.

I know what you mean,.  I do not care for widgets either.