The main purpose of a control widget is to display often-used functions, so that the user can trigger right from the home screen without having to open the app first . You can think of them as remote controls for an app.
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Android widgets generally display data and take up more space than a single icon . For example, weather widgets show data about local weather forecasts. Widgets can also be interactive or resizable, such as a sticky note widget.
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