4.0 - Existing Widget to App migration?

What is the best way to transition current existing widgets to apps on 4.0?

Should I just use the same app UUID and publish it as an app? But what with the older devices? I would like to keep it a widget for them?

So maybe I should create a new app UUID as an app, and keep the existing one? But then all my ratings & reviews are lost...

What is the best suggested way to do this?

jim_m_58 over 5 years ago

Right now in the sim, if you add "upcoming.." to a widget project, when built for a 4.x device, seems that it is built as a device app for the 4.x device and a widget for the pre 4.0 devices. You can't build an iq right now (it's blocked as the SDK is a preview)

But the simple answer seems to be you won't have to do anything, other than make sure it works on the different screen sizes. This came up at the GDVC last October (it may have been during the Q&A which isn't on line), but pre 4.x widgets become super apps on 4.x devices automatically.

If you look at the bottom line in the sim, what was a widget pre 4.0, now has max memory of 763k. which is the same as a regular device app for that device.

VAW.BE over 5 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

It's good news that they will transfer automatically to an app.

But I'm afraid I don't fully understand, as I can't select the upcoming devices as build target in my widgets. So I also won't be able to run them in the simulator to adapt them to the new sizes. How are you able to do that?

jim_m_58 over 5 years ago in reply to VAW.BE

Are you using the preview3 SDK? You can't use the upcoming devices with a 3.2.x SDK

VAW.BE over 5 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

Yes ofcourse, I can run my watch faces on the new upcoming devices. But I just can't select them on my widgets.

jim_m_58 over 5 years ago in reply to VAW.BE

Do you have the latest CIQ Eclipse plugin?

VAW.BE over 5 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

Just updated it now, and I can select the new devices for widgets as well Thanks man! Appreciate your help and time!

jim_m_58 over 5 years ago in reply to VAW.BE

Don't know if you have glance views in your widgets, but with the "upcoming" devices, you see glances there too. If you don't have a glance view, you may want to add it to your existing widgets. Mine already support glances. And you'll also note that the launcher icon is sized to the device automatically with the 4.0 preview SDKs (even for older devices)

VAW.BE over 5 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

Yes, I have glances already indeed. I'll need to adapt them a bit with the new sizes, but that won't be a lot of work I think.