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glance-appwidget-updates-and-memory
Manages Android AppWidget state updates, background syncs, and RemoteViews bitmap memory limits with Jetpack Glance (androidx.glance:glance-appwidget) and AppWidgetProvider receivers on Android 17 (API 37). Use this skill when configuring Android 17 (API level 37) compileSdk/targetSdk and AndroidManifest.xml widget receivers, refreshing frozen or stale Glance widget UI after CoroutineWorker DataStore preference updates (updateAppWidgetState), downsampling images within the WindowMetrics memory limit for SizeMode.Responsive, SizeMode.Exact, or LazyColumn, sharing content:// URIs with FileProvider, or fixing ActionCallback NoSuchMethodException and AppWidgetProvider ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException crashes with WorkManager. Don't use for Glance layout templates (suggest the glance-canonical-layouts skill) or in-app Compose screens.
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This skill provides guidance for managing state updates and keeping Android
AppWidgets that use Jetpack Glance (`androidx.glance:glance-appwidget`) or
`RemoteViews` within the Android 17 widget bitmap memory limits. For widget UI
layout templates, suggest the `glance-canonical-layouts` skill.
- When configuring a Glance widget, see [Create an app widget with Glance](references/android/develop/ui/compose/glance/create-app-widget.md).
- When targeting Android 17 (`targetSdk = 37`), see [Android 17 widget memory limits](references/android/about/versions/17/behavior-changes-17.md).
- When maintaining a classic `AppWidgetProvider`, see [Create an app widget](references/android/develop/ui/views/appwidgets/index.md).
## Prerequisites
- Kotlin Android project (`minSdk >= 26`) with `compileSdk = 37` (`targetSdk = 37` when targeting Android 17) in `build.gradle.kts`.
- Jetpack Glance (`1.2.0`, minimum `1.1.1+`) and the Compose compiler Gradle plugin enabled on the module.
