Why has no one worked out how to add desktop widgets!!!

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xda-dev is one of the best forums ever and the people here are amazing i just can't seem to understand why no-one has worked out how to add desktop widgets, i mean i know were waiting for the sdk to allow us but with some of these great minds surely we can make do it i mean whats holding us back come on jesusfreke . Also i know its adding to launcher.apk i know its difficult but surely if we can add multi-touch we can add desktop widgets :P

excuse me btw for being a bit of a dick i just cant seem to get why we can work it out :P

all hail Jesusfreke lol

I think the problem is they haven't released the source for widgets yet. I could be wrong but i think that's what i read awhile back.

That is exactly it. Google / Android Devs haven't yet released the tools or code required to do so. Once it hits, I expect the widgets to blow up though. Tons will be released overnight if you ask me.

i suppose what he's saying is, although we don't have the source code for widgets, do we actually need it? could someone find a way to add 'hacked' widgets without it? there must be a way round the source code issue :P

If it could be done, it would have already been done.

First widget I make is going to be a flashlight, tip calculator right on the desktop, that way I can delete all 96 apps of both. (true reason I moved apps to SD)

hehe.... all i want is a weather widget..... seriously......

but i really do think there is a market for a tip calculator! esp. here in australia where you don't normally tip!

ive been thinking of a myfaves widget ....that way you dont have to go into the app itslef to see them ...that way you can actually just move the little cricle thingy right on the page

They'll get around to it when they do. If you want them that bad, why don't you make them yourself? :P

Thats what the whole response to this thread is, we can't make them yet. You typically can't open a lock without a key.