is it possible to show widget only for a certain android version?

Question

is it possible to show widget in \"Add to home screen > Widgets\" Dialog only for a certain android version without uploading two APKs and assigning to proper SDK version nu

Answer 1

You can do it with the componentEnableSetting. Just disable the widget you don't want to have listed. The change will get active after phone-restart.

Context context = getApplicationContext();
String str1 = "org.classname.to.widget.provider";
ComponentName componentName = new ComponentName(context, str1);
PackageManager packageManager = getPackageManager();

int versioncode = Integer.valueOf(android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK);    

//enable widget
packageManager.setComponentEnabledSetting(componentName, 1, 1);

//disable widget
packageManager.setComponentEnabledSetting(componentName, 2, 1);

Answer 2

I have a way to do it without any code e.g.:

In your res\values dir create a bools.xml file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <resources> <bool name="honeycombOrAbove">false</bool> </resources>

Create a values-v11 dir (for honeycomb or above values), copy the file to it and set the value to true.

Then in the manifest for the widget receiver use: android:enabled="@bool/honeycombOrAbove". I also used it in the configuration activity for the widget.

This means the widget is disabled at install time.