Updating widget notification remains all the time
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@MilkoOk Thank you for your update of your situation.
Unfortunately, none of these are planned right now. We used to have the auto animation for certain widgets in the far past, but it was technically difficult to update these widgets.
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I have 39.1.5 and still have a constant notification of "Updating widget". I don't have any widgets. If I add one, the message goes away. But if I don't, the message appears when the phone starts and doesn't go away.
Same happens whether battery use is set to Unrestricted or Optimised.
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@Ondřej-Šutera there is no doubt in my mind that one day I'll go kiteboarding and 5km out I'll check high resolution Windy radar widget on my Garmin watch that updated 5 minutes ago, for how far away is that storm cell.
The impossible just takes a little longer!
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@krnlg Hi, yes, this issue still persists and we are aware of that. It is also the one of main topics of our colleagues who have been working on the new Android version.
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@Ondřej-Šutera New to the thread. I constantly am getting the Windy widget update notification. Kind of irritating, but not the end of the world. I am sporting a Pixel 7 Pro with everything updated.
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@N202SH Yes, we are aware of that and the new version should avoid this.
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I have the same issue, the notification of Updating \widget seems to be permanent, even after rebooting and re installing app. Pixel 7 and Lenovo Tab.
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I am having this problem after updating apps this morning. I have never used any of the widgets. Moto g power (2022), Android 12
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@Ondřej-Šutera: version 39.3.2, built 2023-08-29, 12:30 - "updating widget" still permanent, widget empty or never updated, loading circle spinning and spinning and spinning, high battery consumption :-/
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@Mariner1555 Could you please try to remove widgets and app and install it again? Also clearing the cache of the app should help with this issue. We tested many Samsung devices and it should be okay on these.
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@Ondřej-Šutera: Well, I did what you suggested, deleted cache, deinstalled the app (I also restarted the phone after deinstalling) and installed Windy again. I granted all the permissions, the app and the widgets asked for. - Result: "Updating widgets" and the widgets remain black. Their three dot menu doesn't open, they directly start Windy app instead. Widgets respond to moving , enlarging, deleting etc.
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@Mariner1555 Okay, do you use any app that could optimize software performance, battery draining or app management?
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@Ondřej-Šutera: Sorry for the delay. Well - in the meantime I made a factory reset (twice). Last time the first thing after the reset (even before changing any settings) was installing windy, granting permissions
- background location: always
- battery usage: unrestricted
- don't remove permissions for unused app
and then creating widgets.
For now widgets seem to work. But: they update only once per hour. Is this the intended behaviour? That would make the rain radar widget close to useless.
I now will set my settings and install my apps. I will come back, if the widgets refuse to do their work again. Cross your fingers ... :) -
@Mariner1555 Hi. Thanks for the clarification. The update interval (once per hour) is intended behaviour. The android OS has restrictions for widget updates - also more frequent updates may drain the battery.
