How to Create Configurable Widgets With Dynamic Options?

This article is originally published at swiftsenpai.com

In my last article, I have shown you how to create a widget with static options. This might be good for some cases, but in most cases, we might not be able to determine the widget’s options during development time. Under these circumstances, we will need a configurable widget with dynamic options.

In general, here are the situations where dynamic options are needed:

1. The options are provided by a remote server (API).
2. The options are from the widget’s host app.
3. The options are generated at runtime.

In this article, I will walk you through the process of displaying dynamic options that are fetched from a remote server. Although the guide focuses on this scenario, the principles and techniques discussed can also be applied to the other 2 situations as well.

Note:

If you’re unfamiliar with the basic of creating a configurable widget , I highly encourage you to first read my blog post called “How to Create Configurable Widgets With Static Options?“.

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