One of the most interesting options and at the same time wasted on many occasions in Android phones, are the widgets, which allow us to have very useful functions at our fingertips that streamline the use of the mobile, give us information instantly and have countless of possibilities. However, along with these many times we run into problems in the widgets and we want them not to be repeated on your smartphone.
Although some mobile phones have certain peculiarities when dealing with widgets, the truth is that most of the problems and solutions are common to all Android devices, regardless of the version we have. Once you have located your error, try the main solutions or otherwise try to fix it with the rest of the possibilities.
The widgets do not appear on my mobile
The question and query that we find most in social networks and in forums has to do with the lack of widgets on the mobile, something that should not be a problem in any of the cases, not even when we have installed a new launcher change the look. Android widgets always have to be present, although the reasons why they are not on our mobile and their corresponding solution will change.
The widgets of an app have disappeared
In the event that a widget or several of the same app have disappeared, it is the most common and is usually linked to a programmer error with the application. Sometimes it is only necessary to pinch the screen or keep your finger pressed on the home screen to reposition the widget in the desired space, but other times this is not enough.
If after trying the first step we cannot access the widgets of a specific app, we will have to go to Google Play and update the applications. Then we are going to restart the mobile and when we turn it on we will repeat the steps since just by doing this the problem would be solved. If the widget still does not appear, it is more than likely that the developer has deleted the widget from the app, so we can only try the same steps later.
A widgets does not load on the mobile
Another of the most common problems and errors with the most common widgets that causes the widget not to appear as it should is due to an error with the widget itself . This can appear in those that we already have placed and in those that we add new ones. The error can show the widget without information, show us the problem or in other cases make it disappear.
In these situations we will have to touch on the widget itself and sometimes it will take us to its complete configuration so that it can work. In other circumstances we have to access the widget app to configure a pending step and until we do it, the widget will not work. Of course, we can resort to updating the app in question, which sometimes also solves this problem.
The problems with the size of the widgets
If in our case the problem is due to the size of a widget, it will cause us to be unable to add it to the home screen and this message “There is no space left on the home screen” will appear. This is very easy to solve, we will only have to create a new tab at home, something that is done when trying to add a new widget. We will drag the widget to the right side of the screen, this will make a new tab appear.
If you want to place the widget next to another and without adding new windows, we can also adapt the size of some widgets , not all of them are compatible but in some, if we keep it polished once added, we can resize it so that it takes up less or more space.
Unable to add widgets on Android
For all those cases in which we can add widgets to the home screen, we have to check that we do not have the design blocked, something common in layers of customization and prominently in Xiaomi, thus avoiding that the icons change position or they get messed up without notice.
We will only have to avoid these restrictions for a few seconds to be able to place our widget where we want and later we can block it again. This will be done as follows:
- We pinch the screen.
- We choose Settings.
- Inside we have to uncheck the option “Lock Home Screen design”.
- Now we go back and in Widgets we choose and place the one we want.
- So that the position of the widget or the icons is not changed, we re-lock the design with these steps.
What if all of the above fails?
When we have done all the previous methods to try to end the problems of widgets in Android without any success, we have to get down to work and take the steps that we develop. First of all it is important that we have done everything that we have excited and for you to see that we have skipped any process, they are mentioned here:
- Update the widget app.
- Restart the mobile.
- Configure the widget from the app.
- Add a new home tab.
- Resize the widgets.
- Check that the screen is not locked.
The final process after having verified all this consists of returning the app that is giving us problems to the original state, which consists of clearing its internal cache. This will not affect the memory of the phone, but it can close the session or cause us to have to configure the app again. The steps to follow are these:
- We enter the Android settings.
- We access the applications.
- Click on the widget apps that have problems on Android.
- We enter the Storage and / or memory section.
- We choose to clear cache and then clear data.
- We go out and access the app again to configure it.
Once we have done all these steps, we will only have to try to place the widget and it should work without any problem. In case we continue with the problem, as we mentioned before, it could be the problem of the developer who is having problems with their own widget and we can report it in the comments of Google Play.
