# Do not change the package name or class name of your AppWidgetProvider

DevFeed: [Do not change the package name or class name of your AppWidgetProvider](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/do-not-change-the-package-name-or-class-name-of-your-appwidgetprovider-37160.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://arkadiuszchmura.com/posts/do-not-change-the-package-name-or-class-name-of-your-app-widget-provider/>)

Published: 2022-02-22T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Arkadiusz Chmura](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/arkadiusz-chmura.md>)

Topics: [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [app](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/app.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [need](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/need.md>)

## AI overview

The article explains why changing the package or class name of an Android AppWidgetProvider can cause users' home-screen widgets to disappear. It examines how Android's AppWidgetService identifies providers and tracks their associated widgets.

## Source excerpt

If you do this, widgets that were placed on the home screen by your users will simply disappear.