# Lessons From Building Android Widgets

DevFeed: [Lessons From Building Android Widgets](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/lessons-from-building-android-widgets-1464.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://shopify.engineering/lessons-building-android-widgets>)

Author: Matt Bowen

Published: 2022-09-22T18:15:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering.md>), [Shopify Engineering - Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering-shopify-engineering.md>)

Topics: [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [Shopify](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/shopify.md>), [React Native](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/react-native.md>), [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>)

Tags: [analytics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/analytics.md>), [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [app](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/app.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [react](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/react.md>), [shopify](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/shopify.md>)

## AI overview

Shopify describes the challenges and solutions involved in building Android widgets for its mobile experience. The widgets give merchants faster access to shop analytics and monitoring metrics, while the team chose native Android development because React Native lacked official support for the RemoteViews required by widgets.

## Source excerpt

Shopify share with you the challenges we faced building Android widgets and how we solved them.