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Widgets - Issue when deleting apps with widgets installed

  • /e/ version: v1.0rc-r
  • Device model(s): beryllium
  • Device rooted: no

Summary

As the titles says: I encountered an issue when deleting an app with its widget installed before. The installed widget was not removed entirely (see screenshot with remainings from three widgets).

The problem

  • Install an app that is coming with widgets - take for instance "Forecastie" from the F-Droid repository.
  • Install one of the available widgets for from this app.
  • Uninstall the app (but not the widget

As a consequence, there are empty frames from the widget remaining in the widget space, whereas when trying to edit/all a widget, there is no way of deleting those traces.

Luckily, when rebooting the device, all prior traces from deleted widgets in the widget list disappear.

What is the expected correct behaviour?

  • When uninstalling an app, eventually installed widgets linked to this app should be uninstalled automatically - without leaving any kind of traces.

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Edited by Ralph Böhlke