Episode

Create Widgets for Windows 11

with J.P. Roca

Tabs vs Spaces

Learn how to create a widget for Windows 11! The widget board is a component of Windows 11 containing a grid of adaptive cards with text, images, and actions related to your app, that appears over the desktop when a user clicks the taskbar icon, or selects Win + W.

J.P. Roca shows you how to create a Widget for your app in order to improve engagement with Windows 11 users, along with a few quick demos showing what Widgets can do.

Chapters

  • 00:00 - J.P. Roca, PM for Widgets at Microsoft, shows the Widget board and what Widgets can do.
  • 01:04 - The three high-level steps needed to create a Widget for your desktop app (Design the Widget card, Implement the communication interface, Register your Widget).
  • 01:34 - The six methods used to communicate between the Widget board UI and your desktop app (Create, Delete, OnAction, OnChanged, Activate, Deactive).
  • 02:20 - Creating the UI for your app's Widget using the Adaptive Cards Designer.
  • 03:04 - Implementing the six communication methods with Widget interface in your C# app project using Visual Studio.
  • 04:25 - Registering your Widget using the Appx Manifest.
  • 05:17 - Testing your Widget by deploying it to the Widget board.
  • 06:15 - Learn more in the documentation or share feedback at widgetsupport@microsoft.com.

Connect

Windows 11