No Widget added toast on some Samsung devices

[klmbdimla]

I am trying to add a widget programmatically through the AppWidgetManager.requestPinAppWidget.

I noticed that for newer devices s21 and s10 lite, whenever a widget is added by the user through my app, a toast saying " was added to home screen." is automatically shown (system initiated). However, I noticed that on a S7 Android 8 after successfully adding the widget, no toast is shown but the action successfully took place.

Is this toast behavior device specific or OS specific or both?.

[r.liechty_SDR]

@klmbdimla

I noticed that for newer devices s21 and s10 lite, whenever a widget is added by the user through my app, a toast saying " was added to home screen." is automatically shown (system initiated). However, I noticed that on a S7 Android 8 after successfully adding the widget, no toast is shown but the action successfully took place.

I would assume this is because of new GDPR and other National privacy regulations that took affect in Android versions since 2019.

Ron
Samsung Developer Relations