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Using Custom Widget UI with the WidgetPopupViewController

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Minimum SDK Version

2.11

This is a guide on using your Custom Widget UI with the WidgetPopupViewController. Learn more about Building Custom Widget UI.

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The WidgetPopupViewController operates with the Widget type. To allow your custom widget to work with the WidgetPopupViewController you must conform to the Widget class.

To notify the WidgetPopupViewController to dismiss your custom widget, call the widgetDidEnterState(widget: WidgetViewModel, state: WidgetState) method of the WidgetViewDelegate.

Here is an example of a custom Alert Widget.

func MyCustomWidget: Widget {
	
  private let model: AlertWidgetModel
  
  override init(model: AlertWidgetModel) {
  			self.model = model
        super.init(model: model)
  }
  
  override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    
    // Notify widget is finished after 10 seconds 
    DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 10) { [weak self] in
      guard let self = self else { return }
      self.delegate?.widgetDidEnterState(widget: self, state: .finished)
    }
  }
}

Once your Custom Widget UI is prepared, implement the willEnqueueWidget method of the WidgetPopupViewControllerDelegate. This is called just before the WidgetPopupViewController is going to display the Widget. Instantiate and return an instance of your Custom Widget UI.

If you only want to override specific widgets you can choose to return the default widget ui by calling the DefaultWidgetFactory.makeWidget(from:) function.

Returning nil will cause the WidgetPopupViewController to not show a widget.

func MyViewController: UIViewController {
  
  private let widgetVC: WidgetPopupViewController
  
  override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    
    widgetVC.delegate = self
  }
}

extension MyViewController: WidgetPopupViewControllerDelegate {
  func widgetViewController(
    _ widgetViewController: WidgetPopupViewController, 
   	willEnqueueWidget widgetModel: WidgetModel
  ) -> Widget? {
    switch widgetModel {
    case .alert(let widgetModel):
      // Return our custom ui
      return MyCustomWidget(model: widgetModel)
    default:
      // We will return the default ui for other widgets
      // Since we only want to override the Alert
      return DefaultWidgetFactory.makeWidget(from: widgetModel)
    }
  }
}

Updated 12 months ago