14 DAY TRIAL // Norwegian software giant Opera has just announced that a new beta version of their Android widgets runtime with WAC 1.0 APIs support is now available for download, with a range of bug fixes from the previous release, which arrived only a few weeks ago.
Moreover, the new flavor of the widget runtime comes with enhancements on the integration with Android’s home screen, so as to enable the addition of widgets to the homescreen at ease.
However, since this is only the first release to include this integration features, the functionality is limited, though future releases should expand it further more.
According to the release notes for the new Opera Widgets Runtime: WAC 1.0-supporting Beta2 for Android, the list of fixes packer with the new flavor of the software includes:
Using the geolocation widget causes AFC to silently crash Crash while minimizing widget WM crashes while incoming/outgoing calls when some widget is launched Blanket permission doesn't store users choice Widget icon isn't redrawn pause() works as stop() in AudioPlayer gif image set as background is not animated Widget list isn't accurate before first run
As for the WAC 1.0 API support status, Opera notes in a recent blog post that all WAC 1.0 APIs are implemented, save for Device.PositionInfo.cellID, which is operator-specific. Those who would like to learn additional info on this should head to Opera's website here.
In the meantime, we should note that the new release still packs a series of issues, including:
rotation (landscape -> portrait) is broken Unable to handle broken downloads Widget.onMaximize doesn't work Problems while opening audio from http
According to Opera, the widgets runtime was made available for evaluation and demo purposes only. Moreover, those who would give it a try should keep in mind that it is only in a pre-release state, and that it might include issues that would result in crashes.
The new version of Opera's WAC 1.0-supporting Widgets Runtime for Android is available for download from Softpedia as well, via this link.