# How can I build a home screen widget? **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\ **Tags:** beginner\ **Created:** [July 2, 2020, 9:49am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-can-i-build-a-home-screen-widget/650917 "2020-07-02T09:49:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nlnewsc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/977dab/32.png) [@nlnewsc](https://community.thunkable.com/u/nlnewsc)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 9:49am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-can-i-build-a-home-screen-widget/650917/1 "2020-07-02T09:49:57Z")
How can I add a homescreen widget for my app in Thunkable? What steps should I take? And like Denzel Washington said, “Talk to me like I am a 6 year old”. ---
**Author:** ![jane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/jane/32/27575_2.png) [@jane](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jane)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-can-i-build-a-home-screen-widget/650917/2 "2020-07-02T15:13:13Z")
Hi there, Are you hoping to add a Button to your app that will return to the home screen of your app? Or, are you hoping to add a Button that the user could press to minimize their app and return to their device home screen? In the second case, devices will automatically have this function. For example, in this screenshot of a thunkable app open on an Android device, I can press the button in the bottom center of the screen to dismiss the app and return to my device home screen: ![app_on_android](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/d/d/ddd02dde5433f2a871fc8197a67113cccfdc0227.png) ---
**Author:** ![Deluxe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/deluxe/32/30016_2.png) [@Deluxe](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Deluxe)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 3:21pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-can-i-build-a-home-screen-widget/650917/3 "2020-07-02T15:21:16Z")
@jane I believe he is referring to Android Widgets, just like the ones Apple is introducing to iOS 14: [https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/appwidgets/overview](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/appwidgets/overview) ---
**Author:** ![jane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/jane/32/27575_2.png) [@jane](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jane)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 3:25pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-can-i-build-a-home-screen-widget/650917/4 "2020-07-02T15:25:53Z")
Thanks, @Deluxe! @nlnewsc, Thunkable doesn’t currently have this ability. You are welcome to make a feature request at our public Github repository: > [@Report Bugs and Submit Product Feedback](http://community.thunkable.com/t/report-bugs-and-submit-feature-requests-in-our-public-github-repository/31760): > > Dear Thunkers, We value your feedback! While we cannot implement every request, and sometimes bugs take longer than we’d all like to get resolved, the input we receive from our amazing community of Creators plays a key role in our product roadmap decisions and ongoing platform improvements. In an effort to consolidate feedback and reported bugs as much as possible, we are sunsetting the “Issues” section of our Github account, and asking Creators to continue posting in the Community: [Share p…](https://community.thunkable.com/c/feedback/40) ---
**Author:** ![nlnewsc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/977dab/32.png) [@nlnewsc](https://community.thunkable.com/u/nlnewsc)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 6:13pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-can-i-build-a-home-screen-widget/650917/5 "2020-07-02T18:13:51Z")
Yes Deluxe, that is what I am looking for. And Jane answered it for me… Thanks for the quick response. ---
**Author:** ![nlnewsc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/977dab/32.png) [@nlnewsc](https://community.thunkable.com/u/nlnewsc)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-can-i-build-a-home-screen-widget/650917/6 "2020-07-02T18:17:43Z")
Jane, if I were to build a widget somehow at developer.android, could I add it to a Thunkable app? ---
**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 11:25am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-can-i-build-a-home-screen-widget/650917/7 "2024-11-08T11:25:11Z")