some background work

android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml

@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@
     android:exported="true" />
 
 
+    <receiver android:name=".WidgetUpdateReceiver" android:exported="true"/>
+
+
 
     </application>
     <!-- Required to query activities that can process text, see:

android/app/src/main/kotlin/com/pranshulgg/weather_master_app/MainActivity.kt

@@ -8,42 +8,42 @@ import io.flutter.embedding.android.FlutterActivity
 import io.flutter.embedding.engine.FlutterEngine
 import io.flutter.plugin.common.MethodChannel
 
-class MainActivity: FlutterActivity() {
+class MainActivity : FlutterActivity() {
     private val CHANNEL = "weather.widget/channel"
 
     override fun configureFlutterEngine(flutterEngine: FlutterEngine) {
         super.configureFlutterEngine(flutterEngine)
 
-        MethodChannel(flutterEngine.dartExecutor.binaryMessenger, CHANNEL).setMethodCallHandler {
-            call, result ->
-            if (call.method == "updateCurrentWidget") {
-                val temp = call.argument<Int>("temp") ?: 0
-                val iconCode = call.argument<Int>("iconCode") ?: 0
-                updateCurrentWeatherWidget(temp, iconCode)
-                result.success(null)
-            } else {
-                result.notImplemented()
+        MethodChannel(flutterEngine.dartExecutor.binaryMessenger, CHANNEL)
+            .setMethodCallHandler { call, result ->
+                if (call.method == "updateCurrentWidget") {
+                    val temp = call.argument<Int>("temp") ?: 0
+                    val iconCode = call.argument<Int>("iconCode") ?: 0
+                    updateCurrentWeatherWidget(temp, iconCode)
+                    result.success("Widget updated") 
+                } else {
+                    result.notImplemented()
+                }
             }
+    }
+
+    private fun updateCurrentWeatherWidget(temp: Int, iconCode: Int) {
+        val views = RemoteViews(packageName, R.layout.widget_current_weather)
+        views.setTextViewText(R.id.current_temp, "$temp°C")
+
+        val iconRes = when (iconCode) {
+            1 -> R.drawable.sunny
+            2 -> R.drawable.cloudy
+            3 -> R.drawable.heavy_rain
+            else -> R.drawable.sunny // fallback
         }
+
+        views.setImageViewResource(R.id.weather_icon, iconRes)
+
+        val manager = AppWidgetManager.getInstance(applicationContext)
+        val componentName = ComponentName(applicationContext, CurrentWeatherWidget::class.java)
+        manager.updateAppWidget(componentName, views)
     }
 
-private fun updateCurrentWeatherWidget(temp: Int, iconCode: Int) {
-
-    val views = RemoteViews(packageName, R.layout.widget_current_weather)
-    views.setTextViewText(R.id.current_temp, "$temp°C")
-
-    val iconRes = when (iconCode) {
-        1 -> R.drawable.sunny
-        2 -> R.drawable.cloudy
-        3 -> R.drawable.heavy_rain
-        else -> R.drawable.sunny
-    }
-
-    views.setImageViewResource(R.id.weather_icon, iconRes)
-
-    val manager = AppWidgetManager.getInstance(applicationContext)
-    val componentName = ComponentName(applicationContext, CurrentWeatherWidget::class.java)
-    manager.updateAppWidget(componentName, views)
-}
-
-}
+    
+}

android/app/src/main/kotlin/com/pranshulgg/weather_master_app/WidgetUpdateReceiver.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package com.pranshulgg.weather_master_app
+
+import android.appwidget.AppWidgetManager
+import android.content.BroadcastReceiver
+import android.content.ComponentName
+import android.content.Context
+import android.content.Intent
+import android.widget.RemoteViews
+
+class WidgetUpdateReceiver : BroadcastReceiver() {
+    override fun onReceive(context: Context, intent: Intent) {
+        val temp = intent.getIntExtra("temp", 0)
+        val iconCode = intent.getIntExtra("iconCode", 1)
+
+        val views = RemoteViews(context.packageName, R.layout.widget_current_weather)
+        views.setTextViewText(R.id.current_temp, "$temp°C")
+
+        val iconRes = when (iconCode) {
+            1 -> R.drawable.sunny
+            2 -> R.drawable.cloudy
+            3 -> R.drawable.heavy_rain
+            else -> R.drawable.sunny
+        }
+
+        views.setImageViewResource(R.id.weather_icon, iconRes)
+
+        val manager = AppWidgetManager.getInstance(context)
+        val componentName = ComponentName(context, CurrentWeatherWidget::class.java)
+        manager.updateAppWidget(componentName, views)
+    }
+}

pubspec.lock

@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 # Generated by pub
 # See https://dart.dev/tools/pub/glossary#lockfile
 packages:
+  android_intent_plus:
+    dependency: "direct main"
+    description:
+      name: android_intent_plus
+      sha256: dfc1fd3a577205ae8f11e990fb4ece8c90cceabbee56fcf48e463ecf0bd6aae3
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "5.3.0"
   animations:
     dependency: "direct main"
     description:

pubspec.yaml

@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ dependencies:
   file_picker: ^10.2.0
   flutter_dotenv: ^5.2.1
   workmanager: ^0.9.0
+  android_intent_plus: ^5.3.0
 
   settings_tiles:
     path: ./settings_tiles_custom