How To Update or Refresh a Widget in iOS

Updating widgets with Timeline Provider

Lee Kah Seng
Better Programming
Published in
6 min readJan 18, 2023

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Due to the always-on nature of a widget, Apple has introduced a way for developers to refresh a widget to ensure its power efficiency and prevent developers from exploiting the processing power of a device.

In this article, I would like to show you what it takes to refresh your widgets efficiently and…

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