WidgetKit
E920731
WidgetKit is Apple’s framework for building and managing home screen and lock screen widgets across its platforms.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| WidgetKit canonical | 2 |
| WidgetKit.framework | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11352043 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: WidgetKit Context triple: [Apple platforms APIs, includesFramework, WidgetKit]
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A.
KWidgetsAddons
KWidgetsAddons is a KDE Frameworks library that provides a collection of advanced and specialized user interface widgets for Qt-based applications.
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B.
WKInterfaceObject
WKInterfaceObject is a fundamental WatchKit class that represents and manages user interface elements in Apple Watch apps.
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C.
Kirigami UI framework
Kirigami UI framework is a cross-platform user interface toolkit from the KDE community designed to create responsive, convergent applications that work seamlessly across desktop and mobile devices.
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D.
Plastic GUI
Plastic GUI is the graphical user interface client for the Plastic SCM version control system, providing visual tools for managing source code and repository operations.
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E.
UIKit
UIKit is Apple’s primary user interface framework for building and managing iOS app UIs, handling views, controls, event handling, and application infrastructure.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: WidgetKit Target entity description: WidgetKit is Apple’s framework for building and managing home screen and lock screen widgets across its platforms.
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A.
KWidgetsAddons
KWidgetsAddons is a KDE Frameworks library that provides a collection of advanced and specialized user interface widgets for Qt-based applications.
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B.
WKInterfaceObject
WKInterfaceObject is a fundamental WatchKit class that represents and manages user interface elements in Apple Watch apps.
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C.
Kirigami UI framework
Kirigami UI framework is a cross-platform user interface toolkit from the KDE community designed to create responsive, convergent applications that work seamlessly across desktop and mobile devices.
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D.
Plastic GUI
Plastic GUI is the graphical user interface client for the Plastic SCM version control system, providing visual tools for managing source code and repository operations.
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E.
UIKit
UIKit is Apple’s primary user interface framework for building and managing iOS app UIs, handling views, controls, event handling, and application infrastructure.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Apple framework
ⓘ
software framework ⓘ |
| bundle |
WidgetKit.framework
ⓘ
linked to:
WidgetKit
|
| developer | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| documentationURL | https://developer.apple.com/documentation/widgetkit ⓘ |
| integratesWith |
ActivityKit
ⓘ
App extensions ⓘ SwiftUI App lifecycle ⓘ |
| introducedAt |
WWDC 2020
ⓘ
linked to:
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2020
|
| introducedInVersion |
iOS 14
ⓘ
iPadOS 14 ⓘ
linked to:
iPadOS
macOS 11 Big Sur ⓘ
linked to:
macOS Big Sur
|
| platform |
iOS
ⓘ
iPadOS ⓘ macOS ⓘ tvOS ⓘ visionOS ⓘ watchOS ⓘ |
| primaryUse | building widgets ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | Swift ⓘ |
| provides |
APIs for widget configuration
ⓘ
APIs for widget rendering ⓘ APIs for widget timelines ⓘ |
| requires |
Apple Developer tools
ⓘ
linked to:
Apple developer tools
Xcode ⓘ |
| supports |
Live Activities
ⓘ
home screen widgets ⓘ interactive widgets ⓘ lock screen widgets ⓘ watchOS complications-style widgets ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
background refresh of widget content
ⓘ
deep linking into host app ⓘ user-configurable widgets ⓘ |
| supportsWidgetFamily |
accessoryCircular
ⓘ
accessoryCorner ⓘ accessoryInline ⓘ accessoryRectangular ⓘ accessoryWidgetFamily for watchOS ⓘ systemExtraLarge ⓘ systemLarge ⓘ systemMedium ⓘ systemSmall ⓘ |
| UIFramework | SwiftUI ⓘ |
| usesConcept |
Timeline
ⓘ
Widget configuration ⓘ Widget families ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: WidgetKit Description of subject: WidgetKit is Apple’s framework for building and managing home screen and lock screen widgets across its platforms.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.