Launcher Widget Redraw / Buffering Issue:
When exiting WhatsApp (especially during a chat backup or when returning to the Home Screen from an app with system App Lock enabled), the Nothing Launcher fails to keep the home screen widgets in memory. Initially, at 00:01 in the attached screen recording, only the app icons and the Gemini widget are visible while the rest of the home screen remains blank. It takes several seconds (until 00:06) for the Photo widget, Screen Time (Away) widget, Game widget, and Quick Settings widgets to buffer and reload completely.
Quick Settings Widgets Red Flicker Glitch:
Whenever the home screen widgets reload or during a WhatsApp backup with background restrictions active, the Quick Settings widgets on the home screen (such as Bluetooth, Essential Recorder, and Mute) briefly flash/flicker in red—mimicking the active/enabled toggle state—before syncing with the System UI and returning to their normal state.
Steps to Reproduce:
Enable system App Lock for WhatsApp and place multiple Nothing Widgets (Screen Time, Quick Settings toggles like Bluetooth, Essential Recorder, Mute) on the Home Screen.
Open WhatsApp (or run a backup with background restrictions enabled) and swipe back to the Home Screen.
Observe the missing widgets buffering/reloading after a delay and the red state-sync flicker on the Quick Settings tiles.
Attachments:
Screen recording attached showing the blank widget area at 00:01, the App Lock screen at 00:04, and the delayed widget reload a
00:06.
