Build a Preview Image for a Custom Widget

Last modified: August 19, 2024

Introduction

This how-to will show you how to specify a preview image that will be rendered in Studio Pro.

This how-to teaches you how to do the following:

Before starting with this how-to, make sure you have completed the following prerequisites:

You need to put an image file named preview.png next to your custom widget XML configuration file:

After packaging your custom widget, the image provided will be rendered in Studio Pro whenever it is used:

Please note that older versions of Studio Pro ignore this image and render a grey rectangle as usual.