Published: April 24, 2023
Key takeaways
Use widget templates to spend less time building and bug fixing. Templates are built with Alexa Responsive Components that scale across all Echo Show devices, bringing a consistent experience to customers.
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Templates are built with Alexa Responsive Components that scale across all Echo Show devices, bringing a consistent experience to customers. As you think of the widget’s main purpose, consider whether your widget can be built using one of the following templates or if it needs a custom design. A key benefit of leveraging templates is that your team will spend less time in building and bug fixing since the core ARL components are updated to accommodate the new changes and bug fixing is done by the Alexa team.
Text List template displays a list of items, such as a shopping list or reminders list.
Text List with Images template provides visual context to a list such as album covers for music.
Text Wrapping Template displays text-forward, or informative experiences, such as a calendar event.
Footer Action Buttons Template provides an experience with a focus on the footer action button.
Image Caption template displays an image centered experience needing supporting text.
Photo template provides an experience with the image as the primary or sole content.
