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Use shortcuts, sharing, widgets and tablet layout
Updated 31 October 2026 · 3 min read · 14 Contents
Plain-language meaning
The mobile app adds launcher shortcuts, share-to-app on Android, a watchlist home-screen widget on Android, and a tablet layout with a side rail and two-pane views on wide screens.
Why it is useful #
They shorten the path to search, watchlists and alerts, and make better use of larger screens.
Where it appears and the workflow #
Long-press the app icon for Search, Watchlist, Alerts and Portfolio shortcuts. On Android, share text or a link to XMarketRadar from another app. Add the watchlist widget from the phone's home-screen widget picker; tapping it opens the Watchlist and tapping a row opens that stock. On a tablet or a wide window the bottom bar becomes a side rail, and the Watchlist and the Alerts feed show the list and the selected item side by side.
Calculation or source #
Shared text opens an XMarketRadar stock, factsheet, chart, workspace, dashboard, markets, search, news or help link directly, opens a stock written as EXCHANGE:SYMBOL, searches a $CASHTAG, or otherwise searches the first line. Other web links are ignored and never opened. Sharing only navigates; it never creates an alert, watchlist item or broker link. The widget shows the first five watchlist entries in your synced order with price in the listing's currency and the percentage change.
Prerequisites, inputs, period and unit #
Shortcuts need the app; Watchlist, Alerts and Portfolio ask guests to sign in. Share-to-app and the widget are Android-only at present. The rail appears from 600dp wide and the two-pane views from 840dp. No plan is needed.
Worked example #
Illustrative only: sharing the text NSE:TCS from a chat opens the TCS stock page; sharing a news site's article link does nothing because it is not an XMarketRadar link.
What high and low mean #
The widget's percentage change is the day's change for each listing; it is not a ranking.
Positive, negative and zero #
Positive and negative changes keep their sign. A missing value shows Unavailable, never 0.
Limitations and common mistakes #
The widget refreshes only when the app loads the watchlist; it does not update in the background. Screener and Portfolio have no two-pane view yet.
Market-specific differences #
Widget prices stay in each listing's own currency; nothing is converted.
Suggested next steps #
Add the widget, open the app's Watchlist to refresh it, and check the widget's 'As of' time.
Educational use only #
This guide explains descriptive research evidence. It is not investment advice, a price prediction, a recommendation, a claim of predictive accuracy, or an instruction to buy, sell, rebalance or place an order.