Android : how to show other apps widget in my activity - android

I am devlopeing a lock screen , which is just an activity in this i want to show widgets of other applications installed , i got the list of widgets . i can show these widgets in my activity layout. But the widgets are not working they are just dumb images of widgets. what should i do to make them work?
please reply if anyone knows anything about it.
thankyou

i have completed this task :)
you can use the tutorials at
http://www.anddev.org/appwidgethost_tutorial-t10329.html

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