I'm currently developing a simple android HomeScreen with just 1 page.
I would like to know how to enable my HomeScreen to run and display widgets like this free widget.
Thanks so much in advance!
The best way you can use it, just get sources of Launcher application and find how AppWidgetHost added to view hierarchy and how it is maintaining AppWidgetHostView instances.
Launcher sources you can get here:
Laucnher.git
The home screen widgets are added by users based on the free-space they have and where they want the widget to be placed in their home-screen. As a developer you can only provide a widget, but adding that to the home-screen is purely in the control of the user.
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i have an app on googleplay (MyWords-MyDictionary). After collecting some stats from google analystics i saw that very few is using apps appwidget. I am assuming that people are not aware of the appwidgets existence.. Problem is my apps unique strengt is its appwidget. So somehow i need to suggest user to put the app widget on the homescreen...
What is the right way to do it... How can i make user aware of my widget? It is possible to open the widgetpicker and point out my widget and on click maybe it will be added to the homescreen?
On splash screen make a textview stating "You have my gratitude for downloading the app but please do try the widget as well."
P.S. you don't have to use fancy language you can also type t hanks but this site won't let me type it like that
I have searched many results from GOOGLE, only find to do this is to use app widget. After I learned how to write a widget, but a new problem appeared. How can I add an app widget to home screen automatically? Why some third party app can do this? I just confused about it. Is anyone can help me to resolve the problem?
You can't add widgets programatically to home screen. But you can create a widget host yourself and let user add widgets to that.
I have an app which is mainly two things: a widget that can be added to the hone screen, and a how-to-add-widget activity made out of images.
As I noticed, there are different ways to add widgets to the home screen depending on the device/android version. So, my activity's guided images will be different according to the device.
Do you have suggestions in how I can display the right how-to in the right device?
Is there a programmatic way to open device's widgets list to the user?
Thanks.
Ok so I am very new to the Android SDK, but not to programming. I want to attempt to make a simple Android widget. I've been looking around for things on the web pertaining to widgets, and have been able to find lots of information, but nothing pertaining to my main question.
How can I make a settings dialog that will adjust the widget when it is launched? When you add the Google search widget, it prompts you to specify what type of widget you want it to be. In my widget I'm making, I want to allow the user to specify the widget height right after they select it.
How can I present that type of dialog? What does that entail? Any code snippets or tutorials or help anyone has to offer will go a long way.
Thanks!
Check here How to put multiple widget sizes in one apk?
The answers quote resources for both several widgets in one paackage and configuration page. Still, the size choosing is done not in the own configure dislog, but during add.
I have an Android application does many things. I would like to be able have it spawn a desktop widget (?) that opens the application to do a specific thing when the widget is clicked.
Can someone give me a road map on how to do this?
As far as i know, Android applications can not add App Widgets to the home screen. Applications can define App Widgets, but user has to add them manually to the home screen.
However it is not hard to launch Activitys from a widget using PendingIntent.
This is called AppWidget and is described in details in Android documentation (both references and step-by-step guide). Note, that it's the user that adds the widget to his launcher screen. AFAIK there's no way to add it to launcher in code (though HTC might have some undocumented ways).