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Widget loads as app

I'm trying to build a hello world widget and I followed three different examples and every time my apk loads the main activity as an app and not a widget. In the last example it showed a manifest with no activity block. When I take the main activity out of the manifest and just have the receiver block Android Studio throws an exception of Default activity not found. So that is the one difference I have from the example. I have an <*activity> block in the manifest.
I'm in Android Studio 1.0.2. What could be causing this?
My current code is based on this example
http://www.vogella.com/tutorials/AndroidWidgets/article.html
http://www.sitepoint.com/how-to-code-an-android-widget/
https://looksok.wordpress.com/2012/12/15/android-complete-widget-tutorial-including-source-code/
AndroidMainfest.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.me.countdown" >
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme" >
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<receiver android:name="MyWidgetProvider" >
<intent-filter >
<action
android:name="android.appwidget.action.APPWIDGET_UPDATE" />
</intent-filter>
<meta-data
android:name="android.appwidget.provider"
android:resource="#xml/widget_info" />
</receiver>
</application>
</manifest>
MyWidgetProvider.xml
public class MyWidgetProvider extends AppWidgetProvider {
private static final String ACTION_CLICK = "ACTION_CLICK";
#Override
public void onUpdate(Context context, AppWidgetManager appWidgetManager,
int[] appWidgetIds) {
// Get all ids
ComponentName thisWidget = new ComponentName(context,
MyWidgetProvider.class);
int[] allWidgetIds = appWidgetManager.getAppWidgetIds(thisWidget);
for (int widgetId : allWidgetIds) {
// create some random data
int number = (new Random().nextInt(100));
RemoteViews remoteViews = new RemoteViews(context.getPackageName(),
R.layout.widget_layout);
Log.w("WidgetExample", String.valueOf(number));
// Set the text
remoteViews.setTextViewText(R.id.update, String.valueOf(number));
// Register an onClickListener
Intent intent = new Intent(context, MyWidgetProvider.class);
intent.setAction(AppWidgetManager.ACTION_APPWIDGET_UPDATE);
intent.putExtra(AppWidgetManager.EXTRA_APPWIDGET_IDS, appWidgetIds);
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(context,
0, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
remoteViews.setOnClickPendingIntent(R.id.update, pendingIntent);
appWidgetManager.updateAppWidget(widgetId, remoteViews);
}
}
}
widget_info.xml under res/xml
\<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<appwidget-provider
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:initialLayout="#layout/widget_layout"
android:minHeight="72dp"
android:minWidth="300dp"
android:updatePeriodMillis="300000" >
</appwidget-provider>

I'm not sure what those other examples are designed for, but the version of Android Studio I'm using - 1.2.2 - does it differently. I found the example below and was able to get a working shell of a widget, which is what I wanted. Even this one needed many small tweaks before it would compile and run, but I did get it.
Greg
http://www.clearcreekcode.com/create-a-widget-in-android-studio/

Start MainActivity from AppWidget doesn't work

I'm trying to launch my MainActivity from my AppWidget with pending intent but I can't figure out why it doesn't fire the intent. The widget has a ListView with up to 3 items, which is bind to a RemoteViewsService. I want to start my MainActivity when any of the rows is clicked. Can anyone tell me what I might done wrong?
I already checked some related posts like this Launching an activity from an AppWidget, and even tried to run the sample from here https://github.com/commonsguy/cw-advandroid/tree/master/AppWidget, and while the sample works, still can't tell what I did differently.
Here are some of my code that are relevant, please let me know if I should post more, and apologize in advance if my post doesn't look right as this is my first question:
Widget layout:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ListView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/stocks"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
/>
AppWidgetProvider class:
#Override
public void onUpdate(Context context, AppWidgetManager appWidgetManager, int[] appWidgetIds) {
Log.d(LOGTAG, "onUpdate");
Log.d(LOGTAG, "appWidgetIds.length="+appWidgetIds.length);
for (int i = 0; i < appWidgetIds.length; ++i) {
Log.d(LOGTAG, "appWidgetIds[i]="+appWidgetIds[i]);
}
// update each of the app widgets with the remote adapter
for (int i = 0; i < appWidgetIds.length; ++i) {
updateWidget(context, appWidgetManager, appWidgetIds[i]);
}
super.onUpdate(context, appWidgetManager, appWidgetIds);
}
public void updateWidget(Context context, AppWidgetManager appWidgetManager, int appWidgetId) {
Log.d(LOGTAG, "updateWidget id="+appWidgetId);
// Sets up the intent that points to the StackViewService that will
// provide the views for this collection.
Intent intent = new Intent(context, StockAppWidgetService.class);
intent.putExtra(AppWidgetManager.EXTRA_APPWIDGET_ID, appWidgetId);
// When intents are compared, the extras are ignored, so we need to embed the extras
// into the data so that the extras will not be ignored.
intent.setData(Uri.parse(intent.toUri(Intent.URI_INTENT_SCHEME)));
RemoteViews rv = new RemoteViews(context.getPackageName(), R.layout.stock_appwidget);
rv.setRemoteAdapter(R.id.stocks, intent);
Intent contentIntent = new Intent(context, MainActivity.class);
//contentIntent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_SINGLE_TOP | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
PendingIntent startAppPendingIntent =
PendingIntent.getActivity(context, 0, contentIntent, 0);
rv.setPendingIntentTemplate(R.id.stocks, startAppPendingIntent);
appWidgetManager.updateAppWidget(appWidgetId, rv);
}
manifest:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="x40241.chris.yuan.a4.app"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<uses-sdk
android:minSdkVersion="14"
android:targetSdkVersion="16" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED" />
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#android:style/Theme.Holo.Light.DarkActionBar" >
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity android:name=".SearchableActivity" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="x40241.chris.yuan.a4.app.SEARCH" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<service android:name=".StockServiceImpl" />
<service android:name=".StockAppWidgetService"
android:permission="android.permission.BIND_REMOTEVIEWS" />
<receiver android:name=".ServiceLauncher">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
<receiver android:name=".StockAppWidgetProvider" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.appwidget.action.APPWIDGET_UPDATE" />
</intent-filter>
<meta-data android:name="android.appwidget.provider"
android:resource="#xml/stock_appwidget_info" />
</receiver>
</application>
</manifest>

I think I found the answer, or at least a workable solution in a related post:
AdapterViewFlipper in app widget: setPendingIntentTemplate() and setOnClickFillInIntent() not working
It turns out I wasn't setting the FillInIntent properly. I should call setOnClickFillInIntent on the top level view of the list item instead of the list itself. Here's the code change that made it work in RemoteViewsFactory:
public RemoteViews getViewAt(int position) {
if (DEBUG) Log.d(LOGTAG, "StockRemoteViewsFactory getViewAt position="+position);
RemoteViews rv = new RemoteViews(mContext.getPackageName(), R.layout.widget_item);
rv.setTextViewText(R.id.text_symbol, mStockItems.get(position).getSymbol());
rv.setTextViewText(R.id.text_price, String.format("$%.2f", mStockItems.get(position).getPrice()));
Intent fillInIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN);
fillInIntent.putExtra(StockAppWidgetProvider.ITEM_NUM, position);
// set on the top level view of the list item, instead of the list view itself
//rv.setOnClickFillInIntent(R.id.stocks, fillInIntent);
rv.setOnClickFillInIntent(R.id.general_layout, fillInIntent);
return rv;
}

android widget which launches activity on click

For me I have a button widget with a button that is just suppose to launch a helloworld activity when I click it. I've tried following many posts online including this one, and yet the problem still there. I press the button, nothing happens. I am working on version 2.3 of android. Can someone point out what I am doing wrong?
My widget:
public class IconWidgetProvider extends AppWidgetProvider {
#Override
public void onUpdate(final Context context, final AppWidgetManager appWidgetManager, final int[] appWidgetIds) {
final int N = appWidgetIds.length;
for (int i=0; i<N; i++) {
final Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN, null);
intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_LAUNCHER);
// first param is app package name, second is package.class of the main activity
final ComponentName cn = new ComponentName("com.followup","com.followup.FollowUpActivity");
intent.setComponent(cn);
intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
final PendingIntent myPI = PendingIntent.getActivity(context, 0, intent, 0);
final RemoteViews views = new RemoteViews(context.getPackageName(), R.layout.icon_widget_layout);
views.setOnClickPendingIntent(R.id.image_in_widget, myPI);
final AppWidgetManager mgr = AppWidgetManager.getInstance(context); mgr.updateAppWidget(cn, views);
}
}
}
homescreeniconinfo.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<appwidget-provider xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:minWidth="146dip"
android:minHeight="72dip"
android:updatePeriodMillis="0"
android:initialLayout="#layout/icon_widget_layout" >
</appwidget-provider>
icon_widget_layout.xml
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<Button android:name="#+id/image_in_widget"
android:contentDescription="#string/iconDescription"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight=".50"
android:clickable="true"
/>
</LinearLayout>
mainifest:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="com.followup"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
.
.
.
<application
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
.
.
.
<!-- Home icon widget -->
<receiver android:name="IconWidgetProvider"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.appwidget.action.APPWIDGET_UPDATE" />
</intent-filter>
<meta-data
android:name="android.appwidget.provider"
android:resource="#xml/homescreeniconinfo" />
</receiver>
<activity
android:name=".FollowUpActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>

Have you tried adding the event handler to your button?
Perhaps I'm confused here as it's been a while since I actually did some intense android programming, but from what I understand, this is what I've done to call an intent from another one in the past...
<Button android:name="#+id/image_in_widget"
android:contentDescription="#string/iconDescription"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight=".50"
android:clickable="true"
android:onClick="onClickFunction"
/>
Paying extra attention to
android:onClick="onClickFunction"
Where "onClickFunction" would be a written method somewhere in your code that gets called when the button is clicked
public void onClickFunction(View view){
//stuff to do on click
}
EDIT
This is ripped straight from the HelloWorld android tutorial which I have compiled and successfully run on my 2.3 Android Phone in the past
this is the xml
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/button_send"
android:onClick="sendMessage" />
this is in the main .java file
/* called when the user clicks a button */
public void sendMessage(View view)
{
Intent intent = new Intent(this, DisplayMessageActivity.class);
EditText editText = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.edit_message);
String message = editText.getText().toString();
intent.putExtra(EXTRA_MESSAGE, message);
startActivity(intent);
}
DisplayMessageActivity.class is the class that is essentially a new application (from your case I believe you want it to be a Hello World app)
so you would make an XML for that called application and change/rewrite the DisplayMessageActivity class to do whatever "HelloWorld"-ey stuff you want...

Error inflating AppWidget

I am doing a simple widget for the first time and it seems the tutorial I'm using has something missing because my LogCat states "Error inflating AppWidget" when selecting it from the pop up list of widgets.
According to the tutorial I did these.
Layout:
<TextView android:id="#+id/widget_textview" android:text="#string/widget_text"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal|center"
android:layout_marginTop="5dip" android:padding="10dip"
android:textColor="#android:color/black" />
</LinearLayout>
Class:
package hello.widget;
import android.appwidget.AppWidgetProvider;
public class HelloWidget extends AppWidgetProvider {
}
Strings:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<string name="app_name">Hello Widget</string>
<string name="widget_text">Hello Widget!</string>
</resources>
Widget Provider:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
appwidget-provider xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
android:minWidth="146dip"
android:minHeight="72dip"
android:updatePeriodMillis="10000"
android:initialLayout="#layout/main"
</appwidget-provider>
Manifest:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="hello.widget" android:versionCode="1" android:versionName="1.0">
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="3" />
<application android:icon="#drawable/icon" android:label="#string/app_name">
<!-- Broadcast Receiver that will process AppWidget updates -->
<receiver android:name="hello.widget.HelloWidget" android:label="#string/app_name">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.appwidget.action.APPWIDGET_UPDATE" />
</intent-filter>
<meta-data android:name="android.appwidget.provider"
android:resource="#xml/hello_widget_provider" />
</receiver>
</application>
</manifest>

You are missing the opening <LinearLayout> in your layout file. What you have here should not even compile.
You are also missing the entire implementation of your AppWidgetProvider. You need to implement onUpdate() to specify what the app widget should be displaying.
Also, your updatePeriodMillis is shorter than allowed -- you cannot update an app widget every 10 seconds this way.
Also, make sure that your layout is named main.xml, or update your android:initialLayout to reflect the proper name of the layout.

My solution:
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent)
{
String action = intent.getAction();
if (AppWidgetManager.ACTION_APPWIDGET_UPDATE.equals(action))
{
long days = (((calendar.getTimeInMillis()- date1.getTime())/1000))/86400;
RemoteViews views = new RemoteViews(context.getPackageName(), R.layout.widget);
//Intent AlarmClockIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN).addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_LAUNCHER).setComponent(new ComponentName("com.android.alarmclock", "com.android.alarmclock.AlarmClock"));
// PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(context, 0, AlarmClockIntent, 0);
Intent Date_Change= new Intent(Intent.ACTION_DATE_CHANGED);
PendingIntent pendingIntent2=PendingIntent.getActivity(context,0, Date_Change, 0);
views.setOnClickPendingIntent(R.id.textView1, pendingIntent2);
views.setTextViewText(R.id.textView1,""+days);
//views.setOnClickPendingIntent(R.id.AnalogClock, pendingIntent);
//AppWidgetManager.getInstance(context).updateAppWidget(intent.getIntArrayExtra(AppWidgetManager.EXTRA_APPWIDGET_IDS), views);
AppWidgetManager appWidgetManager = AppWidgetManager.getInstance(context);
ComponentName thisWidget = new ComponentName(context, Widget.class);
appWidgetManager.updateAppWidget(thisWidget, views);
}
}

How to call widget on the Activity (Widget calling from Activity)

I am new to android widget.I did sample application , that want to show time .How to call widget from activity:
I tried like this but It say Caused by: android.content.ActivityNotFoundException: Unable to find explicit activity class {com.weather/com.weather.CurrentCity}; have you declared this activity in your AndroidManifest.xml?
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.weather"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0">
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8" />
<application android:icon="#drawable/icon" android:label="Weather">
<!-- Broadcast Receiver that will process AppWidget updates -->
<receiver android:name=".CurrentCity" android:label="#string/app_name">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.appwidget.action.APPWIDGET_UPDATE" />
</intent-filter>
<meta-data android:name="android.appwidget.provider"
android:resource="#xml/hello_widget_provider" />
</receiver>
<activity android:name=".WeatherActivity"
android:label="Weather Application">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
and my initail activity :
public class WeatherActivity extends Activity {
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
Intent showContent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(),CurrentCity.class);
startActivity(showContent);
}
and my widget activity:
public class CurrentCity extends AppWidgetProvider {
public void onUpdate(Context context, AppWidgetManager appWidgetManager,
int[] appWidgetIds) {
Timer timer = new Timer();
timer.scheduleAtFixedRate(new MyTime(context, appWidgetManager), 1,
1000);
}
private class MyTime extends TimerTask {
RemoteViews remoteViews;
AppWidgetManager appWidgetManager;
ComponentName thisWidget;
DateFormat format = SimpleDateFormat.getTimeInstance(SimpleDateFormat.MEDIUM, Locale.getDefault());
public MyTime(Context context, AppWidgetManager appWidgetManager) {
this.appWidgetManager = appWidgetManager;
remoteViews = new RemoteViews(context.getPackageName(),
R.layout.current_weather);
thisWidget = new ComponentName(context, CurrentCity.class);
}
#Override
public void run() {
remoteViews.setTextViewText(R.id.country,"Time = " + format.format(new Date()));
appWidgetManager.updateAppWidget(thisWidget, remoteViews);
}
}
}
and I have created main.xml & current_weather.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<TextView android:id="#+id/country"
android:text="TextView"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="10dp"
android:textColor="#color/solid_yellow"
></TextView>
</RelativeLayout>
and I created hello_widget_provider.xml.xml in the res/xml/hello_widget_provider.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<appwidget-provider xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:minWidth="146dip"
android:minHeight="72dip"
android:updatePeriodMillis="10000"
android:initialLayout="#layout/main"
/>
Please help me
Thanks in advance

What you are trying to do is effectively impossible. You do this:
Intent showContent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(),CurrentCity.class);
startActivity(showContent);
You can not invoke a widget this way: a widget does not have an Activity you can show.
You need to follow very closely the tutorial at http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/appwidgets/index.html: there is really no succinct way I can think of to convert your code into a working widget, but the guide has everything you need to know/do to make a working widget.
EDIT: note that your widget must be added to the widget container (probably the home screen) and can not be added programmatically. The user of the Android device must do it manually.

I tried to do this in many different ways. But, in Android there is no intent or similar alternative, which can invoke a widget via activity (I mean application). You have to drag the widget and drop it on your home screen.
But, yes, other ways it is possible!