I'm trying
to create an icon/widget (1 cell x 1 cell) that can be placed on
the home
screen of android.
The widget will look and act exactly like
the other standard shortcuts in android. It will have an icon and under that a label, it will be selectable with
the trackball (highlight able) it will be highlighted when it is selected/clicked.
How do I go about creating this home
screen widget?
Do I have
to create
the widget myself using code/xml or is there some standard xml, style, theme, code that I can use
to ensure that
the widget will have
the same style/theme as
the other home
screen widgets?
I currently have
the following
res/drawable/corners.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="@+id/Corners">
<stroke android:width="4dp" android:color="#CC222222" />
<padding android:left="4dp" android:top="1dp" android:right="4dp" android:bottom="1dp" />
<corners android:radius="4dp" />
</shape>
res/layout/widget.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="@+id/Widget"
android:layout_width="72dip"
android:layout_height="72dip"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:focusable="true"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
style="@android:style/Widget"
>
<ImageView
android:id="@+id/WidgetIcon"
android:src="@drawable/icon"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="50dip"
android:paddingTop="3dip"
android:gravity="center"
/>
<TextView
android:id="@+id/WidgetLabel"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:text="@string/app_name"
android:textSize="15dip"
android:background="@drawable/corners"
/>
</LinearLayout>
The resulting widget looks some what close, but its not selectable, it doesn't get highlighted when clicked and
the label isn't exactly in
the correct location or
the correct style.
Any ideas, if there is a correct way
to do this, or should I just keep working away on
the above until I am closer?
