It is still built in to home, like it was in previous versions. (And it does far more than an EditText -- it has a auto complete text view, which is customized for special behavior there.)
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 5:37 AM, pMay <eniak.i...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > How did they code the Google Search Widget? > Is that a "hack"? > > On Apr 16, 7:47 am, Jeff Sharkey <jshar...@android.com> wrote: > > Jon, you're right, there isn't a direct way of including an EditText > > into a widget. > > > > The major reason for this is we don't have a good way of identifying > > how that text should be sent back across a PendingIntent. To solve > > this from the framework side, one approach would to add the text to > > the extras bundle with the R.id of the EditText as the key, and using > > Intent.fillIn() when sending the PendingIntent. But then we run into > > issues when there is a button that should also trigger an action: do > > we bundle any+all EditText values with that intent as well? > > > > Instead of solving this problem with the hack described above, we're > > holding off until we come up with a better solution. > > > > A workaround in the meantime might be to have the PendingIntent launch > > an activity with Theme.Dialog or Theme.Panel that contains an > > EditText. > > > > j > > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 8:00 PM, Jon Colverson <jjc1...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > Hello. > > > > > I've been looking at the new 1.5_pre SDK today, and the new AppWidget > > > API in particular. I was hoping to write a widget for posting to > > > Twitter as part of my nanoTweeter app. The interface I had in mind > > > would look very similar to the Google Search widget, with an EditText > > > and a submit Button, but as far as I can see there's no way to get at > > > user input in a RemoteViews. Is that right, or am I overlooking > > > something? > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > -- > > > Jon > > > > -- > > Jeff Sharkey > > jshar...@android.com > > > > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer hack...@android.com Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
