RG, My widget manages the state of a Service running in the background. As you click the widget it starts/stops/pauses/etc the service. I want it to look like a Shortcut so that it fits into the Home Screen seamlessly. Additionally, the icon and text change depending on the state of the service. Is there a way to do that using a shortcut without going with a widget? Otherwise, can you think of another way to use the OS-level resources to render the same sort of thing?
Thanks! Evan On Nov 4, 4:59 pm, Romain Guy <[email protected]> wrote: > Note that Home uses a custom view derived from TextView to create this > effect. Also, if you want your widget to look like a shortcut, why > provide a widget in the first place? It's very easy for applications > to offer shortcuts and let Home take care of how it looks (what will > happen to your widget with other Home screens? What if we decide to > change the radius of the background behind the text? etc.) > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Evan Ruff <[email protected]> wrote: > > Susan, > > > I've tweaked it a little bit more and here is where I'm at: > > >http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff2/gte619n/widgetLayout.png > > > Pixel for Pixel, the text is exactly the same. The location within the > > bounding box is the same, as is the distance between the text and the > > graphic. In order to do this, I used the XML Layout and an XML > > drawable, no 9-patch was necessary. > > > Here's the code: > > res/drawable/text_border.xml > > <shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android";> > > <solid android:color="#AA111111"/> > > <padding android:left="5dp" android:right="5dp" > > android:bottom="1dp" android:top="1dp" /> > > <corners android:radius="8dp" /> > > </shape> > > > res/layout/widget.xml > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > > <FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/ > > android" > > android:layout_width="fill_parent" > > android:layout_height="fill_parent" > > android:layout_gravity="center" > > > > > <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/ > > android" > > android:orientation="vertical" > > android:layout_width="wrap_content" > > android:layout_height="wrap_content" > > android:layout_gravity="center" > > > > > <ImageView android:id="@+id/icon" > > android:layout_gravity="center" > > android:src="@drawable/icon_gray" > > android:layout_width="wrap_content" > > android:layout_height="wrap_content" > > android:paddingBottom="5px" > > android:paddingTop="5px" > > /> > > <TextView android:id="@+id/message" > > android:layout_width="wrap_content" > > android:layout_height="wrap_content" > > android:background="@drawable/text_border" > > android:textColor="#FFFFFFFF" > > android:layout_gravity="center" > > android:text="Assistant" > > android:textSize="13px" > > /> > > </LinearLayout> > > </FrameLayout> > > > Hope this helps! > > > E > > > On Nov 4, 4:28 pm, Susan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Evan, > > >> You may find this post helpful as well. Not exactly right, but closer > >> than what I have... > > >>http://www.anddev.org/viewtopic.php?p=28996#28996 > > >> On Nov 3, 11:39 pm, Susan <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > Evan, > > >> > I am also struggling with this same problem. It's mystifying because > >> > so many widgets seem to have this look and yet I find it hard to > >> > believe that all the developers painstakingly did it by hand. > > >> > Can you post a screenshot of what you have? In what way is yours just > >> > a couple of pixels off? > > >> > Also, did you make that text_border file yourself? (I assume it is a > >> > ninepatch...?) I scanned the SDK for *.9.png and found several > >> > ninepatches that were similar but none that looked exactly right. > >> > (Here's an example of how mine looks with the Toast > >> > ninepatch:http://screencast.com/t/zEyDZr8fnI) It sure seems like if we > >> > found the > >> > right ninepatch image we'd just have to add the faint shadow to > >> > thetextand then we'd be home free. > > >> > On Oct 29, 10:40 pm, Evan Ruff <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > Hey Guys, > > >> > > I was hoping someone could help me with a home screenwidgetI'm > >> > > trying tolayout. Basically, I'm trying tolayoutmywidgetso it > >> > > matched a standard home screen application shortcut perfectly. > >> > > Basically, at this point, I'm about ~2px off and it's driving me > >> > > crazy! Has anyone gotten this to match up juuuuust right? Should I be > >> > > able to find thislayoutin the source somewhere? Any clues would be > >> > > much appreciated. Here's mylayoutthus far: > > >> > > drawable/text_border.xml - For the black background around thetext: > >> > > <shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android";> > >> > > <solid android:color="#99000000"/> > >> > > <padding android:left="5dp" android:right="5dp" > >> > > android:bottom="1dp" android:top="1dp" /> > >> > > <corners android:radius="7dp" /> > >> > > </shape> > > >> > >layout/widget.xml - Thewidgetitself: > >> > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > >> > > <FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/ > >> > > android" > >> > > android:layout_width="fill_parent" > >> > > android:layout_height="fill_parent" > >> > > android:layout_gravity="center" > >> > > > > >> > > <LinearLayout > >> > > xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/ > >> > > android" > >> > > android:orientation="vertical" > >> > > android:layout_width="wrap_content" > >> > > android:layout_height="wrap_content" > >> > > android:layout_gravity="center" > >> > > > > >> > > <ImageView android:id="@+id/icon" > >> > > android:layout_gravity="center" > >> > > android:src="@drawable/icon_gray" > >> > > android:layout_width="wrap_content" > >> > > android:layout_height="wrap_content" > >> > > android:paddingBottom="5px" > >> > > android:paddingTop="5px" > >> > > /> > >> > > <TextView android:id="@+id/message" > >> > > android:layout_width="wrap_content" > >> > > android:layout_height="wrap_content" > >> > > android:background="@drawable/text_border" > >> > > android:textColor="#FFFFFFFF" > >> > > android:layout_gravity="center" > >> > > android:text="Assistant" > >> > > android:textSize="12px" > >> > > /> > >> > > </LinearLayout> > >> > > </FrameLayout> > > >> > > Thanks for any help tuning this badboy. > > >> > > Thanks! > > >> > > Evan > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > Romain Guy > Android framework engineer > [email protected] > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time > to provide private support. 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