Thanks guys. The thing is, it shouldn't look like a widget, but like an active shortcut with a badge representing the unread count. My shortcuts to labels in Gmail have the drawback that I always have to open them to see what's in them.
It would be great if there were a way to use common functionality to meet the look of the particular platform, but I understand there isn't such a functionality at the moment. On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 11:01 PM, Romain Guy <[email protected]> wrote: > Widgets should look like widgets, not like shortcuts. The main reason > is that there is absolutely NO guarantee about what a shortcut will > look like. Other devices (especially ones with custom system UIs like > MOTOBLUR or HTC Sense) might have a different look and feel. Or in the > next update of Android we might change the way shortcuts are > presented. > > On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 1:40 PM, Mariano Kamp <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi, > > I would like to write a widget that emulates the look of an application > > launcher shortcut. In particular I want the white font label on a black, > > semi-transparent background. As it should look the same as the launcher > > shortcut I wouldn't like too much to imitate the actual look, but to > > re-use/copy it. Any idea where I can get that? > > I checked the launcher app and found application-boxed.xml, but it > doesn't > > seem to do what I want and I am probably way off anyway. > > Any ideas? > > Btw. I know that this is like a shortcut, but on a shortcut I cannot > render > > the number of unread items. > > Cheers, > > Mariano > > > > -- > > 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]<android-developers%[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. 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 [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- 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
