Re: [android-developers] A Widget that looks like a launcher icon?

2010-02-23 Thread Mariano Kamp
Sure, that was my original idea. I should have mentioned the 1x1 size. The Gmail thing was just an example and I was talking about the actual GMail shortcuts. They don't show the unread count so you have to click them to know what's in them. In my case it would be "shortcuts" to Google Reader labe

Re: [android-developers] A Widget that looks like a launcher icon?

2010-02-23 Thread Romain Guy
Why not make a 1x1 widget with a Gmail like icon? It would be close enough to a shortcut :) On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Mariano Kamp wrote: > 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

Re: [android-developers] A Widget that looks like a launcher icon?

2010-02-23 Thread Mariano Kamp
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 function

Re: [android-developers] A Widget that looks like a launcher icon?

2010-02-22 Thread Romain Guy
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 Andro

Re: [android-developers] A Widget that looks like a launcher icon?

2010-02-22 Thread Mark Murphy
Mariano Kamp wrote: > 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 actua

[android-developers] A Widget that looks like a launcher icon?

2010-02-22 Thread Mariano Kamp
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/c