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androidviewremoteview

Create a control for Android AppWidget?

You can see a list of views that are capable of remote views:

absolutelayout-framelayout-linearlayout-relativelayout-analogclock-button-imagebutton-iamgeview-textview and other controls.

My question is:

Is there any way to create a custom view that be capable of remoteviews?

Solution

  • Is there any way to create a custom view that be capable of remoteviews?

    If, by this, you mean "is there any way to create a custom View that a RemoteViews can use?", at best the only way that is possible is if both apps have that class. So, for example, if you wrote the home screen, and you wrote the app that is publishing an app widget, so you can arrange for your custom View to be in both apps, then maybe you can include that custom View in the layout used as the starting point for the RemoteViews. It's possible that the way RemoteViews inflates the layout that even this approach will not work, though.