widget

Android List widget question..

I have been googling for a couple days now searching for a sortable list widget similar to the one provided by stock android music app. What I would like is ability to sort a list similar to how you can sort your music playlist. I am coming to the conclusion that I am obviously not using the proper keyword to find my answer. Any help ...

need tips for creating a javascript widget

Hi, I am building a web application and I need to create a feedback form widget so the users can put it in their websites and all the submitted data will be saved in my web application. I also need to have authentication in the widget before the user can submit the information (using my application login form or a facebook account for ex...

Specify order/location of swt widgets in a composite object?

I would like to create all my widgets before inserting them into my swt Composite parent. But as I understand the parent is always specified in the constructor when a child is created: Composite container = new Composite(parent, SWT.NULL); GridLayout layout = new GridLayout(); container.setLayout(layout); layout.numColumns = 3; layout.v...

How do I host an appwidget on my custom home screen?

Hi, I currently modifying the sample home screen app from the SDK. My question is how do I add an appwidget to the sample home app on a long press? ...

How to display data on another website via widget like facebook like box ?

Hello, I have a RSS feed generated by my server ( for example : http://www.seek-team.com/en/teams/counter-strike-source/feed/ ) and I want the feed (only the title of the feed + article + links of course ;)) to be displayed on other website (other domains) as a widget like facebook like box or similar (i took facebook for example becau...

Customize springboard in Android?

Hi, How can the home screen be customized? and also how can the springboard layout be customized? I want to make an application which makes a clone of users current theme and allows user to customize content that he wants to view such as phonebook, pics and etc. ...

Tryng to update my widget with no result

Hi, i'm tryng to create my first widget. To make a experiment i'm tryng to visualize a Toast every update but it doesn't appaire. This is my manifest: <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="com.skatephone.smokecounter" android:versionCode="1" android:versionName="1.0"> <application android:...

Javascript widget implementation

I have a question about Javascript widgets. The widget I am working on simply embeds content on a page instead of using iframes. So far it looks good. But there are cases where some users layouts are messing up the widget. For example, the widget might require a width of 300px to appear. But the parent div is set to 250px and hence ...

How to prevent android widget from getting stopped?

Hi, I'm trying to develop something like Digital Clock widget and I'm using http://nm-blog.sanid.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/android_howto-hellowidget.pdf as tutorial (TimerTask part). Problem is, that after starting other app or locking screen widget stops updating. Currently I'm using this code and I have a feeling that something...

Android widget: Change the text of a button

Hi, how can i change the text of a button programming a widget? Tnks, Valerio ...

Identify this Android Widget.

I have seen the above marked (Encircled in Red) widget in quiet a few applications, what is it? ...

How to show a dialog on a widget?

Hi, i'd like to show a dialog, like when i use showDialog(...) on the Activity, but i need to do that on a widget, so i can't use showDialog(...). How can i do that? I tried this on my onReceive method but it crash: AlertDialog.Builder builder; builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(context); builder.setMessage("Are ...

Flash Pro or Flash Builder to make graphical web widgets with sockets?

I've contacted Adobe sales and tech support, and realized that I need to talk to someone who actually develops with these tools. I want to develop some simple graphical widgets with the ability to reload themselves via an xml-socket a couple of times a second. Which Adobe tool should I buy-- Flash Builder, or Flash Pro? ...

Is there an easy way to strike through text in an app widget?

Hi! I was wondering if there is an easy way to strike text within an app widget in Android. In a normal activity, it is pretty easy, using textview flags: textView.setPaintFlags(textView.getPaintFlags() | Paint.STRIKE_THRU_TEXT_FLAG); But since in an app widget, I can use only remoteviews... I do not know if this is possible Anyone ...

add javascripts and css files dynamicly to html using javascript

Hi. I am building a javascript widget and i need to add my widget css and js files dynamicly to the client page. I am doing this for now: var css = document.createElement('link'); css.setAttribute('rel', 'stylesheet'); css.setAttribute('href', 'css path'); document.getElementById('test').appendChild(css); alert(document...

Creating interactive ajax javascript widgets in ruby / rails

Looking to create interactive javascript widget using ruby-on-rails that can be placed on any website. I am able to create a basic widget. Its fairly straightforward (eg. using document.write) This works fine for taking data from my server and putting it into the widget but its very static. But how do I create something more dynamic ...

How to listen to a closed activity from a widget? (onActivityResult is only in Activity)

I have a widget that launches an activity, but when the activity finishes using the finish() I don't know how my widget can know about it since I can't override onActivityResult() which seems like the only way to listen when an activity closes... Anyone know of another way to listen for when an Activity closes when it is a widget that ...

launching android widget

Hello, I am following http://www.helloandroid.com/files/xmaswidget/android_howto-hellowidget.pdf for developing a widget. I am unable to launch a widget on to the home screen. When running the application I am getting the errors like No Launcher activity found and The launch will only sync the application package on the device! Looking f...

Android 1.5: Implement clock widget using pictures as numbers , and getting user location

Hi everyone, I'm trying to code a clock widget in Android 1.5 for my application, which uses images as the numbers, and updates every second. I'm hoping to have the clock widget extend the View class, so I can use it directly in the layout.xml files. I need some help/tutorials on getting started on the clock, and also about how to get ...

load jquery dynamicly in a widget and enable noConflict mode

Hi. I am building a javascript widget and i plan to use JQuery so i need to load it dynamicly and set it to no conflict mode. I am using a Object Oriented approach in my js following the example of GetSatatisfaction.com widget (http://s3.amazonaws.com/getsatisfaction.com/javascripts/feedback-v2.js) I have also found this tutorial about ...