Bitmap won't show in a RemoteView

Question

When I put a text and a bitmap into an app they both work. The code is:

TextView textView = findViewById(R.id.textView);
textView.setText("This works");
ImageView testView = findViewById(R.id.imageView);
testView.setImageBitmap(bitmap);

If I try to put the same text and bitmap into a widget, only the text shows up. The code is:

remoteViews.setTextViewText(R.id.textView, "This works");
remoteViews.setImageViewBitmap(R.id.imageView,bitmap);

Logcat shows "Failed execv...because non-0 exit status"

What am I doing wrong?

Perhaps the bitmap is too large. – CommonsWare Jan 19 '18 at 22:25 — CommonsWare, Jan 19 '18 at 22:25
The bitmap is just a small weather image – Lyle G Jan 22 '18 at 20:00 — Lyle G, Jan 22 '18 at 20:00

Mira_Cole · Answer 1 · 2022-08-14T02:04:54.237

In case anyone else stumbles on this, I found the answer to this here

Basically, after calling setImageViewBitmap, you need to call appWidgetManager.updateAppWidget(COMPONENT_NAME, remoteViews), so your code should essentially look something like this:

remoteViews.setImageViewBitmap(R.id.your_image_view_id, bitmap)
val COMPONENT_NAME = ComponentName(context, YourEmojiWidget::class.java)
appWidgetManager.updateAppWidget(COMPONENT_NAME, remoteViews);

Bitmap won't show in a RemoteView

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