Questions tagged [android-remoteview]
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Widget + ListView - how to handle app being stopped
I implemented a Homescreen Widget containing a ListView, just like the CommonsWare sample project. In this sample project the RemoteViewsFactory holds a static final list of the entries to be displayed in the list. This items are always available of…

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Set ImageView source on click with RemoteViews
Is there a way to set an imageview's source on click with remoteviews. I know you can do
remoteViews.setImageViewResource(R.id.image, R.drawable.source);
but that does not allow me to do it on click.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.

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android widget loading issue after update
I am working on an android app with a Widget.
Everything works fine except for one thing.
I debug and code my app on different computers so when I launch the app for the first time i need to reinstall it because of the different debug key. When I…

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Why does android RemoteView class provide only setOnClickPendingIntent
Android's RemoteView class provides the method setOnClickPendingIntent instead of setOnClickListener. What is the reason for this ? What's the advantage of using PendingIntent in this case ?

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Android Widget : big image scrollable - out of memory
I try to create a widget on Android, showing a dynamically generated image, bigger than the widget.
1. How I did
This can be done with a ListView, and the adapter is a RemoteViewsService where I build my bitmap. Then I create a RemoteViews, and I…

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RemoteView.setImageViewResource doesn't show anything
I try to set an Image to an ImageView in my Widget, but instead of picture I got an empty screen
here's layout :

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Android PedingIntent and setOnClickFillInIntent don't start Activity
In my AppsSerive i load the installed packages with:
mApps = mContext.getPackageManager().queryIntentActivities(mainIntent, 0);
then i show an icon of the application and the label. I want to start the activity after klick on the icon or label.
I…

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Start Activity from RemoteViewsFactory
i have an app launcher in an appwidget. I would to start Activitys from RemoteViewsFactory.
But it didn't work.
Here is my Code from the RemoteViewsFactory:
@Override
public RemoteViews getViewAt(int position) {
RemoteViews rv = new…

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Notification remoteview duplicates when startforeground called more than once
In a service I have a main remoteview
notRemoteView = new RemoteViews(context.getPackageName(), R.layout.notification_layout);
and to that I add another remoteview which contains an ImageButton
RemoteViews btnView1 = new…

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Add LinearLayout with dynamic TextViews to RemoteView for widget
I have tried so much to add a linearlayout(xml defined) with some dynamic textviews(runtime) to RemoteView.
I defined the linearlayout in my xml layout like:
calendarlayout.xml

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Android ListView widgets are sometimes unresponsive to clicks
I've implementing a widget with RemoteViewsService containing with a ListView of items where all the items are clickable to launch a service. In short I'm using setPendingIntentTemplate in my AppWidgetProvider.onUpdate() and setOnClickFillInIntent…

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How to get the index of currently displayed child from RemoteViews if I am using ViewFlipper in AppWidget?
I am writing an app widget and have used ViewFlipper in it. Have a look at following image. I have attached PendingIntent to the left arrow button (top left corner) to navigate through ViewFlipper's childs (the white area).
There are 3 childs Today,…

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How to indicate in UI when service been crashed android
This runs in separate process.I am using remote aidl. i created a method bitmap and
displaying image from service to activity. Now when service gets crash, how to display message that service been crashed and disable progress dialog in…

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view.reapply of RemoteView of bigContentView notification crashing
I am attempting to build an app to post notifications to my smartwatch. I found a great notify example application, which I have modified for my testing and it works as expected. I found that the extended information I need to display is in the…

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Widget frozen after HomeScreen restart
I've created widget which can be multiple instantiated with different settings stored in SharedPreferences. After solving initial problem with non-updating widgets directly after Configuration Activity (Multiple, configurable widgets - update issue…

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