Android - Using custom View in Widget

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i made a extended a View, overwrote the 3 View Contructors and tried to insert it on my xml of a widget.

The Exception is:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.mypackage.myView in loader dalvik.system.PathClassLoader@4001e710

is it possible to use custom views in Widgets?

CommonsWare · Accepted Answer · 2010-08-02 13:50:29Z

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is it possible to use custom views in Widgets?

If by "Widgets" you mean "app widgets", then, no. You cannot use custom View classes in app widgets.

answered Aug 2, 2010 at 13:50

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einUsername · Accepted Answer · 2020-12-13 09:43:39Z

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But you could use an ImageView which is supported in a widget:

Create a Bitmap and draw with a Canvas on it:

Bitmap mBitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(mWidht, mHeight, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
Canvas canvas = new Canvas(mBitmap);
canvas.drawText("test", 0, 30, new Paint());

Assign this bitmap to ImageView in the widget by using

remoteViews.setImageBitmap(viewID, mBitmap);

See this post for more information

edited Dec 13, 2020 at 9:43

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answered Dec 4, 2015 at 14:34

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