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Monday, May 27, 2013

Analog Clock Widget Tutorial

create custom analog clock widget in this tutorial.


Widget.java

package sandy.Tutorials.Widgets.AnalogClock;

import android.app.PendingIntent;
import android.appwidget.AppWidgetManager;
import android.appwidget.AppWidgetProvider;
import android.content.ComponentName;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.widget.RemoteViews;

public class Widget extends AppWidgetProvider
{   
    public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent)
    {
        String action = intent.getAction();
        if (AppWidgetManager.ACTION_APPWIDGET_UPDATE.equals(action))
        {
          
            RemoteViews views = new RemoteViews(context.getPackageName(), R.layout.widget);
           
            Intent AlarmClockIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN).addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_LAUNCHER).setComponent(new ComponentName("com.android.alarmclock", "com.android.alarmclock.AlarmClock"));
            PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(context, 0, AlarmClockIntent, 0);
            views.setOnClickPendingIntent(R.id.Widget, pendingIntent);
                                   
            AppWidgetManager.getInstance(context).updateAppWidget(intent.getIntArrayExtra(AppWidgetManager.EXTRA_APPWIDGET_IDS), views);
        }
    }
}


Info.java

package sandy.Tutorials.Widgets.AnalogClock;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class Info extends Activity
{
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
    {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.info);
    }
}


widget.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/Widget"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:gravity="center" >

    <AnalogClock
        android:id="@+id/AnalogClock"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:dial="@drawable/widgetdial"
        android:hand_hour="@drawable/widgethour"
        android:hand_minute="@drawable/widgetminute"
         />

</RelativeLayout>


info.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical" >

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Thank you for installing the Custom Analog Clock Widget.\n\nPlease read these important instructions.\n\nThis is a widget, not a regular application. Unlike regular applications, widgets are placed on the home screen and offer useful (hopefully) information at a glance. In many cases, such as with this widget, you can press the widget and view additional, or more detailed, information. Pressing this widget will open the Alarm Clock application.\n" />

</LinearLayout>




 AndroidManifest.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="sandy.Tutorials.Widgets.AnalogClock" android:versionCode="1" android:versionName="1.0">
    <application android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="@string/app_name">
        <activity android:name=".Info" android:label="@string/app_name">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.INFO" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
        <receiver android:name=".Widget" android:label="Custom Analog Clock">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.appwidget.action.APPWIDGET_UPDATE" />
            </intent-filter>
            <meta-data android:name="android.appwidget.provider" android:resource="@xml/widget" />
        </receiver>
    </application>
    <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="3" />
</manifest>  



following images used for analog clock 










   
UI when you run this tutorial

 


for Source code click here to Download.

10 comments:

  1. Thanks for the Tutorial!! It worked Great. 1 question. what would it take to make it sizable?

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  2. Hi,how to make second needle rotate in analog clock

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  3. Can I use these images for my own work?
    Thanks
    Sanjiv

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  4. Fix download link please!

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  5. fix download link pls

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  6. can you re add it so we can download it please? :)

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