I am trying to write a simple launcher application. In this, I am trying to add a default widget, for example, android clock. I download all the information about the default widgets, such as x, y positions, width and height, and packaging information. After downloading this, I get the appwidgetId for the home screen. The code is this.
public void bindAppWidgets(Launcher.DesktopBinder binder,
LinkedList<WidgetInfo> appWidgets) {
if (!appWidgets.isEmpty()) {
for(int k=0;k<appWidgets.size();k++){
final WidgetInfo item = appWidgets.get(k);
System.out.println("Item to be added in the view :::::::::"+item.toString());
int appWidgetId = item.appWidgetId;
if(item.itemType == LauncherProvider.Widgets.ITEM_TYPE_DEFAULT_APPWIDGET){
bindDefaultAppwidgets(item);
continue;
item.appWidgetId=mAppWidgetHost.allocateAppWidgetId();
LauncherModel.updateItemInDatabase(getApplicationContext(), item);
appWidgetId=item.appWidgetId;
}
final AppWidgetProviderInfo appWidgetInfo = mAppWidgetManager.getAppWidgetInfo(appWidgetId);
System.out.println("the Appwidget info is*******"+appWidgetInfo);
item.hostView =(LauncherAppWidgetHostView) mAppWidgetHost.createView(this, appWidgetId, appWidgetInfo);
if (LOGD) {
d(TAG, String.format("about to setAppWidget for id=%d, info=%s", appWidgetId,
appWidgetInfo));
}
item.hostView.setAppWidget(appWidgetId, appWidgetInfo);
item.hostView.setTag(item);
MyAbsoluteLayout.LayoutParams lp=new MyAbsoluteLayout.LayoutParams(item.spanX, item.spanY, item.cellX, item.cellY);
System.out.println("after load the hostview ::::::::::: :::::::::"+item.toString());
mDragLayer.addView(item.hostView,lp);
}
mDragLayer.requestLayout();
}
}
Now I get a null value for widgets in AppWidgetProviderInfo. Because of this, I could not load hostview in the homescreen. Can someone suggest me add a widget to the home screen with the appwidgetpicker app.
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