In the previous article we fixed some subtle issues with the appearance of our App Widget. Next we’re going to look to extend out App Widget to include some features specific to newer versions of Android while maintaining backward compatibility.
Tag: androiddev
Text Clock – Part 5
In the previous article we got our Text Clock widget telling the correct time, and it was published to Google Play. While the widget functions correctly, there are a couple of things that can be improved. In this article we’ll look at those and address them.
Text Clock – Part 4
In the previous article we got the time displaying on our Text Clock app widget, but the time did not update. In this article we’ll use AlarmManager to get the widget updating periodically.
Text Clock – Part 3
In the previous article we got an app widget background displaying on the home screen, but it does not actually display any real data, which is somewhat useless! In this article we’ll look at displaying the time on our app widget.
Text Clock – Part 2
In the previous article we got the project set up for our Text Clock app, and added the business logic code. In this article we’ll begin creating an App Widget that the user can add to their home page.
Text Clock – Part 1
Usually on Styling Android the focus is on individual, standalone features and techniques for Android UI / UX development. In this series we’re going to create a very simple app which will be published to Google Play. While we will certainly cover some features and techniques that we haven’t looked at before, as well as…
GridLayout – Revisited
Back in November 2011 I posted a two part series to Styling Android which covered GridLayout which was introduced in Ice Cream Sandwich (API 14). In those articles, I have mentioned that there were hints from Google’s Dianne Hackbourn that it would be released as a compatibility library project, and it has been. However, there…
Multiple Displays – Part 5
In the previous article in this series we enabled the handling of connection and disconnection of external displays within our app, and also changed the theme which was applied to the Presentation that was displayed on the external display. In this concluding article in this series we’ll look at an alternate mechanism for detecting display…
Multiple Displays – Part 4
In the previous article we got our app (which shows the characteristics of our displays) backwardly compatibile, but it still lacks the ability to handle connection and disconnection of an external display while the MainActivity is running. In this article we’ll add the ability to do precisely that.
Multiple Displays – Part 3
In the previous article we got a Presentation working on a second display working, but we lost backward compatibility. In this article we’ll address that.