Android - Using custom View in Widget

Question

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?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

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

1. 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());

2. Assign this bitmap to ImageView in the widget by using

remoteViews.setImageBitmap(viewID, mBitmap);

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