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I am working on a small application which should be represented by an AppWidget. The AppWidget should look like many other widgets on my HTC Desire. Most of them consist of an icon and a title below the icon. The title always looks identical, it is white text on a black rounded banner. I have not found a way to get this layout without painting all by myself. What do I have to do, to get the app title shown below the AppWidget?

Thank in advance, Wolfgang

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Per a previous answer here this is actually discouraged by the Android UI guidelines: An App shortcut has such text below it, and it may change in future Android releases or in custom skins such as HTC Sense or MOTOblur. A widget should be a wholly contained graphical element without a text label below it. You need to find a way to make graphics / text in your widget which are self identifying to the user.

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