Android adding caption to widget

Question

i want to add a caption which looks like the default text below an app icon to the widget of my app. Is there any common way to achieve this?

Answer 1

<TextView
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="72dp"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="@string/label"
    android:drawableTop="@drawable/icon"
/>

Something like this should work. Using the drawableTop/Left/Right attributes will allow you to place an image above the label. A full list of attributes can be found here.

Another thing you could try is:

<RelativeLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="72dp"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    >
    <TextView
        android:text="@string/label"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:background="@drawable/background_shape"
        android:id="@+id/text"
        />
    <ImageView
        android:src="@drawable/icon"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:scaleType="fitCenter"
        android:layout_above="@id/text"
        />
</RelativeLayout>

Answer 2

I disagree with this answer. You should not try to do this.

It has been discussed here :

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2651631/android-home-screen-widget-icon-label-style/2652961#2652961