How to use SimpleDateFormat in Widget RemoteViewsFactory class?

Question

I need to format date and time in the RemoteViewsFactory class. I know how to use DateFormat/SimpleDate Format. I'm doing it like in the thread below but the app keeps stopping when pressing on the widget on a physical device: remoteViews.setTextViewText(R.id.tvTaskDay, DateFormat.getDateInstance().format(task.getDay()));

Android - ListView items inside app widget not selectable

I'm also formatting in the parent activity and it works. Is it possible to reference the SimpleDateFormat code from there? Thank you in advance.

P.S. Error message. My RemoteViewsFactory class:

public class ScheduleWidgetViewFactory implements RemoteViewsService.RemoteViewsFactory
{
    private ArrayList<Schedule> mScheduleList;
    private Context mContext;

    public ScheduleWidgetViewFactory(Context context)
    {
        mContext = context;
    }

    @Override
    public void onCreate()
    {
    }

    @Override
    public void onDataSetChanged()
    {
      SharedPreferences sharedPreferences = 
      PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(mContext);

        Gson gson = new Gson();
        Type type = new TypeToken<List<Schedule>>() {}.getType();
        String gsonString = sharedPreferences.getString("ScheduleList_Widget", "");
        mScheduleList = gson.fromJson(gsonString, type);
    }

    @Override
    public int getCount()
    {
        return mScheduleList.size();
    }

    @Override
    public RemoteViews getViewAt(int position)
    {
        Schedule schedule = mScheduleList.get(position);

        RemoteViews itemView = new RemoteViews(mContext.getPackageName(), R.layout.schedule_widget_list_item);

        itemView.setTextViewText(R.id.schedule_widget_station_name, schedule.getStationScheduleName());
        itemView.setTextViewText(R.id.schedule_widget_arrival, DateFormat.getDateInstance().format(schedule.getExpectedArrival()));
        itemView.setTextViewText(R.id.schedule_widget_towards, schedule.getDirectionTowards());

        Intent intent = new Intent();
        intent.putExtra(ScheduleWidgetProvider.EXTRA_ITEM, schedule);
        itemView.setOnClickFillInIntent(R.id.schedule_widget_list, intent);

        return itemView;
    }

    @Override
    public int getViewTypeCount()
    {
        return 1;
    }

Parent Activity:

 @Override
    public void returnScheduleData(ArrayList<Schedule> simpleJsonScheduleData)
    {
        if (simpleJsonScheduleData.size() > 0)
        {
            scheduleAdapter = new ScheduleAdapter(simpleJsonScheduleData, StationScheduleActivity.this);
            scheduleArrayList = simpleJsonScheduleData;
            mScheduleRecyclerView.setAdapter(scheduleAdapter);
            scheduleAdapter.setScheduleList(scheduleArrayList);

            stationArrival = scheduleArrayList.get(0);

            stationShareStationName = stationArrival.getStationScheduleName();
            stationShareArrivalTime = stationArrival.getExpectedArrival();
            stationShareDirection = stationArrival.getDirectionTowards();

            SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'");
            Date date = null;

            try {
                date = simpleDateFormat.parse(stationArrival.getExpectedArrival());
                date.toString();
            } catch (ParseException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
            SimpleDateFormat newDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("MMM dd, yyyy HH:mm:ss");
            String finalDate = newDateFormat.format(date);

            stationShareArrivalTime = finalDate;

            //Store Schedule Info in SharedPreferences
            SharedPreferences appSharedPrefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(getApplicationContext());
            SharedPreferences.Editor prefsEditor = appSharedPrefs.edit();

            Gson gson = new Gson();
            String json = gson.toJson(scheduleArrayList);
            prefsEditor.putString("ScheduleList_Widget", json);
            prefsEditor.apply();
        }
        else
        {
            emptySchedule.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
        }

Answer 1

In case anyone else has is stuck on this. As Mike M. pointed out in the comments, the DateFormat code structure in RemoteViewsFactory is the same as everywhere else.

 private String stationWidgetArrivalTime;

 @Override
    public RemoteViews getViewAt(int position)
    {
        Schedule schedule = mScheduleList.get(position);

        SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'");
        Date date = null;

        try {
            date = simpleDateFormat.parse(schedule.getExpectedArrival());
            date.toString();
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        SimpleDateFormat newDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("MMM dd, yyyy HH:mm:ss");
        String finalDate = newDateFormat.format(date);

        stationWidgetArrivalTime = finalDate;

        RemoteViews itemView = new RemoteViews(mContext.getPackageName(), R.layout.schedule_widget_list_item);

        itemView.setTextViewText(R.id.schedule_widget_station_name, schedule.getStationScheduleName());
        itemView.setTextViewText(R.id.schedule_widget_arrival, stationWidgetArrivalTime);
        itemView.setTextViewText(R.id.schedule_widget_towards, schedule.getDirectionTowards());

        Intent intent = new Intent();
        intent.putExtra(ScheduleWidgetProvider.EXTRA_ITEM, schedule);
        itemView.setOnClickFillInIntent(R.id.schedule_widget_list, intent);

        return itemView;
    }