2 separate images for apps\widgets screens

[Peter Simpson]

Hello all,
I'll make this short and sweet if possible. I can't find the answer on the forums.

How can I have one image for my App Icon and another for my widget screen Image?

At the moment my app icon and widget image are the same. Please look at the attached screen shots.

My App and widget name in screen shots is '24th century StarDate'

I would like to keep my App icon but have a different image Widget image to fill the space.

Thank you

 

[Erel]

1. You should put the second icon file under Objects\res\drawable
2. Set it to be read-only.
3. Edit Objects\res\xml\widgetservice_info.xml and add android:icon="@drawable/<icon name without extension>" as an attribute to the provider.
4. Make this xml file read-only.

 

[Peter Simpson]

Thank you but no good...

Hello Erel,
Thank you for the reply.

I saw this information before on the forum and though it was wrong(I thought I was looking at the wrong thing because I tried it and it didn't work). I tried it about 2 weeks ago and I've just tried it again. I can't get it to work...

Below is my stardatewidget_info.xml file(which is read only), and of course my image was still in Objects\res\drawable\widgetimg.png set to read only. The widget screen still has my main app icon showing as in the previously attached screen shot...

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<appwidget-provider xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:icon="@drawable/widgetimg" android:minWidth="288dp" android:minHeight="134dp" android:initialLayout="@layout/stardatewidget_layout" android:updatePeriodMillis="1800000" />

P.S. It was quicker implementing AdMod than doing this

 

[Peter Simpson]

Hello,
Does anybody have any ideas at all, I've put what I have done in my previous post. I'm presuming that what I've done is correct...

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[Erel]

My mistake. It is actually simpler.
1. Put the icon file in the drawable folder and make it readonly.
2. Add this line to the manifest editor:

SetReceiverAttribute(widgetservice, android:icon, @drawable/icon2)

The first parameter is the service name and the last is the icon.

 

[Peter Simpson]

Almost there...

Thank you Erel,
Almost there

As you can see from the attached screen shot, the icon changed but it is still only taking up 1 cell and has been squashed in lol...

Any ideas, the png image dimensions are 296*148.

Thank you (Again and again and again lol)

 

[Erel]

You should set

android:previewImage

in the provider xml file:
App Widgets | Android Developers

Note that it is only supported in Android 3.0 or above (your app will run fine on older versions).

 

[Peter Simpson]

Hey, that's it

Perfect, you did it(again, and again, and again)...

I might re-write this solution on the forum in the next few days. I think that my original subject title will probably make it harder for other B4A developers looking for this solution to find, that's if it is ok with you Erel...

Thank you

 

[Erel]

Sure, that will be great. You can create a short tutorial in the tutorials forum.

 

[pjo12345]

What format should the icons files have for 3x1 or 3x3 for example?

 

[Peter Simpson]

@pjo12345 my icon.png is 120x120.

 

[pjo12345]

For 3x3?

 

[Peter Simpson]

Yes

 

[pjo12345]

So far so good. It works. But what is that provider xml file and where can I find it? What is the entry there, exactly?

Thanks......

 

[pjo12345]

Problem solved.