Share My Creation A Not-So-Simple Clock - Android Widget

In responding to a @AnandGupta Widget question I decided to make an Android Widget version of Not-So-Simple Clock

The process was made simple by @Erel 's Tutorial: Widget Tutorial

I haven't tested it on different Android devices, but since there are less than 200 lines of code, it is easily modified.

 

[William Lancee]

I have fixed a bug that can cause the clock to go out of sync.. .zip file in #1 is updated.

 

[kimstudio]

Thanks WiL, very helpful for building a widget with a nice digital number transformation effect. I modified the layout to fit my screen. It seems there are some artifacts there.
I also found my emulator Nox player (7.0) doesn't support widgets...

 

[William Lancee]

Hi.

1. Nice. I don't use the emulators at all, but I do know that not all devices support Widgets.

2. By artifacts, do you mean the diagonal lines? They are parking spots for the unused hands of the mini-clocks.

3. On my device I colored them light-blue to match the background closer. You can color them darker for your screen.

4. As noted in #2, I fixed a minor bug. 3 lines, look for "lastSeconds"

5. The relevant section of code for the diagonals(the color goes from white to more transparent - I didn't want them to disappear altogether):

If sevenThirty < .05 Then
    Dim angle As Float = 30 * (pos - 3)
    Dim newX As Float = clock.centerX + clock.radius * CosD(angle)
    Dim newY As Float = clock.centerY + clock.radius * SinD(angle)
    cv.DrawLine(clock.centerX, clock.centerY, newX, newY, Colors.ARGB(35, 200, 200, 220), 1dip) '<== light blue that gets diluted each animation step
End If

You might just want to experiment with the transparency parameter: say 45 instead of 35.

 

[AnandGupta]

Hi @William Lancee , thanks for the code.

I just saw it today. Did not get notification, though you mentioned my name.

Regards,

Anand