Question

I have several process when i add my widget in home, how can i add a “loading image” while it’s not ready yet?

I saw that the Youtube widget had this.

Thanks!

Answer 1

I made it! =)

I don’t know if this is the best approach, let me show to you:

On my widget xml, i added a second Layout, that hold the Progress Bar:

widget_layout.xml

<LinearLayout android:id="@+id/progressLayout"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">

    <ProgressBar android:id="@+id/widgetProgressBar" android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent" />

</LinearLayout>

I’ve put on my original layout the following code:

android:visibility="gone"

Then, when all my process is over, i did this:

RemoteViews remoteViews = new RemoteViews(context.getPackageName(), R.layout.widget_layout);

remoteViews.setViewVisibility(R.id.progressLayout, View.GONE);
remoteViews.setViewVisibility(R.id.layout, View.VISIBLE);

appWidgetManager.updateAppWidget(widgetId, remoteViews);

If someone have a better way, please, let us know!