This can be difficult considering that: - 2.3 pushed home screen icons down relative to widgets (or was it the other way around?), except HTC devices, where 2.3 has a lot of 2.1-2.2 elements... - 4.0 and 4.1 surrounds widgets with additional padding (when it remembers to, and its memory is not perfect) - there are replacement launchers - there are manufacturer-specific launchers
Now you really wanted to get a close match, I'd recommend you look in Launcher2 sources. However, IIRC, it uses a custom View subclass to render the shortcuts - something a 3rd party widget can't do (the set of views that can be used in a widget is limited). -- K 2012/9/28 Fred Jones <[email protected]> > I'm having this exact problem.. was anyone ever able to come up with a way > of doing this that is consistent across different home screens? > > It seems like the tCalendar app does it perfectly. > > Thanks. > > On Friday, October 30, 2009 12:40:59 AM UTC-4, Evan Ruff wrote: >> >> Hey Guys, >> >> I was hoping someone could help me with a home screen widget I'm >> trying to layout. Basically, I'm trying to layout my widget so it >> matched a standard home screen application shortcut perfectly. >> Basically, at this point, I'm about ~2px off and it's driving me >> crazy! Has anyone gotten this to match up juuuuust right? Should I be >> able to find this layout in the source somewhere? Any clues would be >> much appreciated. Here's my layout thus far: >> >> drawable/text_border.xml - For the black background around the text: >> <shape >> xmlns:android="http://schemas.**android.com/apk/res/android<http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android>"> >> >> <solid android:color="#99000000"/> >> <padding android:left="5dp" android:right="5dp" >> android:bottom="1dp" android:top="1dp" /> >> <corners android:radius="7dp" /> >> </shape> >> >> layout/widget.xml - The widget itself: >> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> >> <FrameLayout >> xmlns:android="http://schemas.**android.com/apk/res/<http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/> >> android" >> android:layout_width="fill_**parent" >> android:layout_height="fill_**parent" >> android:layout_gravity="**center" >> > >> <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.** >> android.com/apk/res/ <http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/> >> android" >> android:orientation="**vertical" >> android:layout_width="wrap_**content" >> android:layout_height="wrap_**content" >> android:layout_gravity="**center" >> > >> <ImageView android:id="@+id/icon" >> android:layout_gravity="**center" >> android:src="@drawable/icon_**gray" >> android:layout_width="wrap_**content" >> android:layout_height="wrap_**content" >> android:paddingBottom="5px" >> android:paddingTop="5px" >> /> >> <TextView android:id="@+id/message" >> android:layout_width="wrap_**content" >> android:layout_height="wrap_**content" >> android:background="@**drawable/text_border" >> android:textColor="#FFFFFFFF" >> android:layout_gravity="**center" >> android:text="Assistant" >> android:textSize="12px" >> /> >> </LinearLayout> >> </FrameLayout> >> >> Thanks for any help tuning this badboy. >> >> Thanks! >> >> Evan > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
