Android: Changing LinearLayout in a widget

Question

I have this really annoying problem:

In my widget, i would like to change the background by code. I noticed on the Google doc than I can easily change the background

Answer 1

You cannot modify the background that way, due to limitations in the RemoteViews API.

What you can do is choose a different layout -- one with the background you want -- when you create your RemoteViews instance for this particular update.

Answer 2

I think the solution looks like this:

<FrameLayout android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content">

    <ImageView android:id="@+id/label_bg" android:src="@drawable/widget_label_white"
        android:scaleType="fitXY" android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_gravity="center"/>

    <TextView android:gravity="center" android:id="@+id/label"
        android:text="Processes" android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:textColor="#ffffffff"
        android:shadowColor="#ff000000" android:shadowDx="1"
        android:shadowDy="1" android:shadowRadius="1" />


</FrameLayout>

This will make the background image fit the textview nicely.