Android: Widget with TextView

layout/activity_main.xml


<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:background="#FFFFFF" >

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:layout_centerVertical="true"
        android:text="@string/hello_world"
        android:textColor="#000000" />


</RelativeLayout>


res/xml/hello_widget_provider.xml


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<appwidget-provider xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:initialLayout="@layout/activity_main"
    android:minHeight="100dp"
    android:minWidth="300dp"
    android:updatePeriodMillis="1000"
    >
</appwidget-provider>

MainActivity.java

public class MainActivity extends AppWidgetProvider {

}

AndroidManifest.xml

In <application> add this


 <receiver android:name="MainActivity" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.appwidget.action.APPWIDGET_UPDATE" />
            </intent-filter>

            <meta-data
                android:name="android.appwidget.provider"
                android:resource="@xml/hello_widget_provider" />
        </receiver>