[android-developers] Re: How to animate a drawable inside an App Widget?

westmeadboy wrote:
> However, I do think many widgets would benefit from the
> functionality of showing some simple animation while some kind of
> action (like a user-triggered synchronization) takes place.

App widgets can have ProgressBar widgets. Put in a small indeterminate
(i.e., round) progress bar.

> Meanwhile, I guess I'll just plaster a "Wait" message over the
> widget...

I don't recommend plaster. That stuff does seriously nasty stuff to
touchscreens. Plus, it gets in the crack where the screen meets the case
edge, and then it's really...

Oh, wait, you didn't mean that literally. My bad.

;-)

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