View instance from RemoteViews

Question

How can I get View instance from RemoteViews ? There are RemoteViews.reapply and RemoteViews.apply API functions , but I don't know how to use them.

Answer 1

If you are the one creating the RemoteViews to hand to something else -- as is the case with an AppWidgetProvider -- you cannot "get View instance from RemoteViews". The View hierarchy created from your RemoteViews is created in a different process than your own, and so you do not have direct access to it.

Answer 2

You can use something like:

remoteViews.setTextViewText(R.id.widget_anything, "Anytext");