Is there a way to animate on a Home Widget?

Question

I want to use an animation on a Home page Widget, i.e. an AppWidgetProvider. I was hoping to use the \"Frame Animation\" technique:

http://developer.android.com/gui

Answer 1

One Widget that is available for use in a RemoteView is the ProgressBar. It will animate itself and will not chew up resources. An in-determinant ProgressBar which is a square will overlay quite well on a homescreen appwidget. See sample code from Android site