EditText Alternatives in a Widget? There has to be a way

Question

Has anyone ever successfully implemented an EditText in a widget? I realize Android does not support this, however, \"Friend Stream\" on HTC devices does it... Is this due t

Answer 1

A way to do this is to make a tap on your widget start a new activity (standard) and to make this activity fully transparent. There are ways to retrieve your widget's position, so that you can position a TextView in your activity on top of your widget. Make a tap outside of your TextView close the activity. I think this is what the Google search widget does, you may want to look at this code.