Creating a Clock Widget in Android with Custom Font.

Hi all

if you have been a regular visitor of this website you have seen that I have shown you how to create a simple widget, adding controls to it, adding event handlers in the views etc…
Do check this website for more tutorials on widgets.

You can find other tutorials by following this LINK.

This tutorial is also an important one on widgets.
People always find it difficult to customize their widgets with Custom Fonts. AS of now you cannot directly set the font in a TextView in a Widget. For that you have to go indirectly.

In this example I will show you how to create a Clock widget with Custom Font.

Android JellyBean new features

WI-Fi Direct

1080p video recording for stock Android devices

Improved error correction on the keyboard

You can directly access the apps from the lock screen

Upgraded copy and paste functionality

Support for the WebP image format

Hardware acceleration of the universal Interface

Soft buttons from Android 3.x are now available for use on phones

Widgets in a new tab can be separated, listed in a similar manner to apps

Folders can easily be created with a drag-and-drop style

Launcher Customizer

Enhanced visual voicemail with the ability to speed up or slow down voicemail messages

Pinch-to-zoom functionality in the calendar

Integrated screenshot capture (accomplished by holding down the Power and Volume-Down buttons)

Improved voice integration and continuous, real-time speech to text dictation

Face Unlock, a feature that allows users to unlock handsets using facial recognition software

New tabbed web browser under Google’s Chrome brand, allowing up to 16 tabs

Automatic syncing of browser with users’ Chrome bookmarks

A new typeface family for the UI, Roboto

A data Usage section in settings that lets users set warnings when they approach a certain usage limit, and disable data use when the limit is exceeded

Shut down apps ability that are using data in the background

An improved camera app with zero shutter lag, time lapse settings, panorama mode, and the ability to zoom while recording

Built-in photo editor

You can organize New gallery layout by location and person

Refreshed “People” app with social network integration, status updates and hi-res images

A near-field communication feature (Android Beam) allowing the rapid short-range exchange of web bookmarks, contact info, directions, YouTube videos and other data

Android VPN Framework (AVF), and TUN (but not TAP) kernel module.

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 in India for Rs.49990

Here are Galaxy note 3 specs.

 

General

2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network	LTE
SIM	Micro-SIM
Announced	2013, September
Status	Coming soon. Exp. release 2013, September

Body

Dimensions	151.2 x 79.2 x 8.3 mm (5.95 x 3.12 x 0.33 in)
Weight	168 g (5.93 oz)
	- S Pen stylus

Display

Type	Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size	1080 x 1920 pixels, 5.7 inches (~386 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch	Yes

Sound

Alert types	Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker	Yes
3.5mm jack	Yes

Memory

Card slot	microSD, up to 64 GB
Internal	32/64 GB storage, 3 GB RAM

Data

GPRS	Yes
EDGE	Yes
Speed	HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
Bluetooth	Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE, EDR
NFC	Yes
Infrared port	Yes
USB	Yes, microUSB v3.0 (MHL 2), USB Host

Camera

Primary	13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Features	Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD video and image recording, geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, image stabilization, panorama, HDR
Video	Yes, 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps (N9005)/ 1080p (N9000)
Secondary	Yes, 2 MP, 1080p@30fps

Features

OS	Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean)
Chipset	Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 (N9005)/ Exynos 5 Octa 5420 (N9000)
CPU	Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400 (N9005)/ Quad-core 1.9 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7 (N9000)
GPU	Adreno 330 (N9005)/ Mali-T628 MP6 (N9000)
Sensors	Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, temperature, humidity, gesture
Messaging	SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS
Browser	HTML5
Radio	No
GPS	Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Java	Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
Colors	Black, White, Pink
	- ANT+ support  – S-Voice natural language commands and dictation  – Air gestures  – SNS integration  – Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic  – Dropbox (50 GB storage)  – TV-out (via MHL A/V link)  – MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264/H.263 player  – MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player  – Organizer  – Image/video editor  – Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)  – Google Search, Maps, Gmail,  YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa  – Voice memo/dial/commands  – Predictive text input (Swype)

Battery

Li-Ion 3200 mAh battery