Java

public class IDEAAllotmentTrackerActivity extends AppWidgetProvider {
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onUpdate(Context context, AppWidgetManager appWidgetManager,
        int[] appWidgetIds) {
        // To prevent any ANR timeouts, we perform the update in a service
    	context.startService(new Intent(context, UpdateService.class));
    }
	public static class UpdateService extends Service {
        @Override
        public void onStart(Intent intent, int startId) {
            // Build the widget update for today
        RemoteViews updateViews = null;
			try {
				updateViews = buildUpdate(this);
			} catch (ClientProtocolException e) {
				// TODO Auto-generated catch block
				e.printStackTrace();
				
			} catch (IOException e) {
				// TODO Auto-generated catch block
				e.printStackTrace();
			}
			// Build an update that holds the updated widget contents
            
			
            // Push update for this widget to the home screen
            ComponentName thisWidget = new ComponentName(this, IDEAAllotmentTrackerActivity.class);
            AppWidgetManager manager = AppWidgetManager.getInstance(this);
            manager.updateAppWidget(thisWidget, updateViews);
        }

        /**
         * Build a widget update to show the current Wiktionary
         * "Word of the day." Will block until the online API returns.
         * @throws IOException 
         * @throws ClientProtocolException 
         */
        public RemoteViews buildUpdate(Context context) throws ClientProtocolException, IOException{
        	HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
            HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(new HttpGet("http://www.google.com"));
            StatusLine statusLine = response.getStatusLine();
            String pageContent = "";
            if(statusLine.getStatusCode() == HttpStatus.SC_OK){
                ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
                response.getEntity().writeTo(out);
                out.close();
                pageContent = out.toString();
                //..more logic
            } else{
                //Closes the connection.
                response.getEntity().getContent().close();
                throw new IOException(statusLine.getReasonPhrase());
            }


            RemoteViews updateViews = null;
            
                          // Build an update that holds the updated widget contents
                updateViews = new RemoteViews(context.getPackageName(), R.layout.main);
                updateViews.setTextViewText(R.id.message, pageContent);

            return updateViews;
        }

        @Override
        public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
            // We don't need to bind to this service
            return null;
        }
    }

}

<application android:label="IDEA allotment">
<!-- Broadcast Receiver that will process AppWidget updates -->
<receiver android:name=".IDEAAllotmentTrackerActivity" android:label="@string/app_name">
    <intent-filter>
        <action android:name="android.appwidget.action.APPWIDGET_UPDATE" />
    </intent-filter>
    <meta-data android:name="android.appwidget.provider" android:resource="@xml/stuff" />
</receiver>

<!-- Service to perform web API queries -->
<service android:name=".IDEAAllotmentTrackerActivity$UpdateService" />


    </application>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-sdk android:targetSdkVersion="15" android:minSdkVersion="11"/>
</manifest>